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a recap of the stories that shape the week moscow falls victim to the winds of the weather because frozen rain leads to a massive blackout some travel chaos paralyzing the russian capital for several days. europe's growing increasingly wary of the spread of islamic extremism with the recent arrests over the alleged mass terror plot in denmark adding to the fears . russia's most famous prisoner mikhail khodorkovsky will retain this status for six more years as the court finds the former tycoon guilty of massive oil embezzled . and two years after israel's military offensive on gaza you know paul that how

people there are still struggling to get their lives back to normal despite israel insisting it's easing economic blockade. hello this is the review of the week my name is kevin and it's now one i am here this third of january first it was a week when moscow ground to hold freezing rain ruptured power lines paralyzed traffic and crippled airports for thousands of stranded travelers it meant starting the holiday stuck in jams or sleeping on an airport floor and others were left in the dark on new year's eve. reports. turned into a lump of ice overnight the rain was freezing falling on emergency workers knocked it down like gloss. have your eyes snapped power lines and shutdown the country's largest airports for almost two days but enough at any time of year but

horrendous at the highs of the holy day getaway this is how one of moscow's busiest hops looks like power is back on and flies are getting back on shad you like that the my idea that the airport which was worst hit by bad weather conditions over the weekend what a snowstorm disrupted power 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 airport's premises. it's very hard for me here i have a broken leg and there are no facilities here it will be wrong crissy and no one's helping there's no service want to get what you think about how the airport has been dealing with a problem. that you know very well but i don't think any airport deals very well with these problems as we're seeing across europe. russia second largest and help sure many of our suffered know the tricity blackouts but faced how to deal

a sport thousands of passengers who stormed past but control zones blocked luggage areas and clashed with police. meanwhile outside was no better motorists were first clearing their cars from eyes and then spent hours in jams freezing up again at three thousand two hundred kilometers the queues be all records in the city and even one straight line would stretch all the way to burst solona i've been stuck in traffic for five hours. with clocks fast approaching the new year the prime minister was pushing the local authorities to work harder. because you promised that by six pm today electricity will be back on it six now some of us but it's not enough to meet only. experience in the thirty five villages for families and people still without power i have an idea you go to

these villages and celebrate the new year together with these people. and the first time in six days villagers saw their streets lead up by the chorus of the high ranking official some to say sorry and just twenty minutes before midnight people were once again seeing the light relieved their power was back on and twenty eleven was already looking brighter it feeling the pressure of r r t most. investigators have found the flight recorders of the russian passenger jet which caught fire and exploded in western siberia the incident claimed at least three lives and left over forty injured investigators are looking for cause the fire of the engines the plane was taxiing for takeoff from the city of support one hundred twenty passengers and crew were evacuated from the jet before it blew up among those onboard was a russian group called and told journalists there was difficulty with in the emergency exits some passengers reportedly had to run through the flames to escape

leaving them with severe burns one of the injured is in a critical condition tonight. you're watching r t still ahead a few when shopping turns into a religion. you should. really look at some desperate method to confront consumerism united states as the country's financial troubles don't seem to have cured america's credit card addiction class. or how to close a team in siberia and meet the local call. strive to revive the noble spirit and if . it's. this way danish police prevented what they called the most serious terror plot ever attempted in the country four suspects arrested on wednesday will stay in prison for several weeks now allegations of planning a gun attack in copenhagen it's thought the men with links to international terror networks were plotting a gun rampage in an office of

a newspaper which printed cartoons of the prophet muhammad five years ago the drawing sparked outrage among 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 would put european nations on high alert over the spread of islamic radicalism. could offer a pall. 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 horror of europe police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this redo on a rouge was born in belgium in the family of christians and converted to islam when

he was plenty 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 slanty just 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 know erratic and don't understand the muslim philosophy they end up in the arms of busy moms who come from saudi arabia or egypt a former french intel. officer claude many 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 muslim 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 us in the streets in the must this is one of the immigrant quarters of brussels populated by muslims signs in arabic specialist shops and cafes teleport to believe for one top european union official around a quarter of the local active working age population from eighteen to thirty is unemployed unofficial 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 belgium's early to towards asylum or among the most to be left 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 extreme isn't a threat will remain no matter how many arrests or me you go to school or brussels . for all. his prison term extended on thursday his current sentence for fraud and tax evasion would have ended this year but a new sentence for stealing oil means he'll stay behind bars now until twenty seventeen his lawyers appealed against the verdict. reports for. four days that's how long it took the judge to read the verdict six more years that's how long we feel who will have to spend behind bars the forty seven year old is in the final stretch of an eight year prison term and sentence after being convicted for tax evasion. 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 his partner were convicted of

