it will be in. afghanistan won't be left to struggle alone when western forces leave russia is down to president carbide to help his country recover from years of. norway's immigration power dogs the russian born woman running as a model citizen faces being kicked out on the un wanted iraqi terrorist is allowed to stay. and his russian businessman bit of boot faces a pretrial hearing the other says a mounting media campaign has convicted him before he's even stepped. in and russian banks get rid of two thirds of their non core assets accumulated during the crisis now the central bank wants to speed up the sell off and join me in the business program in about twenty minutes time.

a very warm welcome to you this is the line from moscow i'm a bit promising to support afghanistan after western forces withdraw from the troubled region in three years time president beds pledge came at talks with comments calls i hear in moscow but he does also promise to clamp down on the flow of afghan drugs from which russia suffers the most and he's the now we have the details behind the fall meeting. and the first official visit of an afghan leader to moscow in two decades russia promises to lend a hand after western forces leave the war torn country. russia would like to see afghanistan as an independent and prosperous state with an effective government that's able to provide the development of afghanistan for decades to come u.s.

led coalition forces have been in the country since two thousand and one and are planning to withdraw combat forces in three years leaving afghanistan on its own russia has been watching us operations very closely from a far while providing necessary transit routes for supplies and plan to continue support once the pullout is complete there is both the ability to russia and the the need for russian afghanistan to engage with. not only in the manner of russia helping afghanistan rebuild itself and re re develop its institutions look at. capacity but also by way of trade investment by interaction between or businesses which is very strong but you countries signed a trade in business cooperation deal over the past few years russian afghan trade turnover has increased more than four fold and it's now half a billion u.s.

dollars bryza didn't go as i mentioned the countries developing economic relationship with the united states but the relationship with russia is developing a little larger scale again we should come back to a history more than one hundred forty enterprises were built by the soviet union driven karzai agreed to prioritize the fight against narcotics since russia bears the brunt of afghanistan's vast drugs production industry russia hope that international forces could crush extramusical of guest and russian officials hope that maybe they could be able to stop the influx of drugs common for us but now we see that americans. let's. say it clearly have failed in fighting extremism in afghanistan so now of course russian officials have to deal with the problem of talking directly to the leaders organise them with the two main threats coming out of afghanistan drugs and terrorism no one feels that hit

closer to home more than russia was pledging to help develop support for the war torn country without ever having a russian soldier stepped foot on afghan soil and he's now a r t moscow. for the afghan leader gave r.t. an exclusive interview during his visit to the russian capital or great to you in a few hours time or of course of the vailable right now on our website at www dot com. to other news russian born maria have been calling norway her home for always a decade she academic success alongside what it's for her social contributions. her doctors country however none of this changes the fact that she's about to be deported from norway as a failed asylum seeker cases i'm good at thousands of the wee gins demanding that the current immigration policy changed. reports from. are you relieved that you can stay in norway for one more day maria yes this was very

good one of these good 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 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 former 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. this fantastic everyone loves.

this person but it's not very popular to say the least constant nuisance to. is able to stay born my dinner in the logic of cause i really as 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 save union. of the family sought asylum in norway and when they were refused decided to stay on illegally reportedly learnt norwegian in a matter of weeks got a master's degree and wrote 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 integration into norwegian society. musical festivals

literature refers to. an extremely active. despite protests the government standing firm ironically norway's recently the number of deportations in response to public criticism that 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 comes here and apply for asylum said asylum 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 if that asylum application is rejected. was to have to return we prefer of course that. they do this voluntarily but if they do not return or terry they have to be sent to the country of origin by force but

insists she hasn't had a fair hearing in fact he submitted terrorists or limit laim 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 believe is a prime example of why the lord illegals must be changed we have to remember that. came to norway. here in norway. in this case show me the tree. in the way we treat. true but any change in the law is unlikely to help maria really 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 mainly has. brought its people out so into 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 with the norwegian person of the year time left in norway can now be counted in days not weeks you are at it. coming up later on the program not backing down the head of news on the ground program find out all right around remains defiant against sanctions and her big. things greetings from a dead drugs will be bringing in flair for play by getting a happy new year from the man who was once the world's most notorious k.k.k. . the e.u. boycotted the inauguration of batteries incumbent leader i was all but only because it was he was sworn in for his fourth term all twenty seven member states refused to send representatives to the ceremony in response to claims the december election

