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russian businessman victim sits in a new york prison to face allegations of. an extradition from. illegal. picture good will be brought before a federal judge in new york city i'm arena with that story coming up. your letter with. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as the senate to ratify a landmark nuclear deal with russia as republicans threaten to block its progress. and teetering on the brink eurozone finance ministers brainstorm a banking recovery with struggling a survival package. with

twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is here in moscow good to have you with this. russian business when vic to boot is being held in a high security prison in new york after his extradition from tahn and dumped the merchant of death for allegedly trafficking weapons around the world he faces life in prison on terrorism charges in america moscow says the decision to hand him over to the u.s. is extreme injustice and promise to support him all means marina port not reports from you. we know the russian businessman will also be appearing before a judge one pm new york city. time as you mentioned he's being held at a federal prison the metropolitan correctional center in lower manhattan where several suspects terrorism suspects have been held in years past following the

september eleventh attacks picture boot is being charged with and accused of smuggling missiles and rocket launchers to colombian rebels and also conspiring to kill u.s. officers or u.s. employees the victor boot for his part has denied all charges if he is found guilty he faces up to life in prison but some experts that have weighed in on this case say that a former soviet officer has extensive knowledge of russian intelligence and that is in fact according to some experts what u.s. officials are after because they have been aggressively campaigning for his extradition from thailand for more than two years the russian foreign ministry is quite upset over this and this has impacted relations between moscow and washington to say the least so the russian foreign ministry has called this grieving justice essentially saying that a russian citizen should not have been extradited from thailand with the russian

government knowing beforehand other comments that have been made by russian officials also allege that the u.s. put a lot of political pressure on the thai government to meet a lot of back door deals. despite rulings in criminal court saying victor boot guilty was not proven that the government has still decided to hand him over to the u.s. i consider this unprecedented political pressure on the legal process. government because this is an example of striking injustice we will continue to give all necessary support as a russian citizen the u.s. state officials say that they followed. procedures they hope that what is happening right now with the activity surrounding. not in power for elation between moscow and washington and anyway we have. a broad and

deep relationship with russia it is guided by our mutual national interests i don't expect that this will have any impact on our relationship but it is so fully consistent with both our. bilateral treaty obligations with thailand and fully consistent with international not even victor boots white was notified that her husband was going to be extradited to another country dr blix wife has been living in thailand giving interviews to the media ever since he was arrested back in two thousand and eight two thousand and eight and has remained firm that her husband is innocent of all charges against him she says that her husband is a businessman and all of these accusations are false why you. finding out that he was actually went to the prison wasn't even able to see him she feels that her husband was kidnapped stolen like. it's hard for me to talk about

but what happened was totally unexpected for both myself and victor's lawyer cabinet held a closed meeting a little decision was taken to extradite my husband to the u.s. the extradition took place within four hours of the meeting against all the rights and laws of the country the only law that exists in thailand is u.s. influence i guess the decision was paid for. that had to be extradited quite quickly because of the possibility of an ambush or an assassination that was on the way but you know details are coming in quite in sporadic sense that not everything is quite clear not everything has been made. apparent and transparent by u.s. officials when i called the justice department tuesday to ask them several simple questions they replied to me saying no comment at this time. when important and

daniel estulin he's an investigative journalist and reuters says the u.s. will use victim boots trial for their own interests i can't possibly see how it would be a fair trial because again the americans i've spent ten years actually tried to get this spent two years and a half trying to get him out of prison in thailand to the united states and now actually when they have been in their grasp in the united states if they actually put him on fair trial and he wins this case imagine what's going to happen to the united states they're going to turn into a locking stock of the entire world so no the trial is not going to be a fair trial but again victor would simply has no secrets to tell so in a fair trial he would go whole but again he won't go home i mean the whole idea of victor borge as a merchant of death as a hollywood phenomenon is not an arms merchant if you will also he's a cargo merchant he was you know if you will the transporter so if americans think you could actually get secrets out of him they're very very very wrong you know the russians know there's the americans know this there's two ways to look at this or we're going to have a show trial of a get out of

a closed door trial i think probably they're going to go for the show trial because again is a very useful piece of the mantel piece because as i said before it's a big trouble just a pawn of this global game where the end game is to get out russia any way and any means possible and that was daniel estulin an investigative journalist and writer. us secretary of state hillary clinton has called on the senate to approve a key arms deal between moscow and washington before the end of the year republicans who made significant gains in the midterm election have been stalling the ratification of the strategic arms reduction treaty and that's a blow to the obama administration who made the weapons agreement one of its top priorities but he's going to has more now from washington. it's getting pretty tense here the informal republican leader on the new start senator jon kyl said the treaty should not be considered until next year he is saying there are other important things for the senate to talk about the economy and that's bad news for the treaty the administration is making

