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russians demand equal justice as the spotlight falls on cases of influential figures using their connections to evade prosecution. with the u.k. brace for public spending cuts economists warn of more financial hardship on the horizon. heroes of the state russia honors the asian stock ported from the u.s. in the biggest spy swap since the cold war. two am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story the daughter of an influential siberian official will face rich retrial over a horrific car crash that left one woman dead and another paralyzed public outcry was sparked when it was initially revealed that i had

a shot but i know shoving kobo was not going to be charged over the incident that happened a year ago c.c.t.v. footage showed a toyota veering into pit on to pavement and then the car's driver only checking for damage and ignoring the critically injured pedestrians. pregnant at the time of the crash got a three year suspended sentence and was given time to raise her child it was alleged that her high profile mother a regional electoral committee official could have tipped the case in her favor as artie's our fourth reports it's not the first time a kid with connections in russia has been accused of evading justice. when valarie day it was no use down by a car it was the beginning of a long in fairly difficult to recover it was the best but the valerie was not the seriously injured but that was five years ago and since then he's been on able to say nothing but investigation he suffered through rethink injuries and the memories

of that day still very clear in his mind. i remember exactly how it all happened moment by moment my friend bill you know and myself were standing here as we parted he looked across the street on the green light i remember the green light vividly i had turned and began walking in that direction when i heard a sound and saw something flying towards me the driver of the car was eighteen year old abuse of. the former high ranking f.s.b. officer for larry's case they being tonight a criminal trial does make it to the civil. we asked for one hundred thousand dollars in compensation. but at the time of the trial she claims she was just a poor student with twenty dollars monthly allowance so she was ordered to pay three thousand dollars to me and she did in installments but even before the trial she was actually a major shareholder at a commercial bank in moscow. and larry made eight attempts to have criminal

proceedings launched but was refused every time. if an ordinary person had been in her place they would have faced criminal punishment long ago the incident is too serious to refuse to open a criminal case there seems to be a consider of the population in russia which is immune from criminal prosecution for larry's repeated attempts to get the case tried in the criminal cause of let the accusations against him with the abuse of the family claiming he jumped in front of the car and was trying to extort money from known in response to larry made an online play to president dmitri medvedev. i'm hoping for your objective help mr president. an investigation into the legitimacy of the refuses to launch criminal proceedings has now been ordered. for two and a move but i made my online statement not because i want compensation for my health

but because i have been falsely accused and because of all the corruption i want justice. with the full investigation yet to be conducted abuse of her remains in the driving seat whilst the larry left to slowly rebuild his life with the help of friends and family surf airth. cheney events we gen fred ware from the christian science monitor says media coverage helps bring privileged defender of to justice. you know this is not an unfamiliar scenario in a lot of places it is perfectly calm and in almost every country that the rich get a better ride in legal systems if only because they can hire better lawyers and and find their way navigate through the system better and the thing you notice is that the intensive press coverage on that forces the authorities to make a show of treating them equally the more publicity the more light that shone on this the better the better it will be analysis from fred we are moscow

correspondent for the christian science monitor. the leaders of france and germany say their countries are facing the same security threats as russia and efforts to tackle that and should help bring in new partnership with moscow nicolas sarkozy and merkel were meeting ahead of a summit with dmitry medvedev in the small french resort town of deauville artie's catarina is our of our reports. they're going to be some very serious issues of course on the table as the three leaders tackle various issues relevant not only to the european community but also to the international agenda issues such as stability in the middle east the ongoing situation in afghanistan and iran nuclear agenda those are all going to be discussed by the medium of a defined his colleagues from france and germany but it's also issues of course that are relevant to europe specifically and they are expected to dominate the talks here and specifically the issue of global european security proposed by the

