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russia's foreign minister says bigby been scenarios for intervention a race to be repeated in syria as a case is build again i sat regime to just apply external military and. nervous pride in the euro crisis the eurozone finance ministers say they've not yet received assurances from greek political leaders on how they had to implement an austerity program in return for why it's one hundred seventy billion euro bailout to provide the country growing but still. russia's military predicts the west might decide on a strike against iran before class clouds gather over to rhonda pulling israel's accusations that there's logic state was behind monday's a time some diplomatic process about.

international news life or mosco this is also here with me us with our thanks for joining us finest moscow says there's a significant risk the libyan scenario foreign intervention could soon be repeated in syria russia's foreign minister warns that a case is being built against the regime in damascus that could be used to justify external military action sergei lavrov was speaking to journalists during his trip to the netherlands. was that. russia's foreign minister a lot of press criticize the idea to put together the so-called group of friends of syria which could meet as soon as by the end of february would include several western nations including the u.s. and france arab countries and representatives of the syrian opposition and said you are better off says if this group will not include representatives of the syrian authorities it would mean the international community is taking

a certain side in this internal conflict russia and china they stand for peaceful dialogue between both sides of this conflict especially with the syrian authorities saying now that they are ready for this dialogue the russian foreign minister also said that right now it's very important to establish who controls these heavily armed militant groups within the syrian opposition another issue touched upon by in the russian foreign minister is the recent proposal by the arab league to deploy a u.n. peacekeeping contingent into syria and according to the russian foreign minister there are several issues which may be of concern the first one is that such a peacekeeping contingent would have to be welcomed by the receiving side meaning by both sides of this conflict and the opposition which brings us to the desperate need for dialogue between them and secondly with the aim to protect civilians this contingent would have to be armed as well which also causes concern and also the no

fly zone operation in libya also initially started with the aim to protect civilians but ended up with the international community also taking a certain side in that conflict says that perhaps instead of looking for new missions the arab league should resume its currently frozen monitoring mission especially with the syrian authorities giving the green light for having more observers in the country including in the most hostile areas. patrick hayes a reporter for the online magazine spiked told r.t. that he believes the west uses the pretext of so-called humanitarian intervention to promote it's. the removal of diplomats from syria. the desire to arm the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop an open strong opposition apart from the kind of threat of assad's all suggest that you

know the west isn't willing to have you know encourage any kind of dialogue or discourse at all alternately they want you know they've now polarized the situation they've now said you know my side is evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you know the ogre all bogeyman and you know the syrian people are vulnerable victims who need to be protected by the west now i think we saw the same thing with good afi and it's always very striking that you know it was only two years ago that assad was seen as the group's reformer in syria the west were basically queuing up to talk to him and engage in dialogue now they've been in now he's completely been frustrated as this absolute ogre this absolute figure of evil that needs to be kind of tackles and i think the west has this tendency to polarize the situations and again that can cause massive problems later on. and staying with the middle east police in bahrain have again fired tear gas and stun grenades at

protesters marking the one year anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising clashes occurred as accidents try to occupy a landmark square in the nation's capital where they were holed broke out last february confrontation has been building in the days leading up to that of asriel monday police also dispersed hundreds of demonstrators and much through many are led to the protest that was crushed crushed by security forces and stacks military conny told us here there's a huge difference in how some world powers that suppression of truth suppression of uprisings in the region. those countries which are regarded as as the west or stooges of the west basically. criticized regularly it's not just the gulf states and bahrain in particular it is also going crazy like yemen was brutal dictatorial present to prison former president is going to be in the united states

receiving medical treatment and no reporting is taking place from the yemen there were demonstrations in saudi arabia a few days ago which got very little coverage of course the so these have no democracy at all it is probably the most undemocratic a concrete in the entire arab world much much more undemocratic even libya was no one talks about this because it's a useful country it has always lived elsewhere the west starts to mention in bahrain was greenlighted by the united states which is very strong in their principles and they crush the uprising and they were brutality so until brutalities which i dealt with in a different way and now the problem in bahrain is that seventy to eighty percent of the population feels it has no representation whatsoever and yet nothing happens on this front actual. us. president barack obama has criticized china's

currency policies bottom voice hopeful future economic cooperation he was hosting chinese vice president sieging pain in washington where the rising tension between the two due to an american military build up in the asia pacific region and paul craig roberts has sat in the ronald reagan administration says the deal as designed to slow down china could prove costly the united states says it is responding to china in two ways one it's trying to reduce china's independent access to oil and the united states is responding to china also with increased military presence united states says that the south china sea is an area of national interest to the united states their course it doesn't make any sense it's like china saying the gulf of mexico is an area of national interest to china so the united states is asserted that chinese territorial wars or

