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that's who died and russian business men think they're a good says he will not confess to crimes he didn't commit despite u.s. pressure is charges include conspiring to kill americans and supplying arms to terrorist groups pledged shaky start washington's pushing for action in the ratification of the arms reduction treaty between russia and u.s. and strong opposition from republicans who are said to be trying to disrupt the deal. lead and rising tension roma gypsies say they're being pass claiming european funds are using your fight against crime as an excuse for target down a little.

you're watching r t coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program alleged arms trafficker viktor boyd claims u.s. officials were trying to pressure him to make a confession when he was extradited from taiwan he told this to russian diplomats when they visited him in the new york prison if convicted victor boot faces life in prison but he denies all the charges. has the story 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. the wording to during the extradition attempt 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 left his wife relocated to the u.s. here to new york to be with him his wife of course had been in thailand by his side more than two years proclaiming her husband's innocence now mr boone 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 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 continue to paint a picture of victor boot one of the most dangerous men in the world of man who sides with violence who sides with the war who sides against the united states they refer to 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. ordinary reporting there are now military defense lawyer major eric montages has brought its case could open up on doors 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. here's a glance of what's ahead a race for the best life the caspian sea rushes among the five states hoping for

a fair share of the bass natural resources the waters contain now we report on what's at stake. time's running out for the u.s. democrats to get a key arms deal with moscow ratified in the senate before their political opponents tighten their grip on washington the new strategic arms reduction treaty in april should slash the number of russian and u.s. nukes by a third but the recently empowered republicans seem determined to stole the deal as artie's guidance 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 for the senate to talk about like the economy and that's bad news for the trade of the administration is making a last ditch effort to appeal to the secular state hillary clinton defense or to 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 that 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 continuing threat 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. hailed the fight is not about the content of the trailer or rather about scoring political points the republicans

already said their number one priority will be to have obama voted 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 historic deal just for the sake of denying obama his arguably biggest foreign policy achievement. are just going as you can there hey kate hudson from the campaign for nuclear disarmament says the prospect of a world with our 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 senator in the u.s. congress 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 . still happily this hour here in our cockroaches fleas and roam which is all gary are pushed out 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 the summit in azerbaijan the host joined russia and other skateboarder in the waters which are abundant oil and gas to discuss securing

the area safety is going off reports in 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 wake me nearly twenty billion tons of oil and gas continue on its bottom which is comparable with a deposit in the persian gulf or sturgeon up to ninety percent of the world sturgeon catch is done here but legal speed 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 five states and other major highlights of the summit is the meeting between the president's office russia and iran which is actually going to be the first meeting of the two leaders since russia supported the leader of the un sanctions on iran and also canceled its shipment of the

hundred missile defense systems to take land which was strongly criticised by authorities recently we've seen that the west exerts a negative influence on decision making of russia's high ranking officials even a small school agrees with the un sanctions this shouldn't have had any effect on a sub again towards iran who signed the contract before the sanctions were imposed furthermore the sanctions don't apply to defensive weapons the weapons a country uses to protect it so that's why russia should have honored its contractual obligations and deliberate the three hundred missile 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 but apart from the issues i just mentioned economic cooperation the caspian sea is also obviously going to be discussed between all these decisions me fact the lives of millions of people living in the balloting

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. if you were going off reporting there now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and the governor simple bank says he expects the country to accept a substantial loan us part of an e.u. bailout package comes after eurozone finance ministers to support island with its struggling economy should request help there have been increased market fears that some smaller member countries are not capable of paying back their massive debts earlier the president of the european union warned the irish crisis because of collapse. the first one time a detainee to be tried in a u.s. civilian court faces a minimum of twenty years in jail after being found guilty for plotting to destroy u.s. property. tanzania was cleared of hundreds of other counts including murder charges

at the court in new york he was arrested four years ago over his involvement in the one hundred ninety eight bombings of u.s. embassies in africa which killed over two hundred people. nearly fifty people have been arrested and one injured near the american embassy in athens fewer in a rally marking nine hundred seventy student and i dictatorship 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 to trust people who are venting their anger at the u.s. support for the job which then breaks. a crisis over the plight of roma gypsies is spreading across europe and some e.u. 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 roma living in appalling conditions our days 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 infested with rats cockroaches and fleas thousands of roma called their 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.u.'s become with winter approaching they'll be sleeping in the cold. first e.u. politicians bury their heads in the sand but only we can solve their own problems a lot of. france to send 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 one of the evicted told me he picks pockets to feed his family member countries report rumor offenses are shooting up pushing rising numbers into angry anti gypsy groups the biggest problem with the justice is the crime already like a civil war. or else before. the life of the people campaigners warned that most roma sent back by france and other states can't integrate because there aren't enough jobs for them and ball giri up with education opportunities limited music remains one of a few parts success. a racy gypsy style of pop called child tops the chops but campaigners say ethnic conflicts are set to surge into the e.u. learns to live and work with roma not just enjoy their music in the nightclubs