stealing two hundred eighteen million tonnes of oil worth twenty seven billion u.s. 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 where i had a power of attorney from one of them minority investors to attend them was thrown out at gunpoint meeting went on to dilute the investor i'm an american called kind of the state down 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 he made his fortune through what was then one of the world's largest non-state oil companies ucas it began from the states so off in the one nine hundred ninety s. and became russia's fastest growing oil producer at that time any 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 so the cost he has maintained his innocence of the fraud charges ever since his arrest in two thousand and three many in the west were of the opinion polls. prosecution not so much for financial reasons as for his political ambitions so why do his supporters in russia to interview him as a sort of a martyr figure we are all humans and for 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 a person can be smart he can be a particular it can be sold spoken but it doesn't mean that necessarily this is

a synonym of non-guilt and that might be a case with the prosecutors had asked for at least six more years on top of his current sentence they got what they wanted but we may not have heard the last of russia's trial of the decade it even goes quality moscow. the massive new oil pipeline from russia to china began operating on the first day of twenty eleven is said to pump around fifteen million tonnes a year and replaces the railway is the main means to transport fuel the pipelines length is about a thousand kilometers with most of it being on chinese territory it's a joint project between the two countries biggest all companies and russia hopes it will become its gateway to the growing asian energy market. protesters swept across garza this week because it marked two years since a military offensive by israel the three week war left more than a thousand palestinians dead many of them civilians israel said it was responding to palestinian rocket attacks and targeted hamas militants but the offensive drew worldwide condemnation because of the huge number of civilian casualties is rob

located garza after her mass which he believes is a terrorist group took control of the strip in two thousand and seven since then they've been restricted and rarely reaches its destination as artie's pointlessly or discovered. israelis insist their economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't deny the border and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoy but politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza i'm border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined core to reach gaza on the second anniversary of the last israel gaza wall the convoy dubbed asia to gaza solidarity caravan sit self in new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aid flotilla failed to do in may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that earlier attempt left nine activists did since then israel insists things have gotten better there is

a humanitarian analysis that we are making on a daily basis which allow us to see a broad picture about the humanitarian conditions and the situation in each moment but gazans complain life is still unbearable. israel has limited the number of trucks clothes and shoes coming into gaza and this causes problems with called an issue 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 that we've paid already equal the costs of the goods so even if we receive the goods back now we can't sell them they're spoiled and those goods that are getting in there 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 and evitable 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. this last week the new year was welcomed with fireworks and celebrations all around the world. i suppose first pictures that came through giving off a stunning start in new zealand the spectators packed into warplanes harbor to

enjoy the huge display there that moved further west to a stray or celebrations went off with a bang you're sydney's now traditional spectacular fireworks lit up the skyline over the harbor bridge japan to celebrate even a more sedate way by releasing the silver balloon from us of impairing notes with hopes for the future in time for the people of taiwan the islands tallest skyscraper was the centerpiece fireworks enveloping there. in the united kingdom this big bear a quarter million people flocked to the river side of the other side to watch london light up. across the atlantic there's new york's festivity center there's always around the slow descent of a six ton crystal ball over thirty two. of course it doesn't get moscow in the middle of a big snowstorm thousands of still ringing in twenty eleven with some great fireworks as the midnight chimes of the kremlin clock struck but as a result of both the reports no trevenna russians they herald more than just the

coming of a new year. it was a hectic new year's eve four years ago because think of family was marking their six years together with all the finishing the cooking and p.t.a. entertaining the guests. but as the cramming clock started counting down the last seconds of the year everybody paused. the road down which is a napkins burn them and soak the ashes in the champagne according to the time honored to russian ritual drinking it should grand even the most on a team that will wish all of. them i can tell you what i have asked for because this way it won't come true let's wait and see if i'm like you with my wish you will know about it a symbol of precious officialdom. the crowning charms are also an embodiment of people's most private hopes every year has the cloak strikes midnight millions of russians ask fortune for favors for those few seconds even cynics start to believe