was rigged to result bomb violent reaction which the opposition activists and journalists attacked by police in response the u.s. face sanctions including a ban on pieces of the freeze on bank accounts belonging to senior government officials were full of it from now through and by the average have you. noticed the news agency benefits of being with us mr babich let's talk about you know. first of all president lukashenko arrived hands and hand with his young son do you think that this went anyway and helping to correct his somewhat damaged image i think it's quite the contrary because the president so all of the war whose mother is little known and. who. clearly. sort of views assist possible success. that was a very big new uses for

a lot of people in the country so it probably means that the question remains if it remains defiant he wants to say that i did everything right and whether you wake me or not i'm going to be here with my son and talking about the fires before the election we thought your position in bellary skating really our president did levels of freedom a move that was seen by many in the west and here in russia as a move towards democracy however after the election mobs of that opposition then found themselves behind bars so while the mixed messages being given are hair. well it's very difficult to predict what mr gresham group going to do next they bought the ruler says there. was a board informed to board the results of the preliminary leaving three casting a vote that has been going on before the election day and he was all business so much unsatisfied with the result that he decided to call the forty three that's all

of the explanations that i have heard about basically very few people know why he decided to behave in that way it was very strange none of this will help to rectify the reputation that he's and he's often dubbed as a europe's last dictator but how popular is see inside batteries that sells well it's very difficult to tell because when you don't have fair elections it's very difficult to say what people actually think. you know or he has been in power for sixteen years so there are many people in berlin always who are just got so much used to here that it's very difficult for them to picture their life on the someone else and basically it's clear that there are whole swaths of population which are very unhappy oh you know small businesses are not very happy lot of people. were pulled behind bars for mine economic a francis so definitely there is

a lot of discontent among the population but the problem is they have their position to question a call which was groomed by the west tended to be very nationalist to the west had the same attitude to belittle it as to ukraine. there was some kind of a small corporate ukraine and that was a huge mistake because russia has always been very popular among the russians and nationalists would never take them more than ten or fifteen percent of the world and now the cooling of the new elections to take place inside boundaries how likely is that these elections will take place. not on the question of those rules will have to wait until the end of his mandate obviously and probably the best solution would be some kind of transition period. if he is forced to step out and there can be achieved all even russia and the e.u. at the last put their differences aside and start to pressure will question go

together so even if we mention managed to pressure him out of his office i think we will need four or five years you know not nationalists but people who would be more or less from the same team with bush and co running the country that would make the eastern sea transition smooth. i don't see how you know ukrainian variant can be played out in the bill or was it didn't play out in ukraine very well neither so i don't expect a new elections until the end of the question because me. as i think many thanks for coming to speak. and well what do you think of our present next move and what we want to hear your plea to normal this if you head to our web site dot com and vote on our home page on the s.c. . now russian businessman and alleged the arms delivered route is set to appear in a u.s. court for a pretrial hearing he's facing challenges of conspiring to kill americans and

supplying weapons to terrorists while brute maintains his innocence the media continues to label him the merchant of death and reports. for one three. true to form hollywood and most of the 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 both the u.s. a court of eighty is cultivated this image of an even mastermind apparently they have no other problems nowadays there is only big to boot there is now some of the knowledge in no al qaeda no problems in afghanistan no problems in iraq there is only big to boot the. victor boot 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 and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the far already dubbed and 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 the family has already received

a far from warm welcome in the states his wife was held at the airport for almost three hours with them aggression offered to me if i knew my husband was a terrorist well accusations are flying. case illegally remains in thailand. according to boots thai and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court hearing 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 is 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 spread 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 the victim might have

some information that might be of interest to someone why is it that some other states down to just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those governments just drag them with people onto 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 victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars but is that forty new york. well there are always more stories available for you on our website auntie dot com this is a taste of what's online throughout the mail and some of britain's biggest value for paying out bonuses to their style this year despite the bailout by its highest paid bank is what we've pulled causing millions of pounds counts continue to hit the u.k. . and most winter activities take place on solid ground the russian i saw sees

a stream sports fans journey beneath the surface take the plunge and head for. routes around and says that will never stop enriching uranium the strong words came from iran's envoy to the un's atomic watchdog before the nation's round of talks on the country's nuclear program ali asghar soltanieh says his country is a toy project is now completely self-sufficient and enrichment and will continue even if iran comes on the military attack the country is already in during four sets of u.n. sanctions iran is currently taking part in close talks with six world powers in istanbul not only told r.t. that of shouldn't be bearing any international pressure in the first place. all the sanctions imposed on us by the un 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. and the security council got the report he was waiting for international inspectors never found any evidence that iran is working on nuclear weapons and this means our country has not broken the law there is no legal basis for demanding we stop enriching uranium. i look now at some of the main headlines this hour the former british prime minister tony blair is facing questioning in london for a second time over his role in the run up to the iraq war the inquiry is investigating among other issues why the u.k. supported the u.s. led invasion blair says he discussed regime change with president bush and privately assured him saying you can count on us he's being asked to clarify all this is he gave to the tunnel weber's in january last year and the war protesters are expected to demonstrate throughout being quiet. south korea's

