precedent is being set. this is the way that this is ruining our present that we cannot have relationships that we cannot be human being. great provide deception lands in israeli arab man in prison after he persuaded women to have sex with him by saying he's jewish. and a moscow court delays a ruling on a group accuse of racist hate crimes including murder and extremist applauds while psychiatric tests are carried. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day the un's highest court has ruled kosovo as unilateral declaration of independence from serbia over two years ago did not violate international law the court said there is no article which prevents declarations of sovereignty the

decision which is a rejection of a claim by serbia is non-binding because of his ethnic albanian majority declared independence from belgrade in february two thousand and eight after un brokered negotiations failed us and most european nations recognize the move but serbia backed by russia and china called it a violation of its territorial integrity because of a had previously been administered by the un following the nato bombing campaign against serbia in one thousand nine hundred nine with a journalist in the story and the bush amount it says the hague decision is biased . it's pretty much a death sentence for international law this is a textbook case of. clear violation of both the un resolution twelve forty four and all the accepted norms of international law. was expecting a more nuanced decision along the lines of it was illegal but it doesn't matter i quite honestly didn't expect the world court to take such directly pro-american position to be perfectly honest of course. always

a much independent does manchukuo vichy france was in world war two it's a puppet state it suffers from endemic corruption as abuses of power in government structure can be best described as organized crime is not a state in any way shape or form just because the u.s. state department says it is a doesn't mean it is a case of course or just a naked land grab and if it's allowed to stand and serbia itself may actually soon fall apart disappear. as a country cannot afford to simply let this slide for the past twenty years there have been wars and conflicts in the balkans stemming from the collapse of yugoslavia and each time there was any sort of dispute the serbs turned out to be on the losing end and the principles that the so-called international community adopted along the way varied according to the needs of the moment there's no principle here really that can consistently apply over the past twenty years except the serbs always lose and that's clearly not a principle you can build

a policy on. in israel an arab man has been sentenced to eighteen months for rape by deception because you are tricked a woman's or having sex with him by claiming to be jewish he plans to appeal the decision that is all to the reports even couples who choose to have interfaith relationships face hostility. this jewish jerusalem suburb is surrounded by arab neighborhoods and far from cultivating a culture of tolerance vigilante style jewish patrol groups calling themselves fire for judaism stand watch outside the local shopping mall their mission to prevent arab men mixing with local jewish girls the municipality has created a twenty four hour hotline where parents and friends can phone to rat on jewish girls breaking this to boot a specially trained team of counselors and psychologists is on standby to rescue them as a leash more. it's important to our traditions culture history and identity because without this who are we through my experience we can see that the chances for

a healthy relationship between i really do and an arab man very very low it's because of the great differences between these two cultures shut up at any of the most recent case involves an arab man who posed as a jewish bachelor a jewish woman agreed to have sex with him but after she found out he was an arab and not a jew she filed a police complaint the courts took the case so seriously that he's now been convicted of rape by deception and same tools to eighteen months in prison the judge said he had an obligation to protect the public funds of the state of criminals who could no innocent victims but reactions to the verdict defer i think if the women want to do it it's stored lord a lot different it's our belief or more of a because something like this usually do is girls don't know where they're the guys . unless it's a choice you know. there should be a choice he didn't leave or choice but in prison is too much of this is the way

that this is going to take these ruining our present arrives that we cannot have relationships that we cannot be just human being arabs make up a foot of israel's population but relationships between arabs and jews are rare former palestinian minister ziad abu is a yard says fights break out almost weekly and night clubs and other puppy. places over the issue it's not religion he says it's racism there are jewish gangs which are against. the relations between jewish jewish men and hunting jewish. those who can go out to a bar. or anywhere with guys and threaten them and force them to break their relations with guys in the two years rami where here and kitty been tata have been together they've never been physically threatened he's muslim she's jewish but they're not thinking about leaving israel because they say it's simply too difficult on other levels and when my family found out they were very adamant about

cutting me off on every level. for acting as a traitor to everybody and for being an inch and making that choice right now israeli parliamentarians are considering a law it will require perspective israeli citizens to decline in oil to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them police here r.t. . but i'm not joined from tel aviv by political journalist and analyst gideon levy thanks for joining us so what do you make of this case. if it wouldn't be so it could have been very funny this whole story. it's a story of a very well covered up racism it's a story of stupidity if i may say so because they called misunderstood the whole

