hilton let me go to scott golden couple boutique hotel. in the program this morning afghanistan won't be left to struggle alone when western forces leave russia value to president karzai to help his country recover from years of war. as russian businessmen take to boot faces a pretrial hearing in the u.s. . this is a mounting media campaign those convicted him before he stepped foot in court. norway's immigration paradox a russian born woman crowd as a model citizen faces being kicked out while you had wanted iraqi terrorists is allowed to stay. hello this is r t it's midnight here in moscow by names kevin zero in our top story

for you tonight russia is promising to support afghanistan after western forces withdraw from the troubled region in three years president pledged came of talks with howard 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 has 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 u.s. 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 institutional 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 president carter i mentioned that his country's developing economic relationship with the united states but that 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 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 coming in for russia but now a sea of americans. let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting extremism in afghanistan so now of course russian officials have to deal the problem talking directly to the leaders organise them with the two main threats coming out of afghanistan drugs and. arizonan 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 let you know as well we're bringing you more of our exclusive

interview with the afghan leader in twenty five minutes time on this channel and it's also available wherever you like to see it streaming on our website at r.t. dot com. russian business one of the alleged arms dealer vick to boot says set to appear in 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 he's honest and report. i mean. for one three. true form hollywood and most of the us love a great villain in the film lord of war nicolas cage please have u.s. 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 the u.s. . 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 no

al qaeda no problems in afghanistan no problems in iraq there is only a victim boot the evil man 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 an 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 off me if i knew my husband was a terrorist while 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 meaning 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 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 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 courts bitter blood could face up to a life sentence behind bars and is that. new york. still ahead for this hour a vicious massacre in russia's south africa staff members slaughtered in the home we'll tell you who the police suspect of murdering them and the next russian spies

in from the cold and on to the t.v. as a child but show find out just what she is revealing now in a few minutes time. maria a russian born reality has been calling norway home for almost a decade she achieved academic status alongside plaudits for her social contribution to her adopted country indeed however none of that changes the fact that she's about to be deported from norway is a failed asylum seeker cases and thousands of norwegians demanding that the current immigration policies changed artie's laura emmett picks up the story tonight from oslo. 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 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 in she as 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 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 everyone loves. this person that is not very popular to say the least constant nuisance to. is able to born muddiness alarm over 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 which is also react. musical festivals and 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 who comes here and apply for asylum seekers. should get thorough examination of that asylum application. that is the case for each and every one applies for asylum. but the point is in this case and other cases is that if that asylum application is rejected. those who are certain have to return we prefer of course that. they do this voluntarily but if they do not return or 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 submitted terrorist style and claim to be authorities and the first he heard of it being rejected was when five police turned up to arrest her after a speaking engagement political party the christian democrats samaria really is

a prime example of why the lord illegals must be changed we have to remember that. in terms of norway. here in norway. situation maria was true and this. need to change. 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 of maddy i merely had. 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 your average forty.

eight people have been from murdered in the house and in russia south family and two members of staff were killed in the violence which police believe was between rival criminal gangs. reports. you know the eight people being killed we've also heard the dirty children that have been found alive at the house where the attacks were carried out one an eight year old child and one one month old baby now the baby is currently in hospital and we've already heard that they suspect that this is a revenge attack by rival criminal gangs in the area because the head of the family that was killed was named to be a local criminal chief and no you know along with the dead there was his wife his daughter his adopted son and his son in law and some of the household staff as well now they were found reportedly in the carriage and the eight year old child is apparently in the upper level of the house watching t.v. and police think that's possibly how that would avoid being killed in the in the

attack that is carried out three months ago in a friend but again in the south of russia twelve people were murdered at a party and again an attack that was thought to be carried out as a revenge killing by a criminal gauri now in that instance the investigation actually looked at the police and their actions as the locals had been said to have complained about the great terrorizing there and cry after that happens number of the police officers in post a key to is laid off and that joelson a carny under investigation for possible links with that criminal create and again now with this case although the two on links are certain going to be questions asked as to whether there is any way that this attack could have been prevented so a correspondence or a first reporting mistake when we go online for you tonight at all to go depending on whether you're a banker or not of course a story that you may have some very strong feelings about especially if you're watching in the u.k.

