to the us of a man dubbed the merchant of death got small new charges brought against the alleged russian arms dealer are investigated. new revelations the online whistleblower wiki leaks promises drilling a secret cia document just a month after lifting the lid on scandalous u.s. military files. with its recent checkered history russia has left a lot of people who claim the property so ludicrous all those serious we meet a self-proclaimed royal seeking to evict the russian president from the kremlin claiming it's his family home. it's seven pm in moscow and this is coming to you live with me a new sanaa way first up thai authorities say

a russian businessman wanted for arms dealing in the u.s. will not be extradited immediately reports said a special plane to collect viktor boot had already arrived in bangkok. has been following the story there's finally been some clarity in the case it is very unlikely that week that it will be thailand day that is according to the country's prime minister who said that according to tie laws because the united states already has filed a new set of charges against me that aboard those include money laundering he will not be extradited until those charges are actually heard it before of course the united states realizing that they've basically set a spoke in their own will right now trying to do their best to withdraw those charges in order to be able to proceed with the extradition process but for now if that would remains in solitary confinement in the infamous bangkok hilton the thai prison in the capital bangkok of course the united states authorities. are doing

everything they can to extradite the man to the u.s. as quickly as possible according to some rumors there's already a charge it is a special chartered plane stationed at the air force base in thailand that was set there just to pick up food and bring him back to the united states so he could stand trial there but so far basically all those attempts to extradite the man as soon as the ruling was made on august twentieth have failed we don't know what will happen tomorrow but for now take the boot remains a talent he was arrested in the thai capital bangkok in march two thousand and eight. mile by the u.s. government accusing him of international arms trafficking and specifically selling and delivering weapons to known terrorist organizations but george bush in two thousand and four that president prohibited the united states government from having any kind of contract with the board and his companies but despite that

request despite the order by the president the pentagon actually extended his contract to two thousand and six so for two years the pentagon operated with fit the bill and his companies basically outside of the law he was taken down in the thai capital by a joint sting operation by the u.s. and thai authorities force that the board has always maintained his innocence well brian johnson thomas former arms trafficking expert for the u.n. security council believes boots extradition is a matter of when not ants are not quite clear why the americans how foolish carries through to those years later maybe just about what it is about almost being overreaching would certainly be very very very keen to get back to the states. the consequences that will follow i think ritu point you want is that the reason why they dropped the money laundering charges may be that they can concentrate purely on the sting operation where the victim is alleged to have agreed to supply weapons to the fall if that happens then the court in america may also be directed not to

look at anything other than the sting operation so they will not be able to bring into court and to open court the very charge when picture was of some service to the pentagon or whoever else the think that victor will go to america he will go on trial in manhattan and he will be found guilty on the narrow charges of of agreeing to supply the park i don't think that's necessarily fur but that's what's going to happen live from moscow you're with r t we've got plenty more ahead for you this hour including. thousands are flooding out of the metro ready to fill up the eighty five thousand feet luzhniki stadium for tonight's you do concert. there was a band website that posted more than eighty thousand pentagon files online is set to cause a star once again wiki leaks has announced it's now going to make public cia papers but it comes while the site's founder remains under investigation in sweden over

molestation claims more emmett has the details. well we know very little at the moment about what kind of information is going to be released later on today we do know that wiki leaks released a message on twitter saying that today would be the day that they released a new set of information make a new leak we're not sure what time that's going to happen we're still waiting for it at the moment and we're also not care about whether it's related to the afghan war diaries that were released as a huge volume of documents eighty thousand documents that wiki leaks released the afghan war that details. the reporting of civilian casualties the evidence of war crimes having been committed and misrepresenting misreporting basically of what was actually happening during that war a picture of a bloody conflict that's not going to come to an end anytime soon what we do know however is that those original documents eighty thousand of them they were came