seeing. story of made chauvinism. because it's all based on the assumption that the woman gives something in the men get something which is also something that. it should be different in any case i was asking today in my article their respective full judges in jerusalem would they all saw him convicted a jew who would claim he is a muslim and would go to bed was a muslim also convicted for rape well it's interesting. yes it's interesting you raise that point in this race this point is a bit earlier we had a guest on saying actually this case was about the section the man lied to the women that the main thing was he said he was single when in fact he was married and actually it's people like you have blown this up into a race issue it's about protecting women's rights and protecting them from the

section is not. sure because our adult people are grown up people and we know that in any kind of relationship between men and women the big lies and small lies white lies and lies he called the lie here about his age he could tell her he loved her and he didn't love her he could tell her that he has a car and he doesn't have a car this will be sure there really sure was that he's a most level pretended to be a jew and this is the subtext of the whole thing and you're saying exactly the same as he said earlier jewish man had if you have tended to be an arab then it would be treated in a different way. he wouldn't be treated he wouldn't be brought to court at all the whole subtext is don't touch our women that's the subtext the judges the mentee the deaves they didn't mean it but living it also discrimination against arabs then. that's the baseline i mean arab side

discriminated palestinians like this guy discriminated he knew it was a palestinian name he has no chance in the jewish society so a doctor himself a jewish name this was his only chance to be accepted to be equal to be a human being. what chances for him to win his appeal he says you can appeal against this case other any chances of him winning. yeah there are very good chances because it became such an issue and i guess i give credit to the supreme court judges who are more intelligent than this and more sensitive than this and they will understand that to send this guy for eighteen months in jail after spending by the way two years seen how he spent two years at home so after he went after the whole fuss that became all over the world by the way

including this interview i think this supreme court judges would be clever enough to put an end to this ridiculous case can you just briefly explain to us the situation there in israel we had a report earlier suggesting that there are elements of israeli society really trying to attempt to control the relationship people form there within society what what what is the situation like exactly. first of all let's proportion there hardly a relationship between muslims and jews intimate relations almost nothing it's very very rare the two societies the two community communities are told to be segregated and it's very very hard to to break the walls which cover both. dictated by the authorities rather than actually a feeling of public opinion where people may want to form these relationships but the authorities prevent that from happening. i think if you would have made paul

today in the public opinion which turned quite nation realistic if not to say racist in the last years i think there will be a majority of israelis who would even like to see a law. be. any kind of sexual relations between jews and arabs the nation a sentiment is that this should not happen gideon levy very interesting to hear what you have to say thanks very much indeed for joining us live here on r.t. there in tel aviv thanks. thank you very much. well this is live from the russian capital still to come in the program for you this hour a manhunt in southern russia police sweep the north caucasus searching for the militants who attacked a hydroelectric power station. but first a ruling against an alleged near nazi group has been postponed while four of these suspects go through psychiatric assessment the group is accused of dozens of ethnically motivated killings and terror plots and could spend the rest of their

lives in prison if convicted. has more. uh some of the defendants said that they are guilty of some of the charges some of them say that they are innocent so there is a nit picking of who is guilty and who is and at that and we spoke to a defense attorney of one of those people during a break and he really went at the prosecution saying that they had errors in the polyphony investigation and their error is going on right now as that is the reason why this trial is closed now the not the defendants on this case are young guys they're only in their twenty's but the prosecution says not let their age fool you that they are extremely dangerous and that they are governed by extremists by the other thirteen alleged neo nazis are accused of four main things of murdering twenty seven people because of ethnic hatred prepping to launch a terrorist attack participating and in a legal and illegal extremist network and citing ethnic hatred now according to the

f.s.b. when agents with slow recipes got they put on a strong defense wounding several agents and the agency also says that during this the west arrests they found several weapons and explosives now if these men are found guilty they could face life in prison these men were found or are accused of being guilty of having illegal ties with and extremists network and that group is called the national socialist society and the mission behind this group is to rule a socialist russia and to up the route and essentially get rid of all the immigrants but who is really responsible they're arresting centrally people who are foot soldiers they're young and they don't need to have the money or the power to have a network like this so who's funding that. and who's organizing it and they say i'm still the the mastermind behind this organization are brought to light and brought to justice russia cannot claim victory against extremists but you have the. the

