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because he is here by sentenced to fourteen years in prison until it. rushes the most famous for is now on foreign oil tycoon is convicted of threats and money laundering and gets his term extended by six more yeah. tara target three men are charged with planning a terror attack on the danish newspaper behind controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad five years ago. they holiday season brings america's credit card addiction into the spotlight as millions are not shopping malls across the country despite the nation's financial troubles.

hello and welcome to our c twenty following news life from moscow and you know. the story for oil tycoon mikhail had a call scare his business partner platon lebedev have been sentenced to fourteen years in prison for stealing hundreds of tons of tons of oil and money laundering both men were approaching the end of their previous jail terms for tax evasion and fraud. in our reports. four days that's how long it took the judge to read the verdict six more years that's how long we feel one of course will have to spend behind bars the forty seven year old is in the final stretch of an eight year prison term and sentenced after being convicted for tax evasion because. if you buy sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment the sentence will be served in the

correctional colony of a medium security prison in this second trial for the course can you just partner were convicted of stealing two hundred eighteen million tons of oil were. 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. a shareholder meeting where i had a power of attorney from one of the minority investors to attend and was thrown out at gunpoint meeting went on to dilute the investor a man called american called. the state down to 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 today he made his fortune through what was then one of the world's largest non-state oil companies it began from the states so off in the one nine hundred ninety s. and became vs fastest growing oil producer at that time any business was risky

a new kiss 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 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 because he has maintained his innocence of the fraud charges ever since his arrest in two thousand and three and the west's many believe he was singled out 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. 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 can be smart he can be

a particular it can be sold spoken but it doesn't mean that necessarily this is a finish off not guilty and that might be a case where the prosecutors had asked firstly. six more years on top of his current sentence they got what they wanted but political skills lawyers say they'll appeal meaning we may not have heard the last of russia's trial of the decade it even goes carty moscow. three men arrested for planning denmark's most series going to times have been charged over a terror plot led danish police released one of the five suspects and another one is to face hearing this way of the suspects allegedly planned the attack on the office of a nice paper in copenhagen where she printed cartoons of the prophet muhammad five years ago the drawing sparked outrage among muslims across the world officials say of those arrested intended to kill as many people as possible in the paper's needs vary and if the latest in a series of arrests throughout the year which have put european nations on high alert at this threat of islamic radicalism. in office. 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 churchill's all are suspected of recruiting so-called jihadist candidates and financing terrorist organizations right from the heartland of europe police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over this is that it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this redo a ruse was born in belgium in a family of christians and converted to islam when he was. 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 extreme arms acting in europe and the problem is people who don't. understand the muslims who also free they end up in the arms of busy moms who come from saudi arabia or egypt. former french intelligence officer claude money care now has a company advising governments and corporations or help 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 veil to from their attention by its privacy they will say you are not a good mistake because you don't practice five times the prior five times a day you are not a good muslim because you are drinking you are not a good muslim because your wife is not veiled and you are not a good mystery because you don't do nothing for your brother. in palestine in iraq and so on which are oppressed and are killed it begins in the families it begins. in the streets in damascus this is one of the immigrant quarters of brussels

populated by muslims signs in arabic specialist shops and cafes and of course to believe we are in the port one 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 islam and little work in many european muslim communities seem to have become the driving force behind the spread of extremist belgium's early two towards asylum on the most relaxed in the european union the flow of newcomers is likely to continue and many experts believe. it is need to hope muslims integrate into a multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests are made you got this kind of brussels. and danish journalist and writer had a narrative break says politicians are failing to take action against radical. i

think what has gone terribly wrong is that very many politicians underestimate the interests of radical preachers speaking in mosques all over europe can. at universities or of course spreading the message it's the internet and when you have radical preachers doing this and not sort of being aware of it then you have the situation that you have today. and coming up in just a few moments here on our team were revealed this secret still staying strong inside piggery. pulling really boss is the only way these what you have to show their strength it can also find many other ways to flex some siberian. so join elsie's close up team in the city of all this to see what else people there are capable of and where that comes from. with the new year's celebrations just hours away it's last minute shopping that's occupying

many russians but for many in the u.s. consumerism is an all season addiction which it thrives despite faltering economy is the situation about one man who's fighting what he believes has become a region. true. you should. stop. her. but 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 we 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 say you men and women compulsively shop equally in the us nowadays i'm actually excited about expensive runs your last couple of years have seen 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. oh 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 shape is me life mission is to chase away. this shopping devil by putting on acts in churches and shopping malls around the country the credit crunch the purpose of the exaggerations is to make americans see their flaws use of the splash took. too much money the consumer the 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 by normally looks at my credit card limit every mom could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms nothing to let you know what does all that tell 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 and 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 and indication no lessons learned even after the big crash of a recession and those who true cannot see me or. not at all to me and that website well i knew also the chernobyl nuclear disaster sites are being opened up to terrorists as authorities say no longer poses a greater access threat. and wiki leaks that was not the finest in the secret diplomatic cables. or publishing classified documents and long before also talks of their websites co-founder joe young about online spying having to be is as

