tonight on the program afghanistan won't be left to struggle alone when western forces leave russia to president karzai to help his country recover from years of war. also a family were slaughtered in their home in southern russia a diver at least one infant is found alive. the suspect's arrival criminal gang are behind it we'll have the latest on that story just. norway's immigration paradox a russian born woman crowned as a model citizen for this is being kicked out by the u.n. wants an iraqi terrorist is allowed to stay. i'm just russian businessman victor boot faces a pretrial hearing in the united states the alleged gunman who says a mounting media campaign has convicted him before he stepped foot in court.

gorging r.t. coming to you live from moscow welcome if you're just joy this is now eight pm here my name is kevin owen and our top story tonight russia is promising to support afghanistan after western forces withdraw from the troubled region in three years prison with various pledge came of talks with ahmed karzai here in moscow the leaders also promise to clamp down on the vast flow of afghan drugs from which russia suffers the most and this is now is the details of this high level meeting. on 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 more 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 you to schilke capacity but also by way of trade by way of investment by interaction between or businesses which is very strong the two countries signed a trade and business cooperation deal over the past few years russian afghan trade turnover has increased more than four fold and is now half a billion u.s.

dollars president carter's 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 driven karzai agreed to prioritize the fight against narcotics since russia bears the brunt of afghanistan's vast drugs production industry russia hoped that international forces could crush extremism in afghanistan and russian officials hope that maybe they could be able to stop the influx of drugs come in and russia but now is see if that americans and their european allies let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting semi's would have guessed 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. just run he will bring your exclusive interview with the afghan leader in twenty five minutes time tonight it's also available right now if you want to catch him too on our web site r t v dot com. people have been found murdered in a house instead of reporting russian some of her family and two members of staff were killed in the violence which police believe was between rival criminal gangs and get the latest on this developing story out in syria for. that evening to what else are police saying tonight wolf from police sources at the name that we know if you see the eight people have been killed this is happening in stiver poland russia south and we've heard that at the moment they suspect that this is has been carried out by a rival criminal gang know the eight people killed the head of the family was

a known local criminal chief and among those dead were his wife his daughter his son in law and his adopted son and members of the household staff say now police obviously undergoing the investigation to find out exactly what happened if it's thought that they were both guns and knives involved in these killings and we can hear from the investigations committee on the latest. police have launched an investigation involving the murder of at least two people an illegal arms trafficking criminal investigators are working at the scene at the moment. and serve this isn't the first case of its sort in the area in recent months either is it. three months ago in a van killing happened a similar killing happened in the same region in stafford paul and in that instance twelve people were killed at a party and in that instance it was that again that it was

a revenge attack that the person he carried out the killing had had a grudge against the person at the party and this attack was carried out obviously an incredibly shocking event that sent shock waves around russia and the in that instance when the investigation was carried out there were a lot of questions raised about the way that police have been operating in the areas through there been a number of complaints about the way that they'd operated and said that had been looked into and obviously in this instance will they believe that maybe it's a case is not linked at all this is incredibly shocking and the investigation continues they'll be looking to see how this happened because whether it could have been prevented in any way you know keep your eye on this developing story and i would to help sort of first thanks for your so today. well coming up on the program tonight not backing down on the head of the troops in iran's nuclear program find out why to run the remains defiant against sanctions over power. and.

season's greetings from dead drugs lords ukrainians left perplexed by getting a happy new year from but man it was once the world's most notorious cocaine trafficking we've got the story. next the russian border area has been calling norway home from most a decade she achieved academic success alongside plaudits for her social contribution to her adopted country however none of this changes the fact that she's about to be deported from norway as a failed asylum seeker cases and of thousands of norwegians demanding that the current immigration policy is changed. reports tonight from oslo. are you relieved that you can stay no for one more day maria yes this was very good one day's good for 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 to see. this fantastic everyone loves. this person that is not very popular to say the least constant nuisance to norwegian society is able to stay. in the logic of cars 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 learned norwegian in a matter of weeks 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 sort of integration into norwegian society which is also very active in my. cicle festivals and literature refers to was an extremely sort of active in the which new thing despite process the government standing for 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 so. 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 in other cases is that if that asylum application is injected. those who are suspected have to return we prefer of course that. they do this voluntarily but if they do not return. they have to be sent to their country of origin by force but lawyer insists she hasn't had a fair hearing in fact he submitted terrorists claim to the 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 law must be changed we have to remember that. in terms of the way. here in norway you see in the. situation. true and this. to me the true. in the way we treat. children 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 has brought. it's people out 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 cool. lawyer hasn't given up but it seems the norwegian person of the year time left in no way could now be counted in days not weeks you were at it. the e.u.

