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hotel. because he is here by sentenced to fourteen years in prison the moscow courts announced the sentence for russia's most famous prisoner mikhail khodorkovsky the former all tycoon convicted of money laundering and embezzlement is to spend six more years in prison. terror targets here ups wary of the threat of islamic extremism with the recent arrests over suspected attack on a danish newspaper along with other incidents fueling fears the problem is escalating. drug. use. some desperate measures to confront consumerism in the u.s.

as the country's financial troubles don't seem too cute america's credit card chip . hello this is the r t news channel it's ten pm here in moscow kevin zero in on our top story tonight former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky and his business partner have been sentenced to fourteen years in prison for all embezzlement and money laundering both men were coming to the end of their previous jail terms for tax evasion and fraud he said when a good report. four days that's how long it took the judge to read the verdict six more years that's how long the hill who will have to spend behind bars the forty seven year old is in the final stretch of an eight year prison term sentence after being convicted for tax evasion. because he is here by sentenced to fourteen years

imprisonment the sentence will be served in the correctional colony of a medium security prison in this second trial the course can just partner but only because if you were convicted of stealing two hundred eighteen million tons of oil worth twenty seven billion dollars from a subsidiary company out of course he was known as the very worst corporate governance abuse in russia and i myself was that you question how the meeting by i had a power of attorney from one of them minority investors to attend and was thrown out a gun point their meeting went on to dilute the investor a man called american called kind of his state than to actually nothing and the company voted to sell oil to an independent trade company for one dollar twenty five a barrel at a time when the international price was thirty dollars for that he made his fortune through what was then one of the world's largest non-state oil companies you close it began from the states so often in one nine hundred ninety s.

and became russia's fastest growing or producer at the time in the business was risky and ucas was no exception to could have caused his associates were found guilty of a number of murders even so their supporters insist the two men are innocent khodorkovsky was not to blame because he had a whole team of very experienced lawyers who are used to tell him that. everything he did was within the law it was the blame of the laws that had those loopholes and them could because he has mundine he's innocent of the fraud charges ever since his arrest in two thousand and three and the west's many believe he was single. for prosecution not so much for financial reasons as for his political ambitions so why do his supporters in russia tend to view him as a sort of a martyr figure we're all humans and compassion for people who who are who are behind the bars for a very long time here already eight years in prison and he has to spend many years

more the person who can be smart he can be a particular it can be source for spoken but it doesn't mean that necessarily this is a synonym of non-guilt and that might be a case of course the prosecutors had asked for at least six more years on top of his current sentence they got what they wanted but political skills lawyers see deal appeal meaning we may not have heard the last of rush's trial of the decade it is goes quality go. three men arrested for planning denmark's most serious gun attack have been charged over a terror plot earlier delhi police released one of the five suspects and another one has to face hearings in sweden the suspects allegedly planned an attack on the office of a newspaper in copenhagen which printed cartoons of the prophet muhammad five years ago the drawing sparked outrage amongst muslims across the world officials say those arrested intended to kill as many people as possible in the papers newsroom it is the latest in

a series of arrests throughout the year which have put european nations on high alert over the spread of islamic radicalism. can offer pours. over a year of investigations and a massive police raid in the end brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany the netherlands belgium dutch moroccans and churchills all are suspected of recruiting so-called jihad is kenya it's an financing terrorist organizations right from the whole of you a police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over this in the is that it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge. there is a whole machine behind this redo on a ruse was born in belgium in a family of christians and converted to islam when he was lane he says he did it on his own will because it simply provided the answers he couldn't find in other religions according to him islam teaches peace and tolerance but unfortunately due

to generally poor knowledge about it it can be used to teach the exact opposite. there are really extremely moms acting in europe and the problem is people who don't. understand the muslim philosophy they end up in the arms of busy moms who come from saudi arabia egypt a former french intelligence officer claude money care now has a company advising governments and corporations on health to deal with terrorism and extremism related threats based in brussels he claims the spread of islamic extremism is happening right in front of the authorities vielka from their attention by its privacy they will say you are not a good missed him because you don't practice five times the price five times a day you are not a good mystery because you are drinking you are not a good muslim because your wife is not there and you have to goodness him because you don't do nothing for your brothers. in palestine in iraq and so on which oppressed and are killed it begins in the families it begins. in the streets and in

