if you move the song from fans to. stunts on t.v. don't come. and i just russian gonna run a victim booth fights u.s. attempts to get him extradited from thailand his lawyers plan to appeal any court decision that would see him ship down also. we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemies a major us media boss sounds the alarm over international broadcasters saying they're beating america's mainstream in the battle for the hearts and minds of the world. and anger in europe but fresh us to mons for data sharing critics say america is imposing on personal privacy under the pretense of fighting

terrorism. live from moscow this is welcome to the program thailand says it's moving closer to a decision on whether a ledged russian smuggler a victim. 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 but will remain in jail until his legal team appeals the latest verdict sean thomas has been following the latest developments. victor boot has certainly created a name for himself some call him the merchant of death or even the lord of war but to sygate boot lickers brother he's seen simply as a great business mind just a couple of course he had the drive in quite an outstanding talent to organize and

run business that's why it was great working with him. but was arrested in two thousand and eight in bangkok thailand during a sting operation and accused of trying to sell weapons to colombian fark militants the u.s. has been trying to extradite bird ever since he claims he's innocent and has only operated as an international businessman providing logistics for shipping that his brother doesn't understand what is driving the american push against him charles pistol and if we're making a monster out of him if you think about it a dictator has been out of the business for over ten years let's sort of secret information can he possibly possess he has not been out of the country and he hasn't talked to any of his gardeners for the past ten years he was out of the business he didn't work any more because everywhere he went the u.s. government tried to obstruct his work i guess the u.s. special service has so inspirational. scuttlebutt but there is increased pressure from america and the political connections within the thai government for

a decision to be made a lot of for possibly made from the united states to thailand obviously or the prime minister's office and this is another part of the this delicious irony of the thai prime minister hold the americans are saying is actually working for the victor what is actually working for the americans because he's not only is a british war for us all the british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british american interests and with the power of american banking so. the incentive is right for thailand to play ball but america has promised thailand's fighter jets and cheap oil if the decision goes their way if he's next day to america and stands trial in america itself i think then. everything will be in public but probably what might happen is that they would like to extradite him but not have a face trial in america but to be in a prison another country as they have done with other people so we don't know merican people don't really know what's going on and there are questions about the legality of the extradition process and the motives of the united states but those

who are close to victor both say they are more concerned about his welfare and safety is that the company is quite possible they like sudan team and just look him up on 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 to give me enough and now the question if true justice is even a possibility of muscle damages we will see what i think there's nothing left of american democracy today the u.s. regime is the same or worse than sterling strain was any action is depicted as a patriotic act that everything is classified they have secret prisons where they torture people and inject them with similar chemicals to extract information they're willing to resort to any means to get what they want with the now with the possibility of victor boot extradition growing closer to reality those who remain convinced of his innocence are still keeping up the fight the stoughton if they're still for the book we're still hoping big two will be freed we believe he might be

it's hard for regular people like us to fight the u.s. machines look at them and look at us what do we have to back us up it's like a man fighting an elephant it's hard for us to get through this hoping for just as we haven't seen any in the past two years. sean thomas r t. well u.s. documentary filmmaker danny schechter believes viktor boots 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 blue you know can be the magic man the james bond the person who is lurking to smear shit in a james bond movie sense you know the. organization of organizations 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 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 we are coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. and the organization which oversees the u.s. media directed at foreign audiences says that it needs new tools to fight enemies the broadcasting board of governors which is sponsored by the u.s. government wants to confront iran's press t.v. china's c.c.t.v. and r.t. . we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemies there's 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. and i spoke to r.t. as political commentator and host of cross talk people of l. who thinks that the chairman statement puts him beyond real china's. 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 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 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 a clear out twenty years after the end of the cold war one has to wonder who's who in taliban has 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 he's saying 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 right and people think that you're a threat maybe turn a job or something like that there are thoughts on one basket anything who looks different all the sudden becomes a bad muslims mexicans are like facing xenophobia in their everyday lives. new data sharing demands from washington or causing anger in europe the u.s. wants fingerprints d.n.a. samples of 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 not 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 the so-called swift deal that gives american officials access to all bank transactions within europe a further lichtenberg austrian politician and member of the european parliament says there are no guarantees the data won't be misused. 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 in the us except expect us to adapt to their standards but it's very difficult to convince them that they should alter to ours concerning especially data protection we have to collaborate that's clear if there is 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 that 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 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 xenophobia and nationalistic hate against minorities including islamophobia are on the rise. 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 unreasonable fear or hatred of the

