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it's eight thirty pm moscow time and these are the top stories from r.t. tonight the moscow courts announced the sentence for russia's most famous prisoner mikhail khodorkovsky before convicted of money laundering embezzlement is to spend six more years in prison that would mean a jail term of fourteen years in total plus he's already served time for tax evasion. utopias wary of the spread of islamic extremism following the recent arrests for suspected attack on a danish newspaper published cartoons of the prophet mohammed it's the latest in a series of arrests across europe throughout the year. and there's no sign of

consumerism loosening its grip on american society despite the tough economic times some say the growing addiction to shopping has turned into a religion and as to be confronted. palestinian officials say they would ask the un security council to approve a resolution condemning israeli settlements in the west bank next he is from a human rights group which believes the world body is struggling to deal with israel. with me i have the executive director of u.n. watch a human rights group based in switzerland mr noah thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. your group basically has the united nations but why does the u.n. even need monitoring he would watch as a non-governmental organization whose mandate is to monitor the united nations according to the principles of its charter essentially to hold the un accountable

and to measure it by the arctic of its own charter many israelis complain that israel does not get a fair deal or if a hearing by the united nations would you agree it's one of our issues that's important to us is fighting anti-semitism and also the discriminatory treatment of israel the un's obsession with israel doesn't only harm israel doesn't only harm the peace process but it harms the un as a whole it prevents the u.n. from being effective for human rights victims who never get their day of international attention why is the u.n. to use your words obsessed with israel the u.n. has been strong champion of the p.l.o. since the early one nine hundred seventy s. this was largely a function of the soviet union together with the arab states started a campaign to attack israel and hijack many un bodies so you have an enormous amount of the un's attention is a stand simply devoted to helping the palestinians and have the palestinians been

helped the palestinians have not been helped and it was coffee anonymous self the secretary general the united nations in his parting speech to the security council said what have all the special agenda items and special reports and special sessions on the palestinian situation ever done to help the palestinians and the reality is very little if you look at the past thirty years all the resolution and if the u.n. human rights council in june. it's something like seventy five percent of all the resolutions are condemning israel a stance simply helping the palestinians the reality is the only thing they've done for the palestinians is encourage a sense that no matter what happens whatever mistakes they make whatever terrorism they may support the u.n. will always be there to encourage them make them believe that no matter what they will prevail and it's only encouraged the most extreme forces in the palestinian camp it has not helped the moderates so why has the u.n. failed to hope the palestinians in any meaningful way the u.n.

is a large organization and has many agencies that do good work unfortunately a number of them are highly politicized in new york the general assembly is highly politicized the human rights council is the same they're mostly dominated by third world countries from asia and africa many of whom are not democracies and who have their own agendas which have very little to do with human rights for example the dictator of libya murderous regime was elected to the human rights council that's that's a sad joke for the cause of human rights do you sense that the u.n. is in touch with what's going on here on the ground between israelis and palestinians which would you have really are two separate things and it's something that i've been able to see at the human rights council you have the real situation on the ground where you have israelis and palestinians that need help and they could have help of international interlocutors be the night it states the european union or other countries or the or the un which could come in and help them and try

to bring them together bridge their differences you have a real situation with real problems what happens at the u.n. too often is something on a on a level that is almost mythological that is entirely divorced from reality and i saw that once a couple of years ago i was in the june two thousand and seven when hamas was waging a bloody coup against. against the palestinian authority and during that time. it was very nasty hamas was throwing people off of rooftops they were shooting people in hospital beds and all this was happening israel of course had already withdrawn in the unilateral withdrawal from gaza there were no israeli troops not a single one in gaza had no involvement whatsoever with this this conflict and in my earpiece listening what was happening in the u.n. route plenary was they were attacking israel condemning israel for human rights violations so i think this example captures what happens at the u.n. but there are real problems real people suffering but the u.n. is sort of locked into an automatic mode where all they're doing is condemning

israel obsessive lee many israelis have called for israel to withdraw from the u.n. would you support such a move and do you think it's realistic it's not that's not a realistic option obviously. theoretically israel could i don't think israel should and i don't think israel wants to and i don't think it's in the interests of israel or of the united nations israel has was its creation was sanctioned by the united nations and a member twenty nine hundred forty seven when the u.n. called for a jewish state and that term is used thirty times it's kind of interesting that the palestinian authority has difficulty accepting that the resolution of the united nations general assembly one hundred forty seven thirty times used the word jewish state why do you say that the u.n. and its investigations are prejudiced against israel what proof do you have the u.n. has the right and the duty to hold israel accountable to its international obligations on a whole range of issues whether it's the palestinian issue whether it's women's rights whatever it is just like every other country israel should be held accountable but

