hungry for the. we've got. the biggest issues get the cuban voice face to face with the news makers. the ty court rules that suspected russian arms trafficker victor borge nicknamed the merchant of death this to be extradited to the u.s. . russia standing by to switch on iran's first nuclear power plant which will be under the strict control of the un's atomic watchdog. follow our

close up team a thousand kilometers north of moscow to see how life in the arts and crafts turn out of cargo hold remains virtually unchanged for generations. as one of the russian capital you're watching r.t.m. arena joshua welcome to the program russia's foreign minister has called the thai court's decision to extradite the suspected russian arms fair and victor a bullet to the u.s. but little sergey lavrov also said the ruling a was made under pressure from in his words the outside and he added moscow would seek to bring back to russia a thai appeals court delivered the final verdict after a lower court rejected washington's extradition bit the ruling says brut movies

sent to american soil within three months and he was arrested two and a half years ago in bangkok in an elaborate operation led by u.s. agents washington one smooth on charges of terrorism and. supplying arms to colombian rebels allegations he denies. has more. people learn how the woods lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in world wide circulation that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessman victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. and i feel. his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hilton he was arrested in thailand in march two thousand and eight

in a joint sting operation by the local and u.s. authorities he was apprehended in the final stages of arranging the sale of millions of dollars of high powered weapons to people he believed to represent a known terrorist organization the far not many people were willing to give boot that type of credit given to them by american prosecutors he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't the us media would call them merchants. i mean around quite a large a lot of operation and you know and i would think that ninety five percent of his flights were ordinary commercial goods. from washing or all sorts of things so we're only talking about five percent of the cargoes possibly being. itself illegal in the long and drawn out extradition hearing that took over two

years the united states changed added and modify their charges against mr boot to include violating international trade law as well as arms trafficking his family believes that so. point it became a process for the process instead of a process for justice. friday's court ruling shows that toy justice is entirely under u.s. pressure there's no justice in such work done for previous hearings over a year in the home clearly showed there's not enough evidence of my brother's guilt but for some reason it turns out to be enough for the appeals court the u.s. kept pressing the high court the prosecutor general and then the senators signed a letter to thailand's ambassador of the consequences if my brother is released this again shows that trip to boots case is political and not criminal. trial and tribulations have been ask los lee followed by the media as hollywood's version of the life of the merchant of death unlike

a scripted movie there are no punchy closing lines thoughtful soundtracks or a list of all those involved in production unless that many believe is even more interesting than the lead man himself. catarina as our art moscow. russia is ready to launch of iran's first nuclear power plant on saturday saying the joint project will show that iran is entitled to the peaceful use of nuclear and achieve the russian built reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict control of the un's nuclear watchdog the plant is expected to be fully operational in about a month russia will help to run the facility supplied a few and remove the waste that's expected to ease fears of tehran using the spans rods to make nuclear weapons iran is under un sanctions aimed at pressuring tehran to abandon its uranium enrichment program six on a boy to looks at the construction of the plant. it's been a routine for more than

a decade hundreds of russian constructors streaming to their workplace three shifts a day six days a week building iran's first nuclear power station it's been a long wait launched by germans in the nineteen seventies the construction was halted after the revolution when russians to call for the task was to feed a new reactor into on the already existing building to destroy its. direct construct is always more difficult to build from scratch. the normal requires a much larger space this is one of the reasons why the launch of the station has been postponed so many times for the rainy and it meant the delay in their nuclear dream for local russians more time away from home. little meal works in the local kindergarten welfare has been disputing finishing touches to the station he's explaining to her peoples what it's all about. why we need nuclear power stations

to trace it to flight condition it. she likes it in the long run that's the conversation the conditions are good here every family has a separate house something that we couldn't afford to have the launch of the bush air plan is a major political and economic milestone for iran but for the russian constructors who built it it's a very joyous occasion two out of about three thousand only one in town were able to bring their families with them the raf committed themselves to lonely and rather tedious lives but now everybody is counting the days until they go home. so gay is one of them after seventeen years of marriage he had to adjust to a bachelor's life again now he's gearing up for the opposite transition. very happy to go i miss my family. just as a rainy. societies are slated for the rest of the world the russian village and

