a thai court rules of the alleged russian arms dealer victim is to be extradited to the us within three months of russia's foreign minister describes the decision as political to bring him back home. by russia prepares to launch iran's first nuclear plant on such a day under the observation of the un's energy watch dog. and the debate over the

building of a mosque near new york's ground zero site was an ad campaign seen by many as anti muslim is posted on buses around the city. live 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 the suspected russian arms dealer a victim to the u.s. previously a lower court rejected the u.s. extradition bid but the appeals court has overruled that verdict correspondent catherine azhar of brings us now the details from the russian foreign ministry in moscow. moscow's very unhappy with this ruling because it believes that it was made under significant outside pressure 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 thread little one and that is an acceptable. was started at a time i appeal court has made this political decision according to the information we have this ruling was made on a very strong outside pressure and this is upsetting and as for the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for all these months we've been in touch with his lawyers and his family and will continue to do our best to get him returned to his homeland mr bush remains a somewhat mysterious figure and international businessman who has had contact 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 as scapegoat by the united states of course mr boot has received a lot of international attention following his arrest in march two thousand and eight in the thai capital bangkok and still the media today could not figure out whether mr booth is simply a good man or a bad man or what kind of a man is he actually is how the woods lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in world war three yours. that's one far for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. i don't we are in the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessmen think that it would nickname the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and

laughed off parallels. 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 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 him by american prosecutors he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly is and. i mean around quite a large airline operation in many in africa and i would think that ninety five percent of his flights were ordinary commercial goods. 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 modified 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 to take court to you has demonstrated that the work of the criminal court has no role in evidence gathering the question of eye witnesses told this works to meet the law record too low to dr so extradition to the u.s. . on the way to do is controlled by the tory government directly and so huge pressure from the. new trial and tribulations have been ask los lea 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 or less that many believe is even more interesting than the lead man himself. catarina as r r t moscow. iran's first nuclear power plant is ready to start today it's being built by russia which says the joint project will show that to ron is in total to the peaceful use of nuclear energy the 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 run the facility supply the fuel and remove the waste ruling out the possibility of tehran using the spent rods to make nuclear weapons under un sanctions aimed at pressuring them to abandon its radium in richmond program. as the story of the fifteen year long plant construction. 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 nuclear power station. it's been a long wait launched by germans in the nine hundred seventy s. the construction was halted after the revolution when russians to call for the task was to feed the new reactor into an already existing building they destroyed. direct instructors always more difficult to build from scratch. the normal requires a much larger space this is one of the reasons why do launch of the station has been postponed so many times for the rain it is. the delay in their nuclear dream for local russians more time away from home. works in the local kindergarten welfare has been disputing finishing touches to the station she's explaining to her

pupils what it's all about. why we need nuclear power stations and trees it in the light condition it. she likes it in the long almost the conditions are good here every family has a separate house something that we couldn't afford at home 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 ten were able to bring their families with them the rest committed themselves to lonely and rather tedious lives but now everybody is counting the days until they go home. ciggies 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 turns ition. very happy to go i miss my family. just as the rainy and societies are slated for

the rest of the world the russian village and bush air is caught all it's wrong to buy walls guarded day and night where the uranium police women are required to observe the muslim dress code men have to forget about alcohol and drinks life is especially among not a nose for the local teenagers version of what 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 in tangled in big politics but it is also the lot of little man and their families who have spent years away from home building iran's nuclear dream. works on a boycott see iran. 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 to me to me 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 disagreement to avoid peace and security in the caucasus region. is also promised to guarantee armenia security and provide advance military hardware for its armed forces the russian leader also praised the progress in resolving the conflict between armenia and neighboring azerbaijan over the disputed mountain region of new gorney a buck i mean and troops gain control of the territory in one thousand nine hundred four after a six year war but the region is still internationally recognized as part of as of asia. electricity supplies have been completely restored in st petersburg after a power blackout that lasted for almost an hour or two cities in the leningrad region remain without power the blackout plunged around forty percent of russia's second largest city into chaos friday evening 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 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. controversial plans to build a mosque just two blocks from the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york is causing anti islamic sentiment in the us posters asking why there have been put up on buses around the city and as it is more important are reports it's now a fight between freedom of speech and freedom of faith. here in the u.s. media capital millions of messages flood the streets but only one advertisement for new york city is. 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 tex ask why there 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. you know what does it mean in a country founded on religious freedom whole show sixty three percent of americans about the development of an islamic cultural center so close to secret ground i think it's a great 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. that there's a number of people who are. willing to spend

a lot of money to advertise that we're islamophobia 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. now it's like this issue has become a political issue but it's also become an issue of security people who are here just thirty feet from the building. it's all day to make sure things are mean see. her in upper ninth part to me or. it's seventy years since leon trotsky a leader of the nine hundred seventeen bolshevik revolution was assassinated by an

undercover soviet agent he'd been sent into exile for strongly opposing stalin and but continued to develop his own views and today his socialist ideas are still finding support on the fertile ground of those hit by europe's financial downturn nor emmett's has more. gone but not forgotten to many the ideas of leon trotsky embody genuine socialism revolution an international coalition of the working classes and fighting bureaucracy they might seem like outdated ideas but across europe they're alive and well trotsky's murder at the hands of an undercover. agent took place seventy years ago 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 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 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 under the recession and engaging in the political arguments and ideas which will help them fight a back against the governments against the capitalist class so that they don't have to bear the brunt of the crisis 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 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 bigger 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 its left wing 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 went into 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 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 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 lore and that london. brings us now to seventeen minutes past the hour in the russian capital with a look at our main stories in about thirty minutes from now. deep into the history of an ancient tellme that's no stranger to modern life style auto or of russia's golden ring continues with a visit to. a

