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former russian tycoon mikhail hotter coffee awaits his sentence after being convicted of stealing billions of dollars worth of well. for more on one of the most controversial cases in russia join me go to preschool for right sorry the more school board room in just a few moments. flying into frustration moscow's freezing rain grounds hundreds of flights leaving thousands of angry passengers feeling abandoned. power may be back on at the bottom moskos biggest tops but thousands of passengers remain stranded joined you can see the children from where that battling to clear the backlog. and two years after israel's deadly offensive people in gaza are still struggling to cope with life under siege which they say hasn't ease.

at eleven am the russian capital you're watching r.t.m. marina josh a former russian tycoon meal had a cough ski's awaiting sentence after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars it's a second trial for the head of the oil giant cos who was once russia's richest man he's already serving time over tax evasion and fraud is going off as outside the court of moscow were the judges continuing to give his ruling today. at the moment it's hard to say when we'll hear the actual sentence meaning the time that. his former associate brought the liberty of will have to serve in jail the judge is continuing to read the verdict and it is expected that this may take several days and as you said this is not the first case involving nicole for the last time it took two weeks for the entire verdict for the entire verdict to be else at this

time we already know that it's out of course four thousand guilty of stealing all from you consists of securities and investing billions of u.s. dollars just to remind you you used to be one of the biggest oil companies in the world at the time headed by me that i called steve who was the richest men in russia at the time as well very controversial case for the most controversial cases in russia at the moment my colleague has prepared this report for more for you on this. once russia's richest men he's now russia's most prominent prisoner coming to the end of it eighteen a sentence for the biggest tax fraud in the country's history he and his partner. which charged to stealing two hundred and eighteen million tons of oil worth twenty seven billion u.s. dollars from a subsidiary company of you can see the verdict has been announced guilty of the 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 that. everything he did was within the law it was the blame of the laws that had dissolved loopholes and them before me 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 cittie circumstances it soon became the. yes fastest growing producer but the path to success headed outside to offer that associates were later found guilty. as. 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 security chief is in prison for murder. but there has always insisted he is 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's a strong upper edge on the part of many in the media and 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 privatisation of the ninety's are guilty of the crimes they were accused of so in that sense i think very few people would fath and khodorkovsky is persecuted for for nothing yes there is

a very strong case i think against him public opinion is divided i think that most of the russian public smeller recollected what you're all those people like and that's why i don't think that a man. brought public unlike liberals for whom. he can find compassion the prosecutors had asked of her that he was forty seven served at least six years on top of this current sentence however the reading of the thing though that is expected to last several days and the sentencing has yet to come down marty masco well the defense does not agree with the verdict they claim that it repeats what the prosecution has been saying and they say. that they're planning to appeal the course decision and they're even ready to take this case outside of russia to be european court if they're not if they don't succeed here are they also

planning to me. public appeal to the president of russia after the sentence is according to the judge everything was done by the book and the prosecution has managed to provide more than enough evidence of course we'll continue watching everything that happens in the courtroom on tuesday and we'll report on this case as the day goes on. and two of moscow's largest airports are working hard to san people on their way after thousands were stranded by bad weather i want terminal frustrated passengers have reportedly been staging protests and even trying to break through passport control while a lot of airport a major power outage caused a huge backlog it got to be under challenge is there fourteen. power is back on and flights are getting back on should you let them idea that a boy is one of the country's busiest tops but it was the worst affected airport due to bad weather conditions over the weekend

a snowstorm disrupted electricity lines same the area as a result of that one hundred fifty flights were delayed and over eight thousand passengers. were forced to sleep on the map with promises from what we saw we've been inside just a couple of minutes ago thousands of people are still waiting for their flies sitting on the floors and they are all so many of them on the bridge over the area complaining there is no food no drinks despite the press service promised that they'll be provided with an hour beverages and lunch boxes to get a coupon for this free lunch you have to queue for some four to five hours which is opposing acceptable for them and they are for stayed at the expense of bad news inside the airport but largely of course they're complaining on the lack of any information any updates on the status of their flights and we saw all that people still into the transpire over just ration desk and law enforcement agents working inside that to stop the crowds it's very hard for me here i have

