Hello youre watching r. T. International im Rosana Lockwood welcome to the program. The current state of the russian economy has been pictured over at a key forum in Russia Vladimir Putin gave the cesspits at the event which also touched on the Global Economy and international with relations with more details of his. Widely reported has been uncertain questions from participants all the 11th annual russia calling investment for a hand mosco they say are the event gathered gas from 80 countries for almost 2 hours and i have to tell you not all of them were purely about money but a lot about politics i can say sions of russia medlin into well basically everybody is that fairies and what is known commonly as russian rat on topics brought up the until now the us has been saying that it is an umbrella giving protection to europe from the soviet menace but you have to pay for this however nowadays it doesnt work despite all the problems in ukraine speculations around crimea and everyone clearly understands that russia is not going to invade anyone it is nothing but nonsense it is a myth made up by those who are trying to gain benefits from their roles as vanguards fighting against russia that will Work Together but it was slow before last feingold nobody accuses us of meddling in the us election anymore now they accuse ukraine well ok its their business but of course talking economy can hardly avoid discussing c. V. Or economic sanctions the u. S. Keeps and comes in on russia and its a facts on the Global Economy if we talk about sanctions and the perspectives of lifting them this is not our juicy here but it was the Us Administration about this it was the u. S. Congress which imposed them not us 1st of all it forced us to implement the substitution of imported goods in those sectors which are closely tied to our National Interests and security is a very wide range of sectors agriculture Medicine Pharmaceuticals armaments and weve reached very good and positive results i see it as a boomerang effect many u. S. Companies invested a lot of money in this or that project but then had to cancel them and so they lost punish themselves and it seems that why report unsporting to view shared by many including Global Business and International Financial media just recently forbes. Oblation article calling russia bullet proof and claiming its market is doing better than chinese or american surprisingly despite all the restrictions the magazine added that russia has over a 541000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in foreign currency reserves and the largest gold reserves in money emerging markets with russian bonds becoming increasingly attractive pain considerably more interest than for example u. S. Ones but all in all as the participants hope this forum here in moscow agreed it wasnt just about how attractive russian economy it is but it was an honest professional conversation how to act together globally to make Global Market balanced what economist gonzalo connecticut believes Foreign Investors have key reasons to be interested in russian bones. With the terms of the sanctions used what they have done for the last year it was actually stimulate the russian economy to find other ways to the business of. Basically what i believe they are doing the right now with my 3 boys to play for the last 1015 years is getting ready for any kind of new Global Financial crisis yet in the lead the russian balls are basically because if you go to europe and you try to invest your morning in body bags in europe you would see that they go out and they got the deal they got there you know basically means you are. In the morning and in the case of United States the ball is better than in in europe but its still very far from russia. 6. 4 percent. Of your investment on americas very less than 2 percent basically a one of the results of. Russia and high returns on on us on. A stalemate continues to grip israeli politics the leader of the blue my Party Benny Gantz has failed to form a new government and the winner of the september election informed the countrys president and returned his mandate hours before the midnight deadline to months ago his party beat their rivals like could headed by the incumbent Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu as you can see with the results none of the 2 favorites gained enough seats for a parliamentary majority it meant dance was tasked with forming a Coalition Government however attempt to find a consensus between the 2 parties failed mirroring previous efforts while counts refuses to cooperate with netanyahu claiming hes been in office for too long and is swamped in corruption the Prime Minister himself also has no intention of siding with his political rival in addition the main political king maker the former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman rejects both of them instead he insists on a radical overhaul of the entire political system israel has been trapped in the current political deadlock since the 1st general election in april now the country is likely to face an unprecedented 3rd election in a year we asked political analyst michel back how he sees the situation unfolding. We definitely are in unchartered waters so its not clear whats going to be but there is now a period of waiting which is about 21. 00 days where the president basically throws it to the knesset whats happening is it sounds easy ok if we dont have a government were going for new elections no one in the country wants new elections the people are really fed up i mean all of our polling numbers are showing that people are really fed up with politicians of what the government so those in knesset have to know that theres a big risk to them that they may be voted out of the government because if they have to face new elections again its possible that other parties will run and the people will punish those same members of knesset and leaders of the parties that for 2 elections couldnt form a government. Ties between the u. S. And europe a stronger now than they were at the end of the cold war at least thats the opinion of nato secretary general yes stoltenberg ok met on wednesday with the u. S. Secretary of state might. Need remains the only cause for north america and europe. Together to meet together to make decisions to go their own issues so great importance overshoots if you could but his words today are in stark contrast to those of the french president