are you turning croatia the e.u. is being discussed but whereas most of the political class no longer question the europhiles stance public views differ widely in this it doesn't tell you as we come into or see and touch all our fish and that's our biggest creditor you know if you go there after you though they told us we have to buy the e.u. has regulations those they don't want to they must stop trading here in memphis you know we have two sons hire an employee and maybe because of that i would be prior to being read to most of the symbols were you know those worries about sovereignty local industry and economy well being a former state and there are still some voices in parliament that think the benefits of what joining it were the costs that we were now going with our heads high up we're going on our knees because our economy our non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b.b.b.

is very low so we don't really have anything to offer if you back out on the streets the arguments quality or not continue with ferocity with such strong emotions it seems unlikely this referendum result the nation's division over european and russian tom bottom r.t. . r t is coming your life from moscow now with russia's presidential elections just around the corner kind of it's all ramping up their campaigns prime minister and a presidential hopeful of lot of men put in is proposing stricter immigration rules and his second major newspaper article in the run up to the vote has put a lot of reports. but talking on multiculturalism a migration vladimir putin praised what he sees as russia's long history as a multicultural nation a history he says goes back to the days of the russian empire it said that there have been some very serious problems though when it comes to migration and

integration of migrants in russia that these problems over the last twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union were very serious indeed in our problems that russia is still struggling to to deal with today speaking about what the results can be of migration going wrong he warned of the rise of nationalism the rise of xenophobia these type of issues that we saw acted out in real life eight in moscow in two thousand and ten with ethnic clashes taking place and where right next to the kremlin in the heart of the russian capital he hit out at those they. see nationalism right here how to those who have him he slogan such as stop feeding and stop funding the caucuses saying well the caucuses are a part of russia talking of multiculturalism he said that russia had a very unique system of multiculturalism something very different to say what happens in europe where he said basically multiculturalism had failed and that russia system was something that had to be he's a very different manner over to me and said that there's no way that you can

completely get rid of all illegal immigration into russia but if he's elected president in the elections in march that he hopes to be able to to make significant cuts to the amount of people that are arriving in russia illegally now he wants to do this by toughening the mall's to try into turkey people from entering the country illegally he also wants to see a system put in place not just to monitor foreign immigrants coming into russia but also to monitor internal migrants also by twenty thirty he wants to see an exam put in place to those wanting to come and settled and live and work in russia but they have to be able to pass the russian language exam also an exam on russian culture russian history so those are the things that he wants to do to put him. do you tackle the issue of migration and multiculturalism in russia. peter all of our reporting right there with the march of approaches so we are keeping a close eye on the campaign trail of course so you can find out more details on that on our web site twenty four seven that our dot com pre-election scandal flares

up around a veteran liberal candidate he may be pushed out of the race studio violations in the registration process all those details on our website c.n.n. dot com. the newly elected parliament in egypt has started its first session most of the seats are occupied by the muslim brotherhood and other islamist parties who won an overwhelming majority in the first post poll but it's not easy maria financial reports many now feel the brotherhood lied its way as it marched into power. there's a growing actually here in egypt old rody that with these with this new poll and changes will actually not be as dramatic as people in the revolution demonstrators protestors have expected them to be the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party has indeed more on the first vote in post barak egypt mostly because it had voted had promised people all aid to help to the poor took to transitional

transition from military to civil power something people have been calling for have been demonstrating for since the supreme council of the armed forces took power from mubarak last february because to them they say that the ruling generals have been actually representing the old regime something they've been fighting against and something actually their revolution has been designed to gets rid of but already today we have many signs indicating that the islamists in this new poll and the muslim brotherhood as well as solid business second party that. they see a vote actually going most likely to cooperate with cough and that's why many people who have been able to speak to here in pa wrote saying they feel a little bit strange. his merry financial reporting right turning our attention now to that of libya where the leader of the national transitional council says the country could be headed toward a civil war follows a weekend of protests in the city of benghazi that resulted in the resignation of

