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a good girl how would international house. every green little hotel. former russian tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky awaits his sentence after being convicted of stealing billions of dollars worth of oil. for more on the one of the most controversial cases in russia joining me right from outside the courtroom in just a few moments. flying into frustration moscow's freezing rain grounds hundreds of flights leaving thousands of angry passengers feeling abandoned. by their may be back on it want to moscow's busiest tops but thousands of passengers are still stranded just me getting the job in just a couple of minutes from what people are backing to clear the backlog. and two years after israel's deadly offensive people in gaza still struggle to cope with

life under this siege which they say hasn't been easy. and in business the head of russia's biggest lenders. says he expects the country's inflation to rise to the nine percent next twenty minutes. it's two pm in moscow i've been to be with you here on r t our top story a former russian tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky is awaiting said this after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars it's the second trial for the former head of oil giant yukos who was once russia's richest man he's already serving time for tax evasion and fraud. is live outside the court in moscow where the judge is doing to his ruling today hello your door so when he said this be announced. well it's hard to say at the moment when actually the sentence itself will be

announced meaning actually how many years. and his former associate will have to serve in jail it is expected that it me takes several days just to read the verdict itself and as you've said it's not the first case involving the last time it took two weeks just to read the verdict although this time the defense does say that they hope that the sentence will be announced in the near future. but. the judge is reading what the court considers to be the evidence against because. from the information we've got we are stunned that the court plans to finish reading the verdict this year due to go to with them but. the court has already found guilty. and don't give a gift of stealing. from. dollar companies as they're called and also embezzling billions of u.s. dollars just to remind you you chris used to be one of the biggest oil companies in

the world at that time headed by your. own. also at that time russia's richest man in all of this makes this one of the most controversial cases in russia at the moment. is the trip earlier by my colleagues that it was called. once russia's richest men he's now russia's most prominent prisoner coming to the end of it and he is sentenced for the biggest tax fraud in the country's history he and his partner platon livid were charged with stealing to one hundred and eighteen million pounds work twenty seven billion dollars from a subsidiary company you can feel that it 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 that. everything he did was within the law it was the blame or the laws that had 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 were being hived off in often chidi circumstances it soon became russia's fastest growing oil producer but the path to success headed outside two of these associates were later found guilty of a number of murders. the thieves place is in prison for the cause 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. for their costs 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 missions that russian authorities say you can is purely a victim to the economic crimes of its management i think there's a strong effort 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. carter koskie 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 for nothing yes there is a very strong case i thing against him public opinion is divided i think that most of the russian public smeller recollecting what you're all those people like and

that's why i don't think that i'm on a russian broad public unlike liberals for whom he really is an icon he can find compassion for the prosecutors had asked of her that he who is forty seven served at least six years on top of this current sentence however the reading of this is expected to last several days and the sentencing has yet to come down marty muska. so you go what's been the reaction to the verdict so far. well there's already been a strong critical reaction from the west of the united states have said that such a verdict will hormel russia's image when it comes to human rights in germany has said that such a verdict will be a step back for russia when it comes to modernization while the russian foreign ministry has called western partners not to interfere saying that this is just another case when. you were asked to answer for the offenses that he's conducted in

front of the law the defense of course does not agree with the verdict they say that it actually repeats word by word what the prosecution has been saying the defense is also saying that they're ready to appeal the verdict in russia and if they're not going to succeed here they're ready to take this case to the european court and they're also planning to make a public appeal to the president of russia when the final sentence is announced meanwhile the judge saying that the prosecution has provided more than enough evidence and that everything was done by the book on of course will be following everything that is going on in that courtroom on tuesday and will continue reporting as the day goes on. the court for us thanks. to a mosque largest airports are working hard to send people on their way after thousands

were stranded by bad weather frustrated passengers have reportedly been staging protests and even trying to break through passport control president ordering a complete investigation into the conduct of moscow's main airports. one of the capital's major terminals with more. this is how i want to be easiest tops looks like power is back on and flies are getting back on should you like that the my idea the app which was worst hit by bad weather conditions over the weekend when a snow storm disrupted pala lines in the area as a result of that some one hundred feet to flights were delayed and over eight thousand passengers were forced to sleep on the apple its premises well now we can see that information is getting back on the screens of the app or before people had been complaining that they were receiving no updates on the flights whatsoever and even muscovites had to spend hours and hours here inside the airport having no information on whether to leave home on keep waiting for their flights well let's

