soon from plans to. start on t.v. don't come. russia's foreign minister says unprecedented pressure on thailand played a key role in the extradition of business been a victim to the u.s. where he's wanted for. stopping the abuse cycle human rights activists fear new cases of torture in u.s. prisons in afghanistan as the american military refuses to reveal details on his 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 who might have a different agenda. a brutal of mass murder that has shocked russia arrested a gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region. we

are at the center. live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. welcome to the program outrageous injustice that's what russia has called thailand's extradition of businessmen victor boot to the u.s. moscow says that the move was the result of unprecedented political pressure by washington the u.s. accuses bood all of a number of crimes including trying to sell weapons to the rebels in colombia journalist brings us the details from top. after the thai cabinet made its decision this morning mr abboud was rushed immediately 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 is being surrounded by political maneuvering diplomatic pressure legal challenges and many legal mistakes the u.s. almost successfully had him 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 legal mistake many people are calling this an illegal extradition on the russian news wires we're seeing the brushes 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 started out the build up to the did not find that it wouldn't be operation was a secret a.t.m. the cabinet ordered to extradite it to good old the prime minister of thailand said

that while court proceedings are ongoing won't be extradited this operation was illegal it was done after lobbying from the u.s. blood was shipped to the united states and 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 title or i plan to appeal most people say the case is quite bleak 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 thai agents but really 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 burt would or could do that so the case they think is very flimsy what many people believe this is really about is that mr boots alleged extensive knowledge of russia's military and

intelligence operation is. what most people believe is that america wants access to this information and that's what this case is really all about. journalist part and well a little bit later in the program here on our t.v. we separate fact from fiction george releases our spy thriller we take a look at why the film is causing a stir in moscow and why some say it's a political provocation. 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 wall type takes in afghanistan because i demanded the u.s. led coalition to reduce its military operations in the country he also called for an end to night raids against suspected taliban commander us which often result in the civilian casualties but the u.s. or state secretary hillary clinton's says the surgical strike some key to winning

the war the exchange of statements comes just days before a crucial nato summit with the alliance expected to set a deadline for ending combat operations in afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen but as r.t.g. hunt office report america's rules of engagement on the only thing 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 convinced. afghans to reject the taliban and al qaeda drop off some humanitarian aid supplies as much as we can give the people the but knowing that we are out here we are the good guys that 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 two 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 one detention facility rarely makes the news ah 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. global outrage in condemnation over detainee abuse 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 that intelligence so you're on top of is this the most transparent or time to city in history bob graham detention facility and afghanistan today have the same standards for litigation process bob graham is in a wartime theater it's an act of war zone it would be an precedent to have such access to the original bob graham detention facility. he may have been renamed relocated but will take more than a fresh could of paint to ease the fear afghans associate with the prison reports of a prison with him in 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 out 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 relate a different reality on the ground for the people of afghanistan hypocrisy is basically what it is can huff this r t washington d.c. . b.p. has climbed back into profit just six months after causing the worst oil spill in history and while the u.s. claims as waters in the gulf of mexico are once again good for fishing an american oil industry insiders says the real consequences of the environmental disaster are

yet to surface from the deep. 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 is talking about this you know it's tragic the u.s. government and b.p. both wanted this story off the television. well do stay with r.t. for more thoughts on why the u.s. government is keeping this story out of the public eye the full interview with the bob is coming your way next hour. well top u.s. officials have the outgoing senate to ratify their 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 ratification but as r.t. is a guy in a chicken reports many republicans are bent 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 of going game going on here in washington on the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight 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 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 behave 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. artie's got an extra can reporting there while russian police have arrested a man they believe responsible for the brutal slaying of two families in the country's south twelve killings which included four children shocked the nation now five other suspects who were all members of a criminal gang are currently being held. reports. grieving relatives detective still working on the scene and candles in the wind this quiet 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 individual 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 them at the 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 i just can't believe it happened and i don't know who could do something like this. for the bodies of the twelve were found in this house investigators believe the killers 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 the a 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 scene but no one was a wife by that time i entered the house and i saw three dead bodies in the bad another person was lying on the floor and there was a gas canister in the hallway and. six men have already been arrested in connection with the murder two of them are believed to be influential crime boss as well as we

detain the leader of the criminal group suspected of all the noise in the murders of twelve people. pool knew been the fifth as well as being an active member of this group he's 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 tierce used scare tactics to threaten. us maybe also tend to think that this was a contract killing that didn't go according to plan and well said if i met up with refusing to call 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 wife behind bars but those responsible over truly horrific crime. r t across the region. just now taking over

a quarter past the hour here in moscow you are with are here now time to check out some other stories making headlines around the world this hour and the eurozone finance ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss members' debt and its impact on the single currency 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 in greece in response to market fears. a four story building has collapsed killing at least sixty five people in india as capital new delhi more than eighty others were injured it's thought monsoon season as we can buildings foundations see crews are working to free dozens still trapped under the rubble. violence and fear continue to spread in haiti in response to the cholera outbreak which has now claimed almost a thousand lives at least one person has been killed during an exchange of gunfire