its deputy this past weekend enraged libyans took to the streets of the city which was the center of the opposition in the uprising against gadhafi demonstrators are now accusing the n t c of corruption a lack of reform and favoring former government loyalists the latest discontent has sparked criticism from analysts who believe the council has fallen victim to western influence the gadhafi regime could control the whole of libya could find peace amongst all the tribes the new regime cannot even control something in one town or one area i mean they turn libya into a war and of the hunting of black skins they're selling off their oil and natural resources and sovereignty to nato and now the thieves that is the rebels they're all falling out with each other so really this is the chief of freedom and democracy by nato it's all become very clear people of syria and the people of lebanon and the people of the global south have to see about what's happening in libya is coming to them if they're not able to defend themselves and stop this ruling western aggression against other countries in the global south let's turn

over to marina now with the latest business. hello and welcome to business here on our team as we've been reporting they'd european union has formally adopted an oil embargo against iran over its nuclear program now this involves an immediate battle onya well contracts with the country however all existing contracts will be honored ancel the first of july and there's a strategist gas low as davis from b.m.p. part believes any lead sanctions against a middle eastern country will only lead to minor fluctuations in the oil price. oh no i don't think that significant ram exports run about two point two million barrels a day of oil. the oil that goes to europe is only represents run about one quarter of most goes to to asia so we expect that the impact of the e.u.

sanctions are quite limited with the u.s. sanctions that might take effect to three end of this year. removing all of the rain at sports two point two million barrels a day and of that i think we'll have greater price impacts. but let's take a look at what's happening with the oil prices of right now light sweet is trading at around ninety nine dollars per barrel while the prime blend is at around one hundred ten heading towards one hundred eleven dollars a barrel crude prices are heading higher after all. against iran let's check out what's happening in europe with the markets shares there are in the black this hour the u.k. is stuck in that higher boosted by gains for banks that were all stocks but investors are still awaiting news from you that in the groom's. here in russia of the markets are next the r.t.s.

is at an almost one percent smaller than my stocks as dropping almost point supersized this hour let's take a look at the top movers on the my sites brussels the largest oil company rosner has recovered from earlier losses and it's now adding point super science burbank on the other hand has narrow the earlier advance and it's now topping point at three percent and the like there has just completed its acquisition of the troika dialog investment bank and mobile operator enthusiast as lads get a lesson from athens as investor should look at russia as a gas giant gazprom as well as not owns and banking shares pop culture upside. gasper for the first time in a long time is probably a name that i will probably. look at the other thing if you do believe in. a short term rally because we have to remember that things can turn around very quickly but in that turnaround if we look back at previous sort of rallies that we've heard every single time metals and banks have done extremely well and i would probably

suggest you look at selective name in those sectors have you said that with the banks given that we're seeing europe you have to be very very quick to close a call make your whatever percent you said was a goal and they get out because it is a very risky play but if we do see a sustained rally for four of weeks or months or so then you need to be in those names because they always tend to perform. and that's how business looks the self more so as you can always had a website r.t. dot com slash business by for now.

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now half past the hour here in the russian capital this is your headlines now syria as an arab league plan to solve the country's crisis that required president assad to step down damascus has said the initiative was interference in its internal affairs unquote an attack on syria's sovereigns. the e.u. adopts unprecedented sanctions against iran which include a complete go on its oil the measure is europe's latest response to terrans nuclear

program which the islamic republic insists is for purely peaceful purposes. and croatia votes in favor of joining the debt stricken easy you in a national referendum put a low turnout in violent protests preceeding the vote sure there are still deep divisions on the issue inside the country. the u.s. often calls for democratic change in the middle east but remains reluctant to recognize the right of palestinians to self-determination or to get the latest on palestine's bid for statehood first hand from the president of the palestinian national authority of course that of mahmoud abbas our exclusive r.t. interview is right now. visit is the final stop on your european tour. still waiting for a resolution to the statehood issue what do you expect from russia's leadership at