russian president a little earlier russia's cooperation with the north atlantic treaty organization is also going to be discussed of course and that will be dove tailing into the new proposal for a global european security plan and various other aspects of european corporation of course the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the various effects that it has had on bilateral trade on european trade on russia's relations with those members of the e.u. the negotiations to have a visa free regime of all russian citizens wishing to travel to europe right now of course we know that russian citizens are obliged to get a visa in order to enter the european union that's according to the shanghai an agreement that is currently enforced and for a number of years of officials have been talking all over the possibility of removing the visa regime and making travel for russians into europe visa free and that is yet another issue that meet in the days if a certain to raise with nicolas sarkozy and angola merkel and of course many russians are keeping their fingers crossed that something definitive will come out

of those talks tomas cloud from the european council on foreign relations tells r.t. that improving ties between moscow and warsaw could pave the way to a new era in russian relations. there have been indeed greater within the e.u. about how to manage the relationship with russia what we've seen over the last few weeks and months is a narrowing of these divisions and in particular the the very important fact of the polish russian rapprochement has really engineered a whole new dynamic and i think the u. today is much less divided than it was two or three years ago and this is the background against which this meeting has taken place and i would almost argue that it couldn't take place without the background being what it is no i think that's an absolutely crucial fact there was a big split between berlin and also especially about how to manage the relationship with moscow that was a source of strain in the polish term relationship that is now gone and we are

seeing a much more positive dynamic overall. stay with us here on r t coming your way soon italian invasion find out why the surge of troops in afghanistan is being blamed for wrecking a series of secret operations. but first the u.k. is bracing itself to hear about public spending cuts worth tens of billions of pounds the coalition government will reveal the comprehensive spending review on wednesday it aims to dramatically cut the budget deficit and put the country on the road to financial recovery but some economists say the worst is yet to come as reports. the start of a new working week in the city of london in the eye of an economic storm life goes on as normal but those who work here know that the financial crisis is far from. the worst to come i think the worst still to come i think the worse yet there is more to come how much more they're talking about the financial crisis we've already

had but according to some economists we ain't seen nothing yet certain respected finance see is this other than so being the issues that caused the last financial crisis governments in central banks like the bank of england behind me i actually leading us towards an even bigger meltdown and they can see even seem to agree on a lot to do in europe the powers that be are stopping the money printing machines over in the u.s. the federal reserve has just announced another round of quantitative easing but who's right nobody is right i mean that's really the problem the difficulty is that when you've drunk three. then you may well think that you're capable of putting the world to right but at the same point in time you know you're going to wake up in the morning with a hangover this is the point where we're working up in the morning with a terrible hangover in a new book the gathering storm a group of finance he has got together to say that governments have learned nothing

from this crisis policymakers. they're applying old models in their economic projections and that could lead to inflation hitting ordinary people hard debt will have to be repaid and restructuring will have to begin but in the city there's a fear that people in denial full sense of security i think yeah i think it's very convenient from the political perspective and overall feel good like to. feel better you know people want to feel better you know but it's the fundamentals are not great people are still in denial. when they're on the tax man sobs chasing people who can't buy even nobody a problem that i did may come home to roost this week when the government announces extensive cuts to public services we shouldn't let the period of extreme global weakness which followed the lehman brothers collapse. in this long drawn out depression there could be much worse episodes still to come. and here in

the city of london that would really put the cat among the pigeons. in germany experts are divided over chancellor angela merkel's comments that immigrants there need to do more to integrate she said that attempts to create a multicultural society had quote utterly failed but critics have dubbed her speech as a way to score cheap political points a survey found that a third of people of germany believe that foreigners are taking over and that a kahane from the amadou antonio foundation that works to combat racism in germany says immigration policy has to be addressed across europe. we have specially east germany a lot of neo nazi groups this is these are hard core new nazis who killed a lot of people and we have also a big the rise of anti immigrant to the feelings in the population of west germany

so now with this discussion we have in this small. woman things are rising and i fear that there would be more victims of rape or violence immigration is the future you cannot work and live in a globalized world in the middle of the world in europe without immigration and of moving population so you have to really make a good policy of immigration all over europe and we see this that the history of give europe with this long history of nationalism and small countries is now. is now getting into a crisis so neat we need a long time to to make it better but you have to in front of us you have to really change the policy of immigration inside europe this is very important you have to make up the educational system and adapt all the. all