exclusively from the u.s. military there was no secret information top secret classified documentation and importantly no information from the cia but this information according to wiki leaks does come from the cia so it's not clear whether this is the fifteen thousand documents that julian assange and his team started when they may be originally now ready to put them out or whether this promise this is a new leak from an entirely new source which is more related to the cia this is a big day for julian i saw as the representative of wiki leaks he is not only releasing this information but it's also going to be revealed today whether he will face charges of molestation and this is really an extraordinary story came to light over the weekend and arrest warrant had been issued in sweden to swedish women women came forward one of them said that he had rate and another one said that he had molested her now molestation is a lesser charge than rape the prosecutor is going to decide on wednesday whether or

not he will stand charges for molestation the rape charges already be. thrown out the prosecutor in sweden he said that there was no evidence to suggest that there was a rape we have to draw a parallel between these two events happening on the same day releasing of new information and deciding whether whether he will stand charges from the station it's possible that this was done to deflect attention from this sexual charge that he may have to face. it was stablished democracy by military force is a hopeless task so says political theorist john donne who believes the process of change must be peaceful you can watch the full interview with him next hour but here's a quick preview. the process of democratization you could say is progress towards a very good outcome which hasn't actually come out anywhere in the world so far so if you have an ambitious goal of democratization what those two experiences taken

together of torturous is that it's absolutely hopeless to try to move fast in direction of that kind of bombing countries the pieces of. invading them without owning anything for yourself is using believes practices of most of their inhabitants and neither. will the new afghanistan which isn't really under any one ever. told promising candidates for rapid democratization it isn't possible to democratize anywhere by bombing it in invading it. more than forty people have been killed in a string of bombings that have rocked iraq in baghdad alone over twenty bombs exploded in at least twelve separate incidents the attacks come just a day after the u.s. announced it had withdrawn the last of its combat troops however fifty thousand

remain to advise iraqi forces although it's the lowest number of soldiers since the start of the war in two thousand and three but today's bombings are raising questions about the iraqi government's ability to deal with an ongoing insurgency. tar from the arab lawyers association says the bombings may actually be the iraqi government's way to get u.s. troops to stay. for reasons why it should. various theories but one of the i think one of the more credible one is that the government is actually involve itself in it in order to prevent americans from pulling out or at least the troops they believe they must be engaged in military and use of force not just training as it was playing by the americans although people are talking about forming a government whether it's allawi whether it's mighty king and what have you that is really not the situation in iraq has been dismantled there is no government there

is no authority in iraq the prime minister cannot leave the green zone there is no military or police in iraq because they are all militias who have been recruited to wear the same uniform but there are legions is not a national one but their allegiance either to their faction or group or to their tribe. new york mayor michael bloomberg says plans to build a mosque two blocks from the nine eleven slights shows a commitment to american values that's what he told gaston an annual ramadan dinner attended by muslim community leaders new yorkers though are bitterly divided over the project with some claiming the issue is driven by politicians hoping to gain votes in upcoming elections. if there had to be a dirty word this summer that word would arguably be mosque the government my we have all of the island we have new all over the united states who are really going to be is a monument to the nineteen hijackers if close to this site it would not fully be

a monument to them and i would say i'm forty and nineteen extremists are the chip at the iceberg there is a great industry beach behind the destruction of western civilization here in the u.s. the whole country is bickering over the development of an islamic cultural center two blocks from ground zero zero yet dueling demonstrations in lower manhattan they did opponents against supporters. with midterm elections approaching in november some say it's no coincidence this new york city issue has become politicized around the nation and they are in tough economic times when we're in tough economic times people turn to desperate measures to gain power a lot of politicians have demonized the muslim community and we're here to say no. we've seen it before certainly. will probably see it again unfortunately right fighting words are growing while less and less is being said about the country's

crippling economic situation here inside new york city's largest department of labor office happens to get from me if americans are fighting to keep food on the table it's them there are bigger things like this unemployment here in new york everywhere. and there's no hope for people. two people living on the street the listeners in new york city is great depression levels nearly ten percent of the country is out of a job and last month nearly one hundred thousand homes were foreclosed on as for nothing in return it is a house of worship something struggling americans are concerned with and for me personally know for millions of people at work no but it is an issue that drives the tension to the media among the employed five thousand are refusing to work construction workers have signed a pledge refusing to build the islamic cultural center if it is to rise if anything

can trump america's capitalism clearly its anger. new york. and don't forget there are plenty more stories on our website artsy dot com or different blogs be its banks or travel some of today's top picks and just call them gladly impale on russia's premier takes to the water armed with a crossbow on the hunt for gray whales just to collect skin samples to help with the preservation of the species in the continent's far east. speed and clamor for the attention of carvalho as the moscow international motor show gets into gear manufacturers from around the world are showcasing their latest signing you can see them to only see.

