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which brightened if you knew. from phones to pressure. the. t.v. don't comb. extradited russian businessman victor boot accuses washington of trying to force his confession he denies all charges including conspiracy to kill americans and supply arms to terrorist groups. security on the line the white house vows to do whatever it takes to steal the arms reduction treaty between russia and us as war republicans push to postpone its ratification. and rising tension roma gypsies say they are being outcast claiming european countries are using the fight against crime as an excuse to target.

i am of the russian capital you're watching r t when we were in a joshie welcome to the program alleged arms dealer victor borge says u.s. officials pressured him to confess while he was being extradited from thailand he told this to russian diplomats who man him in the new york prison book has denied all the charges he's facing out of convicted could face up to life in prison are. reports. mr boot has said that u.s. officials had tried to pressure him for evidence and pressure him to confess to crimes during his extradition from thailand to the united states and according to what's being reported this is a pressure that mr boot did not came into your wording to during the extradition the americans attempted to convince him to make a confession of the crimes he had never committed and promised some kind of privileges in return rejected all these offers what the russian diplomats also have

disclosed is that mr boot is being held in solitary confinement at the metropolitan correctional center in lower manhattan mr booth has also asked that his wife be relocated to the u.s. here to new york to be with him his wife of course has been in thailand by his side for more than two years proclaiming her husband's innocence now mr bush stood before a federal judge and the judge had read out the charges for mr boot pled not guilty on all of the charges when the u.s. attorney however was addressing the press in new york speaking for about ten to fifteen minutes about the case that they are building against mr vick to move to the russian businessman and outlining specifically the charges let's take a listen to what he had to say distribute now stands charged in this district the southern district of new york with four charges. one conspiring to kill united

states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark what's interesting to note and to underscore is that during this press conference the us attorney and the head of the da continued to paint a picture of victor boot one of the most dangerous men in the world a man who sides with violence who sides with the war who sides against the united states they were firsthand as the so-called merchant of death and then at the end of their press conference they want to remind everyone that victor boot remains innocent until proven guilty and assuring the press that he will receive a fair trial some were questioning how that could take place after he's already painted in the press and in the international media as a man who promotes violence and promotes war so

a lot of wondering whether or not this trial will in fact be fair for mr victor boot. reporting there in a military defense lawyer major eric montalvo says bullets case could open a pandora's box for the u.s. . number of cases that the united states is unhappy with and what we're running into is this dangerous precedent where if if we're exercising this type of authority over individuals in other countries what's going to happen in the future to u.s. citizens and whether or not other countries are going to demand extradition of our citizens you know people who they think are criminals for example in the last administration and demanding their extradition to spain or italy or some other country and how can we as a straight face an international community have it both ways if the justice department didn't do their job properly and get this one right you know it certainly could open up a can of worms for us in the future. and here's a glance of what's ahead here in our race for the best slice of can see russia is

among the five states hoping for a fair share of the vast natural resources the waters contain we report on what's at stake. in the u.s. democrats are struggling to get a key arms deal with moscow ratified in the senate by the end of the year the new strategic arms reduction treaty sealed in april should slash the number of russian and u.s. nukes by third but the republicans in washington seem determined to stall the deal as or to count now reports 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 so the senator talk about the economy and that's bad news for the trade of the administration is making a last ditch effort to appeal to mr 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 washington for anyone to think that we can postpone it or we can avoid it is i'm afraid vastly underestimating the teen you we read that is posed to our country so we hope our our friends in the senate will bring this up cast and then i can. inform the russians that it's now their you know their turn to do the same which they told us they intend to do a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is not about the. that they were rather about scoring political points the republicans already said

their number one priority will be to have obama boarded 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. i did get if she can there and kate hudson from the campaign for nuclear disarmament says the prospect of a world without nuclear weapons is too important to throw away for political reasons we were amongst 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 senate in 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 many people globally including i should say former cold warriors people like henry kissinger and george schultz many other leaders across the world now believe that it is just too jane shuras to have nuclear weapons and that is the trend 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 . kate hudson from the campaign for nuclear disarmament there still has real power here in r t cockroach. and rats roam and it says in bulgaria are pushed into the streets find out why they're building was a health hazard and why no one's interested in where they go next. the energy rich caspian sea is up for grabs at a summit in azerbaijan the host joins russia the other states border in the sea

