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t.v. . and russian victor boot finds us attempts to get him extradited from thailand his lawyers plan to appeal any court decision that would see him shipped out also. we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemy a major us media boss sounds the along over international broadcasters saying they're beating america's mainstream in the battle for the hearts and minds of the world. fresh u.s. demands for data sharing critics say america is imposing on personal privacy under the pretense of fighting terrorism.

well it's now five pm here in moscow you are with auti welcome to the program thailand says it's moving closer to a decision on whether alleged russian. boot should be extradited to the u.s. the country's prime minister said the handover period could last more than three months if it's deemed necessary it will remain in a thai jail until his legal team appeals the latest verdict we had all of us to use a bangkok a bureau chief you have going to be lengthy is in thailand following these developments . as a thai court ruling clears the way for victor boots possible extradition to the united states of america his relatives and lawyers fear for his life roots wife believes that washington is planning to force a confession out of him stumble because it's quite possible the links to dine him and just look him up on some eve craft kariya 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 port in a type or near bangkok right now and it is probably there standing by to take the trouble to weigh 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 chase hand and to the seemingly elaborate sting operation that landed the russian businessman in a thai courtroom much smaller a lot can you throughout the week who receive the part of his education in america has previously spoken about of the injustice 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 evan. is also a major concern for those unconvinced that america would come docked a fair hearing. but it's i think that if mr booth were just 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 that competition isn't always fair we all remember the sanctions that were introduced against

russian companies. as being unjust in other words we know the u.s. is prone to manipulate information and i think that gives us an opportunity to resort to those methods yet again you show you the. speculation will tease a bargaining chip to secure a supply of fighter jets and a cheap american will if his extradited the russian businessman repeatedly denies it. and says charges against him are politically motivated he's also determined to keep fighting on tuesday dismissed the new charges of money laundering and fraud which means that he can be extradited on the previous charges of an alleged conspiracy to kill u.s. citizens and material support of terrorism. u.s. documentary filmmaker danny schechter believes the victim case is being used to

maintain cold war 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 you know can be the magic man the genes the person who is lurking to smear him 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 russian and i think there's

a case to be made here. the organization which oversees the u.s. media directed at foreign audiences says it needs new tools to fight enemies the broadcasting board of governors which is sponsored by the us government wants to confront iran suppress t.v. china's c.c.t.v. and. we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemies there is that freedom house report that reveals that today's autocratic leaders are investing billions of dollars in media resources to influence the global opinion you've got russia today iran's press t.v. venezuela's tell us and of course china has a lodging international broadcasting twenty four hour news channels correspondents around the world. there i spoke to are to use political commentator people lavelle who thinks the chairman statement puts him beyond a real journalism. the south

a city in conflict c.n.n. took the side voice of america took the side of georgia iran 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. ok now people 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 are not creating enemies 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 that clear out twenty years

after the end of the cold war one has to wonder who's who and how it changed and who hasn't stayed and it's really remarkable but i'm not surprised at the same time if we do if we just step back for a moment and look at the broader scope i mean if you 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 their organizations are not going to get the word out anymore they need to keep fighting cold wars and they're afraid that because we won't. and while american media is looking for enemies outside on the inside the country is facing a spike of racial hatred. if you're a mexican immigrant and people think that you're a threat maybe turn job or something like that they want to throw us on one basket

anything who looks different all the sudden becomes bad muslims and the mexicans are like facing the xenophobia in their everyday life it's. also behind washington's back the afghan government reportedly hold secret talks with the taliban while coalition troops continue to fight insurgents analysis from kabul in just a few. well new data sharing demands from washington are causing anger across europe the u.s. wants fingerprints d.n.a. samples banking details and other private and sensitive information the u.s. says it just wants to stop potential terrorists from entering the country travelers from states refusing to share the information will now have to apply for an american visa some e.u. countries like austria and germany have already agreed to hand over the personal data of citizens in june the e.u. and the united states signed

