in indonesia she's available in hotels. good results in. remote have been turned bone. sunday a beach hotel the list in result you should do something. to tell some of. the results in spite of the risk. pool seasons hotel the sultan who took. no release from. the already jailed for more oil tycoon found guilty of billions in cash and oil. russia's former richest man faces yet another sentence behind bars i'm catching outside the courthouse with the details in just

a few moments. the spoils of war on exhibit israel and lebanon compete for tourist attention with theme parks aimed at selling their side of the story plus. president micheletti of calls for it crack down on racially motivated crimes such as the recent riots and promise to put in promises justice for all criminals regardless of their nationality. five pm in moscow i'm mad good to have you with us here on our team our top story this hour our coverage from moscow where former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been found guilty of stealing billions of dollars worth of crude former head of the oil giant yukos is already in prison for tax evasion and fraud artie's catarina has

the latest from outside the court. so far we do know that. his former colleagues. have been found guilty of stealing over twenty billions of dollars worth of oil and embezzling the proceeds we also know that one of the charges that prosecutors. put the two were put against them has been dropped that charge is that charge was focused on stealing shares of a daughter oil company and it was drop because of the statute of limitations that had run out on not specific charges we know that their lawyers have already said they will appeal this verdict and from what we've managed from the lawyers that we managed to speak to we gathered that basically they believe the verdict to be almost word for word with the prosecutor's closing statement which they believe to be on ironic fact they said that if necessary they will take this outside the

country and to the european court if the appeal in russia fails to bring them justice as they believe it but of course prosecutors say that everything has been done by the book that every document and every piece of evidence that was presented to the judge was done in accordance with procedure and so therefore the appeal that the process that the defense is planning doesn't really have a chance now we don't yet know exactly how long the health of that ghost and his former colleague. will be staying in prison for and that question doesn't seem to be available to the public and it doesn't look like it's going to be made available to the public anytime soon because of course fourteen files three hundred page long files each of them and that's going to take the judge a long time to read my colleague. looked closer at the man his life and his work once russia's richest men he's now russia's most prominent prisoner so the an

eighty eight ten. for the biggest tax fraud in the country's history in a second case against him the prosecutors are demanding fourteen years in prison for him and his business partner but don't leave it if validated to their first going to fiction for their supporters say he didn't break any laws. or was not to blame because he had a whole team of very experienced lawyers who told whole used to tell him that. everything he did was within the law it was the blame of the laws that had with those loopholes and them the former tycoon rose to great wealth thanks to one of the world's largest non-state oil companies ucas the company grew from the state selloff in the one nine hundred ninety s. when government assets were being hived off in often shady circumstances it became soon russia's fastest growing oil producer for locals the task ucas had set for

themselves who wasn't connected to the country's economy or the nations world that wasn't part of their charter for the company to work or russia's benefit along with bring others who started using state property for their own good. but the path to success had a dark side to a political associates were later found guilty of a number of murders the most high profile death being that of the mayor of new guns and oil town in the year olds in one thousand nine hundred eight he had insisted that you could play a local taxes in food and was killed. the thieves place is in prison khodorkovsky is accused of stealing tax evasion and fraud and it's not about some trifling amount with the new charges he faces it's about stealing hundreds of billions and they're not just talking about him his company security chief is in prison for murder they didn't like the mayor of nifty hugo so they killed him then there was another woman in moscow who refused to sell her little store to them and

they killed her then they didn't like the hitmen they hired and he's killed as well for that he has always insisted he's innocent of the fraud charges which put him behind bars ever since his arrest in two thousand and three ignoring his past many in the west believe it's a political case and her of course is a victim who suffering for funding opposition parties and pursuing his own energy policies the russian authorities say you can is purely a victim to the economic crimes of its management if the prosecution has its way because of course he will not be free on till twenty seventeen darry push party moscow. one of moscow's main airports is recovering after a blackout that led to the delay or cancellation of war than a hundred flights over the weekend freezing rain had a ruptured electrical cables causing a massive power cut what are also disrupted other moscow airports with dozens of

flights delayed over frozen runways in a nuke of our plane arriving from cars and rolled away from the track but no one knows her at the moment authorities report flights are going back to schedule a sudden heat wave followed by a frame is part of the for. layer of ice on almost every surface outside it also caused power cuts in other parts of the city trees that lead to slippery pavements . the russian president surprised his kremlin colleagues during a meeting on monday dmitri medvedev began a session of the state council and modernization and council and modernization commission by addressing the recent racial violence in moscow for more we're joined by out of the as our over so sorry catherine mcgrath chauvel what exactly did the russian leader have to say to top government officials. that's he called deadly dangerous for the country russia's president dmitri medvedev today said that they're threatening russia's stability he talked to local governors and urged them

