on a mission to strengthen his country's ties with russia brainstorm solutions to mutual threats and expound common interests. on this landmark official visit to russia the first run by an afghan leader in more than thirty years during the for the details in just a couple of moments. she was once named norwegian of the year but is now facing deportation from a country we were born only a case that has gone legions accusing the government of double standards. last alleged russian arms dealer because of brute is said to make his first court appearance in new york the u.s. may call him the merchant of death but he claims he's the victim of an american propaganda war. and from the business desk russian banks get rid of two thirds of their non core assets accumulated during the crisis now the central bank wants to speed up their cell journey twenty minutes or more.

very warm welcome to this is a line from moscow and its economic relations between kabul a moscow and military corporation have told talks between the fed of and his afghan counterpart how much he's on his first official visit to the russian capital well schools live. because of them all all spin said the me. that you believe it is i have given a news conference in moscow that we trade agreements were among the made out columns of that meeting tell us more. well look first of all economic corp is key to partnership between russia and afghanistan that goes way back before even the creation of the soviet union also the two leaders discussed potential cooperation

in the energy sector and russia has said that it's considering building hydrologic power plants for again to stand and reconstructing the ones built by soviet specialists also a lot of investment in reconstruction other. projects over there about one hundred and forty. three in construction projects that were built during the soviet times by the soviet specialists also trade was one of the important states us discussed today and to three times the two leaders met in the past year and managed to significantly increase trade values between the two countries. of the year we disagree medea visitors to the creation of a very important mechanism for. trade relations between our two countries namely. the intergovernmental commission on the strength and cooperation between russia

a little you understand with him over the past ring usually trade turnover. seriously increased he will be more than for assault and it is now after billion u.s. dollars. another very important topic that was discussed today is of course illegal drug trafficking from again if that is russia's one of the most one of the countries that suffers the most from heroin that comes from a gun is down thirty thousand people annually die in russia from heroin addiction and altogether is one point five million heroin addicts in washington and most of those drugs come from again a sense of the two leaders talked about how they could together work on that problem as well oh let's also the today it is also discussed. the prospects for a new relation cooperation in their life all often they say when those forces withdraw what is a was said on last. will of course to leaders did talk about military

cooperation take a look back rushing the united states have agreed that the u.s. military cargo for a band of sound would be able to transfer it through the territory of our own bush and to ease the process over delivery that aid also last year russia has donated twenty thousand kalashnikovs to afghanistan and some two million cards and just for them also russia has sold eighty m. i seventeen helicopters to help the afghan army and let's now listen and see what progress has been made and that's just that between the two leaders emotions get a list of issues when you look at it but wish it wasn't that russia would like to see him again stanley is what you did invent wealthy as those you cross the first state with effective government structure so your actions that are able. to surely aniston's development for the taking it's actually. at the same time we realize that if gary stern is going through a difficult period right now and presently. you know it she concludes by the the

process itself establishing order of fighting extremism and crime including that she draws crimes international forces are playing an important role in. the russia also playing its role as we help to transit some cargoes to the guinea stands and we will continue to on our obligations to support afghanistan. in this important work. of course in terms of military help for again it's down training military officers is also very important in this is something the russians also willing to help but. in spite of the presence of nato forces in afghanistan in those of the eyes of forces in afghanistan. in two thousand and two. i had

a visit to russia as i had visits to other countries of the world and since then there has been a steady. strengthening and improved been you know relations we are adding to the strength of this relationship in view of the current realities in the view of the goodwill and good understanding shown. by the russian federation tours of ghana stan and in view of the fact that we are. neighbors not only close neighbors but next door neighbors and the expansion of the sort of the ship is only good for both countries and for the rich. and with a military officer is held to train by russia and with the weaponry that afghan military officers are used to the two countries are hoping that this will help afghanistan by the year two thousand and fourteen when the us troops will be out of

the country to take care of its own security plan a time here would have more live updates from around the table from our plan. or we'll have an exclusive interview with the afghan leader later stated you can all go into a web site and see dot com to see it right now or meanwhile the editor in chief of the international affairs magazine here in moscow not a man this is russia wants to see as developing unstable after. russia and are going to stand both countries are interested in grading this stability in every sense of stability that we're going to apply its economic sits fighting drug trafficking it's infrastructural support i mean industry and agriculture it is support in terms of military cargo transit so i think the investment of russia into stability in afghanistan can be