will discuss securing the safety of the waters which are abundant in oil and gas argues a group as can offer for its on the caspian five and its objectives. the caspian sea is often referred to as the natural marking point between europe and asia and it is extremely rich in natural resources nearly twenty billion tons of oil and gas . which is comparable with deposits in the persian gulf or sturgeon up to ninety percent of the world's sturgeon catch is done here but the legal status of the sea still has not been decided and one of the main goals of the caspian nation summit is to resolve this issue and divide the caspian sea between these states and other major highlight of thursday's summit is the meeting between the presidents of russia and iran which is actually going to be the first meeting off the two leaders since russia supported the latest set of the un sanctions on iran and also canceled

its shipment of the ask three hundred missile defense systems to which was strongly criticized by ukrainian authorities even if you agree with those sanctions should not have had any effect on russia's obligations to iran because we signed the contract before the sanctions were imposed furthermore the sanctions don't apply to defensive weapons the weapons you use to protect your country that's why russia should have on its contractual obligations and delivered three hundred systems to iran the meeting between presidents need to be a different. set to take place later on thursday we're expecting to see what's going to come out of that report from the issues i just mentioned economic cooperation at the caspian sea is also obviously going to be discussed between state these decisions me fact the lives of millions of people living in the. countries and we're also expecting a final document to be signed between all five states which is aimed at boosting

cooperation in their fight against terrorism drugs and arms trafficking in the region. you were going off reporting there and let's take a look at some other stories from around the world an israeli air strike that killed coliseum militants after hitting a car in gaza three others were seriously wounded in the attack israel says one of the insurgents was involved in a plan to kidnap its citizens in the sinai the dad are believed to be members of palestinian terrorist group army of islam which often fires missiles into israel the violence comes as a jewish state considers a washington proposal to halt settlement construction a cause of ongoing conflict in the region. the first one tato detainee to be tried in the u.s. civilian court faces a minimum of twenty years in jail after being found guilty for plotting to destroy u.s. property mad guy lani from tanzania was cleared of hundreds of other counts including murder charges at a court in new york he was arrested four years ago over his involvement in the nine

hundred ninety eight bombings of u.s. embassies in africa which killed over two hundred people. nearly fifty people have been arrested and injured near the american embassy in athens during a rally marking the nineteen seventies student. uprising more than twenty thousand demonstrators clashed with riot police who responded with tear gas and stun grenades police also reported clashes in the southern city of the trust the people were and their anger at the u.s. support for the watch them race. a crisis over the plight of roma gypsies is spreading across europe and some countries blame the roma for rising crime and tackled by the porting them but the situation in their native countries is even worse with most for a while living in appalling conditions artie's daniel bushell reports from bulgaria . seems like we could become common across europe the mayor of this town in southern belle garrett told r.t.

he had to tear down this block of flats because the room the residents had turned it into a slum this pile of rubble is all that's left of the housing estate what also it is called a public health hazard in fifty brought cockroaches and flees thousands of roma home. some have moved to this wasteland no shelter health care or education for the children. well where citizens where there's a treatise like this schools won't take my son because he has lice and disease people here ask is this what the e used become with winter approaching they'll be sleeping in the cold. first you politicians bury their heads in the sand only we can solve their own problems. france has sent tens of thousands of roma back to bulgaria sweden it's a lead denmark and germany had similar policies they use justice commissioner says it reminds her of world war two severe is left to pick up the pieces one of the