destination for the little gem of a place quite an old town that sits in the shop corner of the volga river it's hard to be think coach on the street fight it was even often that's parables favorite

location so we're always on the outs is a good as we could see you at school of the gold my existence. which is most likely to be visited this part of a boat trip the approach into the town is one of the most memorable sights of the cruise along the phone. and as the town lies in a shop bend in the river here that's where it's name is said to have come from google in russia meaning cooler. is located two hundred fifty kilometers from the russian capital regarding ground transport you can get here by training camp. taking various routes but the best way is by car it takes around four hours as several colorful flecked off the river it's a fairy tale picture perfect location ideal for snap happy tourists. move centuries old houses and streets are amazingly preserved here but at the same time it's not just an ancient town it's a very modern place too we have done a lot to develop infrastructure for tourists there are several new hotels many

restaurants and cafes and most importantly peculiar interactive museums. where a population of around forty thousand it's a small town in fact it's the oldest. profession origen. documents. either way it's very very old. the biggest changes were to come centuries later the soviet era brought a new stage in the development of. laid the foundations for many existing industries cheese production machinery and energy. power station is located here. near the river. a most will mention the tragic event that took place here over four hundred years ago after ivan the terrible death in

fifty eighty four his second son dimitri was sent here. however several years later on the fifteenth of may fifteenth ninety one. was cut short as a ten year old boy was found dead. this left to the time of troubles in the bloody period of civil wars imposed on foreign intervention russia's history was changed forever. suspicion immediately fell in that saatchi could find. but it's close enough the bell rang to break the news of the death caused public outrage and chaos its tongue was ripped out an exiled to siberia fortunately though it was returned to get in eight hundred ninety two and here you can see them reunited as for the cause of death after an investigation it was determined that the young boy died. today little shoes period is a distant yet prominent memory people enjoy

a relaxed simple life here now even since the fall of the soviet union unlike moscow to gauge doesn't seem to change much. i. can't. stress. but that doesn't mean there aren't some new and exciting if not strange places to visit. the museum of myths and superstitions already looks out spooky to me. with its many orthodox cathedrals and churches because she's known for its history surrounding religion and alongside that very supernatural fairy tales and folk laws have existed in russian villages. i wouldn't want to be inside here late at night. for those myths and legends that are represented in our museum and very well kept in full in many villages across russia many people

still live very close to nature in rituals and superstitions parts of their everyday lives but. this museum opened ten years ago it has a large display of items and models of characters that have lived in lakes forests and houses both good and evil this one here is a void is like a house elf people believe that each wooden house had such a protector said to have come from the soul of the trees. used in the construction to see represents black magic in russia many young girls believe in such forces and traditional fortune telling was very popular to some people it still is today vs evil spirits have been cool so the girl can see the future has been i think she looks extremely shocked maybe she saw me. and if you have a ride by cruise line to get you must take a trip on

a boat while you're here it's the best way to see the volga river and that sounds sights from denise to rowing boats there's plenty of choice. unless you're an actual organized but it's all a hide by the hour as i make the local police have invited me to tag along for a ride. just to make sure there are river pirates cool. if he preferred to stay dry this plenty of other activities you can enjoy while side saying and you can experience life as it was a century ago. opened in two thousand and four there are two schools here at the museum of nineteenth century life one represents a local shop another is a living room of a middle class family from the past. highlights which traditionally the

museum is interactive with various costume and don'ts performances and dining experiences being organized at the venue. there's also an unusual exhibition in town a museum of prison out fishes various objects handmade by comics says items created from woods plastic newspapers bread and even paintings drawn on bed sheets one of the museum's rooms represents a cell with wax figures of prisoners. different to say the least. to stay there's a choice of accommodation in the several hotels located right in the cultural and historical heart of the town one of the newest hotels is the full. rooms with views of the city's architectural monuments. catered in the mansion recreate in the style of the nineteenth century. the price for double rooms vary

from around one hundred to five hundred dollars a night. time . now my trick to getting really exciting. this was coming. years ago. in the. village not far from eighteenth. trading house in moscow sixty and ever since his label has become one of the most recognizable brands in the world. there were hundreds of bottles from factories from all over russia and from soviet russia production you'll be surprised how diverse such a simple thing as of. now.

my favorite parts. three. and yes of course thomas just wants to have before. moving on from the book a museum take on this is from we're in deep russian countryside. it's a refreshing change for museums a good teacher and here at this location they have a popular school cool. as a russian peasant some of the. curious bunch of his son and a somewhat different day. of the. course come here for various activities that amounts to classes on how to cook life eyes in the study of house and the cost of various farm animals all my journals would be proud.

just so provided with these farmhouses jackets a little hot for the weather in some of the helps to keep your clothes from getting dirty. time to feed a fairy friend and that we have a happy rabbit. was it a. developed or special program for i guess it's called and museum offer great in course to tell those visitors about farm courses how they can help people and share what it is so it is an access to great the farm animals and care about. us created by the horse is well known throughout the entire region i'm not surprised. and whether it's a painting finding out the truth beauty of rural russia wanting to search in

a trip to riches goldwing destinations will amaze you. it's light on it in a place to change the face of russia just a few hundred years ago the town speech will appeal as well as a chance to pass. one of the most beloved towns in the country well i actually think i found my through both taste in life a russian boy well that would have about four probable good i'll see you get of the same time next week from another place in golden ring that i simply tell them for me and the rest is seen. by.