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businessman victor approved in charge of the weapons smuggling out of terrorism out of course in the u.s. after he was to be extradited from milan on tuesday. will take the pentagon's fear of only if it's in from the cold paula that was one of the outcomes of the nato russia solace in lisbon which has been hailed as a parsed dogs and their relations also. two israeli soldiers accused of using the palestinian child as a human children receive aid not seem to match the anger of human rights groups and

the international community a. very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow i'm alice said but russian businessman and alleged victim has pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism on arms trafficking he was extradited to the u.s. from bangkok earlier this week and is now in solitary confinement in new york moscow is demanding a trial and says it will continue to provide consular assistance. 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 boot 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 has been severely 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 good bye to her husband in thailand accuses the u.s. of kidnapping him as a political pawn. in this operation was illegal it was done after a lobbying from the u.s. this russian citizen to a shift to the united states as if he was just not shipped without his documents and does 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 that the u.s. authorities have balls in very serious and profound charges against this russian citizen we have nothing to conceal we don't consider this case a state secret or anything of the kind that we want to see this investigation finalized 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 you know. while many have speculated as to why washington wants but so badly opinions have very. little bitty 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 it and they

chose victor. 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. distribute to cooperate with the us or already it's against others the chances of a fair trial for victor boot are already in question with us media and the prosecutor portraying him as a villain the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate for 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.

on military defense lawyer major eric a month's holiday billie's boots case kid to open a pandora's box he says if the u.s. fails to say fairness to all the country's citizens it will be hauled to protect it's a. 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 in the 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. well there's plenty more to come on the

program including fashions flash from the past present sixty five year old truong still sees convicted of crimes against humanity we reported on whether the left palm to go today here plus. what lies beneath the concrete containing structure they used to call the dissolve the size of the novels teens were placed there all thing is of on the cover and fresh would be a day. well should is open to discussion over its policies the page in european missile defense but only if it's offered a fair and equal role president with the rivetted the signs that point out the nato summit in lisbon hailed as historic for ending a once hostile relationship between russia and the alliance but as lauren mr reports there still remains a seize on which they are yet 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 called war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea. cooperate with our. 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. 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 will be equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners around 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 isn't 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 that nato intervened 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 can't imagine when a foreign military and economic walls drive there's no greater example of the discontent with nato it's called thinking 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 vote for example for us so a country in crisis is spending so much money on something it's cool what we have is a very powerful minix realise with no democratic accountability the leader is announcing

the statements no problem and is going to get a chance 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 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 lauren lyster r.t. lisbon portugal. russia's nato envoy than today says moscow walls ceilings to be more predictable. now after we have lived through the conflict in south of setia on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a test on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were provoking such a not

a quick regimes like the socceroos really warm to bloody 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 to toll i think the americans have finally heard of this american anti war campaign is believe the us is trying to offload the responsibility for its actions in afghanistan on to nato brian becker from the answer coalescence says president obama's administration is twisting europe's arm to keep them on fide in the increasingly costly war nato is functioning basically as a fig leaf for u.s. foreign policy and u.s. military strategy north atlantic treaty organization afghanistan where one hundred

fifty thousand nato troops there really american troops for some auxilary forces are there there is a branding of their operation a u.s. military operation to make it look as if the world has come together to share against a shared objective against the war on terror against al qaeda but really i believe that nato is nothing but a fig leaf for u.s. military strategy and many of the other nato countries all over europe those populations they don't want to go along they don't want their governments that be accomplices for the u.s. war in afghanistan so the obama administration is twisting arms in lisbon it's putting pressure on the different european governments now to abandon the american government as it continues its war in afghanistan. the nato secretary general also brought up the importance of the nuclear reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. and. then told the lisbon summit that any delay in ratifying would damage the security of europe and the entire region by the bombers there's no reason why the deal can't

be passed by the us congress the treaty with the the two countries nuclear arsenal flashed by a third but is being stalled in washington a new director of public in now way of farmers democrat nuclear security expert paul ingram told r.t. that although president obama faces an uphill battle it's more a question of when rather than if ratification will happen this this treaty is good for european for america and for russian security it's the logical extension from the original start treaty that lapsed last december and there is now no official clear verification treaty between the two countries so this this this treaty maintains takes on arms control for foot and and takes the first step in a very long road to around obama's vision so he's certainly not about trying to score political points he's exposed himself to some extent to opponents who do

seem to be trying to use this treaty themselves to score political points against him very very difficult political situation but i have to say if that treaty comes up for us for cation on the floor of the senate it will pass the debate is when it comes up for votes and the objections are largely about not having enough time to properly scrutinize the treaty senators have had eight or nine months to do this it's plenty of time compared to previous treaties so it really is quite baffling as to whether there really any concrete objections to this treaty coming from the senate. that was named security expert paul graham and now is a rainy a military court has let two of its soldiers walk free after they were convicted of using a palestinian boy as a human shield during the goal of the war nearly two years ago the two made a nine year old open bags that they suspected were full of explosives paul as they