a matter of national interest to washington so i think these types of. militaristic statements. encourage china to build up its military and so the americans essentially may be trying to start another arms race russia central city channels have come under criticism for an alleged pro piece of bias ahead of next month's presidential election a group of acts of as standing for thad actions as reports of the current prime minister and presidential candidate letting a person out see positive which undermines other candidates his chances elsie's diacritical their lives at how election hopefuls are making good use of their time . oh right now here live here day so far the most eccentric video in russia's presidential campaign urging to vote for the country's

top populist letting it enough skin famous for his showmanship and occasional fist fights with fellow though his. see will see see that this little mangy donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like this animal if i become president we'll get moving again. less than a month to go and five candidates have plastered the streets with election posters desmond view is with t.v. promos heated discussions have become part of everyday life. i don't because in the race the billionaire businessman mikhail prophet of promise is their arrival of a new russia with a new president known for his height riches and playboy past he is the only new face on russia's political scene formally and a tourist party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the web we are vegeta held here where

there are body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to the remaining candidates are some of the a crowd united sudan of the old time communist party leader has always relied on the pension of voters who form about one third of russia's population now his laurels all contested by city middle of from with a russia polity is the notion believes it can't even afford to milk now whether pensioners. the competition has made zyuganov reach out to younger generation and offer them a brand new slogan there's always a choice bloody mad putin running for his that term has refrained from getting involved in a campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st politics where he's

a part of television coverage he's job as prime minister he is there is the only one let's say the only kind that with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there. as the campaign picks up steam it's expected so will the number of street protests both for and against putin and its likely election two thousand and twelve will be remembered as one that got russians on their feet however the latest opinion polls also show the level of support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us then to mobilize his core left because when people. are saying that you know that social benefits should be caught that factories that are inefficient will because that stage will not interfere so much i think that the message that people

gather cross russia is that we should keep putting there's even a song in recent online sensation praising the prime minister's virtues sung by supposedly migrant worker it claims to. be by his initials was sent to russia by god. right here. by alex however many say this song is clearly too much and is just a clever hague's in the meantime the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely along the way. party moscow. they can all make fate of greece still hangs in the violence despite the country's parliament agreeing on sunday tossed orisha plans ordered by the e.u. and i.m.f. the euro group president says asons hasn't fulfilled all the conditions for receiving a second bailout worth one hundred and such

a billion euro to prevent it going bust next month the years demanding written assurances from leaders of the two main greek parties that i will stick to the austerity program after elections in april meanwhile the debt ridden bloc has suffered another blow from the ratings agencies moody's has downgraded the six e.u. states including vulnerable portugal italy and spain. and economist our climate at a full thing now is the most indebted euro zone members if ever ready on the table . doing it slowly but surely sort of preparing us the public default is imminent and not to avoid it will be sold to the european commission are crucial really saying as much in the don't sure media and so we hear it from even those sources like i am as sure i think this situation already have assessed is unsustainable the greek economy is suffering to march the measures only seem to

make it worse the greeks and also living up to do agreements they signed this is not a system situation we're going to go on for very long but i think it's going to happen to these small countries will direct you know your project don't it is going to cost a lot of course the leaders will say that every single time that what they have to say they will reassure us that there is no question about europe project as i can. see in science you're in sort of in in certain circles it's a real many of our search how long they can keep the stock. as international pressure on iran mouths russia's military has assessed the probability of a western strike against the islamic republic as being high concerns of pending military action after israel blamed tehran for two bomb attacks on his diplomatic staff on monday and today's blast in bangkok also has placed all of us have been following developments around iran. the chief of staff of the russian armed forces

said on tuesday that he thinks a plan for a western attack on iran could be in place by the summer of this year and he's basing that statement on the fact that since the arab spring started a year ago russia has been monitoring the area of the wider middle east very closely enough to looking at the findings from the monitoring this is what he's come up with now and this comes just a day after two israeli diplomats were targeted with car bombs in the capitals of georgia and india now the bomb in georgia was able to be defused however in india that car bomb exploded very very close to the residence of the prime minister of india and injured several people now israel was very very quick to point the finger of blame for those attacks at teheran despite terror experts looking at the findings and coming up with saying well there's pretty much no evidence that it was behind those attacks this is all really part of the ongoing blame game between tell

of the terror and the iranians claim that the israelis have been behind a two year campaign of assassinations on their nuclear scientists well on choose day in bangkok what we've seen is a rainy unmanned taken into custody by type police after an explosion two explosions in bangkok injured several people there now it's really media very very quick to point the finger of terror towards that iranian man who's being detained there so this is all part of as i say a blame game that's ongoing between tel of eve and terror on and amid growing international concerns that. might be imminent turkey's warning against such an action and news agency abdul hamid says it will be catastrophic for the entire region. it will be a very important headache for turkey because turkey is part of nato.

