the lawyer of alleged russian arms dealer victor boot virus to prove his client's innocence and the illegality of his prosecution in the u.s. and his trial date is set. outrage in mass demonstrations are expected in norway as human rights groups prepare to hit the streets in protest against the impending deportation of a russian born illegal immigrant. and tear around is resisting pressure from global political heavyweights to curb or justify its atomic program as nuclear talks enter the final day in istanbul. you're watching r.t.

welcome to the program our top story now the man nicknamed the merchant of death in the west will have to wait at least another eight months to find out his fate the u.s. judge has ruled that russian businessman to boot will stand trial in a new york federal court in september he's facing charges of conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorists he's an associate churkin has more. it was definitely an interesting and interesting hearing we saw victor 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 they got to see a glimpse of him in a very very long time and essentially what was going on inside the courtroom or 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 groups 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 remaining 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 boot by the prosecution whether or not they were made legally under thai law 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 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 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 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. this 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 and are 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 we love best of journalist daniel a student who's been closely following the case told r.t. the us is targeting through the vip to beat the thing for a second that bridgeable is actually going to go home after proving his innocence in the new york chord is absolutely ridiculous he's not going to be

a fair trial he's going to get a life sentence that is absolutely not one shred of evidence on big trouble there is nothing on victor board at all he was never an arms merchant he was not a merchant of death or he uses a transporter who actually remained in africa after being a translator and was of become stayed in the soviet union basically fell apart and disappeared into oblivion and he remained there becoming a very well known and successful transport of merchandise so you have to understand the game is russia the end game is not a victory would be if they didn't have a terrible day would have simply invented another which would because again if you create a new one world government a one world company limited to one of these powerful organizations above government level for control what you need to do is you need to control the nations who can actually stand in your way and there is only one nation who has the military power to withstand this onslaught of that is russia. has best bits of a journalist on a student with his own perspective there on the victim. protests planned in the way

they did today against the deportation of russian born illegal immigrant whose once names norwegian of the year but only has lived in norway for almost a decade but hopes to going public with her situation in order came for her to be deported and there's no and that reports the cases the claims of double standards against the government. as maria believes supporters prepares to gather in central also for another demonstration to try and keep her in the country the battle looks lost even though she came to norway with her parents as a child speaks fluent norwegian and completed a master's degree here she's an illegal alien according to the government and must be deported but she feels norwegian and in two thousand and ten she was named norwegian of the year by an all slate magazine she's also written a book highlighting the plight of illegals in norway she's even been offered a job writing for a different magazine but due to the vagaries of norwegian immigration law even that

hasn't helped her the