to work more closely with the at any groups to prevent mass rides similar to the ones which happened in moscow and sent his birth on december eleventh overbought thousand people kalash with police in these two cities in moscow it was just outside the kremlin they were chanting russia for russians and beat ethnic minority groups represented just mostly from the north caucasus those mass rights followed the killing of an ethnic russian the sparta football fan representative and three of the four suspects who were released shortly after that of course it urged drew to higher football fans in moscow it also drew the are a both the president and the prime minister these quick release after such a short detention and they carried out their own investigation whether those policeman were somehow under pressure to do that of course it always concerns about a rising tide of xenophobia in the country and also the government's bungled

reaction to that today the president urged police to act more fiercely to act more harshly to disperse rioters next time. more of them. law enforcement agencies need to take firm arachne in dealing with illegal migration in some cases we should learn from the experience of other countries any attempts at inciting racial he should in provoking violence should be stamped out with extreme prejudice forget about loyalties criminals don't have a nationality they must be isolated and punished regardless of their ethnic and social background. it was expected that the president will be talking about mother and child care one meeting with the state council and the presidential modernization commission in the kremlin but instead this is was on interethnic relations in russia and this issue of ethnic tension has become a big deal in russia especially over the last month prime minister putin also

addressed to tell us more about that. india prime minister putin who was also present at this meeting admitted that as neat balance that was formed in russia through centuries is now changing and these changes are rather painful and so as a result of that as nicole flicks similar to the ones that happened. that is barack over the past month are quite a frequent event now and to the great detail they manifest themselves during what is supposed to be rather peaceful events such as a political match and prime minister putin was also meeting with the representatives of different football clubs in most school last week urged young football fans not to try to settle scores up to the games by breaking the law and he also urged them to stay away from the radicals and extremists had actually nothing to do with the game. with those not yet. we need to make a distinction between football fans and radicals support trying to use fans as

cannon fodder by putting them out on the street we must also keep fighting corruption at all levels of government the people are outraged when officials react the wrong way sometimes protecting or even covering up the actions of people who should actually be punished every crime especially racially motivated crime should see a logical conclusion in court. well it's no surprise that the country's leaders beat their learn the country just recently won the bid to host the twenty eight hundred football world cup and of course it's unacceptable for a country which is preparing to host such a prestigious event that similar attacks and similar conflicts clashes between food bowl fans and police take place also the recent public opinion polls are not encouraging the told a recent survey carried out just last week shows that russian support the rioters were clashed with police outside the kremlin on december eleventh and one in five russians supports them and more than one in ten he's ready to join them next time

of similar clashes take place in what's going in sanford his birth support for demonstrators was up to thirty seven percent according to the pool and while mission white this support was nineteen percent quite interesting because. right artie's catarina graduate a live near the kremlin thanks for that report. deeply entrenched on opposite sides of a fragile peace barricade israel and lebanon are fighting a propaganda battle having won the hearts and minds of their own people the two rivals have now set their sights on taurus policy reports some of the attractions seem more than authentic. it might not be quite the real thing but it sure brings one up close and personal dozens of tourists flocking to hizbollah strongholds deep inside lebanon at the low we decided to create and develop jihad tourism in order to thwart attempts to distort and falsify history. dubbed pallywood hizbullah and

hamas would these theme parks offer through all of their own their appeal the danger here is all too real and we try to tell our visitors about real events that took place in this region many stories are about those who gave their lives for their brothers. and in the space of sixty thousand square meters all the trophies collected by hizbollah fighters are displayed captured his radio weapons and tanks alongside katyusha rockets and grad missile launchers. it's given us a chance to see firsthand how wars are fought. but what is jihad to tourism for one tourist is nothing short of terror tourism for another here and now on the other side the bunch of criminals they don't they don't they did tell the world they want nothing of their one of the neighbors that this group of tourists is visiting the jewish state through a specially designed package titled the ultimate mission to israel in the course of one week we brought them to meet with shin bet officials will send an intelligence

pro them to the defense ministry to the border in gas that so be eleven hours they live in is their forward positions and the highlights include of his attorneys really unit that carries are targeted killings a tour of the lebanese frontline and listening in on army trials of hamas suspects i'm looking forward to seeing the and getting a better picture of the fighting we can actually see. one of your books as long as it's based on facts and propaganda is not based on deception and force on a jaish and. presentation is more than ok and so the battle to win the hearts and minds and pockets of the citizens on the mop up operation after the real war in the arena of pop culture and entertainment taking people to those places is a very powerful even through those people to shape the mind and to convince them

