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russia's foreign ministry says washington's political pressure on taiwan played a key role in the extradition of a bullet to the us where he is wanted for arms trafficking. stopping the abuse cycle human rights activists in your new cases of torture in u.s. prisons in afghanistan as the american military refuses to reveal details on its detention facilities. fighting against time the u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before new members are sworn in and have a different agenda. a brutal mass murder that shocked russia authorities arrested gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region of

crossing the dar we are of the same. watching aren't you coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua into the program now the alleged russian arms trafficker victor borge has been taken from thailand after he was handed over to u.s. authorities it follows the thai government's decision to approve his extradition washington accuses a businessman of a number of crimes including trying to sell weapons to rebels in colombia or you know across live to jack a barge is in thailand following developments for us there. jeff why did this extradition happen so fast and what prompted it. well it certainly has very speedy after the thai cabinet decision this morning mr bird was rushed immediate. to the airport by about fifty elite special forces including police snipers and handed

straight over to u.s. drug enforcement agencies who took off and headed straight to america but really it's in retrospect it's no surprise that they did this ever since mr byrd was arrested in march two thousand and eight his case has been surrounded by political maneuvering diplomatic pressure legal challenges and many legal mistakes the u.s. almost successfully how to out of the country last year until the thai court overruled that decision so once they made this decision this morning it's quite clear that the thai government just wanted to get him out of the country before they faced a serious political challenge or another political another legal mistake. family react to this. well there's been a lot of reaction obviously mr briggs lawyer has come out he's outraged this morning. not just not just mr pitts lawyer but many people are calling this an

illegal extradition. and he's come out this morning he's saying that again it's a legal that will continue to fight this case on the russian news wires we're seeing the russians for russia's foreign ministry has said they are disappointed in this that they believe it is politically motivated and they insist this is still an illegal extradition. mr boots wife also talked to the press this morning this is what she had to say. it's not a book of you do not find that it wouldn't be operation was a secret it a.t.m. the cabinet ordered to extradite although the prime minister of thailand said that while court proceedings are ongoing be extradited this operation was illegal it was done after lobbying from the u.s. food was shipped to the united states if he was just a thing without his documents and without the russian embassy being informed the operation was so quick because it is illegal under to. i plan to appeal already.

that was mrs bird talking about the case obviously when mr boo touches down in the u.s. the legal team sees how the legal case against him will proceed we'll be hearing a lot more from her and mr bird's legal team. well jack what developments can we expect in a can we expect to happen next. most people say the case is quite weak that's not just mr bird's legal team but that's the broad opinion of the legal community he was arrested here in a sting operation by us on the cover agents working in cooperation with the thai agents but really it was a promise that they received a promise to deliver rockets and other weapons but there was no real physical evidence of how that would happen or no details about how mr boat would or could do that so the case they think is very flimsy what many people believe this is really about is to boot alleged extensive knowledge of russia's military and intelligence

operations. what most people believe is that america wants access to this information and that's what this case is really all about. roger barr thanks very much indeed for bringing us the details from bangkok. to other stories now u.s. and afghan officials are trying to downplay a potential fallout between the two countries this comes after president hamid karzai slammed washington's war tactics in afghanistan karzai demanded the u.s. led coalition reduce its military operations in the country he also called for an ans to night raids against suspected taliban commanders which often result in civilian casualties but the u.s. state secretary hillary clinton says the surgical strikes are key to winning the war the exchange of statements comes just days before crucial nato summit where the alliance expected to set a deadline for anding combat operations in afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen but as r.t. has john hodges rip. port's america's rules of engagement are in the only sane

troubling the afghan president. thirty eight billion dollars have been poured into afghanistan by the u.s. since the two thousand and one invasion to bolster security and economic development a significant chunk of that money humanitarian aid to provide food build health clinics schools and one of the poorest countries in the world all part of the u.s. effort to win over hearts and minds and to convince afghans to reject the taliban and al qaeda drop off some humanitarian aid supplies as much as we can give the people the knowing that we are out here we are the good guys but there is a dark cloud looming over the battle for hearts and minds it's known as america's black hole in afghanistan a secretive place journalists and human rights activists still depict as a liability to america's so-called war on terror former detainees have described