bush share is it's wrong to buy walls guarded day and night to buy the uranium police women are required to observe the muslim dress code men have to forget about alcohol and drinks life is especially mum not to miss for the local teenagers version. i wish we had more freedom there are not many things to do here and girls always have to cover their heads it took me a lot of time to get used to it. the construction of the plant has always been tangled in big politics but it is a lot of little man and their families will spend years away from home building iran's nuclear dream. on the boycott or the iran. coming up later in the program here in our freedom of speech versus freedom of religion debates rage over new york bus adverts that oppose building a mosque near ground zero. seventy years after

a russian revolutionaries data manny europeans are finding his ideas still relevant that's on the way. watching our july from moscow let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world and b.p. has rejected claims it is withholding key information needed for the investigation into the gulf of mexico oil spill trance ocean the firm which owns the rig has asked for full disclosure of details about the explosion at the platform which killed eleven workers and started a leak the company's already facing more than three hundred lawsuits for damages caused by the disaster but denies responsibility. the u.k. government has urged libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the lockerbie bomber ali al macgraw it was released by scottish authorities on medical advice and he had only three months left to live and there was anger in u.k. when all the gras you received. a hero's welcome in tripoli on his return foreign

office said similar scenes will be insensitive to the families of the two hundred seventy people killed when the pan am flight was attacked. the un looks set to reach its target of four hundred sixty million dollars in aid for pakistan's flood victims nations have been increasing their donations after the un secretary-general ban ki moon asked for more money at a special meeting of the general assembly before the address only happens some have been raised secretary-general appealed to governments to give more generously than in previous disasters saying the flaws were a bigger catastrophe than many thought over twenty million people have been affected by the disaster. two train carriages have plunged into a river in southwestern china after floods washed away part of a bridge heavy rains caused support columns to collapse leaving part of the train suspended above the fast flowing water carriages held together just long enough for everyone to skate. plans to build

a mosque near the side of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york are fueling anti muslim feeling among some americans adverts opposing the mosque have appeared on the city's buses maria board dialogues of the effect freedom of speech is having on freedom of faith. here in the u.s. media capital millions of messages for the streets but only one advertisement for new york city is provoking emotional reaction to its inflammatory i think the ad that ran very offensive this ad has been slapped on twenty six buses in the big apple on the left a plane crashing into the north tower on nine eleven on the right the proposed mosque slated to rise two blocks from ground zero the red techs ask why their this is the latest offensive delivered by critics opposing the development of an islamic center two blocks from ground zero this woman pam geller reportedly paid eight thousand dollars for the process no i'm not trying to spread islamophobia i'm

trying to spread openness and you know what we are hoping to pander and criticism and and. in a country founded on religious freedom poll shows sixty three percent of americans of the development of an islamic cultural center so close to sacred ground i think it's a great ad and i think it is an absolute disgrace that people would think about building a mosque with three thousand new yorkers and americans more than one hundred of those victims were muslim americans if you're saying. there's a group of people who are. willing to spend a lot of money to advertise that were over r t got an exclusive tour of that nineteenth century building in lower manhattan it turns out it's already been serving as a temporary mosque for the past year as a citizen. and as president. believe that muslims have the right to practice their

religion as everyone else in this country and throughout the country the new york dispute has become a central campaign issue perceiving the november elections some would say the national debate surrounding the so-called ground zero mosque has pitted freedom of speech against. freedom of religion now is what we are this issue has become a political issue but it's also become an issue of security because over here just thirty feet from the building our police car fancier all day to make sure things are mean. hard to you know. it's been seventy years since leon trotsky one of the leaders of the boss of a coalition of nine hundred seventeen was assassinated by an undercover agent trotsky spend his last days in mexico after being deported for opposing joseph stalin policies but his socialist ideas are finding more support among those hit by europe's financial downturn as lower amateur reports. go on but not forgotten