wasn't to be convinced the boat when the problem hit home with photographs and memories that fall from the usual snapshots these idea not to. have a different experience to share point. stay with us here on our t.v. plenty more ahead coming up new year's spirit thousands of kilometers above the ground. from the cross talk to the crew of the international space station from mission control in moscow we'll bring you all the details in just a few it's. turning first to some other stories making headlines across the globe two suicide bombers have killed at least fourteen people in central iraq the attacks where the second this month targeting a government compound in ramadi one bomber blew up a car and minutes later another detonated an explosive vest as people gathered at the scene at least four of those killed were police officers forty seven other people were wounded. nine people in court in britain charged with conspiracy and

terrorism offenses it's alleged they were planning to attack a large scale attack aimed at landmarks banks and government buildings around central london the men were among twelve suspects taken into custody last week during dawn police raids in the u.k. three detainees were later freed without charge. the greek embassy in the italian capital has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found in the building it was handled by internal mail service and opened but failed to explode police say the parcel is identical to those sent to the chilean and swiss diplomatic missions in the world last week both of them exploded severe. nearly injuring two people there's been several other reports of suspicious findings in the past days but they turned out to be false alarms. missiles launched by suspected u.s. drone have killed at least fifteen militants in northwestern pakistan u.s. drone attacks are common in was there

a stand which is the hub of taliban and al qaeda activity there's been more than one hundred attacks by pilotless u.s. aircraft in two thousand and ten most of them around north waziristan. ivory coast opposition leader is calling for a nationwide general strike until the incumbent president steps down laurent gbagbo has now rejected international calls to concede defeat well west african leaders say they will remove him by force if he fails to go babo warns that any attempt at that was turn from cut power could throw the country back into civil war more than one hundred seventy people were killed fourteen thousand have fled the violence following last month's disputed elections. street protests in the u.k. may have quieted down but there could be more to come former british former british m.p. and minister tony benn thinks government cuts are threatening the basic rights of the people. because i think you just need the whole nature of. and i would expect it would have very very profound political effects in

the future there are movements in history when people look around and say. being controlled by those who didn't hear from the central group the true right to education is a basic right we have shipped to the most votes in the world the right to education right and where. the right to justice on human rights. that interview coming your way in about an hour here on r t. as millions of people around the world enjoy the holidays many americans are struggling to find reasons to celebrate unemployment an expiration date on welfare has upped the ante is money runs out but is argues lauren lyster reports not everyone seems to be broke. in the u.s. to use the season for holiday cheer charity and this year for some of millions of

jobless americans despair now why did i work all of those christmases why did i give up that time with my family if now i have nothing and all of the work that i've done in my life for no reason for theresa this used to be her busy season at work but she was laid off from her job in the gas and heating business more than two years ago and has been unable to find any steady work since i look for work every single day i feel like applications u.s. lawmakers reached a deal this month to extend unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed americans we're all going to have the best holidays we can but lost in that story are millions of jobless americans like teresa who don't even qualify for this help anymore benefits expire at ninety nine weeks but a job doesn't magically appear by their own accounts and activists buying on their behalf these americans no longer count in this economy left out in the cold and out

of the statistical surveys when for many for example their phones are cut off they are not counted and no one can say that they are they're struggling arguably the most to get by merry christmas you're fired their people like sixty one year old gabrielle a laid off veterinary nurse like a record one in seven americans to eat she now relies on a government program that helps pay for food known as food stamps meanwhile no work is on the horizon it's very hard i mean. the truth of matters are really nothing out there despite the tough financial situation so many are facing these will be happening. first of all stream thanks for one the lavish christmas decor is just the tip of the iceberg big banks like this one are expected to post their second highest near profitability ever recorded second only to last year and still the average banker bonus may come out higher that means the average year end bonus would exceed last year's of more than one hundred twenty four thousand dollars

a person but if banks earn this money what's so wrong with that many of the banks that are doing well are only doing well because the public bailed them out so we're seeing is a transfer of wealth from in a way the needy to the greedy is unemployment soars last quarter american companies posted their largest corporate profits ever recorded in u.s. history and while the rich may be taking those earnings to the glitz of new york's fifth avenue for holiday shopping in the shadows or those struggling to see a little light at the end of the tunnel lauren lyster r.t. new york. you can find more on this and everything work covering twenty four hours a day a click away at our team dot com here's what's online right now. on this day seventy eight years ago the modern passport system was introduced in the soviet union go online and see why it was abolished for a period of time and who wasn't a lot to get one. was hurt you will towards photos and videos get