got speedball long they've been waiting for their flights inside the whole long have you been waiting for a flight. i was due to leave for terms of even the twenty seventh promised a flight will depart today but i don't know yet there's no information on the screens coolie office in television and they said the plane at two o'clock today. says all the passengers have spent more than two days inside the airport complained they were not given hotel butts and there was not enough food and drinks so the press service of the airport says they regularly hand out lunch boxes and also provide stranded passengers with drinking water so what's the situation adama denver airport is gradually improving we've called in extra staff to help resolve the problems we're handing out water as well as hot and cold meals people are calm we hope the situation will be completely resolved by tomorrow some of the passengers even kalash with the representatives of companies and complain that the

airport is full of passengers but no representatives so companies are inside and largely people complain on the lack of information on their flights for the hardest of all it is for parents traveling with their kids many of them have been at the airport for a whole. and long hours close scuse me alone heavy rain waiting for your flight where i hope we're we can we this is a twenty six boxing day and we're going to northern ireland to belfast to buy a heathrow so we have so we were at the airport when their electricity went off. the council we then were told to fly yesterday which is council we're on a flight this morning which is council them are we think we want to they can a clock flight which is obviously being delayed so honestly what you think about how the airport has been dealing with the problem. actually not very well but i don't think any your port deals are very well with these problems as we're seeing across europe and other local schools bs is top stream it's about an airport which

didn't have any electricity blackouts also bases had to delay suppose some seven thousand passengers many of them have been clashed with the representatives of and companies and with police they try to still possibly control zones they both love each area isn't trying to stage protests insisting to need to handle having people mostly complain that they were denied hotel baths and they ended up sleeping on the floors of so far quite chaotic in rushes to law just add ports. and there are vicious travelling additions of a very different kind coming your way in a few minutes. if i was here three hundred years ago i moved to support my local lord i may have does this is from the army or a variety of other crimes the result was the same the rush of close up team follows the czarist exiled trail in south western siberia. but first two years

after israel's deadly offensive in gaza that killed more than one thousand people palestinians there say they're still suffering in two thousand and eight israel launched a massive air and ground strike on hamas targets in response to rocket attacks but bloody hard for drew worldwide combin condemnation over the huge numbers of palestinian civilian casualties israel 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 since then aid has been a rigorously restricted any mode and most rarely reaches its destination or has policies leader reports on the effort of relief effort that palestinians say can't come fast enough. israelis insist their economic siege on gaza is easing i think continent the border and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza on 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 son a deputy caravan sits sail from new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aide for to fail to do may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that 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 the situation in the gaza strip on each moment but gazans complain life is still unbearable. and 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 u.n. 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're not for sale they 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 you resort to this 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 with r.t. after his recent visit to the middle east alexander says bridging the chasm between israelis and arabs can only be solved with a clear head and everyone on board. 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 scrutinizing look at the problems and came to the peace process and work together including the parties concerned israel and the others towards a solution of these problems and even for cheating a common goal which is i repeat a comprehensive palestinian israeli settlement. we'll bring you that full interview in about fifteen minutes or you can watch it

anytime online right now at our t.v. dot com here's what else is lined up for you today on r t dot com china is eastern promises for europe that is beijing offers to buy into struggling countries to keep them financially taking over. and it out of this world new year's party is in the cards of the international space station several of them in fact the details all online at r.t. dot com. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe airports on the east coast of the u.s. are still struggling to return to normal service after severe blizzards caused thousands of flights to be called off services have now been resumed into and out of boston new york and philadelphia but heavy snow and strong winds are still causing delays authorities have declared emergencies in five states with officials warning people to stay off the roads as snow deepens and drifts officials say it could take up to a week to clear the backlog of canceled flights. nine men have been remanded in

britain accused of plotting a christmas terror campaign in the capital it's alleged they were planning explosives and coordinated attacks on banks government buildings in busy shopping areas around central london twelve arrested in a nationwide dawn raids last week but three were a least without charges this comes at a time of heightened security over terrorism across europe. west african leaders are expected to arrive in ivory coast to persuade the incumbent president to step down by refuses to leave office since last month's election despite international pressure his rival all assane a lot tara is recognized by the un as the country's new leader warns that any attempt to oust him could throw the country back into civil war. hundreds have been forced to flee their homes due to flooding and heavy rain across northeastern australia. severe floods have shut down around three hundred roads across queensland including two major major highways to the state capital brisbane authorities have been declared have declared towns as disaster zones it's predicted