we have jack too is the political hijacking of u.n. bodies such that they are rendered ineffective to help millions of human rights victims around the world if we take the example again of the human rights council here's a body that is pledged to promote and protect human rights for victims around the world the fact that in ten sessions seven of them have been on israel all of them one sided making no reference to hamas terrorism to hezbollah or terrorism and only three sessions out of ten for the rest of the world can. mind what it means it's not just absurd and outrageous it means the victims in darfur victims of mass rape in congo victims of. repression in zimbabwe and china around the world never get a chance to have their their day in the international spotlight which is needed to combat victims why is israel still not able to have a rotating seat on the security council whereas countries like libya saudi arabia which have far worse human rights records are israel was never admitted into the

regional group that it by geography ought to belong namely the asian group its neighbors syria jordan saudi arabia belong to the asian regional group but because of the arab states objection to israel they refuse to let israel joint and so israel has never been able to join its regional group asia and the result is that many of the elections for important un bodies occur within the regional groups there sometimes an allotment that will be x. amount of seats for the asian group for the european group for the south american group and so forth so israel was denied access to many significant un bodies because of this system ten years ago there was an important shift israel was admitted into a group which is called a western europe and others the we are a group and includes most countries as well as united states canada new zealand australia and other liberal democracies and in the year two thousand israel was admitted in new york and therefore theoretically today israel actually could be

potentially a candidate for the security council. however subsequent question arises whether israel would be elected and that's and that's far from clear but despite what you've said at times they are made solutions that are passed that support israel for example the resolution on the commemoration of the holocaust that was overwhelmingly passed when theory it could happen one day that israel would submit . candidacy and it would be elected the security council the reality today is that the islamic states are so. opposed to anything that favors israel even in the most benign way that you would have almost fifty six states determined to oppose israel and many dictatorships at the un automatically oppose israel countries like zimbabwe north korea and so forth vote with the islamic states in their campaign and so even if israel were to submit it's kind of a c it's not clear that it would be elected do you still support the existence of

the un is it still relevant in our world today we believe the un could be something else we believe that the un has an indispensable role in this world there's there's no replacement for the one if un didn't exist we would have to create it. and the when when it started in the early years it was very well respected by all countries . and its its mission was respected by israelis as it was by arabs but in the past several decades it's been taken over by an extreme agenda. thank you very much for talking to us here. thank you my pleasure. welcome to the. what makes

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the top stories from our moscow court has announced the sentence for russia's most famous prisoner because. the former convicted of money laundering embezzlement is to spend six more years in prison that would mean a jail term of fourteen years in total as he's already serving time for foreign tax evasion. europe's wary of the spread of islamic extremism following the recent arrests for a suspected attack on a danish newspaper that published cartoons of the prophet muhammad it is the latest in a series of arrests across europe throughout the year. it was the sight of consumerism loosening its grip on american society despite the tough economic times some say the growing addiction to shopping is turned into

a religion and has to be confronted with. time now for major sport with. hello and welcome to the school's roundup in r.t.m. let's have a look at the headlines for. a new beginning olympic gold medalists to learn that demented will become the vice president of the russian tennis federation after retiring from the game just two months ago. taking on the world russia's national rugby team is hard at work now as the underdog schooled aims to grapple with the big boys abbey twenty eleven rugby world cup. and also down but not out australia's skipper you keep wanting is said to miss the fifth ashes test against england due to injury but insists his korea is not over yet. time is

fast where you will be reuniting with coach pish of but not on the court the two thousand and eight olympic gold medalist has been named vice president of the russian tennis federation after retiring from playing some two months ago the twenty nine year old seen here jeering her final tournament and do sad she is not sure how exactly she can help the federation dimentia however expressed hope that president r.p. shift would help her learn the ropes the russian should be able to bring a unique perspective over a player having had quite a ride korea the gold and silver olympic medalist has won sixteen w ten singles titles with only a grand slam if they didn't mean to run around. and while demands of enjoying her new challenges away from the tennis court her ex colleagues will be back to work in january the russian contingent hoping for another strong year after he saw a drawing of form in twenty town constantin brought up

a reflects now on the year that was and the challenges ahead for russian tennis. we had the usually finally became the top ranked russian plan ahead if you go either way dan in twenty town selda twenty eight year old can be satisfied with his results this year despite the fact that the injury spoiled the end of the season picking. the usually show his best at the us open getting to the semifinals for the second time in his career before being beaten by down stoppable replanted died and reached there on the last quarter finals in paris where he lost to the ultimate winner the moscow aidid and two pieces of silhouette of his cabinet though he won tolerance in basel and kuala lumpur and reached three more finals as a result of his soul it before men's he finished the year in top ten not quite enough to get to the a.t.p. world tour finals with. despite injuries i would like to praise youzhny who ended the year in the top ten for the first time ever nevertheless he lost about two

months because of injuries but our biggest problem in men's tennis is that we do not have hot prospects for the future right now. before this year we had was when i know i was in the shadows of her fellow confederates but it twenty ten hoping for months was beyond brace grab it progress allowed it to mean a six year old to become number one among the russians and grab second in the world rankings all that despite a poor start to the year but ones when i would change coach she soon reached her first grand slam singles final amma at wimbledon on malindi bronze medalists repeated that result in more the use open and in beijing despite being second only to kind of early and was knocking the rankings when i know it took only one title this year at but-i a cd so the biggest challenge for her during next contain is to win a grand slam with her fickle as one of us performance was outstanding this year though she hasn't won a grand slam yet together with maria sharapova she is our most decorated player

