gene war within its own army. and human losses are quite significant. is it possible to win the war against sexual assault in the u.s. armed forces. in the army. a toy court rules that the alleged russian arms dealer victim has to be extradited to the u.s. within three months but russia's foreign minister describes the decision as political to bring him back. under the observation of the un's energy watchdog. under debate over the building

of a mosque near new york's ground zero site itself as an ad campaign seen by many as anti muslim is posted it. takes you on a journey back in time to. show what a way of life for residents a state much the same for hundreds of years. from our studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is. russia has condemned the decision by a thai court to extradite these suspected russian vick to boot to the us previously a lower court rejected the u.s. extradition bit but the appeals court has overruled the verdict correspondent katrina czar of a brings us the details now from the russian foreign ministry in moscow. moscow's

very unhappy with this ruling because it believes that it was made under significant outside pressures specifically pressure from the united states the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking earlier said that it is evident from the fact that the thai criminal court earlier refused to extradite mr boat and today of course the thai appeal court has sanctioned this extradition that this request was made possible after the severe pressure from the united states there for making this decision a political level logical one and that is inacceptable so it really was started at a time appeals court has made this political decision according to the information we have this ruling was made under very strong outside pressure and this is assisting as for the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for months we've been in touch with his lawyers and the family and will continue to do our best to get him returned to his homeland mr bush remains a somewhat mysterious figure of an international businessman who has had contacts

with many people throughout his career he is believed by some to be nothing less than the merchant of death and one of the most notorious arms dealers in the world to date by others including his family to simply be a man who was caught in the wrong thing at the wrong time and is basically being made a scapegoat by the united states of course mr bush has received a lot of international attention following his arrest in march two thousand and eight in this high capital bangkok and still the media today could not figure out whether mr booth is simply a good man a bad man or what kind of a man he actually is how the woods lord of rule or there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in world war three. 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 dictabelt nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. resulting from nicholas cage who play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel pity for. 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 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 that type of credit given to them by american prosecutors he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't the man the u.s. media would call them. i mean around quite

a large operation and you know and i would think that ninety five percent of his plots 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 a 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 at some point it became a process for the process instead of a process for justice but with this decision just a different view has demonstrated that the work of the court has no value in the role. good evidence gathering. from this works that make the lawrence or drool over tickets or sex tradition to the us of the presidents are on the way to for you is

controlled by the government directly and so the huge pressure from the us. trials and tribulations have been asked 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 laden than himself. catarina. moscow. iran's first nuclear power plant is ready to start. being built which says the joint project will show the title to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. for control of. its power to be fully operational. russia will help supply the fuel and remove the waste. using the spent to make nuclear weapons.

pressure into. enrichment program. store of the fifteen. construction. it's been a routine for more than a decade hundreds of russian. streaming to their workplace reshift a day six days a week building 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. building. to build from scratch. space this is one of the reasons why the launch of the station has been so many times. it meant the delay in their nuclear dream russian time away from whole. works in the

local community gardening has been disputing finishing touches to the station he's explaining to her people who. clear palace station say transit in the light conditions. will slow down that's the crunch the conditions are good here every family has a separate house something that we couldn't afford to have their lawns. is a major political and economic milestone for iran but for the russian constructors it's a very joyous occasion two out of about three thousand only one in town were able to bring back. the rest committed themselves to lonely and 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 life again now he's gearing up for

the opposite transition and. very happy to go i miss my family. just as rainy and societies isolated from the rest of the world the russian village and. police women are required to observe the muslim dress code men have to forget about alcohol and drinks life is especially money not to most for the local teenagers. i wish we had more. 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 in tangled in big politics but it is a lot of little man and the family spent years away from home building iran's nuclear dream. the iran.

