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released from a trial hard across t.v. already jailed former tycoon has been found guilty of embezzling billions in cash and the oil. rushes one switches the man will face more time behind bars i'm catherine as are the outside the courthouse with the details in just a few moments. the spoils of war on exhibit israel in lebanon compete for tourist attention with theme parks aimed at selling their side of the story plus. eight some crack down on racially motivated crimes and just criminals regardless of their nationality some promises from the kremlin. news around the clock from around the world seven pm in moscow you're watching r t m match our top story former tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been found guilty of

stealing billions worth of dollars billions of dollars worth of oil by a moscow court hearing is now over but the reading of the verdict is still under way and it could take several more days artie's catarina has the latest from outside the court. so far we know that because of that and his former colleague. of russia's once biggest oil giant company you cross have been found guilty of stealing up to twenty over twenty billion dollars worth of oil and embezzling the funds that of course is that the latest verdict in the second trial we believe that will skate him and his colleague out currently already serving time for first conviction delivered in two thousand and five this of course is something that the prosecution seems very happy with they originally asked for fourteen years for mikhail's with that goal and his former colleague the defense attorneys are of course saying that the trial has been politicized the evidence not substantiated

and in fact the case itself has is somewhat ironic because according to their argument mikhail so that is accused of stealing the very well that he was found guilty of not paying taxes for in his first conviction so these are the arguments that they're using and that say they will continue using in their appeal they've already confirmed to the journalists that they will appeal this guilty verdict and if it doesn't happen within russia itself they are prepared to take matters outside the country and go to the european court for their appeal now prosecutors of course maintained that everything was done by the book that every piece of evidence was submitted in accordance with procedure and that they are of course not prepared to comment on the verdict any further until it has been read out in full that of course can take days because there are fourteen files in the verdict itself each filed comprises of the nearly three hundred pages and today the judge managed to

read around on hundred so. do the math is pretty simple it will take days before the verdict is read in full and the most interesting part right now of course the exact amount of jail time that mikhail khodorkovsky employed the neighbors if the. well served will be delivered right at the very end my colleague that it was over looked at all closer at the man his life and his work. once russia's richest men he's now russia's most prominent prisoner coming to the end of it eighty a sentence for the biggest tax fraud in the country's history he and his partner. were charged with stealing two hundred and eighteen million tonnes of oil worth twenty seven billion u.s. dollars from a subsidiary company of the u.k.'s the verdict has been announced guilty khodorkovsky supporters say he didn't break any laws. or was not to blame because he had a whole team of very experienced lawyers who used to tell him. 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 you can see the company grew from a state selloff in the one nine hundred ninety s. when government assets would be hived off in often chidi circumstances it soon became russia's fastest growing oil producer but the path to success headed outside to a. while later found guilty of a number of murders. the fist place is in prison. is accused of stealing tax evasion and fraud with the new charges he faces it's about stealing hundreds of billions his company's security chief is in prison for murder. at their core ski has always insisted he's innocent of the fraud charges which put him behind bars and the since his arrest in two thousand and three ignoring his past many in the

west believe that he was singled out for prosecution among the billionaire businessmen because of his political ambitions the russian authorities say you can is purely a victim to the economic crimes of its management i think there is a strong effort on the part of many in the media in the russian liberal media and definitely in the west to to politicize it as much as possible there is no question that. our cause and the rest of the crowd who participated in initiated and was very active in the criminal privatization of the ninety's are guilty of the crimes they were accused of so in that sense i think very few people would fatha carter cos he is persecuted for nothing yes there is a very strong case i thing against him public opinion is divided i think that most of russia will probably smell

a recollect if you are all those people i call that of course and that's why i don't think that i want a russian broad public unlike liberals for whom. i come here and find compassion for the prosecutors had asked that her that of course he who is forty seven served at least six years on top of this current sentence however the reading of the full verdict is expected to last several days and the sentencing has yet to come. r.t. moscow. moscow's main airport has resumed full operation following a blackout that caused the cancellation of more than one hundred flights this weekend but thousands of travelers are main star stranded because of the disruption r.t. sorry for a has more from a double bed of our port. the second day of travel stress of people traveling to or from. you can see the huge number of people that are still around trying to get their flights incredibly chaotic situation still is of course off of the trouble