and because of that turkey has certain responsibilities but iran is also a very important neighbor that two countries iran and turkey did not have war for centuries and iran is also an important number second a supplier of nature will ganz for turkey after russia and there are more than two million tourists coming to turkey each year from iran and it is very important for both countries to have normal relations good relations so i mean and a tank in against iran would be very bad would have very negative consequences for for turkish economy and for turkish diplomacy because of that turkey is from beginning the creek crisis asking and pushing for a diplomatic settlement. now look at some other stories making headlines around the

world a radical muslim cleric with alleged links to al qaeda and said to be bin laden's right hand man has been released from prison on bail in the u.k. excellent creature abu qatada has been locked up for six years but last week a tribunal ruled he should be freed british officials say poses a threat to the country's security but the terms to deport him back to jordan to face terrorism charges happen blocked by the european court of human rights. also serves a northern course of holding a referendum on whether they accept the current role of the self-proclaimed republic they hope results of the three day vote legitimacy to their struggle to reunite with serbia belgrade that has gone down as the referendum saying this will complicate dialogue with the breakaway state last summer serves in the north set up barricades to defy the kosovo government which has led to clashes with nato peacekeepers. understand increases around the run we hear the views of brian becker

of the answer to walk oliseh on his interview is up next.

thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you but does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean. even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear

weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change they deny that the us denied that it's trying to carry out there was a change in iran right i mean we have to take that with a very very big grain of salt because we know that since one nine hundred seventy nine the united states refuses to have relation. with the islamic republic of iran

why is it because iran is a dictatorship well it's actually a democratic government it has democratic features far beyond some of america's most foremost there lies in the middle east such as saudi arabia for instance since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine iran became an independent government before that between one nine hundred fifty three and one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when the shah was there the shah acted basically as a proxy or a puppet or a client of the american power and so the u.s. says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows that indeed is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt operate covert operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a like the old saying they are saying to the rest of the world if you dare do business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of iran's g.n.p. if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will not have access to american

banks to american corporations to the american market this is in fact a blockade something like an economic blockade of iran and by international law in economic blockade is an act of war and so we should understand it just like that so what do you think iran's response is going to be well iran so far has been very prudent even though they said that they would consider closing the strait of hormuz that six mile stretch of the persian arabian gulf where twenty five percent of the world's oil supply goes through. and even though much was made of that in the western media in fact iran has not done anything to give the u.s. . pretext an excuse a provocation so to speak that would allow the united states or israel to trigger a set of military actions. ron i think is also telling its people that we are not

panicked the iranian government are not panicked that they're trying to show that they have a serenity and a calmness and a confidence and that they will weather the storm but in fact economic sanctions are taking a bite on the iranian economy right now the sanctions the tightening of the sanctions the. coalition that the u.s. is trying to build against iran what is iran going to do to face all of this pressure well iran has certain allies to iran has russia and it has china increasingly it has venezuela and cuba another words those governments in the world in addition of course to syria which has its own problems right now but the countries in the world that don't want the entire world to be dominated by one power the united states of america they recognize that the existence of iran as an independent government is something that is positive meaning that if the united states were were were to be successful in carrying out regime change in iran they

would be emboldened to carry out further destabilizing efforts against other powers including russia and china by the way even though there are great powers that presidential elections have any say in what's going on in will and what's going to happen with iran in terms of washington. i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards iran that by the way has been the case ever since the iranian revolution iran has factored into american politics in this case the republican candidates are sort of baiting obama and suggesting that if obama is reelected we will have a nuclear iran someday soon well i might do something just to counter their statements because it's an election year i don't think so i think that it's not out of the question that obama could opportunistically up the ante or even escalate tensions or even. some sort of limited military attack against iran in order to

show how tough he is and how why he's not a liberal or something like that but i don't think so this is a very big project for the pentagon for the cia for the us establishment i think it goes beyond electoral politics and i think the obama administration and the pentagon are having a carefully calibrated approach that won't again with regime change the republicans and democrats share the same objective one is more demagogic we militant against iran they both share the same objective which is to bring iran back into an american spear of influence and i think the republicans can't move obama that much because obama actually has the backing of the pentagon in terms of this particular approach the pentagon is bogged down in afghanistan they really were pushed out of iraq they have a lot of a lot of military problems a major full scale war right now which could happen even if they don't intend it by people climb the escalation ladder.

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