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the extradition of the alleged russian gun runner victor boot from thailand to the u.s. could take place in just a matter of days his lawyers however plan to appeal the decision which cleared the way for the. tipping the balance of journalists the international news networks of russia china and iran are a threat to the u.s. that's according to a veteran american media boss who did more funding to fight back. and the european parliament's divided over washington still has to provide more personal data of e.u. citizens so it's brutality potential terrorists travelling to the us. national investment forum

a visa the capital calling is that the way moscow. bringing in foreign investments to the us market we're bringing you the latest from that forum twenty past the hour . worldwide live from moscow this is auntie a very warm welcome. well the alleged russian gun runner victor boot could be extradited from thailand to the u.s. in just a matter of days russia's foreign minister has expressed hope the u.s. won't try to press the decision while boots lawyers have said they will file an appeal that is likely to delay the process ria novosti is a bangkok a bureau chief you have guinea bellick he has more details on this. as a thai court ruling clears the way for viktor routes possible extradition to the united states of america his relatives and lawyers fear for his life moves wife

believes that washington is planning to force a confession out of him i don't think it's quite possible there likes to dine him and just lock him up in some aircraft carrier and force him to give whatever testimony the u.s. wants him to give i think he'll go as far as it takes to get it and i'm sure everyone understands there are plaintiff ways to do it these days starting with chemical sense psychological pressure and we know that there is an american aircraft carrier the u.s.s. george washington in a poor in a tie ports near bangkok right now and it is probably there standing by to take that tribute to the way the boots case is being looked into while there's a u.s. aircraft carrier anchored right beside it but time i don't know if this was done deliberately to pressurize the thai court but i think that fact alone leaves you asking questions what certainly is that america is desperate to get its hands on

the man they call the merchant of death but many question the reasons behind the intense pressure some believe influential officials in washington want him in jail to justify the millions of dollars of taxpayers' money that went into seven years of of the tributes che's hand and to the seemingly elaborate sting operation that the russian businessman in a tight courtroom a lot can you throughout the week who receive the part of his education in america has. spoken about the legal justice that would occur if the extradition takes place everything i was taught about justice many years ago in new york seems to be totally forgotten by the american side in this case i believe that victor boot has no chance of a fair trial in the united states said the lawyer in an interview last year and fabricated evidence is also a major concern for those unconvinced that america would conduct a fair hearing. but it's i think that if mr booth were to stand trial in a u.s.

court this case would be used to discredit russian arms exports in general we know that the u.s. competes with russia on the global weapons market and we know the competition isn't always fair we all remember the sanctions that were introduced against russian companies and then revoked as being in justified in other words we know the u.s. is prone to manipulate information and i think the boot case would give the u.s. an opportunity to resort to those methods yet again. there's bad. speculation but booties a bargaining chip to secure a supply of fighter jets and a cheap american will if his extradited the russian businessman repeatedly denies doing and says charges against him are politically motivated he's also determined to keep fighting on tuesday judge has dismissed the new charges of money laundering and fraud which means that now he can be extradited on the previous charges of an

alleged conspiracy to kill u.s. citizens and material support of terrorism. meantime u.s. documentary filmmaker danny schechter believes victim case is being used to maintain cold war era stereotypes about russia. there are many who don't recognize that the soviet union is gone and that the new russia is not the old soviet union but we need an enemy in their view and russia is just as good as any other and the idea that somehow bu you know can be the magic man the genes of the person who is lurking to smear shit and in the james bond movie sense you know the. organisation of organisations that so secret we don't know anything about it it also seems to play well in the media because the more information that can be offered often without any evidence the better the story is in the case of blood here's a guy who's been accused and now is basically supposedly going to be extradited to

the united states the mastermind the merchant of death all the labels have already been affixed to him but it's really unclear if there will be any extradition because russia sees this as an effort to demonize a russia and i think there's a case to be made here. you are with r.t. and we have plenty more to come this hour including the u.s. sees a spike in islamophobia rhetoric and hate crime as it's a sign he gets frustrated by economic hardships split by racial tensions. the commonwealth games are supposed to showcase their knees arrival as a world class city in this new avatar there is no place for the sickly slums no wonder then that the administration feels that these boards will help project the best piece of the city we look at what's ahead and behind the fake facelift the indian capital received before the arrival of the commonwealth games.