the self understanding of the states they are not anymore only white or only swedish or only portuguese or only german they are monti cultural places in the world. respect are from another kahane founder of the i'm going to antonio foundation. russian secret service agents sent back from the us this summer in a high profile spy scandal have received state awards from the russian president dmitry medvedev author of the employees of the russian intelligence services in a ceremony at the kremlin palace artesia group is going off was there. this story was probably the biggest spy scandal between moscow and washington since the cold war in june american offshore he's announced that they've arrested a group of ten people who are suspected of being secret russian agents were working for many years in the united states undercover they've all been detained had gone and undergone trial were found guilty of being on registered illegal russian agents

have their property and belongings were taken away by american authorities that were also banned from ever coming back to america unless a big green light is given by the white house itself they're also all bridgette from ever publishing any information on their activities while we're working undercover for russia in the united states and then they were deported from america in exchange for four people who are serving time here in russia after having been found guilty of being poor and spies and this whole ceremony was held in the relatively secret atmosphere we don't exactly know how many people received the state awards we don't know exactly what state awards they were decorated with according to the president's press secretary that it's a mark over the people who are in the center of the last summer's spy scandal between moscow and washington who are also reportedly awarded state awards now out of those ten people deported from the united states probably the most popular

figure was and is on a chop and who is a young very successful business woman she used to have a british husband she used to have british citizenship which was actually taken away after this scandal last summer and this she's got the type of character we usually see on cinema screens in james bond movies and not in in news reports that's why probably the most attention from the media was aimed at her as of this story was broadcasted across the world and there are a report. it's in some russian media including the mosque we really were stationed on a job one was also there and was also given a state award but this is still unconfirmed information and more of speculation the unofficial at the moment in italy has joined the u.s. led surge in afghanistan that will bring the number of a talian troops in the country to four thousand by the end of the year but

a leaked report suggests that rome is not following the rules of engagement it's alleged that italian troops carried out secret operations or valving raids on afghan villages that resulted in civilian deaths journalist fabricio aren't says the italian presence there is more to do with politics than the fight on terror. the government is now talking about it because basically we really is fighting a war in denial in afghanistan what's happening is that we are there oficial the. peace keeping rebuilding a reconstruction mission because that was the way that the government sought to detail in public opinion our engagement in afghanistan which is an engagement which is not well seen but a part of the public opinion being very costly in terms not of money of course but also in terms of risks and lives of our soldiers in a place which is seen by the public opinion as very remote and not really leading to the to the national security because the obsession with terrorism which is

something that some countries namely for example the united states or britain feel particularly strong it's something which is felt less strongly if one in italy the problem is that we're not there because our government or our establishment in general is concerned about the situation in afghanistan so we're not really there for strategic calculation if one a we are there because it's a way two hundred to clearly ssion and differentiate that we have with the united states it's more a political engagement and why this is something which is very crude and it's something that of course is not subject of public statements of course but that's basically the substance of our stand in afghanistan and these means that we have really no strategic thinking about our staying there we are there because nato is there. commentary from italian journalist fabricio miranda taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe students have blocked entrances to schools and set vehicles on fire in paris and march say

they've joined nationwide protests against increasing the retirement age from sixty to sixty two years and spending cuts nearly a quarter of gas stations across france have run out of petrol as truck drivers throw their weight behind the strikes there's also fears that charles de gaulle airport in paris could be left without fuel workers say they won't stop protesting and told the pension bills of banded the senate is on hold is to hold a deciding vote on wednesday. in a trial in turkey has started into the case of more than one hundred fifty people charged with links to a separatist kurdish guerrilla group more than ten elected mayors are among the suspects who have been held in prison for eighteen months and the case is being closely watched by human rights activists this comes at a time when the turkish government is trying to reconcile with the kurdish minority who have been fighting for autonomy since one thousand nine hundred four. thousands are fleeing their homes after what's being called a super typhoon hit the northern coast of the philippines meteorologists have borne