boycotted the inauguration of better russia's incumbent leader alexander look at you sworn in for his fourth term all twenty seven member states refused to send representatives to the ceremony in response to claims that the december elections was rigged the result sparked violent reaction saw physician leaders activists and journalists attacked by police in response to the e.u.'s promise sanctions including a ban on visas and a freeze on bank accounts belonging to see government officials but some analysts believe look at shank is showing the west his determination the followers of course the president so all of the boy whose mother is little known in. whom. clearly. sort of views are just possible successor was a very big new uses for a lot of people in the country so it rather means that the question of career managed it remains defiant and 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 for he has been in

power for sixteen years so there are many people in burma 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 horse walks off population which are very unhappy are you know small businesses are not very happy. people were pulled behind bars for mine economical francis so definitely there is a lot of discontent among the population and probably the best solution would be some kind of transition period. if he. forstall started out and there can be achieved all really if russia and the at last put their differences aside and start to pressure all question got together and but i don't expect any new elections until their lawful question of course mandate. babbage the real novice to news agency what do you think president who can change his next move will be we want to

hear your opinion on the program head over to r.t. dot com you can vote on our home page. russian businessman alleged arms delivered to boot and is set to appear a u.s. court for a pretrial hearing he's facing charges of conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorists while boot maintains his innocence the media continues to label him the merchant of death but he's an instance of reports. you. are one of 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 as both of us over a course 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 bin ladin not al qaeda no problems in afghanistan no problems in iraq there is only

addictive boot the home on your 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 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 victor 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 them aggression off on me if i knew my husband was a terrorist while accusations are flying its case on. legally remains in thailand you saw still here were basically according to boots thai and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court meaning 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 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 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 didn't they was governments just drag 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 and as they say churkin are forty new york. to ron insists it will never stop enriching uranium the strong words came from iran's envoy to the un's atomic watchdog for the latest round of talks about the country's nuclear program. so tony says that his country's atomic projects now completely self-sufficient and enrichment will continue even if iran comes under military

attack the country's already enjoying four sets of un sanctions rounds currently taking part in close talks with six world powers in istanbul or so tony told us that r.t. that to run it 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 pressured the i.a.e.a. 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. we've got here tonight it r.t. dot com has a wealth of stories there's a taste of what is online tonight some of britain's biggest banks are paying out

huge bonuses to this stuff this year despite the bailout by taxpayers bankers will be pocketing millions of pounds of austerity cuts continue to hit the u.k. what you think about the discussion but both stories in the same tell us it was good to hear from you also most wins right there are things take place on solid ground but russian diving these extreme sports i mean the surface. i'll take dot com why not check it out you choose dot com slash russia today page.

you're watching out for moscow will do so brief tonight now former british prime minister tony blair has been questioned for a second over his role in the run up to the iraq war the inquiry was investigating among other issues why the u.k. supported the u.s. led invasion blair says he discussed regime change then the with the then president bush and admitted ignoring advice that the war was illegal and he was asked to clarify answers he gave to the panel members in january of last year. south korea's military 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 on its way to from the united arab emirates to the latest there the people gathered moving to a ministry demanding the dissolution of the new interim government that came amid a national day of mourning for those who died during the month long uprising that

overthrew president ben ali at least seventy eight people killed during that wave of violence at the time security forces are patrolling the streets now trying to the storm hold me. in the capital cost. australia are considering spending cuts on a special tax to help offset the massive economic impact of widespread flooding in the country experts say that the devastation in queensland and victoria will cost around 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 there at least thirty people have died since december do to that severe flooding on the east coast. the people hard core from ukraine have been getting seasons greetings from an infamous and did drug lord this week pablo escobar we wish him a very happy new year you can see his face beaming from post the in time for several days the columbia was shot dead back in ninety ninety three instantly and was at one point the world's most prolific cocaine baron well officials have no