manuel mccrone who recently said the alliance is experiencing a gradual brain death he goes down of has that story. Nato heavyweights are converging upon brussels and its all smiles and pats on the back end a very very v. A. P. Guest all the way from the United States the secretary of state might bump aoe himself but behind this facade of handshakes and mutual joy hides a nasty in the blocks fabric and that is between the believers in the alliance and heretics who dare question the relevance of the block and this whole aggravation it stems from right here from france when president emmanuel mccrone dared to assume dare to say that the bloke is experiencing and i quote brain death what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of mater only works if the guarantor of the last resort functions as such id argue that we should reassess the reality of what is in the light of the commitments of the United States and now since early november when that happened this jab is still hurting with the nato for instance secretarygeneral young stoltenberg has felt the urge on tuesday to comment on those words and essentially he said that europe is defenseless without nato either cannot defend europe well my friends words didnt sit well with other members of the block to for instance the Us Ambassador to nato she said that she strongly disagreed with them and she called the alliance essential i dont think europe would be se without a transatlantic bond that we have the German Foreign minister also talked about this and he said that nato had been europes military insurance for the past 70 years and one polish member of the European Parliament well he managed to find the only present russian trail behind microns words in fact he stopped very short of calling the french president a russian puppet i think is very since. Still to russian pressure in any case in france this is a long tradition and this is only the latest in a whole spree of loyalty troubles faced by nato lately for instance even the locomotive pulling it forward the United States has had its problems with the block donald trump for instance has criticized europe for being unwilling to pay a fair and due amount for all the benefits europe is well apparently enjoying from its partnership with nato the most are also ensure that nato members meet their financial obligations which spending 90 percent of their dough with the piggy bank that they like to take from well i asked parisians where they stand when it comes to the relationship between europe and nato does europe need nato yeah i think so yeah before build up of defense. We have to speak up with the russian and to try to bring the old europe a bloc efficient between the us and china and russia to start having its own weapons both political and economic to protect itself europe cannot defend itself without me being along we dont advance well with help we can move faster and stronger evidently the chasm between opinions on whether or not nato needs europe and vice versa is as wide here in paris as it is within the bloc itself a mortgage down of reporting from paris. Or the director of the Crisis ResearchInstitute Mark allman told us he believes there are a number of disagreements threatening natos integrity. Brought certain tensions between paris and berlin between paris and washington french so that the need to assert themselves and your views for such serve as a separate pillar of nato and not be too dependent on the americans but other countries like for instance germany thats often seen as a copartner axis with france running the e. U. Is rather worried about this all of this brings out that there are deep divergence of interest was a deep chasm Division Within your about how you charge the major part to its east and so all of these things come together to make a very messy Birthday Party for a major coming up in 2 weeks time. The protests in bolivia are intensifying with demonstrators denouncing what they call a coup against the countrys former leader ever morales here as i do weeks ago on the advice of the countrys military and was granted asylum in mexico meanwhile clashes with police into around the capital the past have left at least 31. 00 days and hundreds injured supporters of morale is say Security Forces are being heavy handed. But. We want justice from this president and how we she sent him military police to kill us like animals if were human beings were not animals for them to kill us like that. Yet we come in i would like publicly to denounce the killings that the military police are carrying out this self declared president and her killer cabinet ministers and criminals this is what the country is getting because. We are unhappy with you need 9 years because shes issuing decrees authorizing the military and police to killers without there being any justice or conservative senator ginnie 9 years has proclaimed ourself interim president but without consensus in parliament shes also not recognized by politicians loyal to former president morales and on thursday she issued a controversial decree protecting the military from criminal prosecution while maintaining public order the earlier bolivian Security Forces said helicopters an Armored Vehicles to disrupt a weeklong blockade by protesters at a major field plant 3 people were killed during the operation and human Rights Groups are urging bolivia to repeal its new Police Immunity law. The current social political and human rights crisis and believe runs the risk of deteriorating is authorities continue to respond in a violent manner to criticism protests media scrutiny and violence by 3rd parties well the u. S. Secretary of state has coveted on the rallies taking place across the globe but not on those in bolivia they might pompei did praise jinny 9 years for expelling hundreds of cuban officials and doctors from the country so no quarter looks at washington stance on world protests from latin america to the middle east. Lebanons countrywide protests are rapid over a month ago. United states looking to alongside. The protesters are accusing government officials of widespread corruption and hold them to blame for failing to put the brakes on a deepening economic crisis washingtons made it clear it thinks those are injustices worth fighting against not too different from its stance on hong kong. Insurrection began in june against a law that would have allowed extradition of hong kongs criminals to the mainland