a so-called swift deal which gives american officials access to old bank transactions within europe and even a lift in both an austrian politician and member of the european parliament says there are no guarantees the dates are going to be misused so 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. 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 in the past passengers. 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 to ours concerning especially data protection there is no selection of critical data it must 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 out that proves 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 are reluctant to agree to that 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. now reports in the u.s. suggest the afghan government has begun a high level peace talks with the taliban if true the negotiations come as the coalition forces military campaign in the country enters its tenth year the washington post newspaper says taliban negotiators are serious about finding a way out and the pakistan based militants are also involved in the talks with the taliban had previously rejected and to all foreign troops leave afghanistan whether the talks are happening or not attacks on coalition forces and infrastructure continue to have

a political analyst from kabul says the taliban an hour to self-confident to seek for peace. the government of united states. officers. in afghanistan say we are going to talk to negotiate with the taliban. low level taliban fighters. to afghanistan government to participate in this process and political process afghanistan but the government of the united steel has rejected talks with the taliban leadership in a way where extremist elements taliban and they are controlling the government or for the united states or the government of afghanistan doesn't want to talk to taliban leadership. who are in pakistan or inside afghanistan how it is also for you to achieve peace without talking with this level of taliban but talking with a low level taliban i don't think. is affective to bring peace and

stability afghanistan under their hand taliban are thinking that they are winning the war against the united states and near two forces and resolutely we have seen their significant change in their and taliban policy and for the first time very simply after two months the taliban top office late about rolling afghanistan think that there will defeat their foreign troops in afghanistan and ultimately they will rule afghanistan again. we're coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. and still ahead for you life behind the billboards the indian capital gets some cosmetic surgery for tourists in town for the commonwealth games. for years the united states was the biggest preacher of tolerance in the world but contemporary us society is losing its reputation as a free and open one so in

a phobia and nationalistic hate against minorities including islamophobia are on the rise. america is supposed to be a nation of tolerance. but believing 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 unreasonable fear or hatred of the unfamiliar especially people of other race or religion muslim associated with bill that's everybody knows there's no fly in these there's 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's 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 korans there's been a spike an obvious spike. hate crimes and islamophobia correct and attacks on mosques throughout the country from temecula california to sheboygan wisconsin to tennessee these 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 and now she's going to have the right to put out

a financial holocaust museum. washington would never accept the japanese going to show you next to pearl harbor i do is no reason for us to simply must there sure are trade center at tea parties around the country frustrations over taxes and joblessness are aimed more directly at us president barack obama is a go you could be able slip you know what i don't know what the world is i cannot make up what the president is but the reason to suspect it is because you keep talking like what stop talking like i must look. like yes according to the f.b.i. obama has garnered more death threats than any other american president in the us immigrants have also become the other arrested and detained in arizona beaten and bruised in new york where racial tensions have erupted in some low income neighborhoods unfortunately most of the attacks most recently been by blacks

against mexican 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 third job or something like that they're going to throw us on one basket that's the bottom line anything who looks different all the sudden becomes bad no warming downturn in america's mood it clearly illustrates how frustrated and divided public but this leaves many housekeeping at the land founded on freedom is becoming a land and soon i hate. fortnight party new york. the commonwealth games in new delhi is supposed to be india's moment to show off its rapidly rising wealth the president of the international olympic committee says the nations set a solid foundation for a future lympics bid but their capital is putting on a fake front of bright billboards to hide the poverty of shanty homes charan singh looks at the reality. across the boards showcasing the commonwealth games have

sprung up trying to hide the city's poverty but these haven't been entirely successful here in boston three hard the slum is still visible most of its two thousand residents are not surprised by the action and. the government considers us dirty it could give us a lot to relocate them instead of too high just to put a curtain up as if we are dirty and shouldn't be seen our politicians take their votes but this stage in. 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 face 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 roof is another there's no water here this is the biggest