military has freed all twenty one crew members held on a cargo ship by pirates off the coast of somalia navy commandos stormed the vessel killing eight pirates and capturing five others the chemical transporter was hijacked at the weekend while on its way to sri lanka from the united arab emirates . thousands of people were down near the interior ministry demanding the distribution of the new interim government it came amid a national day of mourning for those who died in the month long uprising that overthrew president ben ali at least seventy eight people were killed during the wave of violence security forces that patrol the streets trying to restore law and order and make tale solution in the capital tunis. australia is considering spending cuts on a special times to help offset the massive economic impact of widespread flooding

in the country experts say that the devastation in queensland toria will cost about three billion dollars in lost agricultural production the reconstruction of roads and homes completely washed away by the deluge is a top priority for the government at least thirty five have died since december futures severe flooding on the east coast. well the people of hot coffee in ukraine have been getting seasons greetings from an infamous and dead drug lord this week public ask the ball's been wishing them a happy new year his face beaming up from a poster of the several days the colombian was shot dead in one thousand nine hundred three and was at one point the world's most prolific cocaine baron officials say they have no idea who's behind the bizarre billboard which apparently called the anonymous poster a twenty five thousand dollars but before anyone could figure out why it was that police took it down. well later montes explores russian life away from hail in

different cities around europe and this week he gets a taste for life and the beautiful city of london. this is one of the most popular russian stores in the capital whether you're looking for russia to be a class or any other ingredients you'll find it all here because my favorite. although you will pay for it they are good so proximately double the cost that they are. what do you join the team in about ten minutes time here on t.v. but before that let's get a business update mr raina. hello

welcome to our business program i'm sure. russian banks have gotten rid of two thirds of their non core assets most of them were and willingly accumulated during the crisis the banks now hold an estimated twenty three billion dollars worth of non core assets richard haynsworth general director at russ reading says the central bank is thinking about implementing measures to speed up the sell off. 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 banks therefore bunch want to hold them and so they can sell them later the russian central bank and russia. will know you should get rid of the assets generate cash and lend them to new borrowers who. then grow. international ratings agency fitch may upgrade russia's sovereign rating from the

current triple b. the agency says it expects the country to reduce the deficit and attract over three hundred billion dollars through its privatization program. as for russia's banking system fitch experts say its outlook is stable the skull for further upgrades however is limited due to weaknesses in the client base and corporate governance alexander downer law from officiating says in two thousand and eleven russian banks will see lower profitability due to a stronger competition that's eating up the margins. for most things it would not be the sort of. significant radio driver of we don't expect major downgrades but obviously if with the banks it would be a constraining factor especially for those banks with lower capitalization that we constraining factor. so the growth and therefore they may be. sort of forced to consider as we discussed before merging is some of the things. plus

growth is speeding up and russia presidential aides are copied darkover is forecast inflation may top two percent in january earlier the economic development minister said it may even climb to two point three percent compared to one point six percent last year the first deputy chairman of russia's central bank admitted that if prices keep growing at such a great this year's inflation will surpass the target of six to seven percent and could reach double figures. now let's take a look at the markets. in the u.s. the dow jones of the nasdaq are both up close to half a percent bank of america is up marginally despite reporting a two point two four billion dollars fourth quarter loss google inc is up over one and a half percent after it quotes. rise and fourth quarter profit to two point five four billion dollars. and in europe stocks are trading mostly higher

led by the banking sector topping the footsie is royal bank of scotland that's gaining over six and a half percent on news that it might exit the government's bad asset protection plan and astra zeneca jobs often hears them over its blood thinning drugs meanwhile trading the british airways shares has been suspended with the announcement of the airline's merger with spain's iberia. and russia bourses closed trading up on the day the r.t.s. and my stocks were both up close to one percent lukoil was up over one and two thirty percent of the most just over two percent but bucking the trend was gas prom shouting point fourteen percent. and russian businessman alexander lebedev could sell his stake in air float to buy forty four tipple of jets for his red wings airlines leavitt f who owns a third of the country's flagship carrier has said that red wings will only use russian made aircraft the low cost carrier currently has

a tuple as in operation earlier in the week it was announced that version owner richard branson was in talks to buy into red wings. and that's your business update for now join me in less than an hour for more here on our to stay with us. repairing a broken thing should be. highway construction and humanitarian aid. but as

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