that we saw yesterday when the. two substations and. rather. than just left stranded flight was supposed to be yesterday. flying to the us by the. u.s. we have been me and my mother. actually we stayed at a local hotel that was really nice and comfortable and we're back here today to see if we can get on a flight you know the airport. however around nine pm yesterday and then they managed to stop processing some of the flights domestic and international flights started running at about midnight bit of a silly it has caused the heat amounts of trouble we know a lot of the flights were diverted to share a much of a. feeling the strain we share much of a space person say that they've really been trying to do with these bad weather

conditions too and they've had some problems a de icing the fight will they go to the moment of the date of really trying to clear the speech but they have after the problems yesterday get the flights and get people where they want to go a bit we've had that it will take a couple of days before the flights resume completely back to normal you can see the traffic coming into the data pool with still experiencing some slight delays was certainly nothing like we saw yesterday then this was a completely understand so you had people getting out their calls and walking with the luggage to just try and make it to the n.f.l. but of course the weather conditions still having in effect all the rain that we've seen come down over the past few days has frozen up and essentially turned. everywhere and so like an ice rink it's been pretty treacherous to get around another of the fact that we've seen the trees freezing up and nothing we've already had a number of incidents of people have been injured. pulling trees and of course pretty

dangerous when the by the right you can see how lay some of these we see in the way kids today around the pool she trying to clear away this debris to avoid any further delays of course the airport as we said now working really very hard to clear this backlog i get the poor running the full capacity. coming up to the season to be jolly but not for all the pockets of some american dream go along the way millions who didn't get a job or business little to celebrate. but first the russian president surprised his kremlin colleagues who during a meeting on monday to be began a session of the state council and modernization commission by addressing the recent racial violence in the country are he's catarina groucho but has the details . 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 it is broke on december eleventh over a bought thousand people clashed 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 riots 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 a 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 policemen were somehow under pressure to do that of course that all raise 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 but i welcome any of them 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 and that's from the prime minister putin who was also present at this meeting admitted that as neat balance that was formed in russia through saying truce is now changing and these changes are rather painful and prime minister putin 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 who had actually nothing to do with the game with those not achieved it would require not. we need to make a distinction between football fans and radicals who are trying to use fans as cannon fodder by putting them out on the street we must also keep fighting corruption and all levels of government if people are outraged when officials react the wrong way sometimes protecting 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 but just going to cause us no surprise that the country's leaders be there alarmed the country just recently won the bid to host the twenty eighteen football world cup and of course it's not acceptable for a country which is preparing to host such a pristine just event that's similar attacks and similar conflicts clashes between football fans and police take place. turn into the middle east now deeply entrenched on opposite sides of a fragile peace barricade israel and lebanon are locked in a propaganda battle having won the hearts and minds of their own people the two rivals have now set their sights on tourists as are his 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. we decided to create and develop jihad tourism in

order to thwart attempts to distort and falsify history. dubbed pallywood hizbullah land well how mass would these theme parks offer through all of their own there were people the danger here is all too real and how will 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 first hand how wars are fought. but what is jihad to tourism for one tourist is nothing short of terror tourism for another here and now under other side the bunch of criminals they don't they don't they did tell the world they want

nothing of their one of them over 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. officials who sell an tendons throw them to the defense ministry to the border in. eleven hours they live in is their forward positions and the highlights include a visit to an israeli unit that carries are targeted killings a tour of the lebanese frontline and listening in on army trials of her mass suspects i'm looking forward to seeing. and getting a better picture of the fighting. actually this is. one of the books as long as it's based on facts and propaganda is not based on deception and false allegation and false presentation it is more than ok and so the battle to win the hearts and minds and pockets of visitors 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 event for those people to shape their mind and to convince them wasn't we convinced about when the problem totals hit home with photographs and memories but far from the usual snapshots these ideological holiday makers have a different experience to share point three our team television. stay with us here on our team still ahead new year spirit thousands of kilometers above the ground. crossed through the instruction space station from moscow find out all the details . turnout of some 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 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 important britain charged with conspiracy and terror offenses it's alleged they were planning to attack a large scale large scale attack aimed at landmarks banks and government buildings in central london the men were among twelve suspects taken into custody last week during a dawn police raid in the u.k. but three detainees were later freed without charge. missiles fired by a suspected u.s. drone have killed at least fifteen militants in northwest pakistan u.s. drone attacks are common it was here a stand which is the hub of taliban and al qaida activity there been more than one hundred attacks by pilotless u.s. aircraft in two thousand and ten most of them in the north waziristan area. and ivory coast protesters in the sea the ib john has demanded