to many the ideas of leon trotsky embody genuine socialism revolution an international coalition of the working classes and bureaucracy they might seem like outdated ideas but across europe they're alive and well trotsky's murder at the hands of an undercover and cave agent took place seventy years ago and five and a half thousand miles away from here in mexico but here as in many other places around europe his theories live on through organizations like this one which calls for the working classes to seize power from the capital lists and start the permanent revolution work his power is a movement active in twelve countries from the united states to sri lanka the organization simon hardy says it's relevant today more than ever as ordinary people feel their suffering most common economic crisis brought about by the rich a lot of work of socialists now is focusing on talking to working people about how

they're suffering and the recession. and engaging in the political arguments and ideas which will help them fight a back against the government's against the capitalist class so that they don't have to bear the brunt of the crisis. i'm a discontent in europe about cuts in public spending and job losses this summer has seen violent protests most notably in greece socialists around europe believe those demonstrations were successful in their view they stops the greek government imposing harsher austerity measures and according to german trotskyist s.a.v. that's just the beginning i think if we can develop a real program which is for example stop all the paying off the debt start nationalization of the banks start nationalization of the big companies put them into workers' control and management i think that will. lead a way where you can really fight back the measures of the government also spread these struggles to other countries in southern europe for example but also to

countries like germany according to the trotskyists we're heading for an autumn of discontent with demonstrations and general strikes across europe attacking austerity measures and governments the aim is to spread leftwing ideas and plant the idea the economic crisis wasn't brought about by individual policies it stems from capitalism itself when capitalism went into its bust phase in two thousand and eight when the recession. the government's decided to give the banks as much money as they wanted there was billions and billions of dollars given to the banks in bear outs. but when it comes to ordinary people we suffer cuts we suffer austerity measures so it's about making a political argument and making it clear the problems of capitalism itself and therefore there's a real target of socialism marxists trotskyist say genuine socialism minus the cult of personality and the bureaucracy was never given a chance to prove itself in europe it's never managed to get more than two couldn't

support at the ballot box now its supporters think capitalism is on its deathbed and it may be time to try out trotsky's philosophy lower and that london. and it's time now to pack your bags as we take you on another tour of the lesser known parts of russia with our close up team. and today we're one thousand kilometers north of moscow in the small town of cargo paul the town was an important trade center back in the sixteenth century as it was situated between what was then of the only russian city for their hunger and moscow however its history dates back as far as the eleventh century despite the tell slowly falling into obscurity it's art and architecture are very much alive as artist has our cilia found out of.

a town through his and in time. these stone churches and centuries old wooden houses once owned by rich merchants sturdy magination. once upon a time cargo paul was one of the wealthiest towns in russia thanks to bustling trade by be on your river but it began to fade into obscurity when c. trade was moved to st petersburg and later on when the railroads were built bypassing the town life here is simple quiet and for the most part that natural and easy nothing has changed some have automatic machines but they still come to wash the things in the river after they wash them in the machine the room makes the linen feel fresher. today there's no real industry in cargo ball so people have to make do with what they do best making clay toys. because this is our main work in means of support these figurines are my life now i can picture my life without them. it's the parents that the once dying craft was

restored in the one nine hundred sixty s. they call it a peasant art potters used to make lay dishes and used leftover clay to make toys for children and a so-called god global toy has become a grand in itself tourists flock to their home especially for these had made pieces of ancient local culture and to get very hands dirty as well back in the day these clay figurines were made without eyes now as the saying goes the eyes are a window to the soul and the locals believe that these creatures had souls that wanted to escape through the ice and they didn't want that to happen but today not only do they have ice they become the face of the town but cargo pools got more to show for itself than just call a figurines there as far back as i could remember of five generations of my family have been involved in some form of want. because art brought back smiles and color

into a place otherwise left behind by history but always on the lookout for a sturdy piece of history are the people of mali could at least open air museum the largest in russia they've managed to save some of the majestic and ancient wooden structures typical from kabul these massive wooden structures were brought to mind you could really piece by piece then reassembled and restored here. an intensive labor of love for the museum's team restores. houses in the north are built from pine wood but the windows of this one are made from fur fur dries out and disintegrates over time we want to preserve it and restore what we can. for vladimir it's enough that their family restored a piece of congress history and are keeping it alive after all a new fields way of life is all they've known to quickly realize that in this place