evicted told me he picks pockets to feed his family those that can go straight back to rich e.u. states member countries report rumor offenses are shooting up this lawlessness is pushing rising numbers into angry anti gypsy groups the biggest problem with the jets just specially in bulgaria is that the crime is already a civil war. or else for. the life of a far off the people europe's ten million roma are the elephant in the corner the e.u. community usually freezes them out in all ways but one of education opportunities limited music remains one of their few past success. a racy gypsy style of pop called child tops the charts but campaigners warn that most roma stand by by france and other states can't integrate because there aren't

enough jobs for them and bog area they say ethnic conflicts are set to surge until the e.u. learns to live and work with roma not just enjoy the music in the nightclubs the new bushell arty saffir. and a little later we'll tell you about the possibilities of a smoke free russia is behind it and why some say it's an infringement on their rights. the afghan president is reportedly reiterating his unconditional support for nato operations in his country and this comes just days after hamid karzai slammed u.s. led military operations and cold for drawdown the upcoming nato summit in lisbon is expected to see a roadmap for withdrawing international combat troops from afghanistan by the f. twenty fourteen artie's military contributor says it's up to the alliance commander in the country general david petraeus to make the exit a graceful one. political approach is still remains the same told down

despite a defect that it hasn't been working nine years and it's unlikely to work in another four years and it operates the cross purposes with the military strategy reach that actually doesn't make sense because it's bottom up approach successfully tried and tested by the u.s. special forces both in iraq and afghanistan to overcome the contradiction between the political top down approach and hands on practical military bottom up strategy general petraeus has to regain of it initiative from his political masters and to lead the way of both the governor and general off afghanistan that's the only way to provide the opening space to save the face for the nato for a long mission in afghanistan and for the graceful exit of the u.s. forces from the region that was our military container carnally gannicus shop there

. it's official russia has the most smokers per capita in the world and a shocking statistics just released are yet another reminder to the governments that they need to up their game in there and a smoking efforts as artistic sabean's reports they are not taking this battle lying down. brief but graphic the world health organization and the russian government are hitting the airwaves with a campaign meant to stamp out cigarettes. in a nation where a pack of smokes is sometimes cheaper than a bottle of water a new study shows that more people live here than anywhere else in the world more than half of all men do a number smaller among women a twenty five percent but it's growing according to the world health organization diseases associated with the addiction kills nearly five hundred thousand russians every year about forty seven percent of small cars who are smokers today they start

small given the age of fifteen sixteen and the said thank you is that tobacco industry know you know this provides a very glamorous and to get advertising the government is taking action by banning cigarette ads and cigarette promotions in t.v. and film beginning in twenty eleven lawmakers are also pondering the possibility of making it more expensive to puff prime minister putin is asking legislators to lead by example. who among government members smokes one two three c. we have better statistics than in the country at large at least on this issue. imo you know what but i think they'll try to quit smoking won't they. what are you going to do to fight smoking and we should suit your own example by quitting. i was just what are you laughing at you smoke to you've got to quit to. some call the government's anti smoking efforts and overzealous infringement of their rights the

whole thing is that it's wrong to create a water ban me from smoking or told it's like ben and you from wearing scrubs. i won't care if there is a ban as smoke if i want to smoke. more measures are on the way including a complete public ban on smoking in bars and restaurants set to take place by two thousand and fifteen so you know what it's like when you go out and like your favorite perfume or cologne but by the end of the night it's like you just rolled out of them that is as true. a vision. to be able to tell that the air is clear because we're first smoke free bar so you can feel the same way going out as you did coming in marbella is the baby able. to him so has been cigarette free for for years his aim is to have a fashionable place where nonsmokers can breathe easy. with the experience of european countries profit depends on whether one likes it here or not if i can

create a couzin relaxed atmosphere and make people here feel joy and be merry i will earn my money. so for some it's the smoke free future is now. stacy didn't. check out our website for the stories we're covering on air and a lot more here are some what you'll find right now at our recent removal of hundreds of from moscow st was due to misunderstanding. or. really. plus letters to some of the works by the author of are finally to be published magazine is a selection of lighting and a box of letters to his wife a larger collection released in the west next year. and although it is business news heading your way in just a few moments. under eight for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello

