this street still cheap suit secrets but now it's time to reveal. the soviets and. the thai court rules that the alleged russian arms dealer viktor boot is to be extradited to the u.s. within three months but russia's foreign minister describes the decision as political and vows to bring him back home to russia. power on standby russia prepares to launch iran his first nuclear power plant on saturday under the observation of the un's energy watchdog. the debate over the building of

a mosque near new york's ground zero site eats up as an ad campaign seen by many as being anti muslim is posted on buses around the city. six am in the russian capital i match reza thanks very much for joining us here on r t our top story russia has condemned the decision by a thai court to extradite suspected russian arms dealer viktor to the u.s. previously a lower court rejected the u.s. extradition bid but the appeals court overruled the verdict catarina as our of our brings us the latest details from the russian foreign ministry. 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 billow 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 says that it was sorry that the time i appeal court has made this political decision according to the information we have this ruling was made under very strong outside pressure and this is upsetting as to the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for all these months we've been in touch with his lawyers in this family and will continue to do our best to get him returned to his homeland mr bush remains a somewhat mysterious figure an 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 scapegoats 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 a bad man or what kind of a man if he actually is how the woods lord of war there are over four hundred fifty million firearms in world war three if you're. that's one far for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. i don't we're on the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessman because it would nickname the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and

laughed off the 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 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 booth that type of credit given to him by american cross accusers he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't the us media would call them. i mean around quite a large airline operation in many an 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. 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 to tell 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 the extradition to the u.s. . has been through in the we. do is control board to government directly and so huge pressure from the us. boots trial and tribulations have been ask loosely

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 powerful 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 r r t moscow. iran's first nuclear power plant is ready to start up on saturday it was built by russia which says the joint project to share will show that iran is entitle to the peaceful use of nuclear energy the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict supervision of the un's nuclear watchdog the plant is expected to be fully operational above them on 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 iran is under the un sanctions aimed at pressuring tehran to abandon its uranium enrichment program or he's excited boyko has the story of

a fifteen year long planned 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 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 an already existing building to destroy its. 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 rainy and it meant the delay in their nuclear dream for local russians more time away from home. little works in the local kindergarten welfare has been disputing finishing touches to the station she's

explaining to her peoples what it's all about. why we need nuclear power stations to trace it to the light 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 at home the launch of the share 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. 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 ish and. very happy to go i miss my family. just as

a rainy. societies isolated from the rest of the world the russian village and bush share is conall it's wrong to buy walls guarded day and night by the ukrainian police women are required to observe the muslim dress code men have to forget about alcohol and drink semen life is especially monotonous for the local teenagers the first episode with them i wish we had more freedom there are not many things to do here and always have to cover their heads it took me a lot of time to get used to it but the construction of the plant has always been in tangled in big politics but it is modify little man and their families who've spent here is the way from home building iran's nuclear dream i think the boycott r t iran. electricity supplies have been completely restored in st petersburg after a blackout that lasted for almost an hour the blackout plunged about forty percent

of russia's second largest city into chaos friday evening it knocked out traffic signals causing massive congestion on 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 electric plants but hasn't given any more details than that. turning to the u.s. 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 some parts of the us posters asking why there have been put up on buses around manhattan and as artie's marina porton i reports it's now become 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 rolling through new york city is provoking emotional reaction to. the ad that ran. 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 text ask why they're 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 i'm trying to spread openness and you know what we are hoping to pander and criticism and. freedom in a country founded on religious freedom poll shows sixty three percent of americans the development of an islamic cultural center so close to sacred ground. i think it is an absolute disgrace that people would think about building a mosque where three thousand new yorkers and americans died 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. r.t.d. 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. of religion now it's quite clear in this case you have become a political issue but it's also become an issue of security people who are here just thirty feet from the building a park police car it stands here all day to make sure things are mean say. hurry up

or nine am our team leader. it's been seventy years since leon trotsky a leader of the nine hundred seventeen bolshevik revolution was assassinated by an undercover soviet agent he'd been set at the exile for strongly opposing stalin but continued to develop his own views today his socialist ideas are still fighting some support on the fertile ground of those hit by europe's financial downturn as artie's laura emmet reports. gone 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 n.k.v.d. 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 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 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 back against the governments against the capitalist class so that they don't have to bear the brunt of the crisis i mean 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 group. that's just the beginning i think you can develop a real program which is for example stop all the paying off the 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 you 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 crises wasn't brought about by individual policies it stems from capitalism itself when capitalism went into a 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 bad 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 terms 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's. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe polls have opened in what is one of australia's closest general elections in almost fifty years the governing labor party's julia guillard is battling it out against tony abbott of the center right coalition a lot horns over the economy and they have a wing of the economic crisis during the election campaign opinion polls gave no

