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we've got the future covered. tonight on r t no release from a cold khodorkovsky already jailed for more oil tycoon has been found guilty of the millions in cash and. russia's once richest man will face more time behind bars and catherine as are the outside the courthouse with the details in just a few moments. also president to reach a revote of calls for a firm stand against interest nick violence. some crack down on racially motivated crime sent justice criminals regardless of their nationality some promises from the kremlin. and the spoils of war and show is rather level and compete for attention with. side of the story.

this is r.t. it's a monday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us for a viewer watching around the world but i'm scared to know it with our top story for you tonight and former tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been found guilty of stealing billions of dollars worth of oil by a moscow court hearing is now over but the reading of the verdict still isn't complete and could take several more days of his country and the latest from outside the court. so far we know that nichols of the ski and his former colleague . of russia's once biggest oil giant company you cos have been found guilty of stealing up to twenty over twenty billion dollars worth of oil and embezzling the funds now to force is that the latest verdict in the second trial of the filter that builds keep him and his colleague apparently already serving time for

a 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 me 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 the credit for that is accused of stealing the very oil 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 they say they will continue using in their appeal they've already confirmed to the journalist 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 maintain 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 a hundred so. if 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. well served will be delivered right at the very end my colleague that i pushed 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. the verdict has been announced guilty khodorkovsky supporters say he didn't break any laws khodorkovsky 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 in 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 a state selloff in the one nine hundred ninety s. when government assets would be hived off in often cittie circumstances it soon became russia's fastest growing oil producer but the path to success headed. to a. while later found guilty of a number of murders. the thieves 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 course 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 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 and 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 initiated and was very active in the criminal privatization of the ninety's are guilty of the

crimes they're accused of so in that sense i think very few people would fatha carter koskie is persecuted for nothing yes there is a very strong case i thing against him being in is divided i think that most of russia probably smell a recollected if you're all those people i call the course and that's why i don't think that i'm on russian broad public unlike liberals for whom he really is an icon he can find compassion the prosecutors had asked that had that of course he who is forty seven served at least six years on top of his current sentence however the reading of the full verdict is expected to last several days and the sentencing has yet to come. over r.t. moscow. moscow's airports are struggling to get back to normal following a blackout that caused the cancellation of over one hundred flights this weekend thousands of travelers remain stranded because of the disruption with some

attempting to break through passport control out of frustration the sort of first of the capital's main international airport with more. well it's a 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 entire airport had the power because of the substations the power the power cables in russia and that of the sea take down the checkin meant that hundreds of flights were canceled and hundreds and hundreds more passengers left stranded head flight was supposed to be yesterday and we still don't know if we're flying today the u.s. . yes we have been me and my mother. actually we stayed at a local hotel it was really nice and comfortable and we're back here today to see if we can get on

a flight you know. with howard around nine pm yesterday and then they managed to stop processing some of the flights they couldn't justify starts running at about midnight little bit it was full of heat amounts of trouble we know a lot of the flights was diverted to share much of. the feeling the strain we share much of the space person say that they've really been trying to do with the bad weather conditions too and they've had some problems with the icing the fights before they go to the moment of the day that. they have off to the problems yesterday get the flies get people where they want to go but we've heard that it will take a couple of days before the flights resume the completely back to bill will be can see the traffic coming into the day to pull it's still experiencing some slight delays but certainly nothing like we saw yesterday then this was completely understand so you have people getting out they cause a walking with the luggage to just try and make it to the airport 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 tons. everywhere in so like an ice rink it's been pretty treacherous to get around another of the fact that we've seen if the trees freezing up and nothing we've already had a number of incidents of people have been injured with a pulling trees and of course pretty dangerous when they're by the right you can see how lay some of these we see in the workers today around the airport actually trying to clear away this debris to avoid any further delays of course yampol as he said now working really very hard to clear this backlog i get the running the full capacity. for report of coming up on the program tis the season to be jolly for it as the pockets of americans jingle all the way williams who didn't get a job for christmas have little or nothing to celebrate as we report a bit later. the russian president surprises kremlin colleagues during

a meeting monday to meet to prevent have begun a session of the state council of modernization commission addressing the recent racial violence in the country the country to groucho over reports. the president today said that as in a phobia and asyik tensions are threatening the country's stability and here he was addressing local governors and said that they should work more closely with that new groups to prevent the kind of mass clashes mass riots that happened in moscow and in cent because barrack on december eleventh over a bought 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 riots followed the killing of an ethnic russian the sparta football fan representatives and three of the four suspects who were released shortly after that of course it urged drew to fire 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 the road an 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 more of them 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 from the new prime minister putin who was also present at this meeting admitted that as nick balance that was formed in russia through saying truth is now changing and these changes are rather painful and prime minister putin