the chairman of the broadcasting board of governors the organization overseeing u.s. media directed at foreign audiences says his organization needs more money to fight its enemies and among those are iran's press t.v. china's c.c.t.v. and this channel for more on this now joined by r.t. is a political commentator and host of cross old peter lavelle so well some pretty blunt work. you would say with such combative claims coming from the broadcasting board of governors here how can they talk about fair and professional journalism freedom and information after this well i think you know we don't have enough time to talk to come back next hour the south a city in conflict c.n.n. took the side voice of america took the side of georgia. two thousand and three the drive to war i mean this is nothing to do with journalism it's about soft power and pushing the american foreign policy agenda and it looks like the chairman is

a little worried that the world isn't believing him or his organizations any more catching ok but how do you react to the chair referring to russia as an enemy because walter isaacson says we cannot allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemies now isn't this ruining his mission statement of reporting news and not creating an. i guess he doesn't have anything to do with journalism because that's what we're supposed to do is journalist is give you facts maybe give you perspective but he's making it sound like it's just a media war and he treats everyone that is his competitor in a competitor of the united states as an enemy he says a clear out twenty years after the end of the cold war one has to wonder who's going to how he has changed and who hasn't stayed and it's really remarkable but i'm not surprised at the same time if we if we just step back for a moment to look at the broader scope here i mean if you were really want to put this all together why would he make such comments because he we have a depressed economy in the united states will probably be

a double dip and there are priorities and he's worried about losing budgets he's got he's from c.n.n. time magazine and you say look at our competitors are pouring money into soft power they're pouring money into alternative journalism they're pouring money into the truth i would say and they're afraid that you know there are organizations in line to get the word out anymore they need to keep fighting cold wars and they're frayed because we. live over a host of crosstalk and political commentator frank you. well anger is growing in europe about a new washington data sharing demands and what they call a move to stop potential terrorists from entering the u.s. the requirements include fingerprints d.n.a. samples and cross the border payments data are considered by many as private and sensitive travelers from countries refusing to share the information will have to apply for a visa to enter the u.s. however some e.u. states like austria and germany have already agreed to hand over the personal data

of its citizens in june the e.u. and the united states signed the so-called swift deal giving american government officials access to all bank transactions in siberia even an austrian politician and member of the european parliament says there are no guarantees the data when it be misused is provided. the requirements for data protection in europe are not met like they should be every time when it comes to terror and prevention of terror and measures and collaboration between states between the united states and european states then we have this big big problem that. the same requirements that for us in europe are normal cannot be met within the usa so this is an ongoing debate in lots of issues it's not only swift it's also appear now to pass passengers data that are

collected when one is flying overseas so we have a. problem that the us except expects us to adapt to their standards but it's very difficult to convince them that they should alter two hours concerning especially data protection there is no selection of critical mass state which is transferred. to a certain days or certain. countries but it's not differentiate it we have to collaborate that's clear if there's a clear. case about some people about some transfers then we really have to go for it but if it is mass state that spreads processed this can be misused and we

really have difficulties to control which you the u.s. makes of the data that they get we still. see member states that are reluctant to agree to do it because they seem to have not the same rights on the other side of the atlantic firstly and secondly the structure of the databases in the u.s. and in europe is very diverse. well another member of the european parliament roger helmer says the e.u. is going to see more under arrest due to divisions inside it and you can catch the full interview with the prettiest politician in just under twenty minutes time but here's a quick preview. if i could see a long period all quite serious process and on rest but the political and broader economic questions of really very interesting we're seeing that the the german people are becoming extremely reluctant to be the bankers of

last resort for the euro zone germans who retire at sixty five don't want to keep paying money to greece where they retire at fifty eight in order to maintain a mediterranean lifestyle so this deep unhappiness. i think comes down to the issue of the euro currency the euro skeptics of the euro the euro currency couldn't work because you had disparate economies with different economic cycles they called all had the same military policy of the what we call to have the same currency and frankly for best part of ten years the euro seemed to work sort of all right and people say world you predicted all these disasters nothing's going wrong well no it has and this is exactly what we expected. for years the united states was the biggest preacher of tolerance in the wild it was justly proud of its melting pot of nationalities living side by side with