natural to movement thing looking at whatever direction you want we're not going anywhere we're fighting a race war and we're here to stay and i spoke to a supporter and a wife of a person who market that he was targeting traders for central from central asia that were in a moscow and she said you know what i'm proud of my husband he's a soldier and more russians need to step up and be heroes here's more of our amazing interview. this self professed and deeply religious woman who is full of hate hate for those who are different hate for immigrants she accuses of occupying disrespecting and contaminating her nation russians she insists are fighting a race war motivated by love of books love home went and i would nation love. families where people don't just date and break up but rather they get

married in church they don't practice abortions that don't support interesting marriages. who are ethnically mixed communities and what are your thoughts about me i'm not russian i'm african american i'm here are you upset that your government gave me a what are your thoughts on that. i believe everyone should live in their own homeland where they belong. armed with this belief and inspired by racist blocking her husband. and two fellow students. market in two thousand and six they targeted because of the number of traders that come from central asia and china the blast killed fourteen attacks against looking people are often brutal and in cases like the market they are deadly the deeds of angry mob family outnumber victims all recorded by racist and then posted in nationalist websites. activists called the situation out of control when a local nonprofit crime watchdog group acknowledges it is sleep. getting there like

you know what lead to certain seizing the most odious groups that had been involved in systematic violence and terrorism during the last two years the largest formations in moscow were dispelled and the key activists and murderers detained. she says one thousand people had been killed due to hate crimes in two thousand and ten that's down from fifty for the same time period last year but that map there's little to satisfy magen to kill stuff online is better than police protection is supposed. to load their work in crowds and people take care of their own safety. comes into action after a crime is committed and. as for veronica her husband is serving a life sentence for actions neither of them regret and for a cause they both support. r.t. . the russian president has ordered security stepped up at all critical facilities

in the north caucuses on wednesday a group of gunmen stormed the hydroelectric station and. leaving two guards dead and destroying two power generators to make them a better promised anyone responsible for failing to ensure safety at key infrastructure sites will be dealt with. this isn't a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity and blatant negligence law enforcement bodies and companies should do everything in their power to avert any repetition of events like this in the future and if this does happen again none of the law enforcement top brass or company executives will remain in their jobs we've seen nothing similar to this before so we must draw the most serious conclusions from it. art is needed as a has the latest now on the hunt for the militants behind the power station attack . it's been reported that the militants leader because the shoot was behind the storming of this hydro plant in the north caucasus on wednesday morning a group of up to five gunmen forced their way into the. power plant killing two

police officers at the entrance members of the surest gang who were reportedly identified by employees of the station as the attackers although there's been no official confirmation so far the gang detonated four bombs equivalent to ten kilos of t.n.t. the explosions didn't damage the planned day and didn't affect the electricity supply of the region security has been tightened at all the energy facilities across russia manhunt is underway although. less violence than all the nearby north caucasus republic such as. it was the scene of the fierce fighting in october two thousand and five then dozens of militants stormed the capital city night cheap attacking police man and governmental officers one hundred and forty people were killed among them ninety two militants last mall there were

ten attacks on law enforcement officials. in this region in the very heart of russia's north caucasus known to be a haven for militants. and that's night as of reporting from russia's southern republic of korea. by the way you can find more stories analysis on our website it's only. available to you whenever you want it now here's some of what can be found there right now an iraqi american turned his own skin into a canvas for the memories of a forgotten more he's determined to draw attention to those killed in iraq any way he can. an impressive forces gathering in ukraine seaside resort is a vast open this by kids from around the world gearing up to show off their metal steeds football head to r.t. dot com. and some of the world news. north korea has called for joint military exercises between south korea and the

u.s. to be canceled calling them a threat to global peace it would have described new u.s. sanctions as a clear expression of intensified hostility and the clinton is expected to discuss the issue during the regional forum tension was heightened considerably in march after career was accused of sinking a warship belonging to the south. in the iraqi city of baquba at least fifteen people have been killed after a car bomb explosion more than forty others including children were injured the device went off in a shopping area near a shia mosque causing the partial collapse of houses and setting cars on fire it was the third attack this week in the northern d'anna province. food was sweeping across southern china bringing more torrential rain to the country the storm comes after severe flooding and landslides that left more than seven hundred people dead and three hundred forty seven missing so far this year many roads bridges and houses have collapsed and officials say damages from severe weather conditions are in the tens of billions of dollars it's the worst flooding in the country in over

