point. the. entire. group the key to a good goal how would. she ever. want to strengthen his country's ties with russia. threats and interests. on this landmark official visit to russia the first run by an afghan president in decades joined into the details in just a couple of moments. once named norwegian is now facing deportation from the country. accusing the government of double standards. the russian to. the us and me calling him.

the victim of the propaganda war. there it's eleven am here in moscow straight to our top story now economic relations between kabul and moscow on the war against drugs are talking talks between. counterparts and that karzai is on his first official visit to the russian capital this cost lives. following the meeting. of the two leaders are just getting down to business right now on what's riding on this meat. world today on the table. are talking about the konami cooperation boosting trade and even though this is indeed the first needed by an afghan president. to. thirty years on the us

president karzai. did meet three times last year and in two thousand and ten they managed to boost trades to form hock to four hundred and thirty million u.s. dollars so it could have a corporation is of course very important a full partnership between the two countries osu russia's investment in the reconstruction of the ad infrastructure that was damaged during the war something they're talking about today's special about the projects of reconstruction the buildings that were constructed by the soviet specialists what should president karzai have said before afghanistan is very thankful for. this. and the the need for russian afghanistan to engage with would. only. help and afghanistan rebuild itself and d v develop its you to

shoot capacity but also by trade investment by interaction between all businesses which is very strong. we must go today also the two presidents are discussing military cooperation of course earlier russia and the united states have agreed that the u.s. military cargo would be allowed to be transferred through russian territory to ease the process of delivering military aid russia has also sold eighty m.r.e. seventeen helicopters to afghanistan with guns and ammunition so military talks are also on the table just before meeting with president began just president karzai met with the future russian diplomats to talk to them about the importance of cooperation between russia and afghanistan. to tell you the two countries rather well unfortunately the drugs business that afghanistan is the supplier and for the user as it were just going to be able to do to try to break this. well

presidents are talking about how russia could increase its involvement in tackling the problem of drug trafficking russia has been trying to do so over the past couple of years by participating in all sorts of international meetings that. involved. brought upon this problem on the table so russia of course is very much interested in being involved in this because thirty thousand people die from heroin addiction. every year and that heroin comes from afghanistan and altogether in russia there's one million five hundred thousand heroin addicts and again most of that heroin comes from afghanistan number one consumer of those drugs and so this is the number one issue. how the international community including russia could be involved in helping to

destroy those. in the international community because we're really been destroyed by foreign destruction and the infrastructure is going to. we could. need to use their. police force. or military so we have the capability to prevent supplies from other countries of course who have. not been such up sorry state who are today. but of course even with the participation of the international community turning afghanistan in to peaceful a drug free place is a slow and difficult process but we're hoping to see some progress to be made today and i'm waiting to hear for a joint statement from the president you updates throughout the day. something to with me to thank you for now. well and stay with us to watch our exclusive

interview with the afghan leader in just over an hour's time or you can log on to our web site right now. a member of the afghan parliament the russia should be more involved in the region as its own security is at stake when afghanistan's unstable russia's. role in afghanistan can be. based on. russia will be affected by extremist elements from up on its own move for their towards central asia it will. totally dismantled the russian security belts and i think russia has more stake in stabilizing afghanistan and more stake in helping. stabilisation not only in terms of food security and military but in terms of development and reconstruction through graphic proximity. cities and also russia's involvement in

this region the strategic importance should be an asset for both countries and we should take advantage of that importance and that will give us better opportunities for future for more cooperation in many fields. she was once named norwegian of the year but that's a power he holds a little sway with the scandinavian authorities that are about to deport a russian born highly illegal immigrant despite the fact she's lived in the country for most a decade. reports the cases the claims of double standards against ways government . are you relieved that she can stay in norway for one more day maria yes this was very good one day one more day might be all she gets for 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 instead of the only thing i've wanted and she is well it is