a team. so korea has ramped up the rhetoric against its northern neighbor virtually labeling it and then to me it comes as tensions in the region remain high for north korea's shelling of an island in response to all beings on its border and learned patrol lecturing korean studies at the university of sydney says that it's part of the south's new approach to relations with the north. korean side it's a very provocative hostile step from south korea which. is supplementing its. not just rhetoric because the military. logistical preparations for the invasion of north korea looks at the but force of koreans is just to return

to the original stance of 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 north korea does not want to change north korea's prepared is doing everything possible to avoid this change because it simply cannot sustain any economic or political change so resides on the four north korean nerd agreements a survival south korea is doing everything possible to destabilize the situation either militarily or using to provide the traditional usual for the sun trying policy south korea is a security ally of the united states and united states is presence in the region and states really wants to influence its control over the group and you for united states are stationed for this 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 north korea if so unified

korea becomes a new dependent state while the certain interests of the united states' national interests might be jeopardized. let's check some world news in breve this hour. in the business. has been convicted of rape and could go to jail a three judge panel labeled his defense as a riddled with lies in its ruling but it has not yet sentenced him women's rights groups have long complained that israeli authorities shrug off sexual harassment i don't want places welcome to the verdict of he was found guilty of raping an employee as tourism minister in the one nine hundred ninety s. and other sexual offenses when head of state between two thousand and two thousand and seven. at least two people have been killed in a series of blasts targeting the christian minority in the iraqi capital baghdad fourteen others were wounded the worst of their times came when the. district of the city thousands of christians hope fled to the north of the country since an upsurge in violence in october. days of torrential rains have left eastern

australia facing its worst flooding in decades thousands of people have been evacuated from affected areas but many remote communities remain cut off by high water as the government has declared much of the north east a disaster zone deployed on the helicopters to assist with rescue efforts and the theology is so warm that even though rains have eased also ronald's from the high hours could still at least tamil flooding. closeout series as we discover the hidden treasures of siberia. so we are in normal school one of the largest regions in south western siberia people who are none for the considerable strength and trees siberians parrot that's exactly what makes them best hockey player in the country and it turns out it's not

the only way they show some say their own muscle tone boss explained. 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 they're special i their side they're. all your soul most of them honest since we were little we've practiced outside in the cold weather so we're used to hot conditions it's room i know that america so we have the toughest players. and it's not just seasoned players enthusiasm for the test of courage and strength comes young. and. i like the way they play hockey the pull of joints the strikes and the opportunity to become a still life. ice hockey isn't the only had chilean and dev attracting attention here how about the why don't know turning a minibus. those voices even say bierria in winter with slippery roads it's pretty

hard. pulling many buses are the only way this way they have to show their strength they can also find many other ways to flex some siberian muscle. here is a 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 and earn some extra money you know but day in day out it's about heaving that little bit more. moon that i had to separate 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 with. 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 that special qualities should. be simply comes out and 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 he thinks they might 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 me to tire moving. me some joined weights lifting. or perhaps even me. it's not a problem for the men with the muscles tom watson r.t. bomb scare. now where the new year holiday is just around the corner hundreds of honest rings have opened that door with the most guys all across the russian capital and one of them is in no poland made famous by writers and also aussies i

have a bet their eyes for this. new year in moscow really wouldn't be complete without a bit of ice skating so i have tons of patriotic poems but historic place in the center of the city is appalled by the song and i stream by winter this is the first year they've actually o'brien official here. i i. heard your song should play was close enough to tell the story here over a hundred years ago there is ice skating and it's a famous place with mask of all ages called bulldog called noble martial margarito but this year is the first it actually made the fish. go to this this jury is still up around the place. this is not i think that in most

a process that children. are going to stay saying i'm honestly not going to give you lessons. but i think the fear of the i love you all believe it that you're very serious you know how do you are. a palestinian officials say they will last the u.n. security council to approve a resolution condemning israeli attempts settlements rather in the west bank up next also he's also he is from a human rights group which believes the world body is struggling to deal with.

with me i have the executive director of human watch a human rights group based in switzerland mr miller 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 a need want to treat you and 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 u.n. accountable and to measure it by the arctic of its own charter many israelis complain that israel does not get a fair deal or fair 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. un 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 stance simply devoted to. helping the palestinians and have the palestinians been helped and the palestinians have not been helped and it was coffee in on himself 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 of all the resolutions and at the at the un human rights council in geneva 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 it and i did states the european union or other countries or the. the u.n. 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 it was in the june two thousand and seven when hamas was

waging a bloody coup against v. against the palestinian authority and during that time it was a 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 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 but despite what you've said at times they always solutions that are possed 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 its 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 u.n. 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 see it's not clear that it would be elected do you still support the existence of the u.n. is it still relevant in our world today we believe the u.n. could be something else we believe that the u.n. has an indispensable role in this world there's there's no replacement for the u.n. if the u.n. 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.