a broken leg and there are new facilities here to bureaucracy and new ones hoping there's no service the worst thing is that no one says when the flights will be resumed there are flights that have been delayed for two days already. up swoosh he was up again here in atlanta six to fly to a menu but first the flight was cancelled there which in turn again he was delayed and they put us on the bus and sent us to the planes but we were turned back we had no idea where our luggage is and no one has seen anything why is that i don't know . i'll get into and from the airport has also become a problem there is a huge traffic jam leading to the outdoors and the area the square opposite the building reminds a giant parking lot and taxi driver. also capitalize on the passenger's blood they charge some three hundred dollars to get them to the city center which is actually six times the regular fare most of the flights which is the idea that the airport could not service over the weekend where we direct it to cover ensure inmates about

the letter is the country's largest airport and the bs is top it was not affected by any of the tricity black olives but the face had a delay spot some seven thousand passengers and again they're complaining that there is lack of any information on the status of the flies many of them are muscovites with children and they spent hours and hours inside the airport and say they could have left home and come back but because of. that provided with no information on the apple screens they are forced to stay there and those who post with control checks are also said they have to stay inside there not a left out otherwise their tickets will be canceled very chaotic inside there and people even tried to storm foss but controls those police had to intervene they also blocked log each areas and tried to stage protests insisting to meet they had they'll be apples. because original reporting there now there are vicious traveling

conditions of a very different kind in a few minutes here in r.t. . if i was here three hundred years ago i moved to support my local lord i may have deserted from the army or a variety of other crimes the result was the same. the rush of loads of team vols a sorry six all trailing in southwestern siberia. and two years on from israel's deadly offensive in gaza which killed more than a thousand people palestinians their say they're still suffering in two thousand and eight israel launched massive air and ground strikes on hamas targets in response to rocket attacks but what it calls for drew worldwide condemnation over the huge numbers of palestinian civilian casualties israel's blockade of the strip after it came under the control of hamas in two thousand and seven a group it regards as a terrorist organization says that aid has been rigorously restricted and most rarely reaches its destination reports on the relief efforts which palestinians say

can't come soon enough. israelis insist their economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't deny the border and international condemnation is heating up an asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza m border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined call to reach gaza on the second anniversary of the last israel gaza wall the convoy dubbed asia to gaza solidarity caravan sits south from new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aide for turner failed to do in may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that earlier attempt left nine activists did since then israel insists things have gotten better there is a humanitarian analysis that we are making on a daily basis which allow us to see a broad picture about the humanitarian conditions and. situation. but gazans

complain life is still unbearable sought after israel has limited the number of trucks clothes and shoes coming into gaza and this causes problems with coordination in gaza. last month twenty two international organizations issued a report claiming the easing of the blockade has helped bring in materials only for the un and international building projects ordinary goods they say are still not getting in. our goods have already been detained in israel for three years but the fines are already called the cost of goods and even if they receive our goods back now they are not for sale there are spoiled and those goods that are getting in there are too expensive for most people here. the goods that we receive are not of a high quality but we have to buy them because we don't have an alternative. cars have also become a luxury two thousand dollars for an engine well just two hundred dollars for a rather simplistic alternative what can we do there's no fuel for vehicles spare

parts inevitably result that it's kind of transportation to donkeys this is one of the largest cattle markets in gaza and as the economy here plummets it too is struggling to survive. we have no animals and no barley today and even when we have barley people are always here to buy it's been four years since israel imposed siege on gaza to try and break the massive support and with no sign that life will get better any time soon most gazans have the eyes on the sea and their hope on the next. policy are to israel. russia's deputy foreign minister spoke to r.t.f. for his recent visit to the middle east alexander stille htat of says a coordinated international approach is the best solution for bringing together israelis and palestinians. good idea is doing that as the saying goes hope dies last we should have an objective view of the situation and we shouldn't fall into despair but we shouldn't be too optimistic the most important thing is to take