have moved from tel aviv this is a military court that essentially sentenced these two soldiers to three months probation and demoted 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 me fact that the soldiers in violated human rights 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 light sentence 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 surely is a former israeli soldier and he says that this particular case and i will cut is 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 use palestinians as human shield is like prosecuting coffee in the morning so what we do is we just bump into a house nearby house we grab 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 then no one for starts 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 an israeli 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 the small inning 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 all did the carrying out and that they are the ones who should be able to book there's also a sense here in israel that this is a case that is meant to be a levy eight international precious that the international community can see the i.d.f. doing some kind of internal tracking and internal assessing to make sure that this kind of thing does not happen again but it's unlikely that with such a conservative sentence many people in the international community will be satisfied today. and later today we bring you a special report on his views only israeli palestinian conflict have never made it to america's mainstream media despite the huge success of his books and all profile

of norman finkelstein and the unspoken critic all this round and thumb of holocaust survivors. library mother did not write with her because. there's a phrase. and she was very good to the. chief though. artless frankenstein's marks. we do have the problem. every. effort is made. by the palestinian or the european side to negotiate in. to the violent attacks against israel which i have no fear of war for. so long as you have no. calling the leader of the state of israel one of the main terrorists in the world.

we are supposed to be seriously examining history when you mention a few words about jewish culture laboratory and people get so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's a form of emotional blackmail. now it's been dubbed the birth of international the war the trials of thing in all things in the german city of near in bags sixty five years ago twenty two objects of the as hollow as face the tribe you know made up of representatives from the something unique in the midwest great britain and from this. the exhibition marking the sixty fifth anniversary of the trials opens in europe this is raible to see the court room on the dock where his henchmen faced the tribunals the head of russia's

dream of foreign affairs committee says the trial laid foundations for the whole world to follow. the decisions of the tribunal or not to be rewarded the or to be respected essential integrated part of the state of affairs or for more than the world and each and every country reach is devoted to the principles of democracy a respect for human rights should. remember of the lessons of the second world war respect the decisions of the tribunal and do what it can do in order to prevent any further experiences of radicalism extremism a neo nazi ism and all that. developments which sometimes take you to take place in certain european countries who believe that all that had to be said was already

a nine hundred forty five what are for sure unfortunately some of the european countries some of the western countries still believe that. much has been left unsaid or that was the head of russia's duma foreign affairs committee called for thinkers to choke off and later they will be bringing you the speech on foreign minister the opening ceremony of the nuremberg trying you know museum in germany. well since bursting into the limelight as the vice presidential candidate two years ago sarah palin's been no stranger to t.v. screens across america celebrity status continues to grow and is now fueling speculation she's planning another tilt at the white house but this time for the top job for healthiness 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 emotion 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 of the united 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 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 votes 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 in i'd 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 how will you feel oh i'm moving to england yeah almost spring if she does become president of the u.s. what do you think the reaction will be in the u.k. . as my friend shouts that. whether or not you think sarah palin is presidential material the bottom line is seems like she's planning on running so at the very least it looks like we'll have an entertaining election come two thousand and twelve. now scientists are concerned over the radio dangers lurking at the church noble

fight nearly a quarter of a century the nuclear plant explosion the concrete bunker which covers the contaminated area is nearing the end of its life but it's not clear what radioactive danger lies underneath that feverish asking explain almost a quarter of a century since the chernobyl fallout a special confinement structure called the circle for gas is still preventing more radioactive emissions into atmosphere this structure the circus was built in one hundred eighty six just months after the disaster the chernobyl nuclear power plant back then experts predict that there's a cause for goods that would last for only twenty years until two thousand and six that is but as you can see from here it was strengthened and improved extending its lifetime for five more years the biggest question is how much nuclear fuel remains under the surface some experts believe that there is none as most of it did very polarizing to the atmosphere and was spread around the chernobyl exclusion zone but

many experts believe that there are ninety five percent of nuclear fuel still remaining under the surface and that could be tons and tons of nuclear material. we believe that the nuclear fuel under the sickle for greece is no longer a solid mass like it was twenty four years ago that now is more of three layers of dispersed dust so should the presence of course because collapse we could see it through powerful explosion at facilities as powerful as a nuclear one. in order to avoid another catastrophe europe invested in the building of a new confinement in two thousand and seven french company that article was allowed to start the construction of an arch like steel structure to cover the facility three years later the project is underway with more than five hundred engineers building the new circle for gas next to the contaminated plant it won't be just the frame yeah it will be a technological complex as multi-functional crane system will be installed inside

the new structure eight. finals cap the new safe confinement should provide the same in the works far in the projects initial cost was thought to be half a billion euro now sources in chernobyl report that figure has almost doubled but in the fight for the continent safety no some is too much the new confinement is expected to be completed by the year twenty thirteen and is expected to last for another hundred years the only question is what is the fate of the nuclear power plant in chernobyl some say that it may be dismantled under this new dome but that is only a speculation for now we only heard that this is a process which may take another seventy years and there are no technologies to this date which would allow this to happen. see reporting from the churn noble exclusion zone in ukraine.