a decade. and the u.s. senate has passed a bill aimed at helping two and a half million unemployed americans whose benefits are due to run out this month that will extend welfare for a further three months many were left without financial help. negotiations between republicans and democrats senators say they will send the bill to the white house to be signed later today it's very. typical to take a moment i'll be back with another update in about eight minutes from now in the meantime the business update is next with daniel. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in some petersburg ots available in hotels a story and a little ambassador renascence baltic hotel petro palace hotel the true spoiled hotel golden golden. dostoevsky.

and see if this column if you visit. will be to business the results of european bank stress tests to friday evening have been looming over the markets the tests are intended to reassure investors of the ripple snus of banks by revealing their exposure to it and capital adequacy earlier i spoke to paul michael senior foreign exchange strategist at h.s.b.c. bank in london i asked him what he thought the result would be and what effect it might have on the markets a number of the european banks are going to go through this try to transparency argument to try and demonstrate to the market about who is going to be strong and who's going to be we can try to get a sense of how is the european banking system actually been holding up through this

crisis so that's all tomorrow on this is what the key focus point is indeed going to be how is that going to impact the markets. well i think with what we have to realize is that there's been a number of officials coming out over recent days suggesting that. the banks in the respective countries seem to be in good shape in that they're going to pass these these stress tests there's been a couple of banks saying that they could possibly fail but perhaps the market already had a good feeling for this those type of. failure candidates i think really perhaps is going to line up to be somewhat of a nonevent i mean we will have to digest the overall news through the course of the weekend to try to get a feel of how much banks the european banks may need to reach capitalized but in terms of it being a big market mover for the euro i'm a little bit skeptical at this at this juncture what will be the consequence is going to be we thought. well if it did turn out to be pessimistic

report in a somewhat surprising. i think to at least from a currency perspective what you see happening is you see a flight to safety that is you had the likes of the and probably the swiss franc would hold up quite well versus the euro you might even see the dollar actually trying to rally somewhat versus the euro as well so reversing some of the gains which we saw today but i think that the fact that it's coming out quite late tomorrow are scheduled to be then we're going to be in a bit of a holding pattern and it might not be until monday where we start to see a bigger reaction. let's have a look at those markets now russian it could seem to struggle for pessimism of the chairman of the u.s. federal reserve who warned that the prospects for the world's largest economy will quote. most good rally in often in trade with the season ending. owner of the plant itself with the terrorist ways they recovered early losses to edge into the black. propped ability of russian business has increased eighty six percent in the first five months of this year compared to two thousand and nine the

statistics service says the combined pretax profits. companies climbed to eighty million dollars working in the extraction utility of proof industries were among the top gain as well the number of companies recording a loss dropped by just two point six percent compared to the first months of two thousand and nine when the country was in that of recession. now russia is suffering its worst drought in a century sixteen region. have declared a state of emergency and we're told it is protected to be twenty percent lower than last year the head of the country's green union warns the poor crop could push up meat and milk prices if get in the door she an economist that trust bank says the drought could add to inflation but not straight away this is very likely to generate negative make make it make it to price growth rates in august this will be deflation so finally we will see and this will decrease the total year to be

inflation from four point seven percent four point eight percent by the end of july to lower. them but this occasion a change of fortune because of the sort of like that. because for us a little before we could really be decreasing prices will be limited and will it be in september will be. passed one might have expected. now the russian government wants to restructure kotex and raise excise duty on petrol speaking exclusively to see. from the minister of industry says his department will push for further changes to the tax regime if proposals fail to make people buy more more and greener cars eve for example who will be decision to council transportation tax and migrated towards the excise us didn't really have to do the calculation to understand whether and how we can also manage different renewal incentives because if the will be structured in such

a way that it will not. incentives for buying greener. technology course then we probably would have to talk about substitution transportation taxes something else for example called for wheat ducks like it in japan or. the age tax which can be also structured through insurance schemes. that's there for me you can always find more stories on our website that's all three dot com slash has.

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