a scrutinising to the problems and came to the peace process and work together including the parties considered by israel and the others towards the solution of these problems and even for cheating our common goal which is i repeat a comprehensive palestinian israeli settlement. i go watch the full one here in just over an hour's time here on our. and we're online and interactive at our tea dot com here's a taste of what's lined up right now. in china's eastern dramas for europe as beijing offers to bind to struggling countries to keep them financially ticking over. and out of this world new year party is on the cards at the international space station several of them in fact that he tells are at r.t. dot com. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and airports on the united

states are struggling to return to normal after severe blizzards caused thousands of flights to be called off there's a state of emergency in five states with officials warning people to stay off the roads as the snow deepens and drifts forecasters say more is on the way the freezing temperatures will continue. nine men have been remanded in britain accused of plotting a christmas terror campaign in the capital it's alleged they were planning to splosion some coordinated attacks on banks government buildings and busy shopping areas around central london twelve were arrested in nationwide dog raids last week but three were released without charge it comes at a time of heightened security over terrorism across europe. west african leaders are expected to arrive in our ricos to persuade the incumbent president to step down lauren baba refuses to leave office since last month's

election despite international pressure his rival as satara is recognized by the un as a new leader warns that any attempt to oust him could throw the country back he just civil war. the russia closer now takes us to explore more of the country this time heading to south western siberia. we are in the arms cregan located more than two thousand kilometers from moscow the main city which shares the name brief with came russia's capital after the nine hundred seventeen revolution and also helping period gold reserves but it's got a checkered reputation as tom barr discovers. two things in particular it is famous for those are the fate of exiles sent here by the czarist regime along a difficult and dangerous road to get here and prison and forced labor once they

arrived the other is a rich military tradition that the city has a military academy established here two hundred years ago has provided very famous officers and generals for the russian and the red armies and it's those themes of examining. on the march under guard these men and women are walking one of the longest and probably the loneliest road in the world they're reacting the march into exile made by thousands and czarist russia they're going to get its exam years to go there some ways winterreise in thirty years a lot of people died on the way this group in the western siberian region of omsk discovered their living on the only surviving stretch of the original nine thousand kilometers of the siberian exiles track that's had no modern changes made to it. when you come to the track you can vividly picture the convicts on their walk and hear the clinking of their chains you can smell russian history here the story you

have going to discover that he's descended from some of these exiles and decided to build a museum telling a story he and his real actors now receive it is from all over the world to show them what it was like. these bodies it's scary to put the shackles on of course but it's interesting if we don't remember history will have no future. it's a monument to one of the restructures coolest chapters. he. called it. was. one of the more noble traditions and also his military professionalism practiced here at the city's cadets college for nearly two hundred years. what was an officer school now gives boys a general education but with the military emphasis this here they created siberia's first cadet corps to prepare officers to protect the territory before that was

a course like military college that's why i think with the successes of those old times. young hopefuls have to pass tough exams to get in here for those that do it's a very different school to the others in arms. giving a book and it's strange to be away from home unusual but when you get used to it it feels like home. military personalities are dotted throughout history this is he served as the capital of anticommunist white russian leader admiral kolchak in the civil war from one thousand nine hundred to nine hundred ninety lost in residence he lived here though the study of the man like the maintenance of this building has remained to boo right up until the present day or we still receive hate mail saying that he hanged a lot of people and was famous for severe punishment it's all true but it was at a time of civil war both sides were monstrously cruel. it is sadly the theme of cruelty which links so much of amps history to the rest of russia's particularly of

exile where they were an apple or a criminal. if i was here three hundred years ago i may have dissipated my local lot i may have deserted from the. on me for a variety of other crimes the result was the same like my fellow prisoners around me i've got a long and very cold walk ahead into exile in siberia. with a still could it more about this place in history and its place in russia is alexander you detail all your life so just start with trying wonders through basically how. developed as a city the history was going to say these are pretty amazing because it was first established as a fortress to fight over the nomads but then during the czar regime they used as a place for the political exile and you probably know that's the famous russian writer dostoyevsky it was nice out here for quite some time. also our city was