the bug room detention facility as the scene of heinous crimes a place into which people simply disappeared without a trace to detainees were tortured to death by u.s. forces in two thousand and two while the scandal exposed the use of torture to obtain information from detainees today bob graham rename part when detention facility rarely makes the news bob graham is still very much a black hole it's a prison facility that is operating that we don't have very much information about as i indicated there are about six hundred or so detainees that are there many of them captured outside of afghanistan although a list of names that were released last year a federal court recently denied access to any other information pertaining to those detainees. will. outrage and condemnation over detainee abuses in america's the

tourist guantanamo bay prison forced the u.s. to change its practices there but those languishing within the walls of bug room were less lucky the detention facility at guantanamo is those the most transparent we're talking to in the street bob graham detention facility and afghanistan to have the same standards for litigation process in a wartime theater to an act of war zone it would be on president to have such access the original bug room detention facility may have been renamed relocated but it will take more than a fresh coat of paint to ease the fear afghans associate with the prison reports of a prison within a prison persist with afghan president hamid karzai recently demanding greater afghan insight into the prisons affairs and greater legal recourse for its detainees which is why human rights advocates insist the billions of dollars sent to afghanistan does little to buffer and sign an image of america has already been

tarnished by places like bob graham and that of the. human rights policies seem hypocritical and inconsistent and i think it's a problem for the government mixing humanitarian aid with contentious u.s. policies and nontransparent attention practices relay a different reality on the ground for the people of afghanistan hypocrisy is basically what it is jan hospice r t washington d.c. six months after two hundred million gallons of oil gushed into the gulf of mexico the u.s. claims its waters are good for fishing but an american oil industry insider bob told r.t. we have yet to see the worst consequences of the environmental disaster. the problem is that the vast majority of the oil never came to the surface it's in the oceans still today in cold water three thousand four thousand feet deep there could

be vast plumes of oil that we can't see this destroying the food chain how come nobody is talking about this you know it's tragic the u.s. government and b.p. both wanted this story off the television. now stay with r.t. for more thoughts on why the u.s. government is keeping the story out of the public eye and full interview with bob cameras coming your way next hour. top u.s. officials have urged the outgoing satta to ratify the latest nuclear cuts treaty with russia in the next six weeks democrats fear republican gains in the midterm elections will hamper america's reset with russia if it's left until the new year military experts say america's national security depends on prompt ratification by the us artie's guy next to count reports many republicans are banned on scrapping the deal. obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you

newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense part is going game going on here in washington on the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the five is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring is expected to intensify after republicans gain a considerably bigger influence in the senate in january compared to what they have now the republican senate minority leader has already said their priority will be to have obama voted out of office in two thousand and twelve so basically to make sure that the president fails on his major initiatives so the obama administration is very eager to get the treaty passed on this so-called lame duck session in order to avoid a bumpy ride after january when obama's arguably major foreign policy achievement could well be on the line of the u.s. it proves that. hillary clinton and defense secretary robert gates have just published an urge for the senate to hurry up with a ratification saying the u.s.

national security depends on it for many cut capitol hill observers the whole debate really comes down to this question will some republican senators sacrifice a landmark historic deal just for the sake of denying obama this feather in his foreign policy cap but what's at stake the treaty will cut nuclear arsenals of both russia and the u.s. by a third it's meant to increase the level of trust between the two nuclear superpowers it's meant to show an example of nonproliferation to other countries and is expected to pave the way for u.s. russia cooperation in other areas as well and many believe what's on the line now is the well advertised reset and not ratifying the treaty could well put the leaders other cooperation plans on. that is reporting there a little later in the program we separate fact from fiction georgia is a spy thriller but take a look at why the film is causing a stir in moscow and why sounds say it's a political provocation. russian police have arrested

a man they believe responsible for the brutal slaying of two families in the country south twelve killings which included four children shop nation five other suspects who are all the embers of a criminal gang are currently being held in his blocks he reports. grieving relatives detective still working on the scene and candles in the wind this quote rule neighborhood was the scene of a gruesome murder of two families just days ago the number of victims children among them as well as the way they were killed with knives and razors terrified many in the village of in southern russia four out of twelve victims are buried here at the small symmetry everyone who knew these people is in deep shock victor used to work for their metal family they were farmers he says real hard workers this is the head of the family surrogate his wife and daughter in law yelena with