little conflict but it seems that isn't true anymore with a fresh wave of xenophobia sweeping through the country. reports. america is supposed to be a nation of tolerance. but bleeding through her stars and stripes. and ugliness incapable of masking protests against the construction of new mosques illegal immigration and economic reform point to a fear and frustration. an emotional climate experts say where many americans are swapping patriotism for nationalism definitely is a phobia it's a fear of the other zina phobia is defined as an unknown reasonable fear or hatred of the unfamiliar especially people of other race or religion muslim associated with phil that everybody knows the no fly list has ninety nine names most of them

sorry sacks created what he calls mobile art aviation a missile decorated with signs equating islam to terrorism at the front a mannequin dressed as an arab there is no display there is no more sex drives this display all over new york this. is the out of ramadan is the executive director of the council of american islamic relations his new york office repeatedly receives hate mail like this picture of a burning koran there's been a spike and obvious spike. hate crimes and islamophobia correct and attacks on mosques throughout the country from temecula california to sheboygan wisconsin to tennessee to the to the planned qur'an burning on nine eleven he's are are crimes that are motivated by. hate or intolerance or bigotry a rage that amnesty international believes is being exploited not tempered by

politicians all across america now she's going to have the right to forty five k. sign here. so the holocaust museum in washington would never accept the japanese are going to say next to pearl harbor is no reason for us to show to a mosque that's true trade center tea parties around the country frustrations over taxes and joblessness are aimed more directly at us president barack obama this is go you think you know will say look you know what i don't know what the world is i cannot make up what the president is but the reason to suspect him is because he's talking like what stop talking like i must look bad. according to the f.b.i. obama has garnered more death threats than any other american president in the u.s. immigrants have also become the other arrested and detained in arizona beaten and bruised in new york were racial tensions have erupted in some low income

neighborhoods unfortunately most of the attacks most recently have been by blacks against mexicans violence many attribute to the struggling u.s. economy if you're a mexican immigrant right and people think that you're a threat maybe to a job or something like that they're going through a saw in one basket that's the bottom line anything who looks different all the sudden becomes bad you know arming downturn in america's mood clearly illustrates how frustrated and divided public but this leaves many asking if the land founded on freedom is becoming a land and soon i hate her enough for tonight artsy new york. it's not something minutes past the hour here on the russian capital you all with tea and let's check out some of the stories making headlines around the world and a british a different matter a motorcade has been targeted by suspected militants in yemen an embassy staff member and three by standards were wounded in the mortar attack in the capital sanaa this comes just days after security in the city was stepped up on information

of plots by al qaeda. in southwest pakistan gunman said light to twenty five nato on. it's in short a driver of a supply convoy headed for afghanistan it's the latest strike against fuel shipments since pakistan shut and keep border crossing that was last week took the action after a nato helicopter attack inside its territory killed three pakistani soldiers the strikes on the supply routes are straining already tense relations between washington and islam. a cleanup operation is underway in western hungary after waves of toxic sludge swept through the area killing four and wounding over one hundred a deluge of red colored slurry was unleashed when a reservoir at an alumina plant bust rescue workers are fighting to prevent the sludge from reaching the river danube both already so far of call that an ecological disaster. the largest sporting event ever to have taken place in

india kicked off this week billions have been spent on staging the commonwealth games the president of the international olympic committee says the nation set a solid foundation for a future olympics bid but as artie's charan singh finds out everything is not quite as well as you have the authority would have you believe. across there the boards showcasing the commonwealth games have sprung up trying to hide the city's poverty but these haven't been entirely successful here investment for the heart of the slum is still visible most of its two thousand residents are not surprised by the action. the government considers dirty it could give us a line to relocate who'd have thunk them instead to hide just to put a curtain up as if we are dirty and shouldn't be seen our politicians take your votes but they stay in policy is the commonwealth games are supposed to showcase delis arrival as a world class city in this new avatar there is no place for the city slums no

wonder then that even the station feels that these boards will help project the best of the city pushing away the reality that means just behind them people in the slum now have to circle around the whole barricade to fetch water from the other side children to have to squeeze themselves in and out through the gaps to avoid the long new route is another there's no water here this is the biggest problem for us there used to be one tap close by but there's been shut so we have to walk to get water from far away the government has spent at least four point six billion dollars on upgrading the infrastructure for the games yet slum residents such as run the family believe this development has bypassed the. if the government had provided some amenities for us even to proper houses for us to live in we would have been grateful or they could have opened a school in the slum provided us with drinking water. when the commonwealth games

and the books will come down but for the only slum residents life will continue to be tough for them long term life improving changes are needed not short term cosmetic ones got in saying r.t. . time now for the business news with current. it's twenty past two pm here in moscow welcome to business because i have you with us go straight to the top story the international investment for all of the t.v. capital russia calling is a new way moscow event is aimed at bringing in foreign investment to the russian market and the farm has attracted more than forty speakers from around the world we'll be bringing you the latest from the band throughout the day. now the need to diversify russia's economy is nothing new but the financial crisis has given it more urgency eric baer golf chief economist explained a few to r.t.