a personal look around the historic emergency theater of operation valley in st petersburg. finally in this new block with only four days until the new year our team has been checking the festive spirit around the globe and beyond a crew of six currently living on the international space station are planning a new year's party complete with tree and presents artie's tom barton was lucky enough to talk with some of the cosmonauts ahead of the big day. down here on earth we'll be celebrating new year all around the planet in our customer fashion with celebrations and parties but there will be six people who won't be here they'll be one hundred kilometers above on the international space station and they'll have a bit of a different experience cut off from the rest of the planet as it were have limited

communications each of the crew will be up there for six months they've been doing experiments and living quite quite a different life to most of us down here here at mission control in moscow we were able to day to get a chance to talk to them on the on the live link up to the international space station hello my name's tom barton from russia today television merry christmas and happy new year very fixed. six billion of us down here what is your message to the well. i think they should have a new year we wish everyone good health love how do you know success in all the new beginnings and plenty of rewarding achievements in the upcoming year. also here was father frost the russian father christmas he turned up and on a live link gave greetings from the russian people and from planet earth to the crew of the international space station and had

a quick chat with them he also was with some children here today the children of the astronauts and cosmonauts up there and they were also so able to speak to their parents. hello daddy i love you so you had the best dad in the world happy new year all. physically it seems that the spirit and the festive spirit of new year and the festive season will be able to penetrate even outside the atmosphere later this hour we explore issues surrounding domestic violence in the u.s. which some reports suggest is reaching disturbing levels but before that we have a look at the business news with daniel busch. business the price of oil hit a fresh two year high on monday a combination of an opec production freeze and blizzards in the us pushed brant over ninety four dollars a barrel this morning before edging back in the past few hours light sweet is also

shedding what remains just over ninety one dollars. on the stock markets now frankfurt is edging lower driven by carmakers volkswagen and b.m.w. of the top three losers on the backs of the china are the world's biggest car market raised interest rates raising fears that economic growth will slow the footsie is closed monday for a holiday. russian indices are also slipping further in afternoon trade here after the central bank increase the interest rate charged on ruble rates but trading is extremely light with many investors away for the holiday season let's have a look at a few stocks at the moment after the carmaker is losing around three percent as the federal anti monopoly service has not yet seen any evidence that severstal is over charging the carmaker for automobile steel bucking the downward trend is into round with the shares up more than one percent for the utility held by reports the company has concluded a new contract to supply energy to finland. now the sentencing of former tycoon

mikhail khodorkovsky will not significantly hurt the appetite of strategic investors for russia that's according to ben paris from the business new europe magazine this is a setback but also been done i mean the strategic investors are still coming the appeal of the largest consumer market in europe is undeniable for them it's more the peripheral than just the people who are looking at russia haven't quite made up their mind then they see things like that of course and it unsettles them and so it will slow the whole process. predict a further strengthening of the russia's currency as all prices remain high market watchers also remain confident in global stock exchange has been a culture of reports now. the russian ruble strengthened two point eight percent against the us dollar and nine point four percent against the euro between january and the vendor twenty ten december has dragged yet more games rising oil prices and

returning confidence in russia after the crisis are fueling the rally of the forecast for the ruble remains flat even though it's hard to make predictions i believe the ruble will strengthen in twenty eleven and remain stable. the central bank of russia says it may relax controls on the ruble further next year i said aims to make the currency free floating. this is key in realize the the government's ambition to promote it as an international reserve currency the importance of the ruble has also recently been giving a boost by the start of trading against the chinese yuan on the my six given all those factors you just love use of oil if the chief economist from deutsche bank thinks the ruble has chances to strengthen into an eleven four see a complete hands off free float for the ball in the next several years i think given the dependency on oil prices given the volatility that we see in the markets

the central bank is likely to be cautious although i have to say the flexibility of the will ball the volatility in rubles movements will certainly increase in the coming years but when it gets down to it the ruble is still have a depended on commodity prices afterwards to diversify the economy a slow in bearing fruit that sent many analysts expect commodity price inflation in twenty eleven particularly as u.s. authorities print more dollars and that bodes well for the ruble minds in the business r.t. that's the latest this hour you can for more stories on our web site that's dot com slash business.

it can hit doctor's wives policeman's wives ministers wires and i just prayed that if you didn't find me if i could slip through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are only two.