it's time to. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on. the president is in moscow one of mission to strengthen his country's ties with russia brainstorm solutions to mutual threats and expands common interests. on this landmark official visit to russia the first run by now president in decades the details in just a couple of moments. he was once named norwegian of the year but is now facing deportation from the country he reports on a case that has no regions of using the government double standards. russian arms dealer to boot said to make his first court appearance and bore us they called him the merchant of death he claims he's the victim.

and russia and belarus reach an agreement over all prizes to moscow hold and supplies to its neighbor on the first of january details. of wealth around the clock this is out economic relations between kabul and the war against drugs top talks between his afghan counterpart had karzai is on his first official visit to the russian capital. has more on the upcoming meeting for. even though this is the first official visit over an afghan president to russia in over thirty years president putin and progress i met three times back in two thousand and ten. boost trade up to two hundred and thirty million u.s.

dollars during that year so hopefully the corporation will continue and increased russia is investing in reconstruction infrastructure projects in afghanistan especially those built by soviet specialist a years ago and that's kind of involvement in afghanistan is very much welcomed by its authorities. should russia and. the need for. its. capacity but also by trade investment by. military cooperation will be discussed it is russian the united states have agreed for the u.s. cargo to transit over russian serry terry to deliver military aid to afghanistan

and also russia has sold eighty m i seventeen helicopters guns and ammunition to afghanistan so we're expecting to hear talk of military cooperation as well today who are the best years russia has been trying to get more and more involved in solving the issue of drug trafficking from afghanistan by participating in various international meetings all this meetings that address this problem some thirty thousand people die from heroin that comes from getting this done in russia annually and altogether there one million five hundred thousand heroin addicts in russia which makes actually the biggest. it is a very important issue and the afghan. the international community because we have been destroyed by destruction and.

police force the. military. capability to prevent. such. turning afghanistan. drug free. flowing. hoping. that. well stay with watch our exclusive interview with the afghan the later in the day well i'm going to our website. to see it now. live to kabul to talk more about. it with

a member of the afghan parliament sultanzoy. thank you for joining us here on the afghan leader is seeking military agreements with russia and if so it could be the biggest russian influence in the country since the soviet campaign what's the attitude on the ground towards russia's involvement do you think. naturally. need to be changed and i think you know to change these both countries both leaderships have to work on it and we should explain to both nations that graphic proximity. and also russia's involvement in this region afghanistan's a strategic importance should be an asset for both countries and we should take advantage of that. will give us better opportunities for a future for more cooperation in many fields president karzai told r.t. the russians have a better understanding of afghanistan than americans do you think their involvement

in the war against drugs in particular could bring real change. their history go a long way even before the creation of soviet union we had. our proximity and our strategic relations been very very long. relation. in terms of drugs russia is the first country that is affected because of drugs drugs is not going to problem but it's a global problem. element in this fight and i think. the transit and. transport and chemical transport. also participate in poverty reduction in afghanistan and also try to help us. so we can take advantage of these cooperation's and. the basic reasons for.

this should not be dealt with as a war but it should be dealt as a remedy and we should remedy the problems not fighting is not going to help but we should reduce poverty we should produce more. in terms of job creation and. all these arenas. of course. different. a positive alternative to think. positive alternative for what i didn't understand. in terms of reconstructing the society in general whether it's drugs or anything else. can be. based on. will be affected by

extremism. and if extremist elements. it will. totally. dismantled the russian security. and i think has more. and more stake in helping you. only in terms of security and military but in terms of development and reconstruction for creating jobs for creating opportunities and should play a more aggressive role. has been very slow in participating. in the conferences that. been involved dressed as been taking out backseat in a big it's good for russia to be involved it's good for russia's security it's good for russia's commerce and it's good for russia's relations in the region ok we'll leave it there afghan member of parliament thank you very much indeed for joining

us here live i don't. know wolf. well she was once named norwegian of the yeah but that's apparently holds little sway with the scandinavian authorities there they're about to deport a russian born. in eagle immigrant despite the fact she's lived in the country for almost a decade. and it reports the case has led to claims of double standards against new ways government. are you relieved that you can stay in norway for one more day maria yes this was very good one day one more day she gets a russian born maria is due to be deported from norway where she's lived since she was sixteen she speaks fluent norwegian has a degree from a norwegian university and even a norwegian boyfriend the only thing i've wanted and she is well is for her to be with me and all of you it's a case that touched the hearts of ordinary norwegians enough to make them turn out

repeatedly to protest for an immigrant girl who's made an effort to become one of them and it's created a grotesque comparison with another failed asylum seeker one mullah krekar leader of a kurdish terror group cracka has been declared a threat to national security and is on the u.s. and u.n. terrorist list although he's now volunteered to go back to iraq norway won't deport him to a country that carries the death penalty. for ordinary people. this fantastic. person that is very popular to say the least. nuisance to norwegian society is able to stay born my dinner. parents fled north etc when she was only twelve possibly as a result of a business deal gone wrong although well connected in russia closely related to the last defense minister of the savior union. of the family sought asylum in norway

