russia pledges support to rebuild afghanistan as president karzai visits moscow. alleged russian arms smuggler victor claims u.s. media coverage of this case is preventing any chance of justice as he appears for a pretrial hearing in new york. outrage in norway it's a russian born woman and former citizen of the year faces deportation recognized terrorist as a lot of the sunday. news around the clock from around the world thanks for being with us it's six am in moscow our top story russia is promising to support afghanistan after western forces withdraw from the troubled region in three years president has pledged came

at talks with ahmed pars eye in moscow the leaders also promise to clamp down on the vast flow of afghan drugs from which russia suffers the most or he's a nice and now it has the details of the 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 to rebuild itself and re re develop its institutional capacity but also by way of trade investment by interaction between all 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 is now half a billion u.s. dollars president got as i mentioned 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 madrid even karzai agreed to prioritize the fight against narcotics since russia bears the brunt of afghanistan's fast drugs production industry russia hoped that

international forces could crush extremism in afghanistan and russian officials hope that maybe they could add. able to stop the influx of drugs common interest but now is see if the americans and their european allies let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting extremism in afghanistan so now of course russian officials have to deal with the problem directly to the leaders will get us to where the two main threats coming out of afghanistan drugs and terrorism no one feels that it 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. russian businessman and a large arms dealer viktor bood has made his second appearance in a u.s. court for a pretrial hearing he faces charges of conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorists while boo maintains his innocence the media continues to

label him the merchant of death or he's out of stocks you're going to reports. it was definitely an interesting and interesting hearing we saw a picture of good he seems to have lost quite a lot of weight his hair has grown longer his wife his daughter and his mother were also present in the courtroom because this was the first time he got to see a glimpse of him in a very very long time and essentially what was going on inside the courtroom were several technical questions were being decided such as setting a trial date and also of course importantly the defense team presented to the judge that they're planning to file several motions concerning viktor boots case among them is what they call the unlawful extradition of him to the united states of course a very big issue since as we know victor boot was arrested in thailand and two years ago courts decided that he was not guilty twice and then all of a sudden he gets extradited to the united states and issue which technically with many of his papers are meeting in thailand which means the court is that the case

is still going on there that's something the defense team is planning to address as well as issues of whether or not the recordings that were made of tile in thailand that are now being used against picture boots by the prosecution whether or not they were made legally under law it was interesting also we noted moment where the judge mistook the history of this case and called thailand the philippines something that really. disturbs the people who were in the courtroom but essentially for now a trial date has been set and what we know from now that the family of richard will see him for the first time this monday and the reason this case is really interesting is because there is according to victor boot and his defense team and his family they believe that a propaganda war was launched against him in the united states with the media calling him the merchant of death that hollywood movie starring nicolas cage the lord of war was made of the stuff victor boots life while he has not been found guilty in any country in the world not thailand not the united states nor anywhere

else so they're saying the fact that. this man is being presented as a villain is really a result of this chase conducted by the united states for almost a decade after this man there's been a lot of speculation about whether or not he has some information that the united states government might want to get from him we had an exclusive interview with his wife olive who told us that just because he might have some sort of information interesting to someone does not mean it's ok to call kidnap a person to another country and try them on that country's territory so definitely a complicated case and definitely the prosecution looks set to make sure that viktor boots pays for what they believe he did we can expect these motions that i mentioned filed by the defense team that will take place within forty five days there's going to be several technical hearings and pretrial hearings taking place the defense team has been saying today in court that they're absolutely overwhelmed

with the amount of documents that they have to deal with because this case is so deeply intertwined with ty law and just not just the u.s. law they have to make sure that all of the documents from thailand are also based of. their legal what the prosecution is presenting so it's definitely a complicated case that's going to be dragging on for a while because of so many different countries involved in this situation this case is no joke for him because if if found guilty in the united states because of the charges he's facing that include conspiring to kill american citizens conspiring to support terrorist groups that the united states deems terrorists international arms trafficking that he's being accused of he's facing from twenty five years to a lifetime in jail. contributor wayne madsen has information that could prove damaging to some u.s. officials. i think if it was allowed to write his memoirs and it was

made into a movie it would be a blockbuster because he knows enough to maybe point the finger at a lot of u.s. officials and especially in the bush cheney administration he says he's getting a lot of bad press of course he's getting bad press from the wall street journal from fox news you know the same people who have interest with lord award books that merchants of death and washington post reporters and whatnot is going to get a fair trial here a lot of people question whether the rule of law actually even applies to the united states anymore since we have federal judges and prosecutors probably feel more at home trying cases in equitorial guinea or me and maher and i doubt he's going to get a fair trial here stay with us here on r t still ahead this hour the ex russian spy from the cold on television and a child and lands her own t.v. show what she's revealing in just a few minutes. but first the russian born maria has been calling norway her home for almost a decade she achieved academic success alongside plaudits for her social contribution