and welcome to the business bulletin well russia is aiming to spend twenty billion dollars on its rights in two thousand and eleven that's always nine percent law than the previous year but the government recognizes it's still not enough and wants additional help from the private sector but pull has the details. russia managed to combine a number of the worst problems in transport just getting from a to b. can prove torture of made all the worse by the sheer size of the country motorways

a far and few between and the roads are often badly patrolled moscow is a case in point it has the fourth was to traffic jams of any major city in the world it's a very unorganized dry things there is what is the main point is missing in my eyes mr ted jake painted for the city they said he doesn't try to isolate the base of the traffic is a. interconnecting system which if you chose a huge investment is also needed to build just one kilometer of road in the capital can cost up to three hundred million dollars the sums involved is such that the government needs private money if it's not to put too big a dent in the budget and wants to improve efficiency private companies have a lot of know they have a lot of experience of similar protests one that come here than of course. to be honest to on money but it's just the size of the marketing attract them and those contracts we are talking about

a contract which run for ten years fifteen years or twenty years the time it takes to make a return on an investment is a major deterrent to investors even when construction companies can be found to join a public private partnership they find it hard to convince the banks to provide backing this is where the world bank can lend a hand and generally will be a lot of institutional work in which we will be basically providing support to the companies in the future if they are once we go further down the road there raby possibilities of financial activity once the roads are built people will still need to find a place to park often a time consuming problem in moscow the government may be able to help by changing legislation so developers can buy land inside the city rather than just renting it this would provide added incentives to incorporate profit traffic management and shopping malls and business districts to be adequately supplied with parking spaces

free up the roads for people who are trying to get somewhere nick business altie. the russian government has approved its 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 minister of economic development of it in the buna explains at the purpose of the program. the key difference of the plan for twenty eleven to twenty 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. our key task is to encourage investment into companies. and. let's take a quick look at the equity markets asian stocks are making gains on thursday snapping a four day slide and the nikkei even hit a fresh five month high of one point in the session exporters a high on a weak yen and financial stocks are lending support global investors are recovering

from a ten day slump that has wiped over two trillion dollars of the value of global stocks . and here in moscow markets will start trading next hour they finished in the black on wed and say that my sex was half a percent higher. ups were up but gospel mindless hi jerry bucked that trend. the number of mortgage loans in russia has more than doubled in the last year that's according to prime minister vladimir putin who cites the strong recovery in the housing market the government spent more than thirty billion dollars building new houses during the crisis. russia's central bank says the country's foreign trade surged by thirty five percent in the first nine months of this year volume of trade with foreign partners amounted to four hundred sixty eight billion dollars exports grew by almost forty percent while imports increased at a slow rate of about thirty one. russia is currently less fashionable for investors than brazil that's according to the deputy c.e.o.

of spare bank however mark rubenstein from i.f.c. metropole disagrees he believes there are compelling reasons why some investors are picking russia over other emerging markets. it will look at the relative valuation russian equities now are valued at a nine to half p. versus brazilian about fourteen so this is much you know it's a big difference and of course what accounted has accounted for that discount has been their political risk premium which has been evaporating my view quite rapidly over the past sixteen months i think we will see more funds coming out of many other emerging markets coming into russia brazil torquey seem like a very obvious candidates because capital controls the tricks the more expensive china is much more expensive than russia and that could take some money out of that the current signs out of russia he said marker bond is much stronger person with

alice expected if you look at the data market data out of russia for the past several months it consistently has been above the expectations of the market so i will not be surprised to see alice revising their marker forecasts for a shop boards in the near future russia's digital sky technologies could become an investor in the microblogging service twitter the head of d.s.t. says the company is looking to invest in a range of projects with a minimum value of a billion dollars twitter of being one of them the wall street journal reported twitter was seeking two hundred million dollars of investment the online service has around one hundred eighty million users and is worth more than three billion from its. and that's all the business news for now but of course i'll be back with wolf you next hour and in the meantime you can always find the stories on our web site that's all t dot com slash it's that. those

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