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dig dig dig. all. ransom business learned because of who didn't kill it is where prince not terrorism was a court in the u.s. after he was he's to be extradited from thailand on tuesday. moscow will take hold a missile defense plans be europe only if it's in the group that was one of the outcomes of the naysay russia summit in this but which has been hailed as a fresh start also in their relations also. two israeli soldiers accused of using the palestinian child as a human shield receive aid not seem to match the anger of human rights groups and

the international community. welcome see this is a lie from moscow with me alice have as her russian businessman and alleged smuggle of the boot has pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism owns trafficking he was extradited to the u.s. from bangkok earlier this week and is now in solitary confinement in new york moscow's demanding a fair trial and says it will continue to provide consular assistance when enough or not it takes up the story. a two and a half year campaign to get one russian citizen accused arm dealer victor boot begins to face american justice victor booth came into u.s. custody on tuesday set to stand trial on arms smuggling and terrorism charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals to conspiring to kill united states

officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark meantime the u.s. to stands accused of breaking laws to grab the russian businessman organizing a swift extradition from thailand involving some fifty federal agents and u.s. marshals keeping the operation a secret from boots lawyer family and russian officials. despite two rulings in thailand's criminal court saying victor boots guilt was not proven the thai government has still decided to hand him over to the u.s. i consider this unprecedented political pressure on the legal process and on thailand's government just bits of moscow has dubbed the extradition of their citizen are striking in justice boot a former army officer was arrested in bangkok in march two thousand and eight in

a sting operation involving american law enforcement officials all aboot who didn't get a chance to say goodbye to her husband in thailand accuses the u.s. of kidnapping as a political pawn. in this operation was illegal it was done after lobbying from the u.s. this russian citizen to shift to the united states as if he was just not shipped without his documents and with the russian embassy being informed and during his transfer to new york who claims that u.s. officials attempted to force a confession from him as part of a possible plea bargain. according to victor boot during the extradition there were attempts to convince him to make a confession of the crimes he had never committed promising some privileges in return but mr boot rejected these offers in new york federal court on wednesday the forty three year old cargo dealer denied all charges but is being held in solitary

confinement at a federal prison in lower manhattan with legal assistance from the russian consul a top kremlin official stressed that moscow is demanding fair treatment for its citizens while not getting involved in the allegations but faces like your picture which i want to stress to the u.s. authorities of course some very serious and profound charges against this russian citizen we have nothing to conceal we don't consider this case to stay secret or anything of the kind and we want to see this investigation finalized he has to answer all the questions raised by the u.s. he will be given protection in consular assistance however that doesn't mean we are claiming he's innocent as it will be you know. while many have speculated as to why washington wants but so badly opinions had very. pretty this is a question of principle they've spent ten years spending money taxpayer money on trying to root out gun runners so they have to have someone to show for

a little and they chose victory over of of course i understand that there were significant amount of political pressure by the u.s. to put on that our government but i assure you that will be nothing. compared to the push sure that the united states is going to. cooperate with the u.s. law enforcement already is against others the chances of a fair trial for victor boot are already in question with u.s. media and the prosecutor per train him as a villain the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate there are all those seeking to provide some cold comfort victor boot is of course presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty the fate of victor boots future will be sealed in this new york federal courthouse his next hearing is scheduled to take place in january if convicted the russian citizen faces twenty five years to life behind bars burning up or not artsy new york.

although a plenty more to come on the program including the fact she is a flashback. percent to sixty five years all the nuremberg trial so top nazis convicted of crimes against humanity we discussed the lessons learned and if this polarized ideology is being revived in today's sierra. club's shot across the concept were communities being expelled by european governments and left without proper shelter and health care that's coming up later this hour. russia is open to discussions over its participation in european missile defense but only if it's offered a fair and equal role president in the event of emphasize that point at the nato summit in lisbon hailed as historic for ending a once hostile relationship between russia and the alliance but as investor reports there still remains a souse on which they get to see eye to eye. nato

rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its bow. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea. cooperate with us. let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic missile defense plans under the bush white house provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold war now the alliance wants russia to join in its plans but russia wants more than just sweet words with a good body lease you have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue donnegan the european a.b.m. i mean god his should be that our participation equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is

acceptable only by that we participate fully we exchange information take part in this is in making we do not participate at all the us reset of relations with russia has brought nato to moscow once the great enemy but now courted as a key potential ally together we've worked hard to reset the relations between the united states and russia which has led to concrete benefits for both our nations now we're also resetting the nato russia relationship we see russia as a partner not an adversary russia and nato have reiterated common challenges to be fought from the spread of weapons of mass destruction to terrorism russia has pledged more help to nato in afghanistan with transport access and more resources to fight narcotics there and for the first time in pakistan despite all the warm words there are still differences notably over the south as such in conflict over

two years ago nato back georgia which russian forces were forced to fight after the civilian population came under attack and while nato seeks new purpose and allies others say the alliance belongs in the past everywhere to nato intervene from the balkans to iraq to afghanistan it's an absolute mess. because you cannot every anyone who's been to brussels know that you cannot. even agree on the sauce you're going to have with your stick genny magic when a common foreign military and economic balls are out there is no greater example of the discontent with nato it's called me than we think here on this day to please them when they rebuild thousands of i mean by protesting the alliance and it. was. going to we don't think it's necessary it's a no for example for us so a country in crisis is spending so much money on something its full worth what we

have is a very powerful minix real lives with no democratic accountability the leader is announcing the statements no problem and is going to get a child to vote on it and as a result everyone's military expenditure is going to go up the message is entirely wrong nato is out of date now out of time and we need a world of peace and justice not want to prepared for yet more wars and after introducing a new strategic concept to high hopes at the summit that nato is challenge now is to turn concept into reality or top on the list is forging a lasting partnership with russia for the next lauren lyster r.t. lisbon portugal. russia's nato envoy that he had goals and says moscow wants to put it simple. but yes now after we have lived through the conflict in south wales thirty year on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a terrorist on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were

provoking such an adequate resumes motorcyclists really want to block the actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of which doesn't know what the right hand is doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there will be no trouble at all i think the americans are finally heard of such as well as nato secretary general also brought up the importance of the nuclear adoption treaty between russia and the u.s. under four ways then told the lisbon summit that any delay ratifying would damage the security of europe and the attire a euro atlantic region president obama says there's no good reason why the deal can't be passed by the us congress the treaty with the the two countries nuclear arsenal slashed by

a third that is being stalled in washington is newly elected republicans now out where bombers democrats nuclear campaigner kate hudson says the prospect of a world without atomic weapons is far too important to be sacrificed for one party short time political ambition. 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 senators 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 the. to stand in the way like this 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 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 us senate and the us congress should be going along with and following the leadership of their president and israeli military court has led to have its soldiers walk free after they were convicted of using a palestinian boy as a human shield during the gaza war nearly two years ago the team made a nine year old open bags they suspected were full of explosives. or has more from tel aviv. this is a military court that essentially sentenced these two soldiers to three months probation and the most of them from the rank of staff sergeant to sergeant now the case involves the operation cast lead the war back in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine when the two soldiers approached a young nine year old palestinian child and forced him to look inside

a number of bags that the soldiers were fearful had some kind of explosives in them as it turned out there was nothing inside the bags and no one was hurt but the soldiers were charged with using this child as a human shield which was ruled by the israeli supreme court to be illegal the military prosecutors wanted to see some kind of jail time they were essentially calling on the fact that the soldiers violated human minds and also what is known as these weighty defense forces code of purity of arms such as the intern's carries up to three months in prison but as we see the soldiers got off with a relatively conservative and longing to see interns this is a surprise to many people here in israel particularly human rights groups and left wing organizations i just got off the phone with the public committee against torture in israel and they used the word ridiculous and i think we're going to see more of that kind of reaction throughout the course of the day as the sentencing becomes more public you know what it sholay is a former israeli soldier and he says that risk particular case and iraq can assume