to her adopted country but none of this changes the fact that she's about to be deported from norway as a failed asylum seeker her case has angered thousands of norwegians demanding that the current immigration policy be changed or lower and it has more 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 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 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 sort of integration into norwegian society which was also very active . in musical festivals literature refers to. an extremely sort of a new thing despite protests the government standing firm 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 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 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 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 her asylum 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 lord illegals must be changed we have to remember that. in terms of the way. here in norway. situation maria was when she came to the country in this case show me the train. 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 of maddy i mean he has. it's people out into the streets in anger and yes it would now take a humiliating state you ten to allow her to stay in the country she grew up in and has come to cool i may have been given up but it seems the norwegian person of the year time left in no way can now be counted in days not weeks you were abbott's. eight people have been shot dead in the south of russia in what police say is a gang land shooting the bodies of six members of one family in two staff were discovered in a house and stabbed ripple two young children survived the attack investigators say the house belonged to vladimir the alleged head of a local criminal group his wife was shot dead five years ago in an attempt on his life in an unrelated incident late last year twelve people were killed at

a party in russia's south which police say was also the result of a gang war. let's take a look back and remember there is plenty more out for you online and r.t. dot com here's what folks are clicking on right now. some of britain's biggest banks are paying out huge bonuses to their staff this year despite the bad by taxpayers bankers will be pocketing billions of pounds off their ready cuts continue to hit the u.k. . and those winter activities take place on solid ground but russian ice diving sees extreme sport and journey beneath the surface take the plunge and click over to our t. dot com. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe iran says talks on its nuclear program are yielding results in the turkish city of is stand all six

party negotiations are expected to revive a fuel swap plan that would see uranium enriched outside iran washington remains pessimistic that anything positive will come from the talks that are set to wrap up saturday iran is currently under four sets at u.n.c. . actions despite tehran insisting its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. former british prime minister tony blair has faced the country's iraq war in korea 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 added made it ignoring advice that the war was illegal and war protesters outside called for blair to stand trial at the hague. at the end of the albanian capital tehran 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 the government stepped out over corruption allegations police used tear

gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds who called for pressure elections the country's been in political deadlock since the opposition rejected the results of the ballot two years ago. finally in this news bloc and chapman the so-called sexy spy has taken another career turn this time on two russian t.v. sets. after years of living under the radar snooping in the u.s. the world the spy world pin up girl is now uncovering strange phenomena in her own network primetime series it's called secrets of the world and it sees anna get to the bottom of solving real life x. files type mysteries from russia and around the world. next martin ender's explores the british capital with a russian flavor in this week's moscow out stay with us here on our.

hello and welcome to the program of exploring different cities around you are taking a look at russian history and culture meeting russian experts ex-pats exploring

russian life outside of russia and we begin this week showed the beautiful city of london for centuries russia has influence culture all over the world today that fusion continues in arts and entertainment a rich and diverse mix that it cites the senses. says the feel of the u.s. is solved thousands of russians have moved to london the recent opportunity to close proximity to moscow good education established close distance status. but even a reason for taking their the football clubs newspapers to make major moves in the fashion scenes influential russians have certainly made their mark in the british capital over the past twenty years with that's the range of business is good to russians have opened up in london like this. if you're looking for authentic. this is the place to come this is one of the most popular russian stores in the capital whether you're looking for a russian class or any other ingredients you'll find it all here because my

favorite. although you will pay for it they are good so approximately double the cost of a all in moscow. prices aside what's the most popular perch. you see here. one of our most popular products is great the bulk weeks because into summer course there has been a funk we crises in russia but we have regular supplies and you can always find it in our shop even though it's in major demand we always have enough of it another popular item is roy bread every russian should have allowed on the dining table. and it's not just rushing through the house as successful market in london now moscow's restaurant is on making an impact to another leads us to this week's guest . ok love recently and now you're famous for your restaurant obviously in moscow tell me about your plans. your goal