the typhoon is capable of causing catastrophic damage one man has already drowned in a state of emergency has been declared it's been four years since another storm of similar strength triggered mudslides and led to dozens dead. an indian high court has started hearing an appeal by the only surviving gunman of the by terror attacks two years ago pakistani national mohammad saab is expected to contest the death sentence handed to him in may he's accused of mass murder committing a terrorist act and waging war on india and his accomplices were convicted of the bloodiest part of the attacks killing more than fifty people the hearing is due to last several months. remember you can always find the latest on everything we're covering on our website a click away at our tea dot com here's a quick look at what's online right now. as the russian capital cools off after a hot summer the city's catwalks are heating up as designers from all over the world display their spring summer collections for russian fashion. it'll

just who are the russian mafia take our test to see if your knowledge of these wise guys is good enough to get you into their inner circle. i'll be back with a recap of our main stories in about ten minutes now first though our team meets political analysts about just a lot of new can of who believes that russia's priorities lie in both the east and the west that interview coming your way next stay with us.

he. thinks. it is love the kind of thank you very much for your time and agreeing to this motion now one of your recent article says that russian democracy stale making baby steps there is also something that we've been hearing prior past twenty years what is coming in its way to becoming full fledged the most important thing is history heritage. all the western countries started democratic

development. in the eighteenth century they have the legal basis for democratic development russia hasn't been illegal state. and when you start to create democratic institution with established legal system. that causes corruption. causes only potence all those in power. it causes wars about you know wealth it causes. wars about property when property in the rights of the world well established so i think that is the major problem for russia no. before making great steps leaps in democratic development the government has to establish the legal system here their democracy will develop naturally

and so are also. called russia pacific countries as russia see itself as one i think russia should consider itself as euro pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and world trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe. your asian country because most over its territory is in asia there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration is europe pacific like one more country in the world which is here a pacific and that is the united states you pretty much answered my question but if

we were as of now to say where do russia's priorities lie can it face to the east and the west equally our priorities are east and west russia is european or. asian some people say russia is just an independent central power some say that russia should be part of the western community. some say that russia should look eastward or southern southward. my feeling is russia can build on its relationship with the west but it is quite unrealistic to assume that it can become part of the west goes integrating into the western community in the e.u. it means membership in the un nato which is quite problematic russia in my mind is too big and too russian both for your opinion and for nato. they're not eager to see russia inside well go as are. pursuing

by opposing common european security strategy russia's goal is to make russia part of the european security the irony of the situation that russia which is an important country in europe. a important state is not poured over european security system as of today the european security system is neat. this is where the part of it so the proposal of me to video to build common security space is to bring russia and some other countries which are still like ukraine into the common european. security decision making are you one of those politicians who believes that nato is an outdated ok zation every organisation which exists is not outdated it exists. and of course some missions organizations are

somewhat old dated and some of the thinking inside nato. though data the nato bureaucracy is sometimes old data nato was created. as you may remember to keep america in germany and russia. and america in the real purpose of nato but keeping germany down the russian dated missions but sometimes it looks like that these missions are still there barack obama's new federal security strategy says that no one country even the strongest one can. actually face thing while challenges alone is this one politician speaking or can really see change in a water order well i think there is a change in the united states which is consider long term. of course

a bamma started this change taking. several things the problems americans have in different crisis serious like in iraq and afghanistan where americans first moved unilaterally almost unilaterally and then figure though even america the biggest country with the biggest military potential cannot deal with situations in countries which were considered to be minor problems. and this is one thing another thing the economic constraints on american military might and the crisis shows that the in the national debt do need for more social spending search for a recession measures well all that limits the material basis for policies of using force and also this is a recognition of the growing.