i. Assure you this body must honor its promises to be. One of the freedoms and liberties that they have been promised in the no british joint declaration over the past several months there have been thousands of injuries and arrests its been a big challenge for beijing but for washington an opportunity the u. S. State Department Says the protesters are fighting for freedom and democracy just like the ones in iran. Iranians flooded on to the streets on friday after a massive price hike for petrol. Is one of the public must sees violence against its own people the world is watching the government denounce those rioting and the people in washington who contributed to the crisis with crippling sanctions it might seem like the u. S. Just loves to support chaos wherever it may be but sometimes the government accused of injustice is a friend take chile. Monday marks one month since the beginning of nationwide protests against rampant economic inequality thousands of chileans rallied across the. Tree to commemorate that day i i i. I. And so far 2 dozen people have been killed and thousands arrested washingtons reaction a travel warning bolivia is a pretty similar situation. The countrys been gripped by protests in support of its recently ousted socialist president abel morales. The state department hasnt had anything to say about that they instead backed the new regimes claim that cuba is somehow to blame for bolivias problems live in a joint brazil in ecuador in recognizing the cuban threat to freedom bravo bolivia and one protests were taking place against morales washington had Something Else to say the United States applauds the bolivian people for demanding freedom around the world protests continue to rage for the u. S. Its a great time to fuel the fire of popular anger if its for the right reasons of course the United States can hold go good or in other parts of the world like the east of the show you just left the United States is very much supportive of any put on his things those who called upon to reach out and trying to destabilize the good will who come to the east of the they will do the stabilized course bully bit of the buttocks to be supported to overthrow. So. It will what it will want to and there will be good too but. Now of bolivia well you know if it stays totally switches. Begins to support the government. All. Over its or reduce the board to burden with anybody who which was to go into the United States. The american Aircraft Carrier the u. S. S. Abraham lincoln has sailed through the strategic strait of homers amid rising tensions between the u. S. And iran after spending 6 months nearby in the arabian sea the Aircraft Carrier strike group has now entered the persian gulf the area is a geopolitical hot spot as 20 percent of Global Oil Production passes through the Narrow Strait the move which was confirmed by u. S. Navy officials is the latest development in the deepening rift between washington and tehran donald trump also confirmed on tuesday that the u. S. Would be sending 3000. 00 troops to its gulf allies saudi arabia citing hostile action by iran and its proxy forces in the region the right amount of uranium enrichment for the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terror is 0 the worlds watching. The iranian people enjoy a Better Future when their government begins to respect. Basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. Posture and its destabilizing Foreign Policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation but. It is strange that the United States and its officials who have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much more pressure in the toughest sanctions on iran are communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests we dont expect anything else from mr disgracefully defense the much more pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. People will not be taken advantage of by outsiders economic pressure of the nation or this all comes after a week of violent protests in iran over the governments decision to end fuel subsidies which caused prices to jump by 50 percent tehran says washingtons punishing sanctions regime had left it with no other choice political analyst Shabbir Razvi claims the us wants to turn iran into a vassal state maximum pressure whether its economic terrorism that is being inflicted on iran or d the my American Military in the gulf and the surrounding countries where u. S. Troops are stationed but what is really important is that the usa has always wanted iran to be a vessel of state and says the advent of the stomach revolution in iran in 1999 juran has been a huge challenge to the american jimminy in that region and not only in that region but far beyond what a us talk about that iran needs to change his behavior perhaps i think the u. S. Leadership should look itself in the mirror and think that how they need to really change their behavior as far as iran is concerned. The u. K. s Oxford Brookes university has canceled a talk by a feminist artist after its q plus society accused rachel ara of having transfer. Rachel is a trans exclusionary radical feminist who frequently shows transphobia discourse on her social media while the speaker may be invited under the pretense of Academic Freedom we firmly believe that inviting such speakers infringes upon Academic Freedom oakford brooks i dont believe im transphobia i dont believe ive said anything trans trans fatty bit. I mean were having a discussion based on no facts and you know thats quite worrying and we should be dating with facts ok i mean youve been vs do you see what the definition of trans phobic is and why theyre calling me trans firebreak. And then we can start the discussion from there but all i was going to talk about my work is feminist i talk about the problems women have building big installations im especially because i do a lot with technology so i talk about women in stem and stuff like that i mean it was just purely talking about women in art yeah i mean so nothing radical at all i mean the thing is with the l. G. B. Plus its a very very divided organization you know theres a lot of tension between sort of wimmin trans people and gay people i mean its very very divided and i think thats why one organization like the l. G. B. Alliance has been set up to actually you know just so people on the who have the same issues around same sex attraction can meet together where. You know the trans people