in magic. begin calling the cinderella a fact according to polls the majority of those who ascribed wish granting powers to the crown in chimes are women and some of the most popular new year's wishes include finding your chill live getting married and having a baby. the largest cloak in moscow these kremlin timepiece is also among the oldest in russia the current mechanism was installed in the late nineteenth century and it's still a measure of precision and while the chimes have more of the pendulum of russian history swinging many times according to historians the wish making tradition is relatively new. you put it on for the fist tradition could be traced back to soviet times because never before had red square and the kremlin had such a sacred status it wasn't well publicized back then because there was no place for superstition in communist ideology but people made their wishes anyway and here's

why four years after synchronizing their hopes for the kremlin chimes the descent of family has that own little new year a miracle running around the house and helping with the festive first decoration at the will of the family as if she's the wish i wrote in that piece of net can in the one i mean in many many other occasions but i know for a fact from my own experience in the experience of my friends that a new year's eve need to ask for something very dear to your heart and it will definitely come true. artsy mosco. well of course you say to the. party. take place in the international space station crew at a unique start of the new year you can get more about that at r.t. dot com and find out what it feels like to see the whole planet celebrating beneath you. and then about how spectacular fireworks look like. they need a lot of care if you add some sparkle to your life just log on and learn how to

choose the right fireworks avoid the substandard ones we've got some details from advice online tonight at our t v dot com. now on a siberian expedition as we take it more of russia closer. and unfurling that map reveals we go here a regional sub for western siberia in the mountains as a continental climate with cold snowy winters and hot dry summers but like moscow so also the hope of siberian cossacks who conquered the region for the three hundred years ago i was artie's tomball and discovered they've kept their military

tradition home sharp to. the view from the end of a cossacks spear but not to worry the young on the other end knows what he's doing he's part of a tough cruel tradition which has lasted for centuries. they started when we turned seven and to trick. chance abilities it was for me i was very good do i do horse at eleven as well as i can handle a spear and a saber. it's got the old our tom and the others have a demanding daily schedule and horse riding is the glamorous part the youngsters in the village built this gym themselves another training in it will have a lot to do to prove themselves as hunters and horsemen the training communally fosters a team spirit to fill in this cossacks society. a team spirit necessary for the cossacks noblest pursuit hunting on the sharp end the

beloved fast russian dog that bred to perfection over centuries and not for any ordinary prey. even though they were selected for this speed and anger because they must be able to get the better of a wolf. raghuram is master not just of his hounds but of this whole cost village he's called the atom and he has to show skill in leadership from solving village disputes down to training dogs to catch hares. although he prefers the larger prey was more likely to root in old times to get the chance of becoming an atom and it was considered prestigious to bring home a wolf tied up. the ring and after the day's outdoor training we caught up with our at a man at the evening meal where he tells us about their history the cossacks originally

came from lambs far to the west of here but they proved a useful militia force conquering and securing siberia for the czars in return for grams of land. the idea was to create villages along the country's border so that people are bound to the land they're living on. the cossacks strong independent traditions were disliked by the communists they were suppressed and marginalized since the end of the soviet union they've been trying to rebuild that self-sufficient way of life especially when it comes to resisting the bad habits of the city. it's no easy matter living in the country of course but on the other hand we're protected from the harm of the city from drugs alcohol smoking. but tonight at least the elders of the village were allowing themselves a few liberties tom barton party. has what a heavily indebted economy and painful lessons from the crisis it seems many americans are still hooked on shopping left alone with credit cards shopaholics

fall into addiction and controlled search for hot stuff bargains but there are people who don't shy away from a very loud fight against consumerism as our team found out in the week. 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 brothers waited twenty five things with a 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 the urge to possess has taken over men to statistics age men and women compulsively shop equally in the us nowadays i'm actually excited about expensive runs during the last couple of years i've seen i think of 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 stuff is me life mission is to chase away. this shopping devil by putting on acts in churches and shopping malls around the country but credit crunch the purpose of the exaggerations is to make americans see their flaws yes of the splash trick you're spending too much money can see. it's 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 except my credit card limit every month could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms i think later in the week 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 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 part see new york. you're watching news of through the week live from moscow one is kevin owen thanks for being with us tonight our headlines very shortly.