a last ditch effort to appeal to mr kyle the secretary of state hillary clinton defense secretary robert gates leading security experts in the country they're all saying the failure to pass the new start treaty this year would endanger the u.s. national security they give two reasons for that first americans can no longer track russia's strategic nuclear arsenal the other main reason is a weakening cooperation with the washes that could follow if the new start treaty is not in place joe biden and hillary clinton made it clear that the new start treaty is the centerpiece of obama's reset of relations with russia a policy that the administration credits with producing critical cooperation from moscow on of danny stan and he ran here's what he said on this. earlier and. earlier we. are on the. euro with. yours

and you're. right. there with you are. or are you are a. member of. the . board we are. so the truth is really expected to pave the way for u.s. russia cooperation in other areas as well many believe what's on the line now is the well advertised reset and not ratifying the treaty could put the leaders all the cooperation plans on ice a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is now. about the content that they're about scoring political points the republicans already said their number one priority will be to have obama voided out of office in two thousand and twelve so for many capitol hill observers the whole debate on stark now comes down to this question will some republican senator sacrifice

a landmark his story he'll just for the sake of denying obama his arguably the biggest foreign policy achievement tradeable cut nuclear arsenals of both russia and the u.s. by a third it's meant to increase the level of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers well that was a corresponding gonna check on their well let's not get more analysis with kate hudson from the campaign for you clear a moment joining me now in london. if the u.s. keeps its tactical nuclear weapons in europe the start treaty falls apart then your dreams as part of the campaign for nuclear disarmament. dreams of a nuclear free world are doomed. well i would think that is pushing it a bit strong but of course it would be a setback and we were among the many people around the world who really welcomed president obama's speech in prague where he outlined his vision of a world without nuclear weapons and of course a vision which president medvedev shares and i think it's absolutely reprehensible

if. the u.s. congress are obstructing the passing of this very important treaty the new start treaty for party political point scoring reasons i think this is far too important on a global scale for them to stand in the way like this talk about the anti missile defense system in europe an issue obviously that's got between the nato russia and the u.s. now you clear weapons of kept the peace for sixty five years so nature's got a point isn't it what what why do they need to get rhythm. well of course we don't share the view that they've kept the peace we know the catastrophic lead dangerous we've seen the kind of impact they can have when they were used by the americans in nine hundred forty five and many people globally including i should say former cold warriors people like henry kissinger and george shultz many other leaders across the world now believe that it is just too dangerous to have nuclear weapons and

that is the trade that is taking place in the world towards disarmament and away from nuclear weapons and that is the trend which the u.s. senate and the u.s. congress should be going along with and following the leadership of their president who is the real nuclear minutes in your eyes russia all the u.s. well i don't i wouldn't put it like that we are opposed to all nuclear weapons the possession of nuclear weapons by any country and if you look at the kind of security threats which the world is facing today nuclear weapons are not designed to meet them they are really a thing of the past if you look at cyber warfare if you look at global warming if you look at out there where the problems terrorism nuclear weapons just do not deal with those in a time of global economic crisis why waste vast amounts of money on a cold war relic this is not the way to address the security problems that all countries whether it's russia whether it's the united states or indeed whether it's

britain that those countries face some would say that nato is a cold war relic bearing in mind it was set up to obviously face any threat from the soviet union obviously a big summit coming up in portugal what would you like to see from nato from the summit now. well i would firstly agree that it is indeed a cold war relic we hope that when the warsaw pact was dissolved that nato would be dissolved too unfortunately we've seen it continuing developing and expanding we would like to see from that summit downgrading of nuclear weapons within its security posture we would like nato to get rid of its tactical nuclear weapons out of europe as indeed many of the host countries want the german government to sass the americans to take out take away the u.s. nuclear weapons but the united states has refused saying it has to be a unanimous decision by nato states that is not respect respecting the sovereignty of germany so we want all nuclear weapons out of europe we want an end to nato

first use policy and we want to nor in two wards peaceful cooperation and just foreign policies amongst all states and of course an end to the war in afghanistan and an end to catastrophic levels of military spending when it should be spent on the welfare of peoples within those states what you just listed there sounds very optimistic now doesn't it what your wanting for because a bomber as you mentioned earlier in his speech in prague he wants he proclaimed he wanted a nuclear free world now we see his position with the republicans they are now making a comeback all those hopes could be dashed what do you feel is the position now surely if you what with that opposition from the republican movement in america and with the bomber's hopes now being really at stake surely your hopes are going to be dashed on. well we should be working very hard to make sure that they're not but i will just go back to my previous point there is a groundswell of opinion not just amongst ordinary people across the world but at