even enlarged and that may be will be the result the president got as i mentioned that his country's developing economic relationship with the united states but that the relationship with russia is developing at a larger scale again we should come back to a history more than one hundred forty enterprises were built by the soviet union so it is. very natural that. afghanistan is interested in upgrading of for its technology russia is very near much closer than other countries and it's and as your potential is well known so these are all beers and objective reasons why afghanistan is so interested in economic relationship with russia. moving on now she was once named norwegian of the year but that apparently holds little sway with the scandinavian authorities there they're about to deport

a rational born maria an illegal immigrant despite the fact that she's lived in the country for almost a decade before i met reports on the case that even has norwegians that governments . are you relieved that you can stay in norway for one more day maria yes this was very good one day's good one more day she gets her russian born the reality 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 here it's a case that touched the hearts of ordinary norwegians enough to make them turn out repeatedly to protest for an immigrant he'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 un 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 everyone loves. this person but it's not very popular to say the least constant sort of nuisance to norwegian society is able to stay born muddiness. cause 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 save union. of the family sought to start in norway. when they were refused decided to stay on illegally reported norwegian in a matter of weeks degree and the plight of illegal immigrants in norway and at the

tender age of twenty five was declared norwegian of the year by an old slate magazine she had. mixed northern new sort of integration into norwegian society she's also very active in musical festivals and literature refers to. an extremely sort of. new food concern despite process the government standing ironically norway's recently ups the number of deportations in response to public criticism that 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. should 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 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 or terry they have to be sent to the country of origin by force but lawyer insists she hasn't had a fair hearing in fact he submitted 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 i'm really is a prime example of why the rules must be changed we have to remember. here in norway. the country and this. to me the train. in the way we treat. children but any change in the

law is unlikely to help mariam any 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 of muddy emily has brought its people out onto 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 for the norwegian person of the year time left in norway can now be counted in days not weeks nor am it. coming up later in the program astounding of has a run down with six world powers the tools they were its nuclear program to rally it seems the defiant statement. from a stop. loss happy new year from. the influence drugs kingpin to the streets of the ukrainian city.

representatives of the european union boy course. is an old your ration for his a fourth as the president. according to a spokesman all twenty seven member states have decided to distance themselves from the ceremony this comes after the european parliament passed a resolution calling for sanctions against the bell or russian leadership while it's a response to the violence that erupted after the december elections physician that need is to pay for time on international observers playing the great weight the proposed sanctions include a ballot these days and a freeze on the bank accounts belonging to see the government officials these foreign minister of the sets to reach a final decision of the meeting and later this month because it has a which it will tell it to the measures to be for heads should move against his regime it isn't the first time about the russian the house faced restrictions but some experts say this round will be more intense. this is a man and

a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights creates free expression by civil society political or position and what we need to do is to be seeing to say that the european union and international community is for change that we will act and 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 the political prisoners who are suffering today in the past they were very blunt approach to start all over nothing you know what we're really saying today overturned today are smart sanctions financial sanctions against himself or others in his regime we're not at the moment siding with people on the family members we're saying that the motive that true track should stay open we want. to be part of the eastern partnership with its neighboring countries an interloper the

european union but multilateral a treaty r m f a g peretti 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 alleged gun ron i think that a boot is set to make his first u.s. court appearance for a free trial hearing he faces charges of conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorists albeit maintains his innocence the media continues to call him the merchant of death and since it's not good that reports. are 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 richard 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 an 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 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 with the immigration officer asked me if i knew my husband was a terrorist while accusations are flying. 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 would you like being there was no official decision of an extradition

this has been raising the question of whether the u.s. 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 right he's in custody it's a great feeling whoops 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 court bitter boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars just as you sure can are or t. new york. website has a lot more whenever you want it he says some of what's online throughout the middle of. all is in the middle of the desert an investigative journalist uncovers one of the world's largest spying bases in israel find out why it apparently went on they tend to attack agents. and imo it's a problem of traffic jams is getting an age old solution bell ring is the best service is to help avoid the gridlock get the details. the iranian envoy to the international atomic energy agency says tehran will never stop and reaching uranium. made the statement on the eve of the latest round of talks on iran's nuclear program the envoy says his country the tonic program that's