for her to be with me and all here 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 molar cracka leader of a kurdish terror group 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 it's a terrible paradox for ordinary people to see. this fantastic. if. this person is very popular to say the least constant nuisance to norwegian society he's able to stay. in the logic of cause i really parents fled north korea 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. the family sought asylum in norway and when they were refused decided to stay on illegally reported to learn norwegian in a matter of weeks his degree and the place 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 integration into norwegian society. in musical festivals and literature refers to all sort of an extremely sort of active in the new few concert despite process the government standing ironically norway's recently ups the number of deportations in response to public criticism the treatment of illegal immigrants was too lenient in two thousand and ten 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 in other cases is that if that asylum application is rejected. those who are suspected have to return we prefer of course that. they do this all internally but if they do not return on terry they have to be sent to their country of origin by force but insists she hasn't had a fair hearing in fact he said mr terrorists 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 is a prime example of why the rules must be changed we have to remember the child in

terms of the way. here in norway. situation. she comes from tree and this. to me the tree. the way we treat. children but any change in the law is unlikely to help mary and really she has to report to a police station every day with a suitcase in case today's the day she has to be home the norwegian government's treatment. brought its people out into the streets in anger and yes it would now take a humiliating state you tend to allow her to stay in the country she grew up in and has come to cool home i'm a lawyer hasn't given up but it seems for the norwegian person of the year time left in no way can now be counted in days not weeks. that coming out late in the program banking on china while your best when you run

over to make a quick buck. the yeah how do you ask about find out who the most drugs in the streets of the city. representatives of the european union are boycotting on examine the question because integration his fourth term as a president of the roost according to a spokesman for twenty seven member states of decided to distance themselves from the ceremony in terms of the european parliament passed a resolution calling for sanctions against the butt of russian leadership as a response to the violence of iraq to dance the december elections i was the leaders and activists were attacked international business voters read the proposed sanctions including ban on freezes the freeze on bank accounts belonging to see it doesn't officially. as foreign ministers are set to reach a final decision retardation snow. machine for has only to tell the truth measures to be prepared. this is regime this is the first time the russian leader has faced

restrictions some experts say this round will be more intense. this is a man and a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights groups free expression by civil society political opposition and that what we need to do is to be seen to say that the european union and international community is for change that we will are and whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future there. we will be consequences on this by the russian regime otherwise we are letting down the human rights groups and political prisoners who are suffering today in the past they were very blunt approach to start all or nothing you know what we are saying today overturned today are smart sanctions financial sanctions against himself or others in his regime who are not at the moment saying that 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 our local the european union but multilateral eight through the i.m.f. or g 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. that the gun rather than to boot is 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 and it's a sea change in imports. for one three.

true to form 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 with. 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 the two boots trial date has not even been set yet the man has spent almost two months in this jail in downtown manhattan in 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 relative family has already received a far from warm welcome in the states his wife paula 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. it's case legally remains in thailand you

saw still here what basically according to boots thai and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court with your living there was no official decision of an extradition this has been raising the question of whether the us broke laws in whisking him away onto its soil. or boat 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 when he's in custody it's a great feeling woods' wife believes the case against her husband was fabricated and calls what happened to him a kidnapping the full sky 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 legal experts say it will be months until the start of the trial if found guilty by the u.s. federal courts bitter blood could face up to a life sentence behind bars or t. new york. the iranian envoy to the international atomic energy agency says tehran will never stop enriching uranium no matter what they ask us or tony made the statement on the eve of the latest round of talks on iran's nuclear program and what it says his country's authority program is now completely self-sufficient which will continue to run as bombed by the us countries currently aforesaid so he when sanctions but assault on any idea that these will forced him to stop reaching the brain and. sit down for talks with six world powers in istanbul late on friday the u.s. and its allies want guarantees tehran won't pursue the creation of nuclear weapons

despite this state. that they ask us all to me told r.t. iran shouldn't even have to bear any international pressure. that's all the sanctions imposed on us by the u. when illegitimate we were obliged to allow inspections of our reactors and we did the international atomic energy agency found nothing wrong with our nuclear program and the inspections were going on but then the u.s. britain france and germany pressured the i.e.e.e. and the security council got the report it was waiting for international inspectors never found any of their land is working. and this needs our country has not broken the law there is no legal basis for demanding we stop enriching uranium. at our web site has a lot more to a few well he wanted had some of what's online right now just a click away talk to dot com all is in the middle of the desert. germiston covers one of the world's largest spying bases in israel find out what apparently went