very high levels and indeed the european leadership group you know very very senior states persons from across europe who are also urging nato to take steps on disarmament so it's not just a fringe thing from groups like my own from campaigning organizations it's coming from top levels politically and we all have to support those initiatives starting in front of the houses of parliament there in london new coalition government relatively new what are you saying to them are they listening to the. well in fact it's interesting the new government here has delayed a decision on replacing britain's trident nuclear weapons system it's also cut back on britain's nuclear stockpile and indeed before a decision is made on replacing our nuclear weapons system in twenty sixteen there will be a further parliamentary discussion and a vote so everything is open here there is a strong majority of public opinion here against britain having you their weapons we need to follow that through kate hudson thanks for joining us from the campaign

for new disarmament there in the u.k. thanks for joining us on r.t. . it with article can you live from the russian capital is just turning sixteen minutes past the hour here still ahead in the program a ticket to the moon. for decades ago the soviet union guided tanks into ball between explore the lunar surface a revolution in space. good news for russia's twenty eighteen feet for world cup bid with the governing body releasing its latest report on wednesday you can find out more in sport in around thirty minutes from now. britain says it's ready to help debt hit and with billions of pounds of direct loans at a meeting of european finance ministers chancellor george osborne says it's in britain's interest to support their closest neighbor the meeting comes amid fresh market turmoil and fears that some smaller economies like portugal and ireland aren't able to service their massive debts the president warned the eurozone is

actually facing a fight to survive and even though on and so far rejected any help no leyland a london based investor says he may have little turnitin to take the money. in a position of much choice because clearly it's a sort of rock and a hard place scenario and the short term expediency of bail out so it's better than. the immediate reactions of the situation but just you know you what you want to keep an eye on the fact that one country after another. in terms of news flown in terms of the way the markets looking at this but my guess would be it's likely to be a short situation for arlen because i believe that they will be forced to take bailout money and that will put them back probably bar in portugal in terms of the country being looked at most closely. well more in all of our stories of the dot

com here's a taste of what else you'll find there on the web site right now extreme situation christians in israel of course in the crossfire between jews and muslims as they get targeted by radicals. plus russian police to train two teenagers suspected of killing a man by throwing a call from the tenth floor of an apartment building for those stories and plenty of other features. on now for some world news in brief this hour more than twenty thousand people have marched for things to commemorate nine hundred seventy student uprising against the military take a shot at the time there were clashes with police outside the american embassy with tear gas used and dozens of arrests many protesters were venting their anger u.s. support for the hunter which then ruled greece. germany's stepped up security at airports and train stations across the country after receiving intelligence of a possible terror plot. said he had received details about an attack planned for

the end of this month it comes off to german security forces intercepted a mail bomb sent from yemen last month. and an explosion in gaza has left one person dead and four others injured it is still not clear what caused the blast but there are also reports it may have been an israeli strike there's been no response so far apart the attack from the israeli military. the russians may not have sent a man to the moon but on this day forty years ago the soviet union guided the first unmanned rover to the earth's closest neighbor the automatic remote controlled robots also known as luna tanks that moon's surface revolutionizing space exploration. has this report. back in the nine hundred sixty s. the lights were on day and night within these walls. the soviet union had come up with a plan to send an unmanned rover into the movie but the question was how would it move around their familiar face once it got there the solution was finally found at

this institute we institute them in the first we want to use caterpillars or we used to make turnings and we loved tanks but it became clear that wheels were more reliable than caterpillars could gets dark that would ruin the whole mission and we couldn't arcudi them to make a mistake we have borne no no no one popularly known as the luna tank was the first ever remote controlled berbera to landed another celestial body. initially slated for a three month mission it will the lunar surface for eleven months during this time it traveled more than ten kilometers taken over twenty thousand images including sound with its own footprints. every lunar morning once in twenty eight days when the sun's rays touched the moon to hold solar panel it would wake up bape. hello only sound is silent world and set off

a new adventure. exactly wait what had was decided far away at the mission control center in the crimea. fish just left of going was one of the five women hooked in which also included and never get or in ten operator and two engineers. luna hoods camera film the moon surface up and send black and white pictures back to earth but with a delay of more than twenty seconds months or so we had to judge the situation using this picture aboard a lunar ford stood still we got basic info on what was going on outside stones the course of the movement of craters and other such things after that the drug would choose the next day or what not much to. the first steps were difficult but in time it seems the teams work became more creative what's more. we once on women's day we wanted to get our wives flowers but we didn't have time that there was so much work so our navigator suggested drawing a flower like shape on the moon with the rover and we present the women with the