a self-proclaimed royal is ringing a legal case against the russian government claiming the kremlin is rightfully his so-called grand principle ross says it's his god given right to rule over the place but critics think he's bluffing and discrediting genuine royalty. one day soon the russian president will move out of the kremlin and this man will move in if he gets his way. made the grand prince of all russia but it could get it. right here we are a store procedure should play a decisive role in the fate of the country property is a sacred right and we are the owners of the kremlin if the government just lodges that's why we filed a lawsuit for it to be returned to us. who would have claims to be a long lost descendant of an extinct in a state that hasn't for four hundred years he says his ancestors and the other nobles paid for the construction of the criminal with their own money so the family

should return there when he has no legal grounds at all for his claims he's just trying to make a name for himself the law clearly says that the property belongs to the state his critics say the grand prince was a communist party functionary a bank executive and a failed policy entry candidate before quite unexpectedly stumbling upon his role roots which is this what you want to do this is not a case for genealogist but for psychiatrists he seems to more discredit the aristocracy than anything despite being labeled alternatively mentally ill or a megalomaniac the grand prince remains upbeat about the i'm not a clown with my heritage i've been given the power that ordinary people have not to look off to places and these people further hearings held for october. i am now the problem is unlikely to change owners anytime soon but what the story

does prove is that with the three thousand checkered history russia has left a lot of people with claims to property some ludicrous others serious. moscow. let's take a look now at some international news in brief for you this hour the body of eight victims of the manila boss hijacking have arrived back in hong kong earlier survivors relatives and friends together with boarded the plane after the ceremony their liner took off as the philippines observed a day of mourning talked to place on monday when an explanation how the bus load of tourists at gunpoint the hope of getting back. mexican troops have discovered the remains of seventy two bodies following a shoot out around near the city of san fernando authorities believe they were the victims of a drug gang over twenty eight thousand have been killed in drug related violence in the country in the past four years that's despite

a crackdown by president called their own since he came to power in late two thousand and six. in time of the black boxes of a plane that crashed landed killing forty two people have been found fifty four others were injured the plane was trying to land at a mine in fog when it overshot the runway and burst into flames a group of chinese officials were on board including a deputy minister who is in critical condition. now it's not long before most rocks to the sound of you to be our super group are in russia for the first time in tens of thousands are expected to attend including our correspondent lindsey france who is there for us hi there lindsey now the concert going to begin shortly we can see people just flocking into luzhniki stadium behind you there. i mean for those tens of thousands are coming out right at me and see the metro station they're all pulling out as the trains arrive and filling the eighty five thousand. and it's going to be quite

a show this event that actually cost seventy five thousand dollars a day just to run it is one of the largest that's in rock n roll history with a three hundred sixty degree screen right above it hundreds of crowd. and two hundred fifty people in a crew to drive straight melting all the way down to moscow just to set this up working around the clock and people are paying a pretty penny for the show let me tell you ticket prices are as high as one thousand us dollars and tickets went on started going on sale eight months ago in january those one thousand dollar ticket prices are double what people are paying in the u.s. and in europe but for good reason it think first time you too has van in the country ever now at luzhniki stadium it is the it is the same location as the champions league finals in two thousand and eight and michael jackson savior for the first time in one thousand nine hundred three so it is set to be amazing and there's going to be an uplink with the international space station during the show the secret there. and tickets are sold out thousands of fun place all right