unnoticed for decades. and modern day problem of traffic jams is getting an age old solution moscow's bell ringers have offered up their services to help avoid the gridlock get the details of our team doctor. the chinese president hu jintao is in chicago on the third day of his trip to the u.s. discuss economic and security cooperation is it comes in the same week that the bank of china opened up trading to american customers for the first time the currency continued to strengthen against the dollar many americans are hoping to cash in on that point not small. here city's chinatown is a go to for many things authentic meals designer knockoffs manicures massages and now money the bank of china one of the country's main 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 to day growth experts say china's currency is likely to go up as the country remains a manufacturing powerhouse the chinese have been saving and investing over thirty five percent of their income and 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 exporter currently coasting with the new enormous trade and budget surplus while the u.s. 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 me 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 zedong you find surprising that americans are swapping dollars for you know american currency chinese currency what isn't surprising because it puts all of the papers out trying to talk to take over and is doing so well. it's 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 and they associate with a good investment it legitimizes and jacks up the usage in the acceptance of the chinese currency. as with any gamble banking on the you won does have its risks us

private consumer takes one side of the bet the bank of china takes us out of the bet fair 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 session one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency. r.t. me or. some other international using brief for you this hour former u.k. prime minister tony blair is to face a second round of questioning over his role and run up to the iraq war i think a lot is investigating right in any case of i think any of us in the invasion there will be asked to clarify his earlier own since i think the drugs and in which i still expect to demonstrate throughout interrogation. more than one hundred twenty people have been arrested in the largest single day mafia crackdown in u.s. history queues of numerous run into the illegal acts from extortion to drug trafficking

f.b.i. agents use wiretaps and intelligence including assistance from more than a fantasy elements. rests which targeted new york's five main crime families took place in the city and in other areas northeast of the country. a mysterious billboard depicting the infamous deceased colombian drug lord scuba diving season's greetings has been taken down by police and ukrainians if you all cough or show the smiling school wishing the calls happy new year officials claim they have no idea who was behind the bizarre message that paid a reported twenty five thousand dollars cost to use the billboard even one who pointed it was. back with headlines in a few minutes before the queen i will bring you the latest business to stay with us .

i walk into business with the malakand ross they have and b.p. has come under fire after their recent swap and preparation to join to develop russia's arctic shelf the criticism centered around the gulf oil disaster that speaking exclusively to r.t. the russian oil giants vice president said the bad press isn't fair he was also positive about the start date of the project. we think it's possible to spot meeting 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. and you can catch the full interview with peter o'brien on tuesday january twenty fifth on

spotlight while natural gas reserves will last for the next two hundred fifty years that's according to a report by the international energy agency current traditional natural gas should last at least one hundred thirty years the emergence of new technology for the extraction of shale gas has extended this life span it's an estimated that untraditional gas was a lie in the region of nine hundred twenty trillion cubic meters which is three hundred times more than current demand. and let's turn to the markets now asian stocks are mostly lower made concerns over china's ability to restrain its economy resources a losing ground up the road to the child declines in commodities prices in tokyo sumitomo metal shed one point two percent in sydney mining heavyweight b.h.p. billiton and rio tinto dropped over wanted to have percent and shares were trading three point seven percent lower in hong kong. and new in russia versus

a high on friday with energy majors and banks up in the indices investors are taking a prudent approach of waiting to see how the u.s. market performs after yesterday's bounce. after are gaining point four point two percent respectively this hours to a bank and really we are also in positive territory on the my sax while notice neko is trading in the red on the r.t.s. . it pool of russian investors could buy news outdoor russia's largest outdoor advertising agency for up to four hundred million dollars that's according to commerce paper russian media ventures and a handful of investors capital are the latest to show interest in the rupert murdoch owned ad agency which has been for sale since two thousand and seven previous it is word t p g fund and french group g c but they dropped interest after the agency's revenues slumped to fold in two pounds. the loan portfolio

of russian banks expected to grow by twenty five percent in two thousand and eleven that's according to. its experts say the country's banking system outlook for this year is stable however the scope for further upgrades is limited to the weakness in the client base and corporate governance xander dannielle from fitch ratings says in two thousand and eleven russian banks will soon lower profitability due to a stronger competition that's eating up margins. for the low and we think that their 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. you can always find all stars if you log on to our website r.t. dot com slash posts.

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