that there are several days of rainfall yet to come. the russia close up now takes the takes us to explore more of the country this time heading to south western siberia. this week we're checking out the oem screen located more than two thousand kilometers from moscow the main city that shares the name briefly became russia's capital after the one nine hundred seventeen revolution it also held the imperial gold reserves but it's got a checkered reputation as artie's tom barton 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 to dish and 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 reenacting the march into exile made by thousands and czarist russia. it's a come here is to go there some ways winterreise in say yes a lot of people died on the way this group in the western siberian region of omsk discovered they're 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. 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 reactors now receivers to us from all over the world to show them what it was like with the body it's scary to put the shackles on of course but it's interesting if we don't remember history we will have no future. it's a monument to one of our restructures cruelest chapters. one of the more noble traditions and also because military professionalism practiced here at the city's cadets college for nearly two hundred years. what was an officer school now gives. always a general education but with a military emphasis. here they created siberia's first cadet corps to prepare officers to protect the territory before that was a course like a 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 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 the city served as the capital of anticommunist white russian leader admiral kolchak in the civil war from one thousand nine hundred to nine hundred nineteen whilst in residence he lived here though the study of the man like the maintenance of this building has remained a taboo 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 our history to the rest of russia's particularly of exile where they were an admiral or a criminal. if i was here three hundred years ago i may have disappeared my local

lord i may have deserted from the army or 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 talk a bit more about this place in history and its place in russia is alexander you lived here all your life so to start with twenty one is through basically how scouse developed really as a city well our biggest around because it's a pretty amazing because it was first established as a fortress to fight off the nomads but then during the czar regime it 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 and also our city was a capital of right. for for a short period time for

a year under the odd no 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 but having lived to have all your life you obviously quite proud of the city yourself i 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 we would have been sonny's but it's really developed in the last fifteen years they've both on the road stayed repurposed the buildings and right now we have very rich aspects of you know social life and cultural life we have famous theaters comment on you know we have festivals going on that's well 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 rise from its beginnings off until its modern day. stay with us here on our t.v. all the latest business updates with you next. i know that's right time to get the latest business news the head of russia's biggest lender bunk 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 rate of six and to help the cent from next year bear pong balls and graphs you know chances to cut inflation down from its current level of eight in the hope cent he also believes russian banks may revise their current credit and to cause a crisis because of some the rate of inflation and the potential tightening of

money for policy by the central bank. to look at this is now european stock markets for miles markets attempted to bounce back from losses in the price session with gains led by banks and wall stocks the german dax a struct positive approach remains closed for public holidays. let's check the stock markets and russia of the course was a flat with the r.t.s. up about two percent on the myself has made it into positive territory gaining about two tenths of a percent this hour. and most of the blue chips are trading in the rush after vos among the top losers for the second consecutive day into rao is on the rise on reports between the two launches a new joint venture with industrial holding russian technology and general electric which are usually used to produce gasified hong spoke to forge a quarter on one hundred million euros. as time ticks away until the end of the

year of those investors still on the market appeared to be left with far fewer opportunities for investment manager alan saunders short of trading volumes fell sharply days before the long new year break. i don't want to spread in the movement i think it will be pretty much the same the whole percent. greece maybe but as i told the market is really. for there is a week i would most probably look at being sector. overall positive from being so. sensitive sector on the economy recovery and we'll spread the next year and maybe for the rest of you could still be. better than the market overall the oil rally which saw prices hit a two year high on monday is being weighed down by china's second interest rate hike since october fears rose that their manufacturing powerhouse the world's second biggest oil consumer could slow its economic growth fast the country tries to rein in inflation even so prices at the pump are taking

a course of their own floating around record levels. most analysts 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 the russian budget in a pre-election year event jakarta from merrill lynch says structural reforms are the ones to suffer i think that there are a number of critics i think that they 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 reform structurally of the recently and i'm afraid that if we turn to the pre-crisis you have double digit increase in oil prices these positive elements that we have seen in the structural reform agenda my diary and that's her business update for this hour you can always get lost or a small web site r.t. dot com slash business.