daniel schorr arty saffir. little later in the program we'll tell you about the possibilities of a smoke free to find out behind the initiative and why some say it's an infringement of their rights. in the meantime the afghan president is reportedly reiterating his unconditional support for nato operations in his country this comes just days after hundred cars i slammed u.s. led military operations and cold for their drawdown he apparently changed his mind after a private meeting with the top alliance commander in the country general david petraeus the incident comes on the eve of a landmark nato summit in lisbon the u.s. led blocks expected to agree on a roadmap for withdrawing all of its combat troops from afghanistan by the out of twenty fourteen artie's military contributors says it's now up to general petraeus to make the exit a graceful one political approach is still remains the same told down

despite a defect that it hasn't worked in nine years and it's unlikely to work in another four years and it operates at 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 that contradiction between the political toll down the pro-choice and. practical military bottom up strategy general petraeus has to regain the initiative from his political masters and to lead the way of both the governor and general 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 contributor colonel of getting her

shove there it's official russia has the most smokers per capita in the world now the statistics just released or he had another reminder that government to the government that they need to up their game in there and i smoking efforts and as artie's stakes events 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 the number is 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

smoking in the age of fifteen sixteen and the said thank is that tobacco industry knowing this provides very glamorous and try to get advertising the government is taking action by banning cigarette ads and cigarette promotions in t.v. and film beginning in two thousand and eleven lawmakers are also pondering the possibility of making it more expensive to puff prime minister putin is asking legislators to lead by example dushku among government members smokes one two three see we have better statistics than in the countries lunch should at least on this issue. alone 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 you should suit your own example by quitting. i was dismayed what are you laughing at you so much to go to quick to. some call the government's anti smoking efforts and overzealous infringement of

their rights. then it's wrong to create a wall to ban me from small control it's like brennen you from where is cause. i won't care if there is a ban as smoke if i want to smoke. more and 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 smelling 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. this was a vision. to be able to tell that the air is clear because we're at moscow's first smoke free bar so you can smell the same way going out if you did coming in marbella is the baby. who himself has been cigarette free for four years his aim is to have the fashionable place where nonsmokers can breathe easy. 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. so check out our website for the stories we're covering an area and a lot more to hear some of what you'll find right now at. the recent removal of hundreds of kids from moscow streets was due to misunderstanding moscow's mayor says his order was taken to literally. plus letters to vera some of the most intimate works by the author of finally to be published snob magazine is printing a selection of lot of you in a box of letters to his wife. in the u.s. next year. well that brings us up to date here in our time now for a business update at a look at the equity markets with stephanie. this

is mara region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of the. is completed the idea has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech data center furbished with cutting edge servers and communication equipment will be constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences this him our region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in this small region.

hello and welcome to the business that russia is aiming to spend twenty billion dollars on its rights in two thousand and eleven nine percent more than this year but the government recognizes it's still not enough and wants additional help from the private sector but pool has the details. russia managed to combine a number of the worst problems in transport just getting from a to b. can prove true made all the worse by the sheer size of the country motorways a far and few between and the roads are often badly paul told moscow is a case in point it has the fourth worst traffic jams of any major city in the world it's a very unorganized writings there is what is the main point is missing in my eyes as to. what the city the city. don't try to talk nicely at. the base of the traffic

is. interconnecting systems which in fact which i was 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 how they have a lot of experience of similar projects when they come here than of cost to be on earth in money but it's just the size of the market attract them and those contracts we are talking about a contract with run for ten years fifteen years or twenty years the time it takes to make a return on an investment is a major deterrent is to invest as 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 generally would be

a lot of institutional work which 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 of financial activity once the roads have 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 would be adequately supplied with parking spaces freeing up the roads for people who are trying to get somewhere nick who 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 thirty two billion dollars the minister of economic development.

explains the purpose of the program. the key difference of the plan for twenty eleven 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 that's of high importance our key task is to encourage investment into companies. let's take a look at those equity markets now european stocks are making gains on thursday soft object japan's nikkei finished on a five month high banks i'm commodities are fueling the footsies rights group as a top of the leaderboard back more than four and a half percent on good interim results. on markets again here in moscow tracking those global trends all the paychecks are higher in the benchmark my six bad banks is again the top dana point seven percent in the black and b two b. is not far behind up one point two percent this hour. russia's your income increased net profit by forty six percent in the third quarter to more than one

hundred fifty three million dollars sees continued strength over the next six months on the back of rising prices for first life is driven by growing demand and stagnant supply. russia is currently less fashionable for investors than brazil that's according to the dept of spare bank however mark rubenstein from i see disagrees he believes there are compelling reasons why some investors picking russia over other emerging markets. it will look at their relative valuation russian equities now are valued at a nine a half p. versus brazilian about fourteen so this is much you know it's a big difference and of course what i countered that 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 and brazil torquey seem like a very obvious candidates because capital controls the ticks they're more expensive china is much more expensive than russia and that could take some money out of that the current science out of russia has had mockery bolland is much stronger person analysis 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 will create a special economic zone for titanium companies a soon as this year that's according to the head of the world's top titanium makeup vs m.p.o. of the sma speaking exclusively to r.t. explains the progress being made on the so-called titanium funny but i see open to project his gain support from the local and federal authorities they cannot make

ministry in the tree didn't industry ministry have also supported us if the government is preparing a decree to create a freakonomics zone there are some difficulties i think we'll do with them as early as this here via sim pugh is ready to invest up to one hundred fifty million dollars in the project could that example to cook and that's all the business news for this up but i'll be back with more for you very soon and of course you can always find most stories on our website that's all flash business.