the mosque this is one of the immigrant quarters of brussels. by muslim signs in arabic specialist shops and cafes and of course to be we were in the portland top european union official around a quarter of the local active working age population from eighteen to thirty is unemployed officially this figure is even higher which makes it prime ground for recruitment. the lack of education about a little work in many european muslim communities seem to have become the driving force behind the spread of extremist. attitude towards asylum or among the most relaxed in the european union. the flow of newcomers is likely to continue and many experts believe more effort is made to hope muslims integrate into a multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests or meet what is going off the brussels. danish journalist and writer helen

redbrick she told us it's the politicians in the situation get out of control i think what has gone terribly wrong is simply that very many politicians underestimate the influence of radical preachers speaking in mosques all over europe or in campuses at universities or of course spreading the message it's on the internet and when you have radical preachers doing things and not sort of being aware of it then you have the situation that you have today. and tonight at r.t. dot com when you look website where you park feature novel you create disaster sites are being opened up to to risk as authorities say no longer poses a radioactive threat what you think about that story the fancy trip they start let us know it the comment but what was stories you see on our website also wiki leaks up was not the first to league secret diplomatic cables cryptome. was publishing

classified documents long before party told the website's co-founder john young about online spying in general his interview on our website. with a win to all of a season in full swing it's buying presents that occupying most russians right now but for many in the united states shopping as an all season addiction which thrives despite the faltering economy autism is to see a churkin him one man who's fighting what he believes has become a religion. true. you should. stop.

her. styles and new must have items of the fashion world changes fast as the seasons but one thing that never goes out of style in the us is shopping america is the birthplace of modern consumerism nowhere else in the world do people buy more than here with officially more shopping malls in the us than high schools if i didn't spend enough money on sunglasses i could probably save for college and things like bad very few actually admit to an addiction is a dora does exactly what. the robbers waited twenty five things we do daily need for a new dose of jackets sweaters and skirts she considers herself a shopaholic how many pairs of shoes do you have. so hundreds be urged to possess

has taken over men to statistics see men and women compulsively shop equally in the us nowadays i'm actually excited about spencer runs your last couple of years have spent i think a one hundred thousand dollars on clothes while these numbers are simply unimaginable for millions of americans only a few are putting up a very loud fight against consumerism. reverend billy says a credit card exorcism on the entire nation is what can cure america fifteen million americans are addicted to shopping but many more americans than fifteen million shop too much stock shaping his mean life mission is to cheese so with. this shopping devil by putting on acts in churches and shopping malls around the country the credit card purpose of the exaggerations is to make americans see their flaws yes of the splash trick you're spending too much money consumer

a consumer. it's a church but controls us it's a fundamentalist church like the roman catholic church in the fourteen hundreds these desperate times normally accept my credit card limit every month could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms the things that clutter in the windows all that appeal to you since more often than not in the us legally the majority of people have too much month left at the end of the money the average american is said to generate over fifty tons of garbage by the time they are a senior with millions buzzing around new york stores this holiday season it's hard to tell who is doing it responsibly and who is completely out of control because of shopping not considered a mental disorder there are dozens of there are people and clinics in the big apple for those who are willing to admit they have a problem an indication of no lessons learned even after the big crash of a recession and stacy tripping up artsy new york. of

a shopping buzz it seems the us a story of huge financial problems to find a wide shoot into the culture report. the united states of america is broke tell me tell me oh great one well it turns out that one of the media reasons why the us is broke is you'll be shocked to hear this military spend. seven hundred billion dollars in two thousand and nine was spent on the military you have to actually double it if you are going to count the real costs of the military including the wars you know the war profiteering industry mimics wall street they are generated by fees not by free but by the dumb america is a great global empiria will be dumb they go into countries blow it up for the fees

