all. in the top news stories from this past week moscow will take part in missile defense plans for europe but only if it's an equal partner that was one of the outcomes of the nato russia summit in lisbon which is being hailed as a fresh start and relation. russian businessman victor proved did not charge as a weapon smuggling and terrorism are caught in the us after he was hastily extradited from thailand don't choose day. when our team news crews detained in the us as they filmed a rally near

a military training academy in ga plus. the soldiers accused of using a palestinian child as a human shield the sentence much to the angle of human rights groups and the international community. midnight here in moscow right now welcome if you just joined us this is r.t. i'm kevin o. in with the stories making headlines for the past week and one of the main stories rusher is open to discussion over its participation in european missile defense but only if it's offered a fair and equal role president dmitri medvedev emphasized the point of the nato summit in lisbon hailed as historic for ending a once hostile relationship between russia and the alliance but it's not his loyalists to report they're still remain issues on which they yet to see eye to eye

. nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its. 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 in the middle. east 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 equal and i will stress this to the media can only be as partners but on so you know the form of participation

for the sake of the parents is acceptable only by the we participate fully and we exchange information take part in this is making we do not participate in anything just the us reset of relations with russia has brought nato to moscow it was 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 where 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 backed more jets 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 imagine when a foreign military and economic was right there's no greater example of the discontent which you know it's called a good week here on the state that lives there when the first thousand but i mean i protest you live and it. was. the until we don't think it's necessary it's a poor example for us so a country in crisis is spending so much money on something it's for what we have is

a very powerful military alliance with no democratic accountability the leaders announcing the statements no parliament 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 prepare 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 here your top on the list is forging a lasting partnership with russia for the next four and lyster r.t. lisbon portugal concepts the nato secretary general also brought up the importance of the nuclear reduction treaty between russia and the us. told the lisbon summit that any delay in ratifying would damage the security of europe and the entire euro atlantic region first president obama says there's no reason why the deal can't be

passed by the u.s. congress the treaty would see the two countries nuclear arsenal slashed by a third but it's being stalled in washington as newly elected republicans now as democrats traditionally nuclear campaign kate hudson told us the prospect of a world without nuclear weapons is far too important to be sacrificed for one party's short term political mission. 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 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 them to stand in the way like this many people globally including

i should say former cold warriors faithful 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 . those british and a nuclear campaigner kate hudson. coming up on the program nazi ideology not forgotten. if you will know in the lessons of the new big tools. amid fears of a rise in profile shoes sentiment across europe calls for greater sympathy towards convicted nazis are being. vocal outrange got more on that ahead of. what lies beneath as the concrete containing structure used to cover the disaster so the chernobyl is due to be replaced but of fears about covering fresh nuclear danger.

and r.t. crews been arrested in the u.s. says they filmed a rally near a military training academy dubbed by critics the school of assassins caliban john conway and correspondent carolyn ford have been taken into custody in the state of georgia along with a number of activists is going to come as the latest from washington. we had the chance to talk to kayleen one of our correspondents she and one of our cameraman john conway are now we jailed in columbus georgia they were covering annual demonstration outside fort benning which holds a training center for latin american soldiers and policemen air every year thousands of people gather at the gates of that institution with demands to shut it down among its graduates are many of the continent's most and poorest torturers mass murderers dictators and state terrorists some call for banning america's terrorist training camps kayleen our correspondent said there was no disobedience to the police on their part they stayed away from the gates as they were asked to but what followed by all standards nonviolent and rally were dozens of arrests even

one ninety year old priest was arrested r t merica crew were arrested as they were doing their job trying to capture on camera the whole event including the arrest they are now we jail for that is not quite clear right now they could be charged with disobedience to the police or federal trespassing has been covering this who growing public outrage with what's going on at fort benning and his training camp for him our military and law enforcement officers they train around sixty thousand of that many of them of returned to their countries and committed human rights abuses poor kerry actually did do their show like six and massacres in one thousand nine hundred three for example the united nations truth commission on el salvador named the army officers who had committed the worst atrocities of the civil war there are two thirds of them had been trained at the school of the americas. for banning and in chile the schools graduate and both. secret police and

some of the main prisons which are often referred to as concentration camps and also the generals who led the military coup in honduras were trained at the school of the americas which is now called the western hemisphere institute for security cooperation. the name change but the practice is there remain caylee ford our reporter was covering all bases and the rally outside fort benning where the training center is located i'll keep you posted on the cruise on our crew situation there as we get more information from them hopefully they will let them go and kaylee will have the chance to tell us the story behind this rally. as correspondent of the washington d.c. bureau talks we did a bit earlier going to church a cam. russian business model alleged arms smuggler vick to boot pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism and arms trafficking he was hastily extradited to the u.s. from bangkok earlier this week the move described by moscow as