now completely self-sufficient and which meant it will continue even if iran comes on the military attack the country is already suffering all four sets of the un sanctions iran is currently sitting down for close talks with six world powers in istanbul. told r.t. shouldn't have to bear any international pressure in the work in the first place. is imposed on us by the u. when illegitimate we were obliged to allow inspections of our reactors and we do the international atomic energy agency found nothing wrong with our nuclear program i mean speeches were going on but in 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 the iran is working out. is our country is not broken the law

there is no legal basis for demanding that we stop enriching. some of its nationalism briefing you there the former u.k. prime minister tony blair is being questioned. for a second time over his role of the run up to the iraq war the inquiry is investigating why the u.k. supported the us in the invasion blair will be asked to clarify his earlier. antiwar protesters are expected to demonstrate throughout the inquiry. you called for more than a hundred and twenty people have been detained in the largest single day maffia crackdown in u.s. history they're accused of numerous violent under the. extortion to drug trafficking f.b.i. agents used twice on intelligence including assistance for more than a challenge even for the arrest which told as you do your main crime families took place in the city and in other areas that mall things of the country. south

korea has agreed to join a high level military talks with the north following months of tensions between the two countries proposals were rejected by seoul as instanced relations on the peninsula have been out there worst level in years since deadly altieri exchanged between the two countries washington has about the latest development calling it an important step forward. residents of the ukrainian city of call thought we'd given seasons greetings by and infamous to see drug this week colombian. wish them a happy new year his face beaming out proudly from a billboard in the middle of the town well the sign at the sliding king been waving it pounces by for several days officials claim they have no idea who's behind the bizarre all this which reportedly cost the anonymous do you see asked if the twenty five thousand dollars to put on but before anyone could figure out what the whole

point the message was it was taken by the. stranger ok i'll be back with the headlines in a few minutes time before that karina will bring you all the nations that business do you say to stay with. twenty four past two pm here in moscow welcome to business and we go straight to our top story this hour western banks have got rid of two thirds of the non core assets most of these were unwillingly accumulated during the crisis the banks now hold an estimated twenty three billion dollars worth of non core assets richard handsworth general director rules rating says the central bank is thinking about implementing measures to speed up the selloff. there aren't very many people who want to offer a good price for new enterprises. there isn't the capital available so in two or three years time there will be more capital and these enterprises will be worth

more to the bonds therefore bunch want to hold them so they can sell them later the russian central. banking arm let's say well no you should get rid of the generate cash and lend them to new borrowers who can. grow. it could a market through print stocks attempt to rebound from losses in earlier sessions while bank of scotland group is leading on the foot sea gaining over five percent chip technology s m a s m l holding its also up on a broker upgrade here and russian forces are lower in the afternoon worsening from morning gains energy majors and banks are trading in the red blue collar is down point six percent for bank and bt b. are also down on the my six bucking the trend though is ross snap that's one percent of the r.t.s. . price growth is speeding up in russia presidential aide archive our coverage forecast inflation may top two percent in january early on the economic development

ministry said it may even climb to two point three percent compared to one point six percent last year business officials admit that if prices keep growing at such a rate this year's inflation target of six to seven percent it becomes too ambitious. also have could buy more b.p. shares if the company's joint work proves successful two oil giants have set up an alliance to develop russia's arctic self speaking exclusively to r.t. they are all snubbed by the president also said he feels positive about the start date of the project. we think it's possible to spoil the meeting start the first well by the end or so two thousand and fifteen according to the license requirements there are three licenses and in the joint venture that will be pursuing 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 spotlight. a poor of russian investors could buy news october russia's largest

outdoor advertising agency for up to four hundred million dollars that's according to com newspaper russian media ventures fund and a handful of investors from b. to b. capital are the latest to show interest in a rupert murdoch owned ad agency which has been for sale since two thousand and seven previous bit is were t p g fund and french group j c d call but they dropped interest after the agency's revenues slumped to fall in two thousand and nine. and that's a business update for now but you can always find stories on our website i remind you our team dot com slash business or join me at twenty past the hour for.

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