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in the dog questions race over america's justice system as russian businessmen victor boot says he was pressured to confess to crimes and insists he did not commit. to making a start obama said to push for the key on production deal with russia to be given the go ahead from congress but republicans threatened to stall it. and a president's medvedev and i'm a didn't discuss iran's nuclear ambitions on the sidelines of a summit in azerbaijan where five nations state their claims to the caspian sea treasure. and in business russia plans to spend twenty billion dollars on

a road next but the government knows it's still not enough and once investments from the private sector have more in twenty minutes. we're watching r t live from the russian capital welcome to the program a russian a businessman a victor boot says u.s. authorities put pressure on him to accept a deal in which he would admit to charges of arms trafficking and terrorism but booth has pleaded not guilty and says the accusations are groundless he's now in a new york prison after extradition from thailand and he could face life behind bars if found guilty artie's medina portnoy 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 your wording to victor 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 boone stood before a federal judge and the judge had read out the charges 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 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 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 trials 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. military defense lawyer major eric montoya booth's case could open a pandora's box for the u.s. . there are 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 mean 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. that was military defense lawyer major eric month all there and you can get more on this story at our website dot com. time is running out for president obama to push the key arms deal with moscow through congress before his political opponents tighten their grip on washington obama is again to raise the issue in a speech later on thursday urging republicans to approve the new strategic arms reduction treaty before the end of the year now the deal aims to cut the number of russian and u.s. nukes by a third party is going to chuck e. on the ports 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 trade of the administration is making a last ditch effort to appeal to him as 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 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 russia for anyone to think that we can postpone it or we can avoid it is i'm afraid vastly underestimating the continuing rant that is posed to our country so we hope our friends in the senate will bring this up pass this treaty 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 content that's pretty but 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. well kate hudson from the campaign for nuclear disarmament says the prospect of a world without nuclear weapons is far too important to be sacrificed for one party short term political gain 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. struck 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 faithful like henry kissinger and george shultz many other leaders across the world now believe that it is just too jane shuras 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 and coming up in the program out of the frying pan into the fire roma gypsies face harassment and ultimately the potential from some new countries find out later the

new challenges waiting for them in both areas and which russians officially light up more than any other nation on earth to find out what's being done to kick the habit that's threatening to slowly kill the nation. well for the first time since backing un sanctions against terror ran over its nuclear program russia's president has met a leader mahmoud ahmadinejad and it was those atomic ambitions which where the focus of the talks held in azerbaijan the team were meeting at a summit of the five nations bordering the caspian sea all of whom have claims to the season fast every few resources. towards. the summer has kicked off. the five caspian nations have already held the first meetings among the biggest highlight so far probably the meeting between the president's office russia and iran which is actually the first meeting between the leaders of these two countries since russia backed. the united nations sanctions on iran and also canceled

a shipment of hundred air defense systems a move which caused the shoe in relations between moscow and going around and was strongly criticized by the fact that the two leaders leaders of russia and iran met is definitely a positive sign in the relations between the two countries and according to you. president and why should anybody which go to russia is not looking to cancel all its all of its relations with iran economic relations and even trade including military trade as well but if these on's don't fall under this latest set of the sanctions by the united nations and also city because you said that moscow is also keen to get a clearer picture on iran's vision of its cooperation with the world and on its nuclear program one of the most controversial subjects in international politics still at the moment well let me just tell you

a little bit about the caspian sea itself it's a view rich in natural resources it's thought to contain around up to twenty billion tons of oil and gas which is comparable with the deposits in in the persian gulf and also it is quite rich in terms of sturgeon catching up to ninety percent of the global storage and catch is done here and before just what over twenty years ago this is sea was shared basically just between two countries between the soviet union and iran that should be collapse of the u.s.s.r. newly formed independent states like i said by john kazakhstan and turkmenistan emerged as well and now there are five states trying to share this is see it's a different it's a definitely a difficult questions and everybody wants a piece of the pie between the summit was formed as a forum for them to discuss ways of dividing this a c two for two summits have

already been held previously but unfortunately not much progress has been made so this is another step towards finally giving the caspian sea a legal status roma gypsies are facing growing prejudice across europe some new countries blame the roma for rising crime and talk with by deporting them but for the roma the situ. and then there are moves of countries is appalling many live in slums that are unable to access basic services or to his dagger bussell reports from bulgaria. seems like we could become common across europe the mayor of this town in southern belle gabriel 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 home. some who have moved to this wasteland no shelter health care or education for

the children. 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 use become with winter approaching they'll be sleeping in the cold. first to you politicians bury their heads in the sand but only we can solve their own problems of. france to send tens of thousands of roma back to bulgaria sweden it's a lead their mark in 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 and see groups the biggest problem with the jets this is the crime already like a civil war. or else or for a train the life of the people campaign is one that most room must stand by by

france and other states can't integrate as there aren't enough jobs for them and bog area with education opportunities limited music remains one of their few past success. a racy gypsy style of pop called child go tops the charts but campaigners say ethnic conflicts are set to surge until the e.u. learns to live and work with roma not just enjoy their music in the nightclubs the new bushel party saffir. well check out our web site for all the news features and analysis and here's some of what's on mind right now what are some. allegiance with u.s. troops moving out of iraq it's clear the local armed groups are turning back to their old militant masters. plus a self-fulfilling prophecy a siberian man faces twenty years behind bars for killing two people while seeking