this stage when the issue of palestinians legal rights is being decided according to international law. the russian federation as well as the soviet union before it has been regarded as one of the key and principal hopes for the palestinian people since the one nine hundred seventy s. when the late palestinian president yasser arafat visited moscow our nations have enjoyed good relations it's not only the result of the role that russia plays in the region but also due to the fact that russia was a great power a member of the united nations security council and a member of the quartet of middle east mediators this is why we focused so much on strengthening our relations and why we expect russia to play a positive role recently the quartet took a number of steps calling for negotiations without doubt we coordinate our position with russia and several other countries to get an understanding of where palestine stands what it should do and what it shouldn't but this is why we visited the u.k. germany and have now come to russia we hope that the talks with israel currently

underway in jordan will result in a positive outcome but if they fail we would need to have a list of further steps to be taken and in putting together the action list we want to listen to the opinions of the countries i mentioned earlier and russia in particular. by the mr president. some time ago you said the board was leaning towards israel and your role as the talks was sixteen months. old exploratory talks with israel in a manner that revealed many contradictions several areas of the peace process that apparently do you have anybody. yes that's true these meetings revealed a lot of contradictions in our positions those were talks just for the sake of talking unfortunately but we don't want to miss a single opportunity we've never stopped negotiating with israel even with george

mitchell as the u.s. envoy we continued an exchange of opinions at the meetings held within exploratory or indirect talks which we have never shown and mutual contacts to be honest we've never broken off negotiations with israel. well i think. there were no grounds for negotiations because of israel the basis for negotiations is the acceptance of the nine hundred sixty seven borders or any other positions agreed by both parties it's not a unilateral stance it's the position of the international community of course it's closely linked with the issue of security which is a huge problem for us and we don't accept the israeli concept of security it would mean another forty years of occupation of our legitimate territory on this concepts name is further occupation. criticised for saying there's no point in continuing the twenty year long negotiations that has you under pressure

from the u.s. and israel however you have repeatedly accusations saying that there is no alternative to peace talks. confident that. there is no alternative to peace talks at the moment we're assessing are testing the ground for future talks to comply with the quartet's demands. of the negotiations are just a way to gain time they say the talking games will not bring about solutions or agreement which will make time for those who know how to use that. stands behind that statement. means they want to preserve the status quo something we completely reject all illegal settlements all illegal buildings must be torn down and removed from palestinian territories perhaps the israelis have a different vision although in the past they have left their illegal settlements on the sinai peninsula and sharm el sheikh and returned back to their borders we have

the same situation in lebanon and believe some of the settlements there even with that they want to preserve the existing situation of the palestinian territories and seek to convince the international community to accept that they want to make us accept this vision that we will never accept that. they were. netanyahu said that he gave you a twenty one point detailing the israeli position what i doing so he refused to meet in ramallah despite. what is the document about. i met him three times in september two thousand and ten the first time in washington on an invitation from president obama and the second time in sharm el sheikh out of the third time we met was on the twenty fifth of september at his house in jerusalem where we talked for four hours and discussed all the issues at the talks ended with no positive results no discontinuation development of the

occupied territories no changes to security policies the israeli way they intend to occupy the west bank and the rights for another forty years. this is colonial policy and colonialist a logic this is not the logic of a person interested in constructive talks and peaceful coexistence with his neighbors i don't refuse to make but i need to have a good reason now i guess twenty one point proposal and what are these twenty lines are they just some headlines or indeed a list of twenty one issues that need to be addressed by our people and as of today we only need to discuss and solved two issues borders. why would we want to add more issues to the agent did he think it was some sort of a secret but it's no news and it's not of any practical use either but it is not appropriate for a prime minister to submit this way a document that simply enumerates some issues such as borders curacy the jewish state etc with no clear indication of what is actually expected of the other party