problem for us there used to be one tap close by but that has 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 infrastructure for the games yet slum residents such as rugby davey and her 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 and provided us with drinking water. when the commonwealth games and the birds will come down but for their nice long residence life will continue to be tough for their. life improving changes are needed not sure what's gotten saying. russia and algeria i'm planning to join forces to promote their gas markets the russian president is meeting his counterpart during

a visit to algeria the two countries members of the exporting countries for seniors the gas equivalent of opec organisation currently they work together to set gas prices apart from talking business politics. to a moderate for the heroes of algeria's war of independence seven visited the museum of independence it's medvedev said first trip to the country his algerian counterpart has visited russia twice. and you can get much more on that presidential visit by logging on to our web site that is our teeth dot com also online you will find. stuck on a warm clothes if you plan on spending the winter in moscow weather forecasters predict the free use of a millennium is coming up in a few months. and

the business news is next with stay with us. that's right time not have a look at what's happening in the world of business the investment. capital russia calling is underway in moscow the event is aimed at putting in foreign investment capital to the russian market the form attracts more than four speakers from around the world and we'll be bringing you the latest from the band throughout the day. well politicians and business people seem agreed that russia's economy needs to diversify but delegates say there is no single path. well to a call the best prediction for an economy is scenario seventy eight's it if the oil price remains at seventy eight dollars per barrel they call on him it is likely

going to the period of stagnation in the brush and if like stagnation of the seventy's and the eighty's that is this will happen if there are no serious economic reforms being undertaken right now one has to remember that there are is a relatively rich country by the world standards and at this level of g.d.p. per capita one can only girls if there is a broad based innovation economists in the catch up a period of economic growth is in the process so now one has to provide incentives to innovate the incentives to grow unfortunately the top down economic policy all of this has been tried the vertical the horizontal economic kind of appalls industrial policy has been tried so now to grow sustainable sustainably fostered a levels one has to think about the new strategy for economic growth which is based

on economic reforms so the key is to create demand forty four percent and then to top priority this is the first one as per it is a nation to create is the amount of government involvement in the economy not just the bridges ational the minority is. a minority shares in the large government companies but the broad based approaches ation most of the large companies which are not interested in the nation and reforms are sold out to private industry the second is drastic deregulation of the small businesses because we all know that the small businesses are usually the most serious proponents of economic reforms the private protection of the private property and the economic institutions which are . conducive to economic growth. russia's largest private oil company look or at least planning to drill around twelve new wells in western africa the vice president of the company says the region plays

a key role in locals development overseas. most important plants in terms of concrete and production concern in western africa and monday were met with the energy minister of ghana in general to seuss's western africa a bigger than those we have russian. and also the oil producer. plans to develop new technologies the company aims to almost triple in the oil production morkel of what it would produce around twenty million tons of coal with the help of new technology and i would goal is to produce fifty sixty million tonne suniel that means billions investment. spends more innovation then the full russian federation at the near. time not have a quick look at how the markets are faring best south high gold prices trigger a rally in mining shares in london driving the foot say to its second day of gains rio tinto and anglo american are more than three percent and anton for guster is gaining more than four british airways close to three and a half percent after forty one point three percent increase in september passenger

traffic. here in russia they are my successor makes the sour over major blue chips again in between. one percent bucking the trend across net down about two percent. and peter hambro runs a gold mining company in russia's far east says neighboring china represents great opportunities as well as risks. each particular even used in serbia whether it's demographics there are only one point one million people in the region and about fifty eight million people in the middle generating china. and so that demographic potential needs properly to be exploited and i think that's what the real growth story years eight new asian tiger based on russia's natural resources and chinese goods are. being is interested in acquiring algerian assets of b.p.

that's according to co owner of the company michael frayn. he hopes their possible purchase will get the green light during the ongoing visit of president richard vedder to algeria b.p. has several projects in the country including fields in the summer and then this producing around eighteen billion cubic meters of gas anyway what a third of all journals gassed exports and early b.p. announced it could sell its nice assets to tame p.p.p. the state solve worth around one hundred seventy billion dollars. well that's all for now or join me next more but you can get most or small website right now r t v dot com slash business.