a little daughter and mira i just calm believe it happened and i don't know who could do something like this. the bodies of the twelve were found in this house investigators believe the killers entered through the back door literally slaughtering everyone who got in their way the owners and their guests who were there to celebrate national unity day together with their met office the hitmen tried to cover their tracks by burning the house down but the flames went out this man was the first to arrive on the seam but no one was alive by that time. i entered the house and i saw three dead bodies in a bad another person was lying on the floor and there was a gas canister in the hallway. six men have already been arrested in connection with the murder two of them are believed to be influential crime boss says we detain the leader of the criminal group suspected of all the noise in the murders of twelve people november fifth as well as being an active member of this group he

is also suspected of being involved in this mass murder we are conducting an investigation and gathering further evidence. investigators say the case resembles the gruesome murders of the nine hundred ninety s. when record tears used scare tactics to threaten. us many locals also tend to think that this was a contract killing that didn't go according to plan and well said a very tough was at tivoli refusing to pay off a local crime boss says may have been the target his family and friends just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time this shocked community wants justice life behind bars but those responsible of a truly horrific crime dinners board r t across the region. and now for some of the stories from around the world and a four story building has collapsed killing at least sixty four people this capital new delhi more than eighty others were injured it's thought the monsoon season is

to rental rains weekend the building's foundations emergency crews are working to three dozen still trapped under the rubble. pakistani officials say u.s. missile strike a skilled at least fifteen people in north waziristan near the afghan border four missiles were fired hitting a house and a vehicle pakistani intelligence sources say the dead are militants and the region is a hotbed for insurgents and has attracted a series of u.s. drone attacks in recent months. police in china have attained for well there's over a fire at an apartment block in shanghai a claimed fifty three lives reports say of the unlicensed builders may have accidentally start of the blaze the inferno ripped through the building on monday injuring dozens and forcing many to climb down scaffolding to skate. the twenty eight story tower was undergoing renovation. eurozone finance ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss members' debt and its impact on the single

currency and there are growing concerns that smaller countries such as ireland require aid to support their struggling economies dublin still insists it doesn't need a bailout from the european union last week borrowing costs shot up in portugal and greece in response to market fears. georgia has found a new way to attack russia this time it's in the form of a movie and it's sad to be based on the alleged russian spy network that was recently busted the kremlin has blasted releases accusations calling them a political farce and as i found out the georgian story doesn't add up. he's the hammer and sickle. and the f. is b. all only a beautiful girl is missing in this movie georgians have used classical russian stereotypes to put zest into this by thriller it's georgian state t.v.'s version of the arrest of fifteen people accused of being russian spies in reality the only

evidence releases given to reality is the apparent confession of one of those arrested as you put agent who actually turned out to be a georgian spy. i personally enrolled him and he was my agent from ninety two to ninety four after the rose revolution he was recruited to work for george intelligence also his brother runs the security service of the whole republic of a jury and by cert it officially this man is a georgian agent. but the stories certainly doesn't and there are especially for roussillon one of the suspects appeared to be his father. in may this year my dad went to georgia to visit relatives on the border he was thorough interrogated on where he was going to stay before arrest him and took away sweets he was bringing for his nephews two days later he was arrested six months ago the

sixty three year old was detained for crossing the border allegedly with a fake id and trying to sell counterfeit dollars lending he was eighteen years in jail is only now in a screen leak of being accused of spying for russia here is just one of the obvious blunders of the spy thriller jugend authorities claim that russian citizens screen nick of course the georgian border well the fake passport on a fake identity they also say they never set eyes on his real possible and haven't seized it meanwhile here is the photo from that id well the stamp question where did they get it from. fighting their corner is as so s. russia which says it's the first time they've dealt with such a gross violation of human rights. this is a sanction provocation

a political action it's name to discredit russia before the upcoming russian nato summit and the o.s.c. amazing circus really wants to attract attention to him and his super secret services but we want to tell him you can't treat old men just like this they're innocent you can't jail them just because they're russians. relatives are now appealing against the charges and hope that their high level lobbying of nato and o.s.c. countries will get them justice exceed in a great show r t. followers of islam are celebrating their biggest holiday the so-called feast of sacrifice all around the world then in russia the number of muslims runs into the millions artist on bart's been watching the big day at moscow's main mosque there are between fifty thousand more than fifty thousand followers gathering today two to pray here there is also estimated to be around two million muslims here in moscow unless they've all been celebrating the festival of

the sacrifice known in the western world as eat there's estimated to be upwards of twenty million muslims in russia that's about one seventh perhaps up to about ten percent of the population. and there's also this year twenty thousand russian muslims traveling to saudi arabia for for the hardship so a great part of russian society and a growing one in moscow there is a bit of a problem the number of muslims has been increasing loss in recent years and despite having one of the largest muslim populations in europe there are only four mosques here so it it seems that in coming years as the number of muslims increase the number of facilities needed the number of space needed for worship will also have to increase. tom barton reporting there well that brings us up to date and the we're looking at the world of business with stephanie.