that the negative media frenzy surrounding the bush. is and a superpower in the region and the us is losing its influence. water victory it is for all independent nations that is nations independent of u.s. power when it comes to energy interests the islamic republic of repeatedly renounced the use of nuclear weapons but it is amazing to see the media coverage of this story after all iran is a member of the nonproliferation treaty and you don't see any of the nuclear powers making any signs of reducing their massive nuclear arsenals if anything all you see is john bolton the former united states ambassador to the united nations saying to israel which is of course a nuclear state in the region to bomb iran the reason why this story gets that kind of coverage we must remember that. it will be monitoring things that are happening at share and that previous i.a.e.a. secretary generals have been under surveillance by the americans quite contrary to

regulations we know the reason why the world or at least the western media in the world run by different types of elites are worried about iran because it's an energy superpower in the region i think alliances between iran and russia and china and to the developing world the global south show that. situations such as we're seeing in bush reflect the decline of united states power electricity supplies have been completely restored in simply after a blackout that lasted for almost an hour however two cities in the leningrad region remain without power the blackout plans around forty percent of russia's second largest city into chaos and knocked out traffic signals causing massive congestion on the roads train stations and metro services were also hit while water supplies are still affected according to reports the emergencies ministry says it was all caused by an accident at one of the city's electricity plants but it hasn't given any more details russia's military will stay in armenia until the year twenty

forty four at least a new deal on the lease of a military base has been signed by present during his visit to the country. our security cooperation is very important especially protocol number five which prolongs an agreement on the russian military base in armenia this agreement aims to avoid peace and security in the caucasus region. moscow's also promised to guarantee armenia security and provide advanced military hardware for its armed forces the russian leader also praised that progress in resolving the conflict between armenia and neighboring azerbaijan of the rooted mountain region of the. i mean troops gain control of the territory in one thousand nine hundred forty six year war but the region is still internationally recognized as part of as a by your own. controversial plans to build a mosque just two blocks from the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york is causing islamic sentiment in the us post as asking why there have been put

up on the buses around the city that is artie's marina portnoy reports it's now a fight between freedom of speech and freedom of faith. here in the u.s. media capital millions of messages. but only one advertisement for new york city is . emotional reaction to. 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 bus ads no i'm not trying to spread islam to spread openness and you know what we are hoping to pander and criticism and.

freedom in a country founded on religious freedom sixty three percent of americans the development of an islamic cultural center so close to sacred ground. to give. people. more than one hundred victims muslim americans. are 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 i 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 proceeding 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 it's quite clear that this issue has become a political issue but it's also become an issue of security to cover here just thirty feet from the building a police car it stands here all day to make sure things remain safe. it's seventy years since the. leader of the nine hundred seventeen bolshevik revolution was assassinated by the cover soviet agent being sentenced next off a strongly opposing stone and continued to develop his own views and today his social site is still finding support on the ground of those hit by europe's financial downturn more emmett's has this report. gone but not forgotten to many the ideas of leon trotsky embody genuine socialism revolution an international coalition of the working classes and voicing bureaucracy they might

seem like outdated ideas but across europe there are a lot. trotsky's murder at the hands of an undercover. agent took place seventy years ago five and a half thousand miles away from here. but here as in many other places around here his theories live on through organizations like this one which calls for the working classes to seize power from the capitalists and start the permanent revolution workers' 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 they're suffering most from an economic crisis. which a lot of work now is focusing on talking to working people about how they're suffering under the recession and engaging in the political arguments and ideas

which will help them fight back against the governments against the capitalist class that they don't have to bear the brunt of the crisis i may 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 stopped the greek government imposing whole show austerity measures and according to german trotskyist greek f a b that's just the beginning i think you can develop a real program which is for example stop all the paying off. start nationalization of the banks start nationalization of the big companies put them into work as management i think that will. lead a way where you can really fight back the measures of the government also struggled to other countries. in southern europe for example but also 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 governments decided to give the banks as much money as they wanted there was billions and billions of dollars given to the banks in buyouts and then when it comes to ordinary people we suffer cuts we suffer austerity measures so it's about making up 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 nor and it r.t.