when they were refused decided to stay on illegally reportedly learned norwegian in a matter of weeks degree and a book on the plight of illegal immigrants in norway and at the tender age of twenty five was declared norwegian of the year by an old magazine she had. an extraordinary sort of integration into norwegian society she's also very active. in musical festivals and literature festival. stream is sort of active in the new few concerts despite process the government standing ironically norway's recently the number of deportations in response to public criticism the treatment of illegal immigrants was too lenient in two thousand and ten deported thirty eight percent more foreigners than the year before and the justice ministry insists the law must apply to everyone everybody who comes here and apply for asylum said. sure that

thorough examination of the asylum application. that is the case for each and every one applies for asylum. but the point is in this case and other cases is that if that asylum application is rejected. those who are certain have to return we prefer of course that. they do this all entirely but if they do not return or they have to be sent to their country of origin by force but insists she hasn't had a fair hearing in fact he submitted a claim to be authorities and the first he heard of it being rejected was when five police turned up to arrest her after a speaking engagement political party the christian democrats samaria really is a prime example of why the rules must be changed we have to remember. here in norway. from tree.

to tree. in the way we treat. children but any change in the law is unlikely to help. she has to report to a police station every day with a suitcase in case today's the day she has to leave her home the norwegian government's treatment. brought its people out to the streets in anger and yet it would now take a humiliating state u. turn to allow her to stay in the country she grew up in and has come to call home i'm a lawyer hasn't given up but it seems the norwegian person of the year time left in norway can now be counted in days not weeks. coming out late in the program banking on china find out why am i still. want to make a quick buck i. mean yeah have you asked.

the infamous drugs campaign the streets of ukraine city. alleged victim blue to set to make his first u.s. court appearance for a pretrial hearing he faces charges of conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorists buthe maintains his innocence the media continues to call him the merchant of death he's an associate reports. you. want three. true for hollywood and most of us love a great villain in the film lord of war nicolas cage please have your was officials celebrate his arrest the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate who is this merchant of death and why is he getting all of this attention to. the us over the course of eight years cultivated this image of an evil mastermind apparently they have no other problems nowadays there is only

victor boot there is no osama bin ladin no al qaida no problems in afghanistan no problems in iraq there is only victor boot the evil man is a russian cargo dealing businessman chased by the u.s. for a decade upon the request of america he was arrested in thailand two years ago after thai courts twice found him not guilty of any crimes he was still extradited to the u.s. this november to face one conspiring to kill united states nationals to conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the far already dubbed international arms trafficker by the u.s. victor boot is being held in a new york prison even though viktor boots trial date has not even been set yet the man has spent almost two months in this jail in downtown manhattan and solitary confinement his only contact with the outside world consists of meetings with his

defense team as well as once a week check ups from the russian consulate having arrived to the u.s. to support their relatives family has already received a far from warm welcome in the states his wife was held at the airport for almost three hours. the immigration officer asked me if i knew my husband was a terrorist while accusations are flying. case illegally remains in thailand. according to boots tie and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court would your well being there was no official decision of an extradition this has been reason the question of whether the u.s. broke laws in whisking him away onto its soil. has not committed any criminal activity and has not been found guilty neither in the us nor in any other country victor boot has said he's the victim of a propaganda war launched in america this is the lord of war the merchant of death

right and you've got him in your hands right he's in custody it's a great feeling why i believe the case against her husband was fabricated and calls what happened to him a kidnapping. i can accept the possibility that victor boot might have some information that might be of interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those governments just drag those people on to their territory technical pretrial hearings for victor boot kickoff in manhattan this week but do go experts say it will be months until the start of the trial if found guilty by the u.s. federal courts bitter bood could face up to a life sentence behind bars or t. new york the chinese president hu jintao is in chicago on the third day trip to the u.s. to discuss economic and security cooperation his visit comes in the same week that the bank of china trading to american customers for the first time the consequent

into strength against the dollar and the americans are hoping to cash in port not. city's chinatown is a go to for many things authentic meals designer knockoffs manicures massages and now money in the bank of china one of the country's name a stand on lenders has unlocked a particular door to u.s. citizens american customers are now allowed to come to this bank and open up an account trading their u.s. dollars for the chinese we want a currency bet some experts believe is worth making a currency exchange of up to twenty thousand dollars per year and while plenty of u.s. banks try to entice new customers with special offers the bank of china might be offering something irresistible today growth experts say china's currency is likely to go up as the country remains

a manufacturing powerhouse the chinese have been saving and over thirty five percent of their income in the united states we've been saving and investing two percent of our income we've been borrowing in consuming they've been saving and investing the world's largest export are currently coasting with the new enormous trade and budget surplus while the us is hardly treading way down by a crushing fourteen trillion dollars national debt so are americans ready to give benjamin franklin the push us dollar. for their evil were interested in investing in anything you think well how come not the u.s. dollar. bill goldman sachs already owns that and instead embrace now is a dong if you find surprising that americans are swapping dollars for american currency chinese currency what is in the price because that's what all of the papers are trying to to take over doing so. if holding china's