a legal report maya 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. like consider this unprecedented political pressure on the legal process and on thailand's government in 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 form of a corrupt when you're up short of it in this operation was illegal it was done after lobbying from the u.s. this russian citizen it was shipped to the united states as if he was just snobs shipped without his documents and without 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 it faces but you will put your control i want to stress that the u.s. authorities of course in very serious and profound charges against this russian citizen we have nothing to conceal we don't consider this cases they seek or anything of the kind that we want to see this investigation finalists has to answer all the questions raised by the u.s. he will be given to protectionism 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 so badly opinions had there. been a pretty this is a question of principle they've spent ten years of spending money taxpayer money on trying to root out gun runners so they have to have someone to show for it and they chose because of political discourse and i understand that there was significant amount of political pressure by the us to put on the tar government but i assure you that will be nothing. compared to the pressure that the united states is going to. distribute 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 portraying him as a villain the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate there 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. but israeli military court has led to a good 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 two made a nine year old open bugs they suspected were full of explosives. 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 in violated human rights and also what is known as these weighty defense forces code of purity of arms such a sentence carries up to three months in prison but as we see the soldiers got off with a relatively conservative and long to see interns just as 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 put it sholay is a former israeli soldier and he says that this particular case

a nine year old has to know 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 to ask a combat soldier and serve in the occupied territories where years past three years when she always like to ask you to drink coffee in the morning so what we did is we just bumped into a house nearby house would grab one of the kids we took him with us put him in the front of the patrol you just walk your patrol in the village with your kid and then no one first of all this is not the first time that there has been recorded instances of israeli soldiers carrying out some kind of violations against palestinians there was a case not so long ago when the israelis. soldier loaded 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 brought to book there's also a sense here in this role 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 in about an hour's time out he brings you a special report about a man whose views on the israeli palestinian conflict have never made it to america's mainstream media despite the huge success of his books so now a profile of norman finkelstein the outspoken critic of israel and the son of holocaust survivors. library mother did not write with her become. cruise afraid. and she was very good for the. chief though. i was frankenstein's monster.

we don't have the problem but every. effort is made. by the palestinian or in the european side to negotiate an end. to the violent attacks against israel which i have no fear of war probably. so long as you have no fear calling the leader of the state of israel one of the main terrorists in the world. we are supposed to be seriously examining history but you mention a few words about jewish culture happening and people get so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's a form of emotional blackmail. it

was dubbed the birth of international law or the trials of senior nazis in the german city of nuremberg sixty five years ago to mark the anniversary of tribunals museum has been opened in germany presenting the fall history of the hearings of his riff and often has been following the opening ceremony in europe for us. speaking at the opening of the nuremberg trials me more here in germany in that room it's called room number six hundred in the palace of justice in nerva exactly where more than four hundred court hearings over more than twenty nazi leaders took place exactly sixty five years ago following in which they were found guilty russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has of course first of all emphasized that that was his toric event and milestone event for the history of mankind as for the first time ever the actions by nazi dictatorship were classified as crimes against

humanity and crimes against peace of the world and those responsible for that scrutiny for this atrocities were condemned and punished by official international court but minister love for old has also stressed that this is something we have to remember it's it cannot be forgotten but he has said that he died out a lot that the lessons of the nuremberg trials have been learned through diplomacy when you see is that. everyone learned the lessons of the nuremberg trials apparently not removeable because hell can we very explain the recent attempts to justify actions of nazis and their collaborators to make. something of good just how should we understand the annual mulches and if so does in some european capitals call trials against aunty no c. veterans and the introduction of the swastika into the cultural heritage of the

bull to people who do you have the international community is to fight a new notes isn't racial hatred was even through beer and extremism we go back to the demons of the post in history or trying to rewrite it could lead to new tragedy and foreign minister lavrov has pointed out here in nuremberg that of course is a good thing to open such a museum to set up such a memorial here in the city but of course the more important thing is not to forget the results of thanks trials of the principles the principles of trast mutual trust and respect it has established. professor david katz from the human rights movement world where naziism says the revival of nazi ideas in eastern europe is not only about people but also about decision makers to. there is a dangerous a political and intellectual trend of nationalism of states not wanting any staying 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 dishonest 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 so if i say as i do that some soviet crimes were horrendous but they did not amount to genocide and the two are not equal i now is 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 reigning in people i know are now afraid to speak up so there's been a decline in democracy. professor and human rights campaign to david katz speaking . coming up in the next hour. to cross the continent. now scientists are concerned over the radioactive dangers lurking in the chernobyl site nearly a quarter of a century after 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 as jessica explains. almost a quarter of a century since the chernobyl fallout a special confinement structure called the circle is still preventing more radioactive emissions into atmosphere this structure the circus was built in nine

hundred eighty six just months after the disaster that you know will nuclear power blog back then experts predicted that this 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 sea configures is no longer a solid mass like it's lost twenty four years ago that now is more of three layers of dispersed dust so should the person circle for good scraps we could see a very powerful explosion or 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 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 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 the new safe confinement should provide the safety environment for the works far in the project's initial cost was thought to be half a billion euro now sources in chernobyl reap. that figure has almost doubled but in the fight for the continent's safety no sum 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 church 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 day which would allow this to happen alexia cesky see reporting from the church noble exclusion zone in ukraine. the legacy of chernobyl you're watching news review of the week with me kevin and thanks for choosing us this early monday morning the twenty second of november here in moscow.

who. my main mother could not live with me and because. he was afraid. and she was very cool for me. she felt. i was frankenstein's monster. we don't have the problem. every time and effort is made.