revenge on a fortune teller who first told me to end up in prison find out more of our dop call. the afghan president is reportedly ready to express renewed support for nato's operations in this country that's just days after hybrid cars i slammed the u.s. led military operations and called for their drop out he apparently changed his mind after a private meeting with the top allied commander in the country general david petraeus the incident comes on the eve of a lab marking nato summit in lisbon the u.s. led of blocks expected to agree on a roadmap for withdrawing all of its combat troops from afghanistan by the end of twenty fourteen artes and military contributor colonel if says it's now up to general petraeus to make the exit a graceful one. political approach. remains the same down despite the fact 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 a military strategy reach that actually doesn't make sense because 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 down approach and. practical military bottom up strategy general petraeus has to regain of it initiative from his political masters and to lead the way. as 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 their graceful exit of the u.s. forces from their region. and now to some international news this hour the governor

of the central bank of arlin says he expects the country to accept a substantial loan as part of an e.u. bailout package of the loan could be tens of billions of euros it all comes after euro zone finance ministers val to support the country with its struggling economy should request help the markets have been spooked by fears that some smaller member countries are not capable of paying back their debts in. the first good tone of obey prisoner to be tried in the u.s. civil court has been found guilty on just one count of terrorism he was facing over two hundred eighty of the thirty six year old ahmed ghailani was convicted for his involvement in two attacks on american embassies in africa in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight when more than two hundred people were killed lonnie will now get at least twenty years in prison. a swedish prosecutor has ordered the arrest of the man who founded the whistleblower website wiki leaks over allegations of rape juliana saw she was accused of raping

a woman in stockholm two months ago and sexually assaulting another in the town the case was dismissed after its surface and all this but was reopened on appeal strongly denies the charges and the prosecutor says investigators have been unable to meet a song for questioning. well it's official russia has the most smokers per capita in the world this is districts just released are yet another reminder to the government that it needs to up it's going to help people quit as are too stacey bivins reports they're not taking this battle line down. brief but graphic health organization and the russian government are hitting the airwaves with a campaign to stamp out cigarettes. and 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 and twenty five percent

but it's growing according to the world health organization diseases associated with 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 is that tobacco industry knowing this provides very glamorous and through a good 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 actors who among government members smokes one to three feet we have better statistics than in the countries none should at least on this issue. and i knew it wasn't but i think they'll try to quit smoking won't they . what are you going to do the fights making a point you should sit 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 after it's an overzealous infringement of their rights the whole thing is that it's wrong to create a law to ban me from smoking or told it's like benon you from where is crowds move i won't care if there is a band 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 snow like your favorite perfume or cologne but by the end of the night it's like it just rolled out of them that is as true. if this were still a vision. you'd be able to tell that the air is clear because we're moscow's first bar so you can feel the same way going out if you did coming in marbella is the baby able to see on who himself has been cigarette free for four years his aim is

to have this national place where nonsmokers can breathe easy money look at 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 muscovites the smoke free future is now. stacy vivants r.t. . also time now for an update on the latest business news new york joins us in just a moment. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. hello

and a very warm welcome time to get the latest from the world of business russia is aiming to spend twenty billion dollars on us trolls and twenty eleven almost nine percent more than this year but the government recognizes it's still not enough and wants additional help from the private sector and it full 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 that's a very unorganized try things there is what is the main point is missing in my eyes

mr ted chick planning for the city walk to the city doesn't try to take into other's lives the base of the traffic is a. inter connecting system which 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 so much 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 you know a whole lot of experience of similar protests when they come here. they are then of cost to be on earth to money but it's just the size of the market attracts them and those contracts we are talking about a contract 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 generally would be a lot of institutional work which we will be basically providing support to the companies in the future if they are you know once we go further down the road they're raby possibilities of our 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 proper 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 business altie. the russian government has approved its privatization plan for twenty eleven to twenty thirteen the s.s.

sales expected to raise as much as that at two billion dollars the minister of economic development to vote on the bill when that explains the puppets on 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 programme 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. in the so. let's take a look at the equity markets european stocks are heading higher in the first a session that softer japan's nikkei finished on a five month i think some quarters as a fueling puts his price but brewer as saying the miller is top off in these are what he there in the forward hopes and only good entering results. and markets are gaining here in moscow tracking those global trends over blue chips the high on the benchmark by six for bankers of the top came up one point eight percent in the

black and for you to be it's not far behind up more than one percent this. precious year of him increased net profit by forty six percent in the third who shut down the one hundred fifty six million dollars euro him sees continued strength of the next six months not so on the back of rising prices for fertilizer is driven by growing demand and stick on supply. russia is currently less fashionable for investors than brazil according to the c.e.o. . whether mark rubenstein from metropole i've see disagrees he believes there are compelling reasons why some investors are picking russia over all the emerging markets. it will look at the relative valuation russian equity is now a 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 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 and brazil torquey seem like a very obvious candidates because capital controls the turks 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 as i'd mockery bond is much stronger personalities 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 forwards in the near future. b s m p r v's not house for five cents development program according to the head of the world's top titanic to make i'm speaking exclusively to our team which will set the company aims to reach an annual production capacity of four just six thousand tonnes of titanium by twenty fourteen

that will not send the bill into its first two plan to achieve this by twenty twelve we relied on the growing aviation market the boring seventy seven program air buses fifty and eighty programs but they were delayed the crisis also played its role so we've always there are plans we know aim to reach to in your capacity of forty six thousand tonnes a year but twenty fourteen is good at that as it was that's all they have time for now but you can always get more store a small web site our team dot com slash business. thank. you.