that they pay the military contractors and hardware providers of the software providers to go commit genocide in various countries for a fee. much more mr cause or in co next hour here on this channel r.t. from moscow more news now south korea's ramped up the rhetoric against its northern neighbor officially labeling it an enemy it comes as tensions in the region remain high following north korea's shelling of an island in response to a war games on its border patrol officer lecturer in korean studies at the university of sydney told us that it's part of the south's new approach to relations with the north. from north korean side it's a very provocative hostile step from south korea which. is supplementing its. not just rhetoric but also military. logistical preparations for the invasion of north korea looks at that but for south koreans it's just

a return to the original stance the hostile anticommunist very heavy handed and very sort of. relations with north korea no concessions no cooperation no talks to south korea expects north korea to change does not want to change north korea's prepare is doing everything possible to avoid this change because it simply cannot sustain any economic or political change so resides on that of four north korean regime it's a survival south korea's doing everything possible to destabilize the situation either militarily or using to provide the traditional usual for the sunshine policy south korea is a security ally of the united states and the united states is presence in the region and states really wants to influence its control over the group and you feel united states are stationed for the station in the southern part of the korean peninsula china's next door from the korean peninsula and of course if the united

states loses control or influence over korea korean peninsula or north korea if say unified korea becomes a new dependent state well the certain interests of the united states' national interests might be jeopardized. go ahead a few moments or an r.t. tonight we reveal the secrets to staying strong inside very. willingly but this is the only way these way they have to show their strength they can also find many other ways like some siberia to. join our teams closer to the city will see what else people there are capable of the power. that is one of moscow's main airports that we did a version reportedly been fired for failing to deal with the chaos. caused by flight delays earlier this week severe disruptions in several air hubs across the capital thousands of people stranded freezing rain ruptured power cables leaving domodedovo without electricity for hours at another airport i stop runways meant that many planes couldn't take off for straight passengers said they weren't given

any information about their flights they also complained of a lack of food and water as well as the hotel beds they were promised flights are now getting back to normal but many people saw their holiday plans really. bringing up to date with the top world news stories tonight the former president of israel moshe katsav been convicted of rape and could go to jail for the three judge panel labeled his defense is riddled with lies in a true link but has not yet sentenced him women's rights groups who've long complained that israeli authorities struggle of sexual harassment at workplaces welcome the verdict he was found guilty of raping an employee as tourism minister in the one nine hundred ninety s. and other sexual offenses were head of state between two thousand and two thousand and seven. days of torrential rain of less leads to a stranger facing its worst flooding in decades thousands of people have been evacuated from affected areas but many remote communities remain cut off by the high waters the government's declared much of the northeast

a disaster zone and deployed army helicopters to assist with rescue efforts meteorologist warn that even though rains have eased off a little runoff from higher areas could still lead to more flooding. the u.s. has revoked a visa of the venezuelan ambassador to washington it's in response to president dougal chavez's rejection of america's choice of a boy to caracas after the diplomatic use chairs of close ties with leftists colombian rebels i mean tensions between chavez and washington the venezuelan leader also challenged obama's administration to cut all diplomatic relations. twenty two eighteen moscow time with russia's new year holidays just around the corner the capital seen the grand opening of its biggest ever ice rink it's called gawky city its name. after a ski resort near salt and there's enough space for more than a thousand people at a time on it the rink revised edition of skating in a store exporter loved by some of russia's most famous writers and artists bennett got his skates on to check it out for us new year in moscow really wouldn't be

complete without a bit of ice skating so i've done the patriarch's palms historic place in the sense of the city is appalled by the sound and i stream by winter this is the first year they've actually opened an official ice rink it just forms that famous place and also tell a story came here over a hundred years ago there is ice skating and it's a famous place with muscovites is called bull dog because you know martial margarito this year is the first that actually made an official i think in the sense of go to this series as long slow up around the place nice christmas not unlike getting more support system children. saying i'm honestly not going to give you lessons. but i think the four flew over i'll leave it that your merry christmas is going to have you here. very festive time now to take a look at russia and some other parts of the country to discover the hidden side