you're going to be used as a human shield is not unusual the only unusual thing in this instance is that it made it to court in the first place. i think that to ask a combat soldier and serve in the occupied territories where you have palestinians as human shields i prosecuted in coffee in the morning so what we did is we just bumped into a house nearby house we grabbed one of the kids we took him with us put him in front of the patrol you just walk your patrol in the village with your kid and they're known for us towards this is not the first time that there has been recorded instances of israeli soldiers carrying out some kind of violations against palestinians it was a case not so long ago when israelis. soldier uploaded to facebook pictures of soldiers harming and mocking and humiliating palestinians there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom and be assured that this morning the soldiers themselves have not spoken on camera but their lawyer did say that they were satisfied with the finding they did feel that the soldiers were being used as a scapegoat by the military superiors who ordered the carrying out and that they

are the ones who should be faulted book there's also a sense here in this role that this is a case that is meant to be a levy eight international pressures that the international community can see the idea of doing some kind of internal tracking internal assessing to make sure that this kind of thing does not happen again but it's unlikely that with such a conservative suitors many people in the international community will be satisfied today. well for more on this story will shortly be joined by a player shin ramallah palestinian representative for defense for children international we speaking to him in just a few moments to do stitching for about. now it's been dubbed the birth of international war the trials the seamy and all things in the german city of nuremberg sixty five years ago twenty two architects of those horrid space the tribe you know made up of representatives from the thought being you know in the u.s. great britain promised this weekend to an exhibition marking the sixty fifth anniversary

of the trials open then they are for that is they were able to see the courtroom on the door where his henchmen faced the tribunals for more on the significance solve those trials we can now talk to a professor. from the international human rights movement a world without the knowledge of the many thanks for joining us here on r.t. now what was the significance would you say all of the nuremberg trials and what is the impact of them today. good to be with i think the significance was to make it very clear for history for posterity that the genocide will not be condoned and it will not be forgotten now a big part of its significance today is not only done for the aryans it's a question about for new europe and for all of us we see around us and in some of the eastern regions the new access states of the european union a certain tendency not only to come alone but to glorify nazi collaborators and we

have to stand up against this tendency loud and clear well sixty five years ago the nuremberg trials aims to make nazi horrors a thing of the paulson as you say that does now seem to be something all of a revival we can say all of these signs in eastern europe as you say why do you think that is they will say well first of all we have to be very careful this is not the fault of the east european peoples the long suffering and hardworking peoples of the baltic states and the other new access in states there is a dangerous political and intellectual trend of culture nationalism of states not wanting any stain in their history and of course participation in the holocaust is a stain in the history of a number of east european countries and very brave individuals and n.g.o.s in the ninety's and beyond were standing up to teach their people the truth but unfortunately the baltic governments decided to deal with it in

a very despondent way to confuse confound the nazi and the soviet crimes into one mixture by setting up state commissions and in the end with the lamia by actually launching prosecutorial investigations against holocaust survivors who are alive because they joined the anti nazi resistance and also by the glorification. of participants in the holocaust in various museums in the region but is it really realistic sixty five years. really consider the danger that history could actually repeat itself and not cism its again a real political foothold on the continent since that really a danger that we face. i don't think we should be alarmist i think we should take each stage and hope that it does not go further while robustly confronting each

stage for example here in lithuania this year in june of two thousand and ten the parliament passed and the president signed a law that would in effect criminalize the opinion that naziism and crimes are not the same so if i say as i do that some soviet crimes were horrendous but they did not amount to genocide the two are not equal i know of liable to a two year jail sentence now that's very easy for me as a foreigner living here to walk away but very many talented brave young with the iranian people i know are now afraid to speak up so there's been a decline in democracy and in the first instance it's the responsibility of the european union and nato the oas the to stand up and be a true friend the one who tells you when something is wrong well give us some practical examples as to how they should go about that you gave the example of what's happening in when you but you also point to the fact that that seen