a capital of russia for for a short period of time for a year under the i dunno a culture shock and it's sometimes called a third capitals the third one after moscow moscow st petersburg and then also sometimes and it's also one of the biggest cities of siberia and one of the most important important ones ok having lived to have all your life you obviously are quite proud of the city itself i how would you say why would you say it makes you proud and how would you say almost fits in to siberia and in the why of russia well . if you can so i'm scott i should say maybe fifteen years ago you would have you you would have been so nice but it's really developed in the last fifteen years they both road state the purpose of the buildings and right now we have very rich aspects of you know social life and cultural life we have famous theorist comment on we have festivals going around the world and i should say it's i really am proud

of living here yes. ok from one of the people who's lived all the life there we go picture of almost right from its beginnings off until it's modern day. watching our team first thing young is the latest major u.s. accounting firm to come under suspicion of major fraud he's been charged with helping lehman brothers conceal billions of dollars in debt before the investment bank collapse or his financial guru max kaiser says wall street is awash with similar malpractise. now ernst and young of course is been revealed as the accounting firm that is engaged in the for and their defense of course is that well the lawyer said we could do it the lawyer said we could do it so it's legal because we paid off a bunch of lawyers to write

a shyster opinion to say we could commit accounting fraud for lehman brothers while they were committing mortgage fraud so all the banks on wall street could commit securitized mortgage fraud around the world putting banks all over the world into dire straits and of course this gets right back to the enron scandal arthur andersen was caught doing something similar they went out of business or sucked up by one of these other major accounting firms and the entire business model of wall street and by association america is fraud as i've said before if you took fraud out of the american business model you'd have nothing left except donuts and guns. and. all the kinds of reports and less than ten minutes here on our team and before that will bring you the latest business news with us don't go away.

hello and a very warm welcome to the program the head of russia's biggest lenders burbank's says he expects the country's inflation to rise to over nine percent next year that's a third more than the central bank's predicted six and a halt the cent for next year for spearman crafts they'll be no chances to contemplation down from its current level of eight and a hundred percent also believes that russian banks may revise their current credit deposit price because it sounded right to inflation and the potential tightening of monetary policy by the central bank. on the look of the markets asian stock markets world losing on tuesday with the japanese market weighed by profit taking the

nikkei fell zero point six percent hong kong's hang seng fell about one percent. and let's check the stock markets and russia of the forces on the sol with the r.t.s. the temple percent otherwise it's losing the same number of points. and russia most of the blue chip stocks trading in the right after vases among the top losers for the second consecutive day into raw is on the rise on reports the utility launches a new job joint venture with industrial building russian topologists and general electric the j.v. used to produce gas fine with the project worth around one hundred million euro. as time ticks away until the end of the year of those investors still in the market appear to be left with far fewer opportunities invest with better xander she says trading volumes fell sharply days before the long new year break i don't

anticipate any movement i think it will be pretty much the same percent. maybe but as i told the market is really for the rest of the week i would most probably look at being sector. overall positive for the big. sensitive sector on the economy recovery and we'll split the next year and maybe for the rest of the week it will be a look a bit better than the market overall that will rally which saw prices hit a two year high on monday is being weighed down by china second interest rate hike since october fares rose manufacturing powerhouse and the world's second biggest oil consumer could slow its normal growth and the country tries to rein in inflation ever so prices at the pump are taking course affair only floating around record levels. and most sunless agree that the oil price will remain between eighty

and ninety dollars per barrel next year while this would have a remarkably positive effect on their russian budget and a pre-election here yvonne check carter from merrill lynch says structural reforms are the ones to suffer i think that there are a number of critics i think that actually from the reform agenda i think that the key least for russia is that returning to the pre-crisis time when oil prices were increasing by double digits i think that we have seen a number of reforms structurally industry quality recently and i'm afraid that if we return to the pre-crisis you have double digit increase in oil prices these positive elements that we have seen in the structural reform agenda might die. and so for now join me in less than fifteen minutes for more business news and meanwhile get more stories from our web site r t dot com slash business. thank you.