seem to have an issue with the concerns of Academic Freedom have been growing in recent years both in the u. K. And abroad with critics are going that nonconformist voices are being stifled research by the policy Exchange Think Tank suggest for instance that over half of britain students do not consistently support free speech on campus rachel are again believed universities should encourage critical thought and constructive dialogue. Honestly that was ridiculous i mean im talking about art and im talking about the way i make alts theres no infringements on Academic Freedom at all id only be really interesting to see who the complainants are you know and i would suspect theres probably a few disenfranchised men who have problem with women talking about women making also feminist issues having to you know universities are learning places there are places you discuss if someone disagrees with me then i want to find out why and we can learn from each other i mean what would be really interesting is the people who he put this tweet out why are they hiding behind a sort of fake name why dont they come forward we can have an open discussion you know because they could teach resulting in maybe i could teach is about open discussion. Well thats your news update for now will be back here with a roundup of the headlines now around 30 minutes time see if. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president or injury. Or something i want to be absolutely. Have to be right to be cross thats what im up for 3 in the morning cant be good. Im interested always in the waters of. The city may. Join me every thursday on the all excitement show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. After a dancer were going underground after a preelection t. V. Debate with the leaders of the u. K. s 2 largest Political Parties fail to mention that their country hosts the worlds most famous publisher we can link says Julian Assange is detained at britains belmarsh prison in solitary confinement for exposing war crimes coming up on the show britains police way of unlawfully banned Climate Change protests in london but you get 4 of these a backing protests in lebanon urging change even as britain declares elected Lebanese Hezbollah politicians terrorists who ask lebanons former minister of communications whats really behind this countrys worst financial crisis since the civil war and sweden drops all sex crime investigations into wiki leaks founder Julian Assange we hear of his un alleged psychological torture by u. K. Authorities from activist and i will provoke a turco found a joke or a who along with his mother Vivienne Westwood is campaigning for his freedom oliseh more coming up in todays going underground but 1st while u. K. Media headlined protests in former British Colonial dictatorship on kong britain has also been urging change not just in china but lebanon after the u. K. s failure to overthrow the government of neighboring syria could this be a face saving exercise to damage the hezbollah Political Movement that helped prevent a coup in damascus at the last democratic elections in lebanon this happened on the social results. And the political honors made significant gains. For just over half of all parliamentary seats so what did britain do after hezbollah success at the ballot box in lebanon it proscribe the democratically elected Political Party of hezbollah as terrorist Little Wonder arguably as his bullet together with syrias allies have been. Iting u. K. Attempts to overthrow president assad an hour and a half away his drive from the unease capital beirut in damascus this is what has been a leader shake the stroller told julian the sun join our t. V. Just one year into what would become the u. K. War in syria there are no its worse in syria Everybody Knows that when the fed. Says regime when the free has supported on the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine and as it takes knobs back down in the face of its radiant american pressure. For this is a regime which serves the palestinian cause very well my mother oil a few swirly what who are what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is there reform actually there alone is not be carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of the diversities of our inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria the alternatives to hysteria into civil war and this is exactly what america and israel want for syria since the hezbollah aerated victory of president assad of syria against washing german tel aviv london is arguably been shell shocked by doldrums decision to signal the end of the war could lebanon be an anglo israeli consolation prize state mandated u. K. Media just as it did with protests in damascus and 2011 is eagerly covering the protests in lebanon but while the protesters like in syria have legitimate grievances is the coverage a little too eager you can see the sheer size of the protest here in beirut smart a square yesterday on sunday the process were triggered in part by a plan to attack calls on whatsapp and other messaging services that have turned into a revolt against a weak government ailing services and a looming economic collapse collapse not a word youll hear on nato nation media in respect of julie xion demonstrations in france after a year of protest and of course protests can be infiltrated heres what president assad told me about protests in lebanon in the past few days after explaining the. Infiltration of legitimate protest against his government in syria back in 2011 of course no one would believe the spontaneous demonstration to be spontaneous but where will it go that depends on the awareness of the people well some of the awareness of the people in lebanon today will arguably me down to our next guest joining me from beirut is melhem reality former Communications Minister from the Lebanese Forces party melhem thanks for coming on the show how bad is it in lebanon parliamentary speaker nabih berri says your country is like a sinking ship and its going to go under if something isnt done cheers days parliamentary session shut down by protests according to reports across the western world the situation in lebanon is. Like a new. Birth. In the streets and beirut and all over the country are preparing a new coming for lebanon and the chamber is closed because they are doing something against the constitution they try to make. Without. Before forming a new government