. do you think current events in the arab world could strengthen your position in the peace talks and help the palestinian issue internationally. there's still no clear position common to all arab countries yes there are revolutionary changes taking place but it will take time to figure out what results they brought about the countries we want to work with in order to strengthen our position will need time to get back on their feet and build their states under the new conditions however the general arab stance on the palestinian issue has not changed and that the people who lead these revolutions are the same people who supported the palestinians in their pursuit of in the end and these people have not changed what has changed is that attitude towards their leaders and their governments but that is their internal matter and

we don't get involved the arab stance on the palestinian issue has remained the same. mr president who promised that he wouldn't take any action at international level until january the twenty sixth but if the top according to nigel charlie you have to mount unprecedented diplomatic pressure on israel to make it completely isolated rather like south africa when the international community. we want to live together to co-exist with israel but at the same time we want to stop its illegal settlements on the land that does. and belong to it we want to tell the world that israel's policy is unlawful or their occupation of our land is illegal yes but we're not saying that israel as a state doesn't have a legal right to exist so the diplomatic campaign that's underway is illegal and that we have already been recognized by one hundred thirty states and i'm sure that

in the near future the list will grow to include one hundred fifty eight hundred sixty countries and it's our duty to continue this work what is going to happen after germany the twenty six at the beginning of february the arab peace initiative follow up committee will hold a meeting where we'll present a full report on what has been done and what still needs to be done now as well as our vision of the future of the peace process will work out of the final positions based on the committee's decision but we don't want to tie up all of our plans on the need to be a certain order in. to torture. and what the hey there is a president that if your address to the u.n. general assembly was very emotional. and historic event but as it turned out of a deal wasn't enough to convince nine members of the u.n. security council the sort of iran the palestinian authority this status of full u.n. membership would it be possible to continue with the talk if you agreed to the status i would nonmember observer state. in the united nations

security council we received eight votes that we need nine still may not upset everyone is pressured to vote against our membership today we refuse the idea of being a nonmember observer state though everything is possible i'm not saying that it can't be everything is possible if you ask me about the official position of the palestinian state on this issue i'll give you the answer we seek full membership or we will apply for a second or third time etc until we get our bid approved. in a number of arab countries people are now at this. with the idea of overthrowing existing regimes while. reconciliation mr president why did they attempt to create a national unity government and in failure. what has been achieved in terms of social and political reforms. but first of all our attempts didn't.

we don't wish to create a national unity government but my personal suggestion was to create a new channel transitional technocratic government nonaligned government comprised of experts that would work until the election that's not a national unity government and its creation is already underway we have achieved agreement on many issues and i sensed some significant political improvement during the talks in cairo when hamas to live with an agreement there was an abyss between us earlier but now they've agreed to switch to a nonviolent standoff mode with more bloodshed they agreed with the requirement of establishing the nine hundred sixty seven border line to run in the election in may this year that means we can talk about progress here our committees are working hard to implement these plans as soon as possible and reforms are underway and the government will be a transitional. thank you very much for being with us to the every possible success in the implementation of political reward and creation of

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you. headlines on r.t. syria salaams an arab league plan to solve the country's crisis that required president assad to step down damascus said the initiative was an interference in its internal affairs unquote an attack on syria's sovereignty. the e.u. adopts unprecedented sanctions against iran which include a complete embargo on its oil the measure is europe's latest response to tehran's nuclear program which the islamic republic insists is for purely peaceful purposes . and croatia votes in favor of joining the debt stricken edu in

a national referendum but a low turnout and violent protests are perceiving the show there are still deep divisions within the country. and now time for the sporting news headlines with kate. well welcome to the sports update this monday afternoon a few of the top stories. giant-killer unseated the captain in the car of a stunned by time would have serena williams in straight sets the second straight open quarter final against fellow russian maria shut up about. the final to the new york giants and the new england patriots win their conference titles including style set up an east coast super bowl showdown. playoff games the n.h.l.'s most prolific grantley and sundays as i mentioned speaks exclusively to r.t. about the coming drama rekers prospects like a child this year. first

a tennis player and former champion maria sharapova will take on serena williams conqueror you got that in the car of a in an all russian quarter final the australian open germany's sabine lisicki became the first woman to take a set off sharapova but after dropping the opener the twenty four year old russian quarter way back into the match to win it three six six two six three times in the quarter finals for the first time since winning time from down under four years ago . but as we said stunning in the way next is compared to my god about who served up the biggest upset of the tournament so far seeded twenty three year old looking out five time former winner so in a williams to go into her maiden grand slam quarterfinal. yeah i'm surprised because she's a great player and it's really tough to blow against her. but i don't know i just feeling so good and so focused so i play my game and. i won again soon.