while sharapova won three grand slams in the singles valinor of a did it once in the doubles and twice in the mic. i believe that at the end of february she will be able to become number one in the world nine to the ball before most of the we didn't go. down the rankings can hide the biggest disappointment of the season and demand she was farewell from professional sport she no longer felt able to deal with the media this year around tennis i made a decision because i think it's the right time for me. i'm still you know on the top of the game and. it's been amazing experience for me. playing a while though reading but i think it's time for me to make a big step you know. make some decisions in my life the former world number three and olympic champion lift the sport well in the top ten and playing on the w.t. tour so the twenty nine year old lives with her head held high proving she is one

of the best tennis players of the past to kate. demands of what is in good physical condition and could easily play three more years focusing on grand slams but according to the w.g. rules an athlete is obliged to take part in certain tournaments and if you don't you have to pay fines they can reach up to a half a million dollars and players are bound by these rules. but twenty eleven promises to be more successful for the russians both in the singles and the davis in fact comps especially family one stays injury free of r.t. . now in cricket draycott ponting has rolled out speculation over his retirement the australian captain will miss their first ashes tast against angle on due to continuing problems with a broken finger but he's confident he will leave the school about the upcoming cricket world cup as well as their next task series in august. not in my thinking at all now i've often thought about that i don't want to keep lying on my death pretty clearly. when i leave this way could go out through the summer i think i've

got a lot of offers apply and as captain of the strength of this try and same and i want to continue to do that so you know unfortunate complex where. it's probably going to mean i'm going to miss the one dies in a straw as well but with a full cup around the corner i want to be the best player in this later i can throughout that world cup tournament and hopefully be able to win a fourth consecutive world cup a bigger. despite most of the world enjoying the christmas and new year's holidays there is no rest for rugby players who are training for the twenty eleven world cup in new zealand richard caught up with the man who is going to try and pull off a shock or two while the tournament's gets on the way in nine months time. russia's director of rugby steve diamond likes a challenge he's been living on and off in the country for the last couple of years but the biggest task ahead of the englishman is yet to come in a month's time russia will play in rugby world cup and diamond knows he has a lot of work ahead of him but all the people realize that how big a task it was to qualify. from

a team that never qualified and that that's a monumental thing for the for the nation and the union to take on board for the next thing is not to be embarrassed since the competition so what we've done with the backing from copy of and the backing from the rubin of russia and. the front of us to go travelling for the next six months or so we're off to new zealand for twenty days in january russia will be one of the lowest ranked nations of the world cup and the draw hasn't been favorable to them they have to play two of the games giants australia or niland while italy and possibly the usa will also be tough fixtures for the major difference is just the pace really. the impact that you create in the tactical situation yeah and that's where you know it can be dangerous if you are a nation that is used to playing against opposition a lot that can be some serious injuries so we've got to make sure we're case hardened in the next hour of russia's post police's side strength as were bad backs

and will look to move the ball wide as much as possible however it's into friends where they really need to improve i'm inside shipped over seventy points recently to filomena's japan a back to back defeats argentina's second string haven't helped even when he says his team have to get fitter games over the last six months in the church a couple in the us with internationals against japan and. argentina ray. we competed still in the argentinian games for sixty minutes and then we collapsed in the last day to ten minutes so that's what we've identified is the key here. it's a work of. work you know diamond isn't helped by having a very small pool of players to pick from with only eight teams in the top division he realistically only has around sixty players available for selection of a national team for rugby is growing in popularity russia supreme oh says this could look further afield for potential new stars there's no real amateur sport in

the coach everything is about playing for money so. the way it goes need to be able to select from other sports humble basketball if they're going that route and sucky then potentially not good. and they can cause a row because ruby is one of those sports where. such abuse of those of this sort of involved in one sports center it would take a miracle for russia to win the rugby world cup just getting out of a group will be a massive achievement in itself and diamond says it's important to keep his sights hopes in perspective it's all about competing for the world cup it sounds a little bit of a get out you got to be a realist you know i presume to three different stores and i understand the level of play i played and coached on some level of being now. we can challenge america definitely. and we can definitely challenges chile. in a time that after work i'm not suggesting we can be italy by many points but we've

been looking at being pragmatic imbibing great defense and keeping the school to within thirty points against italy russia scored will soon settle for new zealand what diamond sends will be a very tough training camp and says the players don't know what they're in for but it helps the country pull off a surprise or two in september to fountain eleven then it will have been certainly worth it richard both legality. and in winter sports finally thomas morgan stanley and up to his wealth of leaders status baling by winning the four hills open in germany the final ski jumping about of the year mortgage down costing the best down. so in both trials to secure the top spot ahead of them one's might say how to make a and fellow australian monorails that many here will take forward a massive advantage to the second floor yells about the garnish parking here have scheduled for january first.

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