if.

oh toto published congress photo east west. historical. capturing the city. called small. as it could.

be struck for us to become the hoto. alleged russian run of victim fights u.s. attempts to get him extradited from his noise bunch of people any court decision that would see him shipped also this. we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemies a major us media boss wants more money to international competitors he says a winning over the hearts and minds a view was across the world. and anger in europe at fresh u.s. demands for data sharing critics say america is imposing on. the pretense of fighting terrorism.

not from our studios here in central moscow this is all a t. with you twenty four hours a day thailand says it's moving closer to a decision. on whether the alleged russian gun smuggler vick to 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 but which will remain in a toy jail until his legal team appeals the latest verdict well to shawn thomas has been following the 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 sear gay boot lickers brother he's seen simply as a great business mind just a couple of course he had the drive and 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 boot ever since he claims he's innocent and has only operated as an international businessman providing logistics for shipping for his brother doesn't understand what is driving the american push against him tools because if we're making a monster out of him if you think about it victor has been out of the business for over ten years what 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 partners 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 some strange. but there is increased pressure from america and the political connections within the thai government for a decision to be made a lot of full cost have been made from the united states to thailand obviously the prime minister's office and this is another part of the this delicious irony of the thai prime minister holby 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 but lost all of british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british american interest and with the power of american bank. some say 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 right 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 that we don't know people don't really know what's going on and there are there are questions about the legality of the extradition process and the motives of the united states but those who are close to victor would say they are more concerned about his welfare and safety. it's quite possible they likes to dine him 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 they'll go as far as it takes to get it. and now they

question if true justice is even a possibility. i think there's nothing left of american democracy today the u.s. regime is the same or worse than stallion's reign was any action is depicted as a patriotic act everything is classified they have secret prisons where they torture people and inject them with some chemicals to extract information they're willing to resort to any means to get what they want. now with the possibility of victor boots extradition growing closer to reality those who remain convinced of his innocence are still keeping up the fight. but we're still hoping victory will be freed we believe he might be it's hard for regular people like us to forgive the u.s. machine look at them and look at us would do we have to because so it's like and then fighting in the elephant it's hard for us to get through this we're hoping for justice but we haven't seen any in the past three years. sean thomas or t.v.

. and us documentary filmmaker danny schechter these victims cases 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 bull you know can be the magic man the genes by the person who is lurking to smear him in the 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 russian and i think there's a case to be made here. and there are cold war echoes from america elsewhere to the u.s. organization which oversees the media directed at foreign audiences has labeled the media in russia china and iran as enemies the broadcasting board of governors which is sponsored by the us government says it needs new tools to fight them 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 telesur and of course china's own lodging international broadcasting

twenty four hour news channels correspondents around the world well earlier my colleague rory sushi spoke to our tease political commentator peter bell who thinks the chairman statement puts him beyond 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 catching ok not 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 is that what'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 it is 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 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 their organizations and i 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 rise of racial hatred. 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 anything who looks different all the sudden becomes bad muslims or mexicans alike or facing xenophobia in their everyday lives we have a report coming up shortly. the first new data sharing demands from washington a causing anger in europe the u.s. could get access to 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 countries like austria and germany have already agreed to hand over the personal data of citizens when in june the united states signed the so-called swift deal which gives american officials access to all bank transactions within europe and roots of our she's a portuguese politician a member of the european parliament told me earlier that washington doesn't want to

allow the e.u. the same access you. know now at this point we are sending about mine ninety six million bits of financial transfers ninety million messages financial messages each month to the united states so this is billions a year and what. the european citizens turn to us to see to ask how is this happening at this point the floor of that is from the e.u. to the u.s. and there's a theoretical possibility of diverting this this. data but still ethical reciprocity it's not real reciprocity and asymmetrical reciprocity it's not reciprocity so at this point we do not address process with united states we between mr brown deal which was rejected by parliament and shift to which was approved with my votes against but approved we managed to get a new rupee an overseer in washington. which will be looking over the american's

shoulders as it were and with the power to start a search that he or she really did not appropriate the problem is that now the european commission is not willing to tell us the name of this person is it in washington so. yes they all say ironic situation where the privacy of one person one representative that should be public from the outset this better protected than the privacy of five hundred million european cities we have the citizens we are the representatives we are once transparency on their side so if they give us transparency if we know what kind of data has been accessed by whom and when if we have representatives whose name we know then we can you know in the reciprocity between the citizen and the situations we get in the road in making everybody said . investigators looking into the murder of the journalist anna politkovskaya say they have identified a number of suspected accomplices all of them reportedly hiding in europe russian prosecutors have contacted other european countries in the hunt for the suspects to

determine where they are and how they left the country the man thought to be the actual killer is now being hunted by interpol and a journalist for the newspaper and renowned human rights activist was shot dead four years ago and police say she was targeted because of a job three people remain under investigation despite being freed by a court which dropped all charges against them in an earlier trial. r.t. could you live from moscow coming your way very shortly miracle breakthrough. find out how doctors here in russia hope given hope to children fighting a deadly disease. for years the united states was the biggest preacher of tolerance in the world but some fear contemporary us society is losing its reputation as free and open sin a phobia nationalistic hate against minorities including islamophobia are on the rise. america is supposed to be a nation of tolerance. but bleeding for 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. and 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 bill that's 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 received 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 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 russia. you would never accept the japanese going to say next to pearl harbor was no reason for us to subdue