pictures he even told journalists that you could see the shape through a telescope but of course that wasn't true. negative about. half a century his last pictures back to earth. the luna hold finally stopped in his tracks it's still there to this day but the little rovers tabs were a giant leap for mankind and the tracks it left on the moon surface will forever remain a trail blazed for future explorers. asteroids or even we look forward to checking out the lunar supposed areas which were during the soviet era and we know that water based on samples was found that we had that one day they will allow us to set up uninhabited lunar bases for a lot of them are young in the. back. the nine hundred sixty is the two superpowers who are sending both people to the stars is that there's only one go to each other reasons of dollars to spend in the race to leave one another behind. its old

friends for the front line pace now united nations against the big go go go together where no one has gone before. original no more st petersburg. where you have to take for the moment i'll be back with a look at our main news stories in about seven minutes from now in the meantime the latest business news is next with sharon. hello welcome to the business news i'm sure. the russian government has approved this privatization plan for two thousand and eleven to two thousand and thirteen the asset sales are expected to raise as much as three hundred thirty billion dollars the ministry of economic development of it are not building explains the purpose of the program. the key difference of the plan for twenty eleven two thousand and thirteen is of course it's large scale character the aim of such a privatization program is not only to bring additional funds to the state budget

even though it's of high importance our key task is to encourage investment into companies. the european union wants to liberalize its gas market and make it easier for independent producers to access the pipeline that work for gas prom being the world's largest producer may no longer be enough to guarantee its dominance of the market nick poor reports. last year gazprom sales to europe fell about twelve percent due to the financial downturn demand is now recovering but at the same time the russian gas monopoly is facing ever stiffer competition the european union favors diversity in the gas market and wants to liberalize the transportation networks russia dislikes the idea but some experts believe there is little to fear by the price markets means that they can enter the market to continue but he spoke to the market i think in this is in favor of gas probably because they are the big formal to supply for europe and now they have also the chance to add to that effect to the market overall to take us some of the table because to the cost. i think is

a quick development for europe this selling price ation is also called to trust in the customers too because gazprom is facing increased competition in europe particularly from alternative sources of gas production energy mages such as shell which traditionally focus on oil production and now paying more attention to developing their gas businesses i can reject the fact that their share of gas revenues and the total structure total revenue structure of. oil and gas major us global made for us i think is increasing while oil revenue share is decreasing actually the main competition for gazprom in europe crowds not from our oil and gas major stem cells accounts from cattaro and cheap producers for african and gas producers gazprom is not unaware of the problems it faces in europe analysts believe it needs to be more flexible in its pricing and long term contracts

something the company is reluctant to do for the moment instead it's focusing on diversifying its customer base in the fast growing markets of asia india nick poole business r.t. . the reno nissan alliance is considering building a second vehicle assembly factory in russia's far east the company can't keep up with growing demand and will face a production shortfall of two hundred thousand cars by two thousand and fifteen the new plants will not only help to cover the deficit but also have transport costs currently it takes about forty days to bring spare parts by sea from japan to reno nissan plant in the st petersburg region. and here in moscow markets closed in black on wednesday that my sex was half a percent higher most blue chips were off bucking the trend for gas and was hydro. but around the world markets remain under pressure amid concerns over european debt and the threat that chinese authorities may raise rates to slow their economy mark

rubenstein from metropole explains. we saw the chinese c.p.i. inflation coming point four percent months and months in october which is a very high reading and and these. certainly is the cause of concern for international investors chinese. prime minister and said that the chinese government might introduce some additional measures to restrain inflation so that's number one and of course number two as being their growing war is about the situation arland in an irish banking sector of the country itself the debt position that it is commonly in is a cause for concern to investors of course are what i expect in the near future is that there are eurozone members will come up with this some sort of a package for lent and ireland will have to accept it will agree to a separate and that. sort of the trigger of course for

a rebound for the euro and for the markets themselves because another factor that has been pressuring the markets he is their stronger dollar or rather weakening europe which of course is there a consequence of that situation with our own and the russian government is imposing a ten percent export duty on copper the new tariff will come into effect in the middle of december the finance ministry estimates the change will bring in additional three hundred million dollars to the state budget next year on the global market the price of copper is down for a second day that's amid concerns chinese authorities will take action to slow their economy china is the world's top copper buyer. and that's all the news for now but you can always find more stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash business.