treasures of where we go in us siberia. that is if i had any doubts let's look at that map yes we know one of the largest regions in southwestern siberia people here are known for their considerable strength and true siberian spirit apparently and that's exactly what makes the best hockey players in the country but also turns out it's not the only way some of them show siberian muscle tone boston and to find out more. i and almost goes wild the local hockey team album god puts another goal in the net they may look like other teams from around russia or in the world but they know their special i guess their i know you're still missing my niece since we were little we've practiced outside in the cold weather so we're

used to hot conditions it's women know america so we're the toughest players. and it's not just seasoned on school players enthusiasm for the test of courage and strength comes young. and. i like the way they play hockey the pillow fights the strikes and the opportunity to become a story like. ice hockey isn't the only have kilian and dev attracting attention here how about the why don't no turning a minibus. of those boys even say bierria in winter with slippery roads it's pretty hard. pulling many buses is the only way this is why you have to show their strength they can also find many other ways to flex some siberian muscle. he regional local gym the team lifts bends and pulls anything they can lay their hands on for competitions across russia they also put on public shows to entertain

the crowds but earn some extra money for your day in day out it's about heaving that little bit of moon around to put the same it's different i just like it that's all i like wrestling against these pieces of equipment i like to achieve high results. the team only formed a few years ago so they haven't won any major titles yet but again the siberian spirit infuses them and they have a strong sense of its special qualities. could possibly come as a historically people from siberia have been very strong and made great soldiers i think they greatly contributed to our victory in world war two conditions here make people learn how to survive it's their money strong indeed in fact you could hardly describe these lot as being in survival mode. if it looks lift a ball or movable these guys will try and muscle it around need

a tire moving. need some giant weights lifting. or perhaps even me. it's not a problem for the men with the muscles tom barton r.t. . good relief they didn't drop him just under ten minutes time tonight artie talks an executive director of u.n. watch a group which believes the u.n. security council is struggling right now to deal with israel that's to come after thursday night business update. for the feel we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers.

right. from. the. don't. follow welcome to business program here on r.t. with me. now russia's investment climate has been one key issue this week forty billion dollars of direct foreign investment came to the country this year that's roughly the same as in two thousand and nine the government was seeking to attract more curch more board and out of scotland has turned a possible impact of the whole of the sentencing on the investment climate in the country. from global insight so the case is likely to negatively influence the

sentiment of potential new comers i think the reaction to the outcome of the court . different from those investors who are who are already in russia and sort of know the rules of the game probably the reaction would be rather muted however the investors who are interested in russia but yet have to venture into the country they would be more cautious. time to check the markets now and here in russia they've closed off to the altar yes ending the day in positive territory erasing losses rosneft was among the worst performers of the r.t.s. down movement home for the percent. russia and germany have been among the false deuce growing stock markets this year both the l.c.s. and the my sex have grown by more than twelve percent so you get a severe will from deutsche bank russia explains the reasons for the gains. performance of the us market this year was are more the first from the of this in

the increase promoted from from principal some through the since the beginning of the year and the surprise for the russian market the beautiful fall in or the price of oil price was real to the storm and i were in the one hundred dollars per barrel what the russian market. perform for well more the optimism i think sort of lived for before some people looked at the crisis made a peep and some more expected double dip what this is going to some out of the market or license consumer prices in russia have risen eight point seven percent since the beginning of the year slightly higher than officials for calls still the lowest level inflation in the country's history and wheat prices for the summer drought and potato and cabbage places have jumped almost six percent in the last week. the reason briefly international reserves declined was two billion dollars in one week the central bank says they're now equal to around four hundred seventy

which is still almost eight percent in january international reserves comprised of foreign currencies gold and other. bush is the consumer sector has seen fifteen billion dollars worth of merger and acquisition do this year but also newspapers says its three times higher than in two thousand and knowing most of the growth was driven by several big deals including pepsi co's purchase of russia's de reproducer and the merger of uni and done on analyst say russia is attractive to foreign investors as the country's enterprises are relatively cheap after the crisis however they expect the value of russian stocks to grow significantly next year. is to start selling up to five hundred thousand tons of grain intervention fund in the market so it would be carried out in a weekly basis from january that's according to problem is that appear to buy selling off grain the government hopes to stabilize prices off to a drought wiped out thirty percent of the crop.