. though a close up team takes you on a journey to one of russia's polls. well heading one thousand kilometers north of where i'm sitting here in moscow to the small town of kabul it's history dates back as far as the eleventh century something reflected in the town's art and architecture at all teas took a cultural tour back to the future. but in. a town frozen in time. these stone churches and centuries old wooden houses once owned by rich merchants stirred imagination. once upon a time cargo war was one of the wealthiest towns in russia thanks to bustling trade by the onyango river but it began to fade into obscurity when sea 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 the natural knees mean nothing has changed some have automatic machines but they still come to wash the things in the river after they wash the regime in the room next to linen feel fresher. today there's no real industry and gargle so people have to make do with what they do best making clay toys oh sure to cover this is on main work and means of support there is figurines in my life now i can picture my life without going to. it's vladimir's 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 use leftover clay to make tools for children and a so-called gargle toy has become a brand in itself tourists flock to their home especially after these had made it

he says of eighty days local culture and to get very hands dirty as well. but cargo pulls got more to show for itself than just clay figurines. a slag as i could remember of five generations of my family have been involved in some form or want. because art brought back smiles and color into a place otherwise left behind by history but only is on the lookout for a sturdy piece of history are the people of mali could it open air museum the largest in russia they've managed to save some of the majestic and ancient wooden structures typical from. these massive wooden structures were brought to my piece by piece then reassembled and restored here. an intensive leveraged love for the museum steam restores. musos in the north are built from pine wood but the windows of this one are made. for dries out disintegrate over time we want to preserve it

and restore. 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 pretty quickly realize that in this place it's all about the simple life and going back to basics i'm here at a call in a laundry room where locals bring their clothes more often used during the winter so if you'll excuse me i've got work to do. just are silly artie cargo coming into this region. will be about with a look at tell me news stories night minutes from now in the meantime the business news is next with shawn yde stay with us here on r.t. . hello welcome to the business program with me was folly crude oil is trading at a six week law it's been struggling to break out of the seventy to eighty dollars

range from moments after briefly hitting eighty two dollars at the beginning of august prices have slipped back on concerns about faltering economic growth and high inventories in the u.s. and as alexei caulking for metropol explains the risks appear to be mainly on the downside for the rest of the year. i rather doubt this country in my chair breaks through. to. the next three to six months but we'll probably see you world going through eighteen to the eighty five range of thousand and eleven if we were experiencing it in excess supply. probably see prices lower i think the big question is is demonstrably misled. there's some doubt as to chinese chinese demand if you look at the three year in year growth apparently in july it went down quite

dramatically to about three percent. so the question is was three high demand in the first help you to someone else a friend for instance or a program to help the chinese come to increase strategic stocks or could i'm products and perhaps just now over the case that i have in my potential kerry case or ford come down to sixty five. we will be able to make. riley and from here . let's have a look at the markets now here in russia the stocks of try to global trends that plays down for both oil the methodist frame the tree best indicator of commodity producers like me so cost i mean steel dropped three point seven percent down one point one. zero looking back on the week sentiment has been broadly negative on the russian markets we've also shown some volatility some in back from consultancy invest cathay wraps up the last five days trade this week was kind of usual week

for august because. it's end of summer and august is a very scary monster for. traders and for us the stock markets and the well it's quite volatile but for the recent three weeks we've been in a very narrow. range in terms of indices and we don't break that. recent economic statistics from the u.s. is not encouraging because for example on thursday you are saying this is. a big deal because of the sticky six about manufacturing activity and. job was claims commodities prices right now are not supporting us the current commodity levels are . already in the prices of the russian stocks there was a lot sort of tutti in terms of fertilizer industry. in syria might emerge soon and the information which came in on friday about

a chinese company which might participate in the oil for four. so that information. is quite important for us. now in other news russia's banks are enjoying a revival after having suffered throughout the financial crisis deposit levels all at an all time high inspiring confidence in the sector both at home and abroad we did a question of reports. the russian banking sector has emerged lean and mean and from the crisis best 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 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 burbank gasper and bank and bank of moscow banks accounted for sixty five percent of total corporate international debt sales from russia this year from twenty percent last year a significant growth although still not back to pre-crisis levels but the. ones we are seeing now i remove the first steps towards the euro bond market after the crisis the market has changed but it 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 secure more financing more cheaply i do question our business r.t. . now over the sound you can always find more stories on our website called slash business.

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