there are some old lessons that we need to be reminded of and some new lessons and i think that in terms of new lessons in the volatility of the financial system russia needs to invest much more in a new addressing the keep on the bit of used a very large internal to the lack of transparency in the financial system we knew that there was a problem but we were reminded on how big a problem here. in terms of the the oldest and it is about diversifying building for activity the big problem in the russia is that there's not enough middle size for that's what it's more an indication of the problems of the cold and the lack of competition the problems of the business environment and the very strong regional variation in business environment. now to find out what's the latest of the four are now joined by a correspondent shot at loma. so that's one of the ongoing discussions at the fire

that there should be more money allocated to improving education so what other views on that issue. that's right created as well as education that's one of the key factors that has been put up for discussion here alongside other issues such as technology and also science in terms of trying to achieve these watchwords all that modernization and innovation here in the russian economy now joining me to discuss these points in more detail i'm joined by. and the manager director of the center tell it day and for that price waterhouse coopers thank you very much for talking with us this hour now technology is just one small sector in the economic development here russia isn't it's a broad challenge to achieve innovation. and nanotechnology is really defines the scale of which research is done it's very small scale there are a few things that are consistent across different sectors of nanotechnology but really the things that define the value around new technology unique to each sector

you know there's nanotechnology and creams and soaps and there's new technology and oil and gas has nanotechnology high tech very sector specific challenges there so just focus just on nano is not really the issue so much as what are you going to do with that small scale within each industry would do you then think things should be done where should the state because well i think there's many many different areas of innovations that are it's quite obvious across the scope of things and i t and medical devices and life sciences and nuclear technology and green technology there's just a plethora of opportunity to use the scientific and technical talent of russia russia needs to move forward with the reforms and make it possible for investors to take advantage of that talent and expect to get a reasonable exit opportunity and if there is. it's turned out that we've heard lots about this so-called silicon valley that russia is. developing all the other

side there are a lot of universities here in russia underfunded and lots of science students that don't have the opportunities what do you make of that i think that's a real challenge but the interesting thing about many developments in technology today for today and i t. in silicon valley we've noticed that the amount of capital that takes to get a small software company started has actually shrunk considerably in so early stage software companies now increasingly turned to angel investors for a few hundred thousand dollars to really get their start and so the nature of the size of the capital requirement for many innovative opportunities is actually shrunk over the last couple of decades and so underfunded are under-capitalized science in russia is a problem but it's not necessarily a fatal problem if they just find the right problems to tackle. as managing director of the center of technology innovation at pricewaterhouse coopers thank you very much for speaking to us and that's the latest here from the t.v. investment for back to you now in this you can thank you charlotte thank you for

this update now vice president of the private sector while back group spoke to r.t. about the challenges that the emerging markets are facing. i think for the demoted you gets to challenger so i think it's. the financial crisis has. required countries to be positioned in the financial sense right so. many of the cities like paul scholes. signal. see the potential is there a. position. that is going pretty. well let's take a look at how the markets are performing as a stock markets post solid gains on wednesday trading one point eight percent higher markets are lifted by gold miners as the price of gold hits all time highs australia's new crest mining. and hong kong was challenging mining town two point

eight percent china's markets remain closed for the gold we call it. now let's cross over to europe where stocks rise on speculation that central banks around the world will follow the bank of japan in measures to boost their economies commodities game pushing b.h.p. billiton and rio tinto higher plotting stocks are off on a high gold prices british airways for three and a half after reporting a one point three increase in september faster traffic. here in moscow has this trading over a percent higher than my six and up point three percent all the major blue chips are gaining between half percent and one percent bucking the trend is between that is a quarter of a percent lower otherwise it's. myself and i'll join you to boca way less than one hour with more business news here on r.t. .