idea is beyond the bizarre billboard which apparently cost the anonymous poster put her up her over twenty five thousand dollars but before he could figure out why it was her place took it down again those mortality dot com well the small coming up soon to live under is here in twenty minutes and some shock results among the ladies of your story and if you manage to afghanistan's leader in moscow president karzai speaks exclusively to us about our team right now that's going to look at this hour's business with sharon. hello welcome to our business program i'm sure on a key on the price growth is speeding up in russia presidential and our college of our coverage forecasts inflation may top two percent in january earlier the economic development ministry 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 rate this year's inflation will surpass the target of six to seven percent and

could reach double figures and to discuss this in more detail i'm now joined live by a gaily now darshan chief strategist at jones laying this out thank you for joining us today thank you. last year inflation outstrips. last year inspection outstripped the official forecast reached a point eight percent and officials predict the situation to be even worse what are your thoughts on this. i would agree with that point actually with the use which have been coming in from outside russia from asia and other emerging markets are seeing the same inflation is x. in the region and unfortunately the most important reason for the for the price growth to be higher than expected not only in russia but in many many other emerging markets and not only emergent ones i would say is food stocks growth food is going higher and high rise unfortunately pollution total total total inflation level higher making maybe minute money three not in fiscal official to act another

tool somehow constrain the price of growth and that's exactly the reason for russia yes we we see food group which has been growing for a few months already and the first week of weeks of junior because it changes nothing we have no food stuff like potatoes like fruits and vegetables growing very very rapid for example eight point six percent for the first week of january only for vegetables impressive i would say you see what will the main drivers of inflation be in your opinion i would say that in the nearest term till the end of the first half of two thousand and eleven it's very likely that foodstuffs inflation will be the major driver of price growth for the overall inflation in russia that will be the same not only for russia as i have already told for many many countries worldwide and this will be a great had the full nodal not only monitor just bought for other official branches of that it is because. so connectivity is to be on the take and and it's definitely very likely that we may see double digit inflation by the end of the

first water the thousand and eleven it depends. how events will develop and but it's a bit like that when the nearest to three months we may return to double digit inflation closer to the end of the year it's very likely to become one digit nine point five that's what i expect by the year and the falls into level now what do you think needs to be done to curb this kind of runaway inflation do you think we'll ever see western levels here. ok if for us for example is go into push inflation high and high with another round of quantitative easing or the inflation may approach our levels but it's very likely that the russian official will not go that low as for example current us inflation it's very unlikely we will see something around two three percent in the nearest yes if we speak about russia it's more likely that here is inflation to approach double digit levels if they want. these opportunities if the speaker it's very likely that the current of patient

a very little can be done simply because the inflation mostly comes from the. front from a shortage of food which is seen in certain segments and expectations have already been formed the moment when they have been curved has already been lost unfortunately and for most of the time. in two thousand and eleven in the past what of the thousand and eleven who may only observe their opportunities to increase the new risk hottest and there are steps which may be undertaken for example federal insurance or for the harvest activities to increase future supply of the two thousand and eleven that's what can be done currently in russia worldwide ok if you other measures may be adopted simply because there are other harvests in other countries which may increase supply that's the best measure i can see currently to stop inflation ok not to stop but to curb it well unfortunately that's all we have time for thank you so much for joining us that was again you know darshan chief strategist said jones langley. russia has been ranked twenty first on the list of

budget transplant countries that's according to a survey by the international budget partnership the survey which included ninety four countries was topped by south africa followed by a new zealand and the u.k. although russia performed well among eastern european countries its main problem was deemed the reporting of budget gains and expenditures which is not conveyed to the public in an understandable way the least budget transparent countries on the list were equitorial guinea and fiji. let's look at the markets now in the u.s. the dow jones is up nearly a half percent but the nasdaq is down marginally this hour bank of america is up marginally despite reporting a two point two four billion dollars fourth quarter loss and google is up over one and a half percent after posted a twenty nine percent rise in fourth quarter profits to two point five four billion dollars. and rushes bourses closed trading up on the day the r.t.s.

and my sex were both over three quarters of a percent. lukoil and was enough for both up close to two percent bucking the trend was gas pop shedding over three quarters percent. and that's your business update for this hour but you can always find more stories on our web site that's archie dot com slash business thanks for watching.

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