a decline in freedom of speech walk in practically be done by these various groups to really prevent the nazi ideologies and all the dangerous ideologies like it from spreading further. well first of all there needs to be the restoration of the democratic spirit of free debate i myself if i may work personal with a professor of you day should be on this university for eleven years and i believe i was dismissed because i launched the web website defending history dot com various people here lithuanians who have spoken up have lost employment and felt obliged to emigrate leaving get one opinion state when it comes to this campaign of double genocide trying to persuade the world that the liberators of auschwitz are the same as the murderers of auschwitz and absolute nonsense when governments are to be me or the arts the elites the intelligentsia support and observe it

begins to gain acceptance this is where we must draw the line and encourage the western powers in the first instance to speak up about what is happening in our part of the world world the european union. very well said many thanks for your thoughts professor david counts from the international human rights movement well without nonsense and many. well as course canal to our story this israeli military coup or lesson to of its soldiers will fail if they were convicted of using a palestinian boy as a so-called human shields i. fortunately i've just been told we have lost all gas again that we speak to over in ramallah we will of course endeavor to get hold of him. and get his take on this story moving on now the plight of roma migrants is again in the spotlight as they face persecution all across europe with france and other countries on the continent expelling thousands of bruma many of those who

hail from boulder area end up returning but without a job to go to or place to live. that's how they managed to survive. seems like we could become common across europe the mayor of this town in southern belle garia 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 all thor 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 the doctor where citizens where there's a treat us 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 but the only we can solve their own problems is a lot of good. friends 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 and t.j. see groups the biggest problem with the gypsies is the crime already or like a civil war there. or else. the life of the people campaign is one that most roma said by by chance and other states can't integrate because there aren't enough jobs for them and bog area education opportunities limited music remains one of their few past success. a racy gypsy style of pop called child talk to the chops 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 daniel schorr arty saffir. well it's a time now to cross to ramallah to talk to our guest about this story of an israeli court said to of its soldiers free after they were convicted of using a palestinian boy as a human it chilled. tires palestinian represents an offense for children international joins us now and many thanks for speaking to us here on r.t.c. these two soldiers were allowed to effectively walk free despite endangering the life of a nine year old boy in this way what's your spawn's to the outcome. we believe that this sentence do not reflect the gravity of the coalition close to your implicit call for these that really soldiers to use but as stimulants among.

them as human shields and to enter into their lives because the pros will be very low. now mr ties the un's goldstone report condemned both sides for war crimes commission did during israel's two thousand and eight guards are offensive in israel has been heavily criticized for its response to those findings but is this court case a sign that at least it's doing something. this is. not implementing. unfortunately we have lost our guest over in ramallah we were of course speaking to. who gets tiresome we will attempt to reconnect with him ok you are with do you stay with us there's more ahead for you next hour a new thing what lies beneath the concrete containing struggling to cover the

disaster sites of chernobyl be replaced there are fears that come pretty fast getting. after losing out on earth it for america's vice presidency in two thousand and eight sarah palin has all but quarters controversy a media attention but with a new fowls that are pretty stages the polarizing antics she's now able to give it another go all to look at her chances for twenty twelve white house story how often is has been gauging views in new york. sarah palin has a reality show her daughter is on a reality show and she has a new book coming out with all this promotion it seems like she might be gearing up to run in two thousand and twelve do you think she's a viable candidate for president and he knighted states this week let's talk about that i think absolutely she could not be president. i don't think that she has the smarts i don't think if she has the political backing i think that she's made

a career out of being. a t.v. personality and i think that when it comes to the brass tacks the republicans will not nominate her so you don't even think she'll get that far when it comes to the nomination you know i do not stranger things could happen but she's not getting my vote do you think she'll get enough votes. possibly possibly how do you feel about that. let's america if she gets the vote she can run but i'll be voting and not for her why are we giving her so much attention if she doesn't have the support out there do you think because the media is very good at giving attention to someone who's good at making a stunt of themselves so is that all it is but when it comes to election day if she actually was running you don't think that she would get it and i hope that we had the foresight as voters in this country to realize that no she should not be elected president of the united states of america if she does become president.