on the outskirts of cap-haitien the country's second largest city. has been barricaded by protesters who blame un peacekeepers from nepal for the growing epidemic they demand the soldiers and leave the country immediately or there's been no scientific conclusion over the origin of the outbreak but some experts believe the disease was likely imported. pakistani officials say a u.s. missile strike has killed at least twenty people in north waziristan near the afghan border four missiles were fired hitting a house and vehicle pakistani intelligence sources say the dead are militants or the region is a hotbed for insurgents and has attracted a series of u.s. drone attacks in recent months georgia has found a new way to attack russia this time it's in the form of a movie and said to be based on the alleged russian spy network that was recently busted the kremlin has blasted tbilisi's accusations calling them

a political farce and as r.t. over found out the georgian story doesn't quite add up. the hammer and sickle. jerusalem and the athens be all only beautiful girl is missing in this movie georgians have used classical russian stereotypes to build zest into this by its georgian state t.v. version of the rest of the team people accused of being russian spies in reality the only evidence releases given to reality is the parent can fashion one of those arrested a super agent who actually turned out to be sure it didn't 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 republican vegetarian by cert it

officially this man is a georgian agent. but the stories certainly doesn't and there are especially for roseland 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 would eighteen years in jail it is only now that 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 citizen screen nick of crossed the georgian border with a 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 i.d. 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 known 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 it's the democrats who are t.

more scared. followers of islam are celebrating their biggest holiday so-called faced of sacrifice all around the world and russia number of muslims now runs into the millions artie's tomba has been watching the big day at moscow's main mosque. there have been fifty thousand more than fifty thousand followers gathering today to pray here there is also an estimated to be around two million here in moscow unless they've all been celebrating the festival of the sacrifice known in the western world as 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 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 our time not to jump into the world of business in just a moment stephanie will be here. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in some petersburg policies available in hotels a story. ambassador in a sense politico tell the truth pundits or tell the true story toto. never tell center. dostoevsky. see if. you

visit. hello and welcome to the business bulletin gas problem is still suffering from the effects of the financial downturn they are on certain economic outlook in europe is creating uncertainty in russia's biggest company but gazprom has been working to diversify its customer base a correspondent medina question about explains how the strategy is progressing from the gas of russia conference taking place across from ted quarters in moscow. a lot was a mansion today about how the gas industry will recover from the financial downturn and gazprom announced that it will return to pre-crisis level up by two thousand and eight by only twenty twelfth and this was one of the main hard lines of the gas

form that is taking place at the moment add gas problems moscow had water according to the deputy chairman of the board alexander to mediate if the gas demand in europe has fallen quite significantly due to the crisis and it has just started to pick up but it hasn't reached the pre-crisis level but a to tell you more and in terms of that the a longer perspective of the gas consumption in europe are willing quis out quite significantly and to give you more details that will mention today at the conference the european gas of consumption will reach a three hundred eighty billion cubic meters gas annually by two thousand and twenty meanwhile despite the fact that most of the russian gas x. now flows into europe at the main focus and the main drive for the future growth lies in a completely different direction and it's the asian pacific region. demand

for gas in the asia pacific region will definitely grow while analysts predict its not even to mention energy demand in such developing countries like china and india also plans to supply at least turn billion cubic meters of gas to south korea starting from twenty seventeen by the time we expect the korean market to have grown by a further fifteen percent but the main focus is a china this november gazprom plans to continue negotiations over gas supplies into the country and aleksandr them invaded also mentioned today that gazprom is a relaunching work over sakhalin three four and five projects and this of follows the overall company's strategy to diversify its. doesn't the asian up pacific region meanwhile there are two major gas transportation projects. today and these were north and south stream while the construction of a north stream project is almost done and the first gas supplies by the pipeline is

will start next year in twenty eleven however the situation over at the south stream project and still unclear alexandra de deux for only months and today that other players shell from the global energy community are welcome to participate and this project. now let's take a quick look now at the equity markets european stocks are sinking the further into the redmond session 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. the russian markets are on the slide here in moscow too with both indices shedding nearly two percent and as you may just away. nearly three percent on both courses and rosneft is down more than two percent on the my sex this hour. russia's largest automaker service has almost doubled its profits in the third quarter basing analyst estimates that income jumped to

around three hundred seventy million dollars that's because the benefit is that from higher commodity prices. russia's central bank has doubled its forecast for the country's capital outflow it expects twenty two billion dollars will leave russia in two thousand and ten to have a cross you look at why the money is taking flight. capital is still flowing russia has significantly slower rate than the closest year of two thousand and eight one hundred thirty billion dollars which. was. significantly in the second probably zero. economic growth in december we think that board botched the reporting season to comment too generous i would say. for next year forthcoming crème year so we will have significant for. people they are looking for more interesting places in the world and rigs least actually russia's

central bank estimates that during the first three quarters of this year sixteen billion dollars left the country that's a quarter of the amount compared to the same period last year but analysts warn the impression there's been a dramatic improvement may be misleading i would say that the improvement. in the general balance of capital inflows. imply that people actually starting to invest more in russia they're just much more willing to lend to russia indeed analysts explain the trend is mostly said by borrowing programs and these are quite substantial next year russian government is planning to borrow up to well over fifty billion dollars and robot equivalent of domestic markets and everything bad touch a break 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 investors are keenly aware of risk and russia is about to enter a 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 of course you can always find stories if you log on to our website at flash this.