it's all about the simple life and going back to basics i'm here at a colony in a laundry room where locals bring their clothes more often views during the winter so if you'll excuse me i've got work to do. does our cilia arty cargo pull in the region. and in just a few minutes the environmental cost of the gulf of mexico oil spill before that here's alice with the latest business news. by a very much marina welcome to the business report hale o.c. with me i suppose but we're also how spend some four hundred million dollars fighting the forest fires that have swept across the country in the last month bounce according to the emergencies that minnesota who will be includes money for the construction of new handles is on costs associated with employing additional rescue forces in the fall eight weeks the forest five in central and western russia some fifty three thousand people off or lost their lives and three in

a home thousands made homeless. russia's banks are enjoying a revival after suffering through the financial crisis deposit levels are at an all time high while confidence in the security of the sector is all arise both at home and abroad as we did accord to the now reports. the russian banking sector has emerged lean and mean and from the crisis best buy baghdad to low depositors and a weak loan market confidence in the sector slumped as the world's economy went into reverse at the beginning of two thousand and nine russian banks were being asked to pay high rates of interest to borrow money on the international markets to offset the perceived risk in the sector just eighteen months later and that has changed what we're seeing now is a recovering well all sort of business activity groom picking up this is why the corporates are actually showing some demand for new credit this is actually the

water cooler reaction on the bank side in the first seven months of this year domestic banks sold more than eight billion dollars of foreign currency debt a four fold increase over the same period in two thousand and nine among the companies that have made the move to the euro markets as burbank gasper and bank and bank of moscow banks accounted for sixty five percent of total corporate international debt sales from russia this year up from twenty percent last year a significant growth although still not back to pre-crisis levels but the. ones we are seeing really the first steps towards the euro bond markets after the crisis the market has changed but is not like it was back in the summer of two thousand and eight russian banks have moved from a vicious spiral to finish as sack-o. public confidence in the institutions has returned bursting deposits to record levels this in turn has reduced the risk associated with the sector. ultimately

meaning the banks can see financing. business r.t. . b.p. may become the first russian private oil company to operate in vietnam on thursday it's signed a memorandum of intent with local company petro vietnam to gave says it made to the country a boost capacity one of its all refineries the company doesn't currently have anywhere to bid on but there are reports that it might be interested in hearing some covered by shareholders but his patrol. and one of the largest bombers of russian gas warms even cheaper prices for the blue fuel german company droid gas that made that amount according to russia's a very last newspaper or last year gazprom agreed with a five of its european buy is on the. cards worth two billion dollars

by the beginning of august the old chief executives of the company will start losing revenue if its main supplies don't lower prices in the early twenty ten. to supply fifteen percent of gas at small places meeting two hundred million dollars less revenue for the russian giants. take a quick check now on how the markets are doing and i'm afraid of the sea of red asian shares fell on thursday made concerns about the economic outlook following worse than expected weekly jobless numbers in the u.s. takings nikkei index was the hardest hit down two percent as rumors circulated of the bank of japan would hold an emergency meeting hong kong's hang seng also slipped. european stocks while still down. today would treat spall by those grim u.s. figures that have brought back fears of a double dip recession forefront of investors' minds. closer to home than having

solved positively russia's markets on a. also following the downward trend on find i would be honest yes currently is lifting over zero point five zero one percent to myself down to zero point one percent well this is a continuation of thursday's it trend and also a spider as you saw on the new call attempting to stand the losses of the light sweet edge to the seventy six dollars the back. of the news in brief we sell cells and celebrated just live despite the wave they rose a bigger than expected six point six percent year on year that's the best showing since the away sales of salt and sugar posted double digit growth compared with the previous month wallflowers cereals and. most case prosecutors have filed eight against russia's two discount airlines at the norva and sky express were all the claims that relate to flight delays from

july sky express went from being among the best in terms reliability to ranking among the worst with fifty percent of its flights suffering hold ups however face the prospect of losing its license the company has managed to haul the number of delayed flights for all this. ok there's more of course on our website dot com slash business i'll be back in around fifty minutes time they with an update.

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