urged young football fans not to try to settle scores of to the games by breaking the law and he also urged them to. stay away from the radicals and extremists are actually nothing to do with the game it's no surprise that the country's leaders beat their alarm the country just recently won the bid to host the twenty eighteen football world cup and of course it's unacceptable for a country which is preparing to host such a prestigious event that's similar attacks and similar conflicts clashes between football fans and police take place a correspondent or catherine a groucho over deeply entrenched on opposite sides of a fragile peace barricade israel and lebanon are fighting a propaganda battle right now having won the hearts and minds of their own people the two rivals of most sides on tourists i was asked is paul a slayer found some of the attractions are 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 that we decided to create and develop jihad tourism in order to thwart attempts to distort and falsify history. dubbed pallywood hizbullah land or hamas would these theme parks offer or throw all of their own there were people the danger here is all too real when we try to tell our visitors about the 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 as radio weapons and tanks alongside katyusha rockets and grad missile launchers. it's given us a chance to see first hands her 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 sinbad officials will start intelligence brought them to the defense ministry to the border in gaz that will be eleven hours they live in is there 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 the and getting a better picture of the ranking. actually this is. one of your books as long as it's based on facts and not propaganda which 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 to be convinced about when the problem is done toast head 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. and head for this new year's spirit hundreds of kilometers above the ground. cross to prove instructions for a station master find out all the details. we'll use in brief from moscow before this. monday night two suicide bombers have killed at least fourteen people in central iraq the attacks for the second this month

targeting a government compound in ramadi one bomber blew up a car and it's 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 wounded. are in court in britain charged with conspiracy in terrorism charges it's alleged they were planning 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 later were freed. missiles fired by suspected u.s. drone have killed at least fifteen militants in northwestern pakistan u.s. drone attacks are common in waziristan which is a hub of taliban and al qaeda the vet more than one hundred attacks by pilotless u.s. aircraft in twenty ten most of them in north waziristan. every protesters in the city of abidjan of devising a compromise in the ongoing power struggle incumbent leader laurent gbagbo is

ignoring warnings from neighbors threatening force if he refuses to step down recognize the winner of the recent election has called for a nationwide general strike with says attempts to oust him could lead to civil war over one hundred seventy people have been killed and fourteen thousand fled violence following last month's disputed poll. street protests in the united kingdom may have quite lately but there could be more to come forward british m.p. and minister tony benn things government cuts are threatening the basic rights of the people. because i think it is a threatening the whole nature of our society and so i would expect it would have very very profound political effects in the future there are moments in history when people look around and say. we are being controlled by those who don't have to listen to children the right to education is

a basic human right i mean we now have accepted you know most products in the world the right to educate the right to their. right to produce to justice human rights. and just let you know if you'd like to see more of that interview we're playing again in full in fifty minutes time here on r.t. . there's millions of people around the world enjoy the holidays many americans are struggling to find reasons to celebrate right now unemployment expiration date on welfare is up the ante is money runs out but thirty's lauren lyster reports next 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 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 teresa 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 holiday yes 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 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 but 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 happy holidays for some wall street thanks for what the lavish christmas decor is just the tip of the iceberg big things 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 that average year end bonus would exceed last year's of more than one hundred twenty four thousand dollars a person but if banks are in 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 very fair points raised there was sort of christmassy you that story affect you let us know it's of our team dot com tonight you can get the discussion but all the stories you see and make a comment here's a taste of what else is available on the web site i'll tell you go home of one of the clocks back in fact on this day seventy eight years ago the modern passport system is introduced into the soviet union got one by the see why it was an abolished for a period of time who wasn't allowed to get one plus virtual photos and

videos got a personal look around the historic modern in skis sort of all and ballet and some petersburg beautiful place that song lying tonight as well as dot com. this is r t from moscow now with just four days until new year out he's been checking the festive spirit around the globe and beyond the crew of six currently living on the international space station are planning a new year's party complete with tree and presents tom barton was lucky enough to talk to 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

communication is 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 there are sixty. six billion of us 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 rewarding achievement 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 and they were also so able to speak to their parents. fellow daddy i love you so much you had the best dad in the world happy new year. 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. reporting there kate say with the sport in twenty minutes time tonight and news of a big clash in the english premier league arsenal against chelsea roman abramovich inside able to continue their two year run league one against andrey arshavin in co going to be interesting game scott the details previewing that for you but it's monday night business next for party. 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 lies sweet has also lost ground but remains just over ninety dollars also is here remorse go fell off the china raised interest rates increasing fears that its economy will slow the process central bank has also helped to be interest rate charged the group of the count's most of the blue chips fell on monday after has lost almost three percent after announcing production will stop from thirty first december tenth of january gazprom also fell off to saying it will change exports supply. is low of the 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 of vestas have already called for the holidays. with a slight decrease most probably on the news of china increased interest rates but

what can be saying now is that the market is quite in a. really low and we don't see it we we are not in speeding any. more substantial move till the end of the year and for tomorrow as well because most of the traders are already all would be nor in the in and been the long qualities. i list 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 then of course in over a ports. the russian ruble strengthened two point eight percent against the us dollar and nine point four percent against the euro between january and of twenty ten december has dragged yet more games rising oil prices and returning confidence in russia after the crisis 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 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 slightly several of the chief economist from dortch a bank thinks the ruble has chances to strengthen in twenty eleven do not foresee a complete. free float for 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 volatility of 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 that so 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 dot com slash business. you.