unfamiliar especially people of other race or religion muslim associated with phil that's everybody knows the no fly list has ninety nine wilson 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 korans there's been a spike an obvious spike of hate crimes and islamophobia correct and attacks on mosques throughout the country from temecula california to

sheboygan wisconsin to tennessee these are our 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 put up a sign next to the holocaust museum in washington. would never accept the japanese going to show you next to pearl harbor was no reason for us to show to moscow and actually were afraid that tea parties around the country frustrations over taxes and joblessness are aimed more directly at us president barack obama this is go you 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 a bad. 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 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 to throw a saw in one basket that's the bottom line anything who looks different all the sudden becomes bad you know warming downturn in america's mood it 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. fortnight party new york. the first civilian trial for former detainee all of the u.s. detention facility in guantanamo bay is due to start in new york automatic guy

lanny is accused of helping al qaeda militants carry out the nine hundred ninety eight bombing of u.s. embassies in tanzania and kenya which left two hundred and twenty four dead he's the first one ton of the detainee to be transferred into the u.s. civilian justice system in may two thousand and nine congress blocked funds to closing down the detention center it's clear plan for the closure. must be presented before the money is approved to discuss this issue further we have talked to allan singh a director of social studies at hofstra university in new york. he spent years in prison without legal protection with reports that he was subjected to harsh interrogation how do you think this could complicate the trial look definitely will complicate the trial the american legal system is on trial as well the united states is trying to have it both ways it's accused these people being prisoners of war but has been treated as prisoners of war now it's accusing them of being

criminals and if they're criminals they need to be tried in civilian court i mean one question is why they're being tried in the united states and not in a areas where the crimes were committed like kenya but the american legal system is being observed by the whole world right now and i think that the american legal system has the ability to respond if there is evidence that stated it will not be admitted in court action center at guantanamo bay is obviously still operational what you think that says about the extent of obama's promise to close it down. look obama's made many promises that he has not carried through and i very disturbed by it on just on saturday i was in washington in a protest against promises of not being carried through. guantanamo was a stain on america's claim to represent justice and human rights and the entire world is disturbed by this and the united states are going to have to shut down guantanamo it cannot maintain a a base where it conducts torture got on these trial ends with a conviction and

a heavy sense of will it be proof do you think the civilian courts are capable of dealing with terror cases. look. how ever the trial works out the entire world is going to be watching the no one concern is whether this trial will lead to increased terrorism for me the terrorist response is not to the trial it's the us occupation of iraq and afghanistan it's the u.s. bases in the persian gulf it's israeli occupation of palestine if the united states and europe want to end attacks on on the united states and europe it's going to have to end the way it treats the islamic world the issue is not going to be this trial the issue is basic u.s. or western european involvement in the way it is in the islamic world also if we may just go back for a moment to the issue of this trial and the trial of guy lani if he was found not guilty do you think this could affect the prosecution of other detainees. certainly

the kid if he is found guilty because evidence is dismissed because it's tainted it's going to be very hard to get convictions of anyone but that's the united states has played the game it's kept people locked up it's kept people it situations where evidence is tainted because of accusation of of torture you can't have it both ways right now the united states is going to have to demonstrate to the world that it's legal system works and if it means acquittals it means acquittals not so moments ago you edited to the effect that america's war on terrorism terrorism rather is having around the world but you articles you write about the great damage one tunnel is doing to the united states can you can you explain what do you mean that. well the late state's claims to represent freedom represent justice represents your rights if you have secret military