hello and welcome to the business bulletin gas problem is still suffering from the effects of the financial downturn the uncertain economic outlook in europe is creating uncertainty in russia's biggest company gazprom has been working to diversify its customer base and find out how that strategy is progressing i'm now joined by a correspondent if you that question about progress from tech quarters in moscow hi medina so can you tell us what details the gas giant has actually revealed about its future plans. gazprom will return to the pre-crisis levels of two thousand and eight only by twenty twelve that's one of the hard lines at the gas forum that is taking place as of the moment moscow had quarters well the company has already cut its production for because due to weak economies at home and abroad and according to the deputy chairman of the board alexander to me didi of the gas demand in europe has fallen quite significantly due to the crisis and

it's just started to pick up and it hasn't reached the pre-crisis level but despite that a most of the russian gas to explode flows now into europe the a main focus and the main driver for the future growth lies in a completely different direction and as the asian pacific region. demand for gas in the asia pacific region it will definitely grow all analysts predict that it's not even to mention energy demand in such developing countries like china and india but. just to give you some details that were mentioned today at the conference by twenty seventeen gazprom plans to launch its first gas supplies to south korea as its full cause that within sixty. seven years the gas demand in the country will increase by as much as fifty percent but the main focus is it china november this year gazprom plans to continue negotiations over

a gas supplies into the country and according to alexander mead to veto for gazprom has already restarted work over three full and five projects and this follows the company the company's strategy to diversify its presence in the asian pacific region. thank you very much medina that was r.t. correspondent medina question of a gas from tight quarters in moscow. let's take a quick look at how the equity markets are performing european stocks have opened lower on tuesday following heavy falls in china and losses on wall street ireland is still in the spotlight as it comes under pressure to accept a bailout from europe. and the russian markets on the slide here in moscow with both indices are shedding more than one percent of clients and energy majors are weighing spread like it's valuable but one point eight percent on the r.t.s. on russell after shedding more than one and a half percent on the my sex this hour. russia's largest filmmakers service style

has almost doubled its profits in the third quarter beating our list estimates that income jumped to around three hundred seventy million dollars as the company benefited from higher commodities prices. russia's state and gas monopoly gas from has dramatically reduced investment in the stockmen field in the barents sea this year the budget dropped from the pound two billion dollars to less than two hundred million as development was put on hold due to falling demand for gas company says the funds have been redirected to the largest gas field on the your mouth and insular in northern russia the final decision on whether to continue developing stock when it will be taken next spring. russia's central bank has doubled its forecast for the country's capital outflow and expects twenty two billion dollars will leave russia in two thousand and ten to fake looks at why the money is taking flight. capital is still flowing out of russia although it is significantly slower rate than in the crisis year of two thousand and eight when one hundred thirty

billion dollars flooded out me see here will have a couple of real me close to feel to get all it's actually the situation deteriorate it significantly in the second call for me zero. on the middle for the december we think that poured out of the reporting season becoming too generous i would say. for next fall from increasing year so we will have significant. people they are looking for more interesting places in the world and brings east actually russia central bank estimates that during the first three quarters of this year sixteen billion dollars left the country that's a quarter of them out compared to the same period last year but analysts warn the impression there's been a dramatic improvement may be misleading i would say the improvement. in the general balance of capital inflows. implying that people are actually starting to

invest more in russia. just much more willing to lend to russia indeed analysts explain the trend is mostly set by blowing programs and these are quite substantial next year russian government is planning to borrow over fifty billion dollars and robot equivalent of domestic markets and everything that touch a. morning program is likely to draw a high scale of capital inflows into russia so there is more money but not the right kind of money and investors are keenly aware of risk and rushes about enter the major election cycle starting with parliamentary elections next year and concluding with presidential elections in two thousand and twelve it's a timeline that's likely to dominate investor sentiment and therefore capital flow timothy crosser business r.t. moscow. and that's all the business news now but i'll be back with more from you next hour and of course you know his final stories if you log on to our web site

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