a compromise in the ongoing power struggle incumbent leader laurent gbagbo is ignoring warnings from neighbors threatening force if he refuses to step down the recognized winner of the recent election has called for a nationwide general strike but says attempts to oust him could lead to civil war more than one hundred seventy people have been killed fourteen thousand fled the violence following last month's disputed election. 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 as the money starts to run out but authorities laura lister reports while some are broke others are still raking it in. 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 their 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 any more 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 there struggling arguably the most to get by merry christmas you're fired there are 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 happy holidays for some wall street banks for what 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 that 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 thank you very much. remember you can find more on this and all the stories we're covering just a click away at our t. dot com here's what else is online right now. on this day seventy years ago the modern passport system was introduced in the soviet union to go online and see why it was abolished for a period of time and who wasn't allowed to get one. virtual tours photos and videos at a personal look around the historic marine see future of opera and ballet in st petersburg.

with only four short days until new year our team has been checking the festive spirit around the globe and now beyond our crew of six currently living on the international space station are planning a new year's party of their own complete with tree and presents and artie's tabard and was likely lucky enough to chat with the cows minutes ahead of the big day. down here on earth we'll be celebrating new year old around the planet in all customary fashion with celebrations and parties but there will be six. people who won't be able they'll be one hundred kilometers above on the international space station and they'll have a bit of a different experience cut off the front of the rest of the planet as it were have limited the patients each of the crew will be up there for six months they've been doing experiments and living quite a different life than 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 then fix it. fix down here what's your message to the. happy new year we wish everyone good health love happiness success in all the new beginnings and plenty of room warning achievements in the upcoming year. also here was far the frost the russian father christmas he turned down the i want you on a live link gave greetings from the russian one for you want to turn to the crew of the space station and had a quick chat with them he also was with some children here today the children are of the son cosmonauts of the moment and they were also where they want to speak to

their parents. through the lowdown i love you so you are the best dad in the world of that being new you know. 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 peter arbella his cross guests discuss the nature of modern consumerism but first latest business news with daniel bushell coming your way after a short break. for the. we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. bringing you the latest in science and technology from. the future.

to business the price of oil hit a fresh two year high on monday a mix of opec's production freeze and blizzards in the u.s. pushed brant over ninety four dollars a barrel this morning before edging back sweet has also lost ground but remains just over ninety dollars. here remorse go fell off the china raised interest rates increasing fears that its economy will slow process central bank has also upset the interest rate charged the ruble accounts most of the blue chips fell on monday after almost three percent after announcing production will stop from thirty first december tenth of january gazprom also saying it won't change exports supply terms is lower after talks on expanding in liberia. russian markets closed on friday for a ten day break but alexander's a record of analyst finance says many investors have already gone for the holidays

. mark you know with a slight decrease most probably on the news of china increased interest rates but what can be said now is that the market is quite a negative. really low and we don't see it we we are not in spreading any drastic or substantial move till the end of the year and for tomorrow as well because most of the braver traders are already or would leave norrin thing and suppression of been the long qualities. predict a further strengthening of russia's currency the ruble as oil prices remain high market watchers also remain confident in global stock exchanges for next year but in a culture over reports. the russian ruble strengthened two point eight percent against the us dollar and nine point four percent against the euro between january end of them by 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 as it aims to make the currency free floating. this is key in realize the the government's ambition to promote it is 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 this practice you know. chief economist from deutsche bank thinks the ruble has chances to strengthen into an eleven four c. a complete. free float for the full 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 that the flexibility of the will ball the volatility of rubles movements will certainly increase in the coming years but when it gets down to it the ruble is still have really depended on commodity prices to diversify the economy and slow in bearing fruit many analysts expect commodity price inflation in twenty eleven particularly as u.s. authorities print more dollars and that bodes well for the ruble my dinner which no business r.t. . that's the latest you can always find more stories on our website www dot com slash business.

the closer team has been to the region where industries are rapidly developing. now wattie goes to the homeland of those with strength of mind and body. to the land developed by cossacks in ancient times and which became a premier destination for nineteenth century political exiles. this is the on screen push up close up on oxy.