money becomes as trendy as holding the i pods it manufactures economist max wolf says the yuan may eventually become a. force to be reckoned with if wealthy people around the world or in the us begin to hold their money in chinese currency renminbi guan and they associate it with wealth may associate with a good investment it legitimizes and jacks up the usage of the acceptance of the chinese currency. as with any gamble banking on the you one does have its risks us private consumer takes one side of the bet the bank of china takes us out of the bet for the only thing is the bank of china makes a decision on how valuable do you want this. so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for such one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency point nine r.t. me on. representatives of the european union are boycotting on its own and the question because inauguration for his fourth term as

a president of the roost according to a spokesman for twenty seven member states and decided to distance themselves from the ceremony it comes after the european parliament passed a resolution calling for sanctions against the ban of russian leadership its response to want to go to the december elections of this it leaders and activists were tracked into the spring but was rigged. sanctions and all these is the freeze on bank accounts belonging to senior government officials the eaves of foreign ministers are set to reach a final decision at a meeting later this month. has all the brutality measures to be repaid should the e.u. against his regime it isn't the first time the other russian media has faced restrictions and some experts say this round will be more intense. if he's a man and a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights creators free expression by civil society political opposition and what we need to do is to be seen to

say that the european union and the international community is for change that we will our. the whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future there will be consequences on this by the russian regime otherwise we're letting down the human rights groups and political prisoners who are suffering today in the past they were very blunt approach to start missions over nothing you know what we are saying today overturned today are smart sanctions financial sanctions against himself others in his regime we're not at the moment signing with that should people on the family members were saying that the motive that true track should stay open we want. to be part of the eastern partnership with its neighboring countries and in dialogue with the european union but multilateral a through the i.m.f. if you pratley report to be cut off but yes there are these further steps that we could make in the future and we are putting personally on notice the international

community does not recognize the election results and will not stand idly by as innocent opposition members are imprisoned or beaten or tortured and civil society suppressed in this country we will not look the other way. now some other international news in brief for you this hour. the u.k. prime minister tony blair has to face a second round of questioning over his role in the run up to the rock wall well inquiries investigating zeigler u.k. site all to the us in the invasion they are very close to terrified an iraq. war protesters are expected to demonstrate throughout the to go to school. for one hundred twenty people have been arrested in the largest single day in lafayette crackdown in u.s. history they're accused of responding to it's led to extortion to drug trafficking f.b.i. agents used whatsapp so tonnage and its assistance from the families informants

sweeps which to me york's five million one families took place in the city and in other areas north east of the country. the mysterious billboard depicting the infamous deceased colombian drug lord public giving season's greetings has been taken down by police in the ukrainian city of hot coffee the border showed a smiling asked wishing locals a happy new year shows claim they have no idea who was behind the bizarre message that had paid their forty twenty five thousand dollar cost to use the billboard even with the hope point of it was. packed with headlines a few minutes before that crane that will bring you all that is business liza stay with us. please.

they're about to business good to have you with us ross they have and b.p. have come under fire after their recent share swap preparation to join the develop russia's arctic shelf but speaking exclusively to our team a russian oil giants vice president peter o'brien has said the criticism is unfair he also says he's positive about the starting date of the project. we think it's possible to spot me to start the first well by the end or so two thousand and fifteen according to license requirements there are three licenses and in the joint venture that will be pursued with b.p. we should have two wells in each license by two thousand and twenty at it can catch the full interview with peter o'brien on tuesday january twenty fifth on spotlight . as well the stories russian bear was have reached an agreement following a row over oil prices at the moscow hold it supplied to its neighbor on the first

of january prime minister vladimir putin met with his belorussian counterpart. to try and iran up the conflict the main sticking point of the dispute was russia's demand that bella was paid more for russian oil due to rising oil prices and an imminent transit terrified by means of allayed for years saying russia would assist in keeping its promise to buy twenty one point seven million tonnes of the black gold in two thousand and eleven by subsidizing some of the costs. of course questions regarding the details but we have confirmed opposition and we will get this approved soon as possible so the deal is economy will receive a subsidy of new lives billion one hundred twenty four million dollars for cheap russian oil deliveries. now that's to look at the markets starts a mostly lower amid concerns over china's ability to restrain its economy resources

are losing ground after rose of the sharp declines in commodities prices in tokyo to become a metal mining shed one point two percent in sydney mining heavyweight b.h.p. billiton and rio tinto dropped over one a half percent shares are trading three point seven percent lower call. and russia's r.t.s. opens higher on friday with banking shares meetings with gains although investors are likely to take a prudent approach of waiting to see how the u.s. markets performed after yesterday's bounce thursday both the artists and lies extended lower energy majors mainly gasp woman who lost the most on the back of lower prices. the loan portfolio of russian banks is expected to grow by twenty five percent in two thousand and eleven that's according to. its experts say the country's banking system for this year is stable however the scope for further upgrades is limited due to the weak us as a client base and corporate governance. trading says in two thousand and eleven

russian banks will see lower profitability in the competition that's heating up margins for the low and we think that the outlook is stable we don't expect they need any sort of. widespread upgrades. or likewise downgrades. so any sort of movements in the ratings would like it to be isolated. so that's that's all of you and. that's all i have for you for this hour but you can always log on to our website. story thanks for watching.

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