a mosque and actually we're afraid something that tea parties around the country frustrations over taxes and joblessness are aimed more directly at us president barack obama this is no you can be able so 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 that. 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 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 a saw in one basket that's the bottom line anything who looks different all the

sudden becomes bad an alarming 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. international terrorists are behind the latest attacks in russia says the head of russia's security council on economic push up in. the i.c.u. as far as russia is concerned no one doubts now that the terrorist threat is coming from abroad and everyone agrees that it's must be countered jointly. in the past month the number of attacks in southern russia in august thirty people injured in the town of course by a car explosion and in september seventeen people were killed and around two hundred injured in a market bomb blast in cannes last week police found a hidden stash of explosives in the center of the city of stubble chechen militants

who model has links to al qaeda is thought to be behind the incident an example from the moscow state humanitarian and universities says there should be a coalition in different parts of the world to fund terrorism. there has to be a worldwide coalition focused all the central asian region only north africa region central african region and north caucasus the us v i actually have never seen the raw terrorists terrorists in north caucasus and if they say that they will have to step up they will have to step in and help fighting terrorism in north caucasus anyway i think that the us they have the information. on where where he is but if they can for he is in north caucuses they will have to help fighting terrorism even here. time now for some more news from around the world at this stage of the day in our world update hungary the investigation into a deadly toxic sludge spill which killed four people and injured one hundred twenty

others a state of emergency has been declared in three western counties to be chemical waste burst from a reservoir european union has warned that the ecological disaster could have long term consequences for countries around the river system and to the clean up will take at least a year and cost millions of dollars. united states is apologize for a recent helicopter attack on pakistani soldiers a u.s. investigation found that american soldiers had confused a pakistani al post with a militant camp after the incident pakistan closed the border crossing into afghanistan used by nato convoys some of the vehicles unable to pass were torched and destroyed by militants. 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 nation set a solid foundation for a future olympic spirit but the capitals put out a fake front of bright billboards to hide the poverty of shanty homes ati's currency looks at the reality. across the early boards showcasing the commonwealth

games have sprung up trying to hide the city's poverty but these haven't been entirely successful here investment 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 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 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 and 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 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 would have been great for him or they could have opened a school in the slum and provided us with drinking water. when the commonwealth games and the worlds come down but for the only slum residents life will continue to be tough for them long term life improving changes are needed not sure. it's got and saying ah gee. that impression has received some unusual birthday gifts and he's time leopard's joke books about him and even

a cannon well this year students that moscow state university have come up with something of a provocative present members from the faculty of journalism have released a sixty calendar which will also be on public sale each model is pictured with speech bubbles saying things such as how about a third time referring to rumors he could run for the presidency again i'll simply we levy the creed to say the idea was to show that smart young women can also still be very beautiful plus of course the students one of the wish put in a very happy. i'm not going to take on a lot less than ten minutes from now we're asking a member of the european parliament whether the euro is on the brink of collapse before that the business updates is next with you. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

hello and a very warm welcome to the business news the investment for more free to be capital brought together experts on finance and building businesses the two day event addressed two main issues turning moscow into a world financial center and diversify the russian economy will bring you the highlights. all politicians and business people seem agreed that russia's economy needs to

diversify but doesn't that say there is no single path. 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 the period of stagnation in the brush and if like stagnation of the seventy's and 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 economy in the 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 unfortunately the top down economics 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 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 for it for us and the two top priority this is the first one as per it is a sham 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 of asian 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 economy growth they need to diversify russia's economy is nothing new but the financial crisis has given it more urgency basis archie spoke to. chief economist at the european bank for reconstruction and development. there are some old listeners that we need to be reminded of and some new there since i think that in terms of new lessons in the vulnerability of the financial system russia needs to invest much more in phoenix addressing the key vulnerabilities the very large issue on the left the lack of transparency in the financial system we knew that there was a problem but you're reminded on how big a problem. in terms of the the old messenger is about diversifying billing for t.v. the big big problem in russia is that there's not enough middle size for that's what it is mourning the patient all the problems and you call it the 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 station but one technology investor told r.t. that what companies really neat is simply less regulation i think that the most important is in the burbs not to create the right incentives or moving to the burbs for example in everything which is connected with the globalization of the russian and i wish to cultural industry are more in. the customs drawn recently the special started with together with. the price waterfalls on the bar your sort of innovation business and everybody says the most important point is the customs. a 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 after coltrane said that there was no room to cut texas 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 eastern siberia whether it's demographic there any one point one million people in the region fifty eight million people benefit in general to china. and so that demographic potential needs properly to be exploited and i think that's what's really a great story here in new asian tiger based on russia's natural resources and chinese consumption. just trying to tell you how the markets going. up that close they aren't.