mark concert in a landmark stadium now we know the band of course arrived in russia on sunday what has been up to sightseeing i assume they're trying to get the best out of their time here no. yeah pretty much the fifty person entourage that arrived with the crew has sort of split up the wives and children went to see sleeping beauty and take a look at the art in the culture as did some of the band members but true to his warm sun no matter what the political one of the political leaders of the country present it in sochi yesterday they traded barbs on rock n roll taste and style horsemanship it is a very well known fan of the group deep purple and bon i did not let him forget that give me a hard time about it but he did issue that he is a fan of led zeppelin as well so they found a common ground and they did it even put on some sunglasses of his own so apparently they are friends and everything is fine for the concert and i'm sure the

president be keeping an eye on this concert lindsey france for now outside the luzhniki stadium in moscow were you two is going to perform tonight. we're going to the latest from the world of business with stephanie after a short break stay with us. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get voice ceased to face with the news maker.

hello and welcome to the business but it's in russia's the biggest banks by buying cars reported a ten fold rise in first tough things to just under two point one billion dollars despite the apparently stellar growth the figures are a bit below on this forecasts provisions for bad loans fell by nearly fifty percent compared to the first talk of two thousand and nine when the state run company was feeling the full force of the financial crisis but according to analysts the quote people form it does reveal some weakness that profits in the second quarter was nearly fifty percent below that's achieved in the first three months of thing yes. the. point to build rubble to earnings before the water which is why school over the lion will be those who work there and that's why the star of the client from at first glance but actually the reasons for the decline are mainly expected by us and by the market so i think about all the other moments

a largely upright spin at the moment so we should not expect any significant pressure on the. price of this for the first term. russia is printing to so fragile bones with a ten month expiry date it will be the shortest time the government has issued in seven years the finance ministry is roughly one a billion dollars of the paper it's turning to short to maturities as investors have demanded higher yields to counter the risk of rising inflation the worst drought for fifty years is expected to significantly outta food prices for the rest of figure. ukraine is once again raising the thorny issue of the price it pays for russian gas the country's prime minister nikolai as owner of told his cabinet the price formula is still too high for ukraine that's despite receiving a one hundred dollars discount per thousand cubic meters of dance as art of said he

will urge moscow to revise the contract. and that's have a look at how the russian markets performed in moscow on whether to say they finished in the red meat franks weighed on the my sex slumped to more than two and a half the senate president also suffered down a one point eight percent close that follows the company's announcement of first off earnings call thought the trend though finishing half a percent higher. now moving from stocks to the season the russian fishing industry is enjoying a boom seafood production has grown twelve percent in the last three years but problems with infrastructure and bureaucracy mean most of the catch isn't hitting a russian dinner tables instead it's going abroad. reports. the forest regence account for twenty percent of the fish caught in russia the ocean is weaker salmon still have child and char there may be russian treasures but much of

the stock is destinated before markets. reach natural resources and the lack of domestic infrastructure proto fish makes the proximity to the asia pacific region. just sell their broad even before returning. there is not on the lack of infrastructure but also the terror. in the waters and the regulations of what because a strange and so for the fisherman it often makes sense to land the catch in a port. we have to pass very difficult controls the agencies impose strict requirements which means we need to spend a lot of money and sometimes it's even easier and cheaper for us to supply. them to the domestic market. but unlike russia's farmers in nations fishermen are having a good to thousand and ten with a catch up nearly ten percent on the previous year of like a garden which they're going to ship and as we all realize

a good catch is just the beginning it's followed by processing transportation and sale most important is for us to grow. it into. russian fish consumed in russia with seventy two point four percent by two thousand and fourteen it should grow to at least eighty five percent we've decided to extend the financing program for the industry by one year to two thousand and fourteen that's around thirty two billion. but there is one problem the government will never be able to solve and that's the distance involved in getting fish from the far east to russia's biggest population centers in the european part of the country transportation is expensive and relatively slow an arctic char cotton a monday morning in the pacific or bill lockett to make it to moscow in time for sunday launch instead it's more likely to end up on then the chopstick in tokyo or beijing zinaida individual business are cheap it appalls he come to the far east.

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