this goal yes then i was looking for a place for a long time and find one that just recently currently i'm working on a restaurant in may fear it will be an asian restaurant and italian restaurants and a bar. how did you start off in the restaurant business. the bullets and it was a long time ago. i've been working in restaurants for thirty years now and i hope my first one in one thousand nine hundred one. that i hadn't bishan and want to talk my own and then step by step i created more and more restaurants and no i've reached london for the also the now you have dozens of amazing glamorous restaurants in moscow how do you think the two cities of london and the russian capital compare. along the news that there was delicious food is in demand in london in the ether right people as well. in moscow to my disappointment people are going to restaurants where there's some kind of action. you know the place is

visited by popular people and celebrities. it's all just about fashion. and i love the taste the restaurants i love the food. and worked as a chef for a long time but i want people to praise the food not the people nearly. how competitive do you think the london restaurant scene is and how successful do you hope to be here. recently i walked around chelsea of the district where i live at ten in the evening. but if that was what i wanted to see how few of the restaurants were putting on tuesday all the seven restaurants our visitors were packing it. i could hardly find an empty seat. at the mosque but they seem time in moscow it's empty. tasty food is important for me. your clothes and i understand the both londoners and serious school to restaurants for delicious food for your computer which is. the final question to all the restaurants and the russians here in london

all foreigners all this is all part of your increasing a big restaurants with their own one hundred twenty places in the asian one hundred seventy in the italian one and another hundred in the bar so if you're one of his welcome but it will know from personal experience i'm sure everyone will have your restaurants here in london is that it's me. for. those who missed reading. skills in the language there's a bookshop in central london where thousands of publications can be found called the. kinds of books in the russian language including classics and contemporary writers russian history. and reading material such as love story paperbacks a range of d.v.d.'s of. the short. term here enjoy reading with a cup of tea and sweets for those who live outside london. ordering online.

children's books are in big demand as there are many multilingual families where one parent speaks russian and they want their kids to be able to speak russian to the literature for children is very popular with our customers. as. capitals many young people from russia come here to study for a good experience. there are many russian students taking courses in fashion at london's famous university but some choose the only way to get into the industry. came to the british capital as a journalist writing for top fashion magazines in the u.k. as well as working on articles. from russian vogue was another female. they decided to work on a label creating collections of clothes and accessories for self-made business women. classical and timeless.

where. for example this jacket over a little. sick. the quality is. our next location is the beautiful russian orthodox cathedral in west london the parish is one of the oldest in western europe dating back to the end of the seventeenth century when peter the great visit to england in sixty ninety eight the church founded then was called the greek russian church and was attached to the russian embassy in november one thousand nine hundred seventy the first stone was laid for the foundation of the new russian cathedral here in hobbit road she's sick. personal for the church and she's a quest plan that was built over ten years ago founded using private money it's an important place for many russians here in the capital not just as

a place of worship but where ex-pats can meet others and be part of a close knit community. today the church has a sister a school but children are taught religion the recent language and russian literature and singing on sundays and festivals the sisterhood and other person is prepared meals which allow russian ex-pats to get together beyond church services to meet guests of the parish. people go to church mostly on sundays so during the week there aren't many visitors here but on weekends the church is fully packed with around two hundred visitors. it's a landmark you can't miss in london as a place that brings the local russian community closer together a welcome addition to russian life in the. mixed up the glamorous world of caviar. a say in the recently and yes below market value of a caviar business here in the u.k.

for those who do every last three years most of the company supplies coverage of the u.k. market and apparently you have some very very important customers yes we do have a number of customers in the last customer who joined our exclusive clients we think came from buckingham palace or expects to whatever the uk. the self you hear a couple. of their. usual white using one very famous scolding right which was out of the monkey school many years but it used to be the free would go to school russian stars relations of who are. always bad and now in some areas especially yes there was a bill don't quite buy and hold two years which is now listed but russia kazakhstan and the other custom countries are imposing their own in february experience and that's when it would last for five years and that's so the first stop has multiplied exactly because sergio is one of the great programs pollution and you

can control is because the crust can see borders very well now i presume your car is very expensive no such reason of course because we are new to the market and we want. ok try for schools it's already on the hand of trying to get. up. at seven light until it gets a little taste of the british capital of course the oldest so you let us meet you thank you very much mr truss. so losing gradually as many cool it's commission shops and exhibitions to churches the same and due to architects and designers you can even find streets insets in areas a sign of the ever growing multicultural capital yes the new wave of russians in the u.k.

have rules mystery and intrigue but at the same time the two nations are becoming closer and as a result of the strength of new ties the cultural world has exploded with opportunity russia is now closer but you think well unfortunately that's all tell me on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week for more. the rising of russian culture in the buses comes up and hold them for me and the rest of the crew without. a clue.

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