prisons where people waterboarding and where people are undergoing sensory deprivation the rest of the world sees this a nurse their world says american claims to represent righteousness fully so you may think it is undermining the school position by maintaining a a prison in one part of. dr alan singer director of social studies at hofstra university in new york thanks. and now let's get to some other news from around the world this hour no one person is being killed and four injured in two separate attacks on foreigners in the yemeni capital a french manager of an austrian oil firm was shot dead supposedly by one of the security guards earlier a british diplomatic motorcade was attacked leaving one embassy staff member and bystanders it slightly injured this comes just days after security in the city was stepped up on information appalled by al qaeda. hungry says it will take at least

a year and cost millions of dollars to clean up the damage caused by a spill of industrial toxic red sludge emergency workers are trying to stop the substance flowing into major waterways a state of emergency has been declared in three western counties after the chemical waste burst from a reservoir killing four and injuring one hundred twenty authorities have called it toxic spill an ecological disaster. an australian student has won one of the most prestigious engineering awards for inventing a bazooka that saves lives sam a delegation received the prize for his device that can fire a life ring or vest up to one hundred fifty meters during water rescues seconds after touching water the capsule expands up to forty times its normal sux. and in just a few moments a unit will be giving you the latest business news hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get

a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we'll do you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us our technology update on our g. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news the investment formal free to be capital brought together experts on finance and built in business says the two day event addressed two main issues turning moscow into world financial center and diversifying the russian economy will bring you the highlights.

all politicians and business people seem agrees that russia's economy needs to diversify but delegates say there is no single paul. what we call the best prediction for an economy is scenario seventy eight if the oil price remains at seventy eight dollars per barrel they caught i mean is likely going to enter 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 catch up a period of economic growth is in the past so now one has to provide incentives to

innovate the incentives a to grow and 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 a sustainable sustainably fost 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 the two top priorities is the first one as per it is ation to create is the amount of government involvement in the economy not just the privatization of the minority it. a minority shares in the large government companies but the broad based approach is ation most of the large companies which are not interested in the nation and reforms are sold out to private investors 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 can conducive to economic growth. the need to diversify russia's economy is nothing new but the financial crisis has given it more urgency business archie spoke to eric berkoff chief economist at the european bank for reconstruction and development there are some old lessons that we need to be reminded of and some new there's something i think in terms of new lessons in the vulnerability of the financial system that russia needs to invest much more in in addressing the key vulnerabilities the very large issue on the surface the lack of transparency in the financial system we knew that there was a problem but we were reminded on how big a problem. in terms of the the older son is about diversifying building for

activity the big problem in russia is that there's not enough middle size for that's what at morning the haitian of the problems are going to be a lack of competition the problems of the business environment and the very strong regional variation in business environment. the russian government is offering subsidies to boost in the vacation but one college investor told r.t. that what companies really need simply less regulation. i think the most important is in the burbs not to create the incentives are moving the burgers for example in everything which is connected with the globalization of. innovation to cultural industry or more in the bar or yours on the costumes were done recently the special started with together with. the press waterfalls on the bar your sunday no vision business and everybody says that the most important point is the customs

. own little comfort for business though russia's finance minister admitted the tax burden will rise by of around four percent alex accouterments interest which will happen over three years is mainly due to excise duty is to petrol alcohol and tobacco along with the buys or insurance premiums while it comes several months off to cushion so that there was no room to cut taxes and russia. russia's geographical reach is certainly one of its strengths that's according to peter hambro who runs a gold mining company in russia's fought east he says neighboring china represents an opportunity as well as of risk needs to particularly in the instance or here whether it's demographic there any one point one million people in the region fifty eight million people in the head in general. and so that demographic potential needs probably to be closer and i think that's what really great.