clear indication as to who would take the most seats and one hundred fifty member of parliament. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says israel and the palestinians have agreed to resume peace talks for the first time in almost two years they aim to reach an agreement that would lead to to solve and states gyptian president and jordan's king will also attend the session due to their critical role in the peace effort and president barack obama. well we'll hold one on one meetings with each of the leaders beginning early next month in washington. tens of thousands of kashmiri muslims have taken to the streets of kashmir as main city srinagar they're protesting the killing of two men by police authorities have admitted one death was the result of an unprovoked attack at least sixty two people have died in the last two months mostly at the hands of security forces. that brings you up to date i'll be back with a recap of our main stories about ten minutes time up next though host martin

andrews delve deep into the history of an ancient town that's no stranger to modern lifestyle our tour of russia's golden ring continues with a visit to the which stay with us on our. our destination for that is that little gem of a place quite old that sits in the shop corner of the volga river it's quite an easy culture and the street fight is even out and it's parables favorite location so we're always on the outs that is as we could see watts for the goldbergs.

to catch is most likely to be visited this part of the boat trip the approach into the towns with the most memorable sights of the cruise along the volga. and as the town lies in a shop bend in the river here for its name is said to have come from google in russian meaning cooler. is located two hundred fifty kilometers from the russian capital regarding ground transport you can get here by train and bus taking various routes but the best way is by cop it takes around four hours as central colorful and in jones reflects off the river it's a fairy tale picture perfect location ideal to snap happy tourists. move the centuries old houses and streets are amazingly preserved here but at the same time is 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 interactive museums to go students a population of just around forty thousand it's

a small but well known town in fact it's one of the oldest in russia a local tradition but since origin nine hundred but it was founded by prince ascribe it documents they said. as eleven forty seven 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. l.a. the foundations for many existing industries cheese production machinery and energy stallion's famous hydroelectric power station is located here a landmark you won't miss the river. ask a russian about luggage and 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 the dentistry of rurik 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 war was imposed is a foreign intervention russia's history was changed forever. suspicion immediately fell in that saatchi to devise a chorus goes in off the bell that rang to break the news of the death cause 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 falling on an ice. today the tumultuous period is a distant yet prominent memory people enjoy a relaxed simple life here and now even since the fall of the soviet union unlike moscow who gets to seem to have changed much.

structures. but that doesn't mean there aren't some new and exciting if not strange places to visit. museum of myths and superstitions already looks out spooky to me. with its many orthodox cathedrals and churches which is known for its history surrounding religion and alongside the very supernatural fairy tales and folklores have existed in russian villages. want to be inside here late at night. for those myths and legends that are represented in our museum i'm very well kept in full in many villages across russia many people still live very close to nature in rituals and superstitions a part of their everyday lives that. this museum opened

ten years ago it has a large display of items and models of characters said to have lived in lakes forests and houses both good and evil this one here is of domovoi house elf people believe that each wooden house had such a protector said to have come from the sole of the tree is used in the construction to see it represents black magic in russia many young girls believe in such forces and tradition fortune telling was very popular to some people it still is today the evil spirits have been cool so the girl can see the future has been i think she looks extremely shocked maybe she saw me. out 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 the towns sites from denise to rainbow it's just plenty of choice. cool unless you're an

actual organized boat to a high end by the hour as for me the local police have invited me to tag along for a ride. just to make sure there are no. river pirates pool. 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 our. opened in two thousand and four there are two halls here at the museum of nineteenth century life one represents a local shop another is a living room of a middle class english family from the past. allies in which traditions museum is interactive with various costume and dance performances and dining experiences being organized at the venue.

is also an unusual exhibition in town a museum of prison art features various objects handmade by comics such as items created from words plastic newspapers bread and even paintings drawn on bed sheets one of the museum's rooms represents a cell with wax figures of prisoners in stride robes different to say the least. as for where 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 stall riviera with a few rooms with views both of the city's architectural monuments and the volga river catered in the mansion recreating the style of the nineteenth century the hotel provides all modern facilities prices for double rooms vary from around one hundred to five hundred dollars a night. time

for both now my trip to the gates is getting really exciting. this welcoming opening to. years ago. in the. village not far from eighteenth. the 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 part of the. three.

and yes of course thomas just wants to have before. moving on from the book a museum take on that is from where indeed russian countryside. is a refreshing change from museums a cathedral and here at this location they have a popular school cool one day as a russian peasant some of the. curious part of the sun and a somewhat different day. course come here for various activities that amounts to classes on how to cook life eyes in the study and how to the cost of various familles all my journals would be proud. just so provided with the spam hats and jackets

a little hot for the weather and some of the helps to keep your clothes from getting dirty. time to feed the fairy friends and that we have a happy rabbit. was it a. developed or special program for our guests called and museum offer great one course which hello this is race about farm courses how they can help people and share what facilities and access to grant the farm animals and care about camp. was 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 one thing for certain a trip to riches goldwing destinations will amaze you. on the. right on it in

a place to change the face of russia just a few hundred years ago the town's visual appeal as well as its transit costs have made it one of the most beloved towns in the country well i actually think i've found my true taste in life a russian boy well that would have about four probably good i'll see you get of the same time next week from another place in golden ring. and tell them from me and the rest the same.