this morning some of britain's biggest banks paying out huge bonuses to their staff issued despite the bailout by taxpayers bankers will be pocketing millions of pounds as austerity cuts continue to hit the u.k. you. some views on that if you feel strongly about it let us know on. the comment button but all the stories you see it calls and you fancy a bit of this or was it too cold maybe will not for these chats most winter activities take place on solid ground but russian ice diving sees extreme sport fans the journey beneath the surface you can get really close up look at that sport at r.t. dot com to. world news in brief now and the british prime minister tony blair's face the country's iraq war inquiry for the second time over his role in the lead up to the invasion it was to clarify his previous answers after witnesses question parts of his testimony blair says he discussed regime change with then president bush admitted ignoring advice that the war was illegal and the war protesters outside called for blair to stand trial at the hague. in the

albanian capital tehran at least three people have been shot dead and several others injured during a rally thousands of protesters gathered outside the prime minister's office demanding that the government step down over corruption allegations the shoes tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds of call for fresh elections the country's been in political deadlock since the opposition rejected the result of the ballot two years ago. 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 st lanka from the united arab emirates . news about anna chapman now the so-called sexy spy ring for her which will take another career turn this time on the russian t.v. sets. the answer. well if she is after years of living under the radar snooping in the united states

the spy world pin up girl is now uncovering strange phenomenon in her own network primetime series got to hand it to it's called secrets of the world in a season and i get to the bottom of the song. real life ex. russia and iran. will be spared. ok president karzai is meeting with. the sophie shevardnadze next tonight he tells us how he plans to solve this fragile country's mounting problems across its borders. you.

eat you. eat. eat. eat you. karzai afghan president it's an honor and pleasure to have you with us today sir. what were your hopes and two thousand and four when you were made president of afghanistan my hope aspirations were that would have. peace for afghanistan a stable afghanistan afghanistan in close contact. with its neighbors and the near new birds a country that would progress into a better economy. better living standards would be. children

who are deprived of education for so many decades we would have a chance to go to school some of those are. some of them have not been so. so that was my my aspiration at the time but what would you say precisely seven years or what are you meant to achieve and where did you fail maybe you managed to achieve a better economy we were more than twenty universities right now term vision channel. a construction industry and afghan flag flying all around the world an independent sovereign of. the rest of the work of course one of the greatest aspirations of us security for the afghan people peace for the afghan people for the whole country has not come and that is our continued effort and struggle for the past couple of years sir you have been subject to much criticism both personal and professional how do you deal with it. well i was the talk very

strongly by the western media. for the past many years partly because of their lack of understanding of afghanistan in that situation partly because of politics and when your. in a country like afghanistan where there are so which will determine should we were to do so much. conflict would do so with dr rhee were there so many interests involved. it's only natural that. criticism like that would take place what would you say is maybe like one main thing in afghanistan or about afghanistan that western media doesn't understand the . unfortunately or extremely simplistic conveyor in the study of ganesan and their analysis of measured if the if the afghan media were writing about politics sort of life or society in america or on fronts what for the right

so take that universe and that's how the the the information about us it's it's simplistic andrew demetriou at best well former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan karl eikenberry is on the record as saying that you are not a nation builder what do you feel when you hear something that coming from a former u.s. army general. well it's. a lot of a lot of things have been said in those reports. as we now hear from the week. from other media sources. i don't know what is meant by not tradition but. we are building or institutions were building or we were building go police we have a democratic. order we have free media so that's what it's called a nation building and the united states is helping in many areas on that with us so

my freedom started that remark when you brought up wiki leaks have you come across something that you didn't know before that helped you or it damaged you in a way no the much of what came to be killers did not come to visit price surprise those things before so no not really in your opinion the war on terror how much damage has it done to u.s. reputation in islamic world well the war on terror is. to the extent that the war on terror is concerned. is it war a struggle for all of us it is a struggle for afghanistan it's a struggle for the arab states it's a struggle for russia it's a struggle for the muslim countries it's a struggle for all of us start two more painful subject in twenty years after you

came to power. and record levels of opium were harmless and that's to say at some point i think taliban point down to me or what happened where we are in charge. of can you call it the afghan people. we have reduced poppies and twenty two provinces of afghanistan in some of those provinces with completely immediate purpose we are not in charge. it one of two provinces where there is taliban over there was more foreign forces it was in those provinces of course poppies of. trees and that's a question but still the volume of afghan drug money as of today six point five billion dollars which is five times as much as your national budget i mean who is behind this how high up does its power reaches those who grow poppies. grow

it out of desperation. i know people in afghanistan who destroyed their division yards their pomegranate orchards to replace it with poppies invest must be done out of disparate. the trafficking is an entirely different matter the precursors that come to turn poppy into narcotics is not an african issue at all it's a smikle to afghanistan from other countries so those areas afghanistan is helpless to address the money the injured rate the illegally. six point five billion dollars as being five times the afghan budget in afghanistan perhaps the afghan farmers receive close to your billion dollars some of this to me it's even much less than that so the rest of the money the real money goes are brought into into banks into businesses are sort of get us through suppressant people close to you for instance your health brother or your inner kardex minister

are alleged by the united states to be involved in or in profit with a heroin trafficking. what do you do how can your administration be taken seriously when such accusations are out there in public yes there are there were these accusations in the us media and. these accusations began almost five years ago. or even order. and i contacted u.s. officials sort of repeatedly. not once or twice or thrice five six seven eight nine ten times even more and go to the official if they have anything if it so that they should come to pillory. they always can see that this was all who were so how do you ensure or or when do you think your government will be self-sufficient what what else can you do to stop harvesting and trafficking and arose out of gephardt was doing is an economic issue for the afghan people it is the are absolutely need

and the hope for the future. we must fulfill their economic needs but we offer can our development by way of. infrastructure development and we must make sure the afghans hope to have a better hope for tomorrow the international drug trade is something that is beyond of ghana sons means to fight that's an international matter for us to fight together but can't just somehow corporator help to stop the flow for instance today two point five million russians are addicted to after the flaw we can't fly from the floor if you cannot stop it in russia you are a much more organized society you are a much more effective government if the united states cannot stop at the border with mexico. with all that policing and ability we have can a stunt the international community deliver ganesan because we are of the been

destroyed by years of foreign destruction and the infrastructure has gone the abilities gone the civil service and we can that's why we need to is there that's why russia is helping our police force that's why america is helping your military so how did we do the capability to prevent supplies from of ganesan to other countries of course who would have done it and we would have not been such up sorry state as a court today brought up nato help what's your response to british defense minister sir david richards and said that they trust should stay another thirty forty years in afghanistan well that was a statement for five years ago now you know we have a transition plan. and you know that britain has announced that they will be withdrawing their forces by twenty fifteen do you believe that yes i believe that close contact with. prime minister cameron and his government the british will leave afghanistan by twenty fifty the americans also want to reduce to forces by

twenty fourteen the transition is the most important thing here so you disagree with those who say it's an realistic for nato to withdrawing troops are not was not unrealistic once we are back as a stable strong administration and country we can definitely protect our core we have a historical country. mentioned that we needed russian help in order to build that strong government independent government what exactly what type of help do you want from russia there is there is both the ability of russia and the the need for russian afghanistan to engage with. natalee in a manner of russia help and afghanistan to rebuild itself and re read develop its you to schilke capacity but also by way of trade by way of investment by way of interaction between or business which is very strong do you think questions have

a better understanding of afghan mentality as opposed to americans oh yes a lot better. a lot of it because it was just. a show as european both rush understands us culturally better and we have to start the good for the better that's that's a fact of them that's very true thank you very much mr president and welcome and i sincerely wish you and your people all the best in achieving peace and democracy wish you the best to. repairing a broken. highway construction and humanitarian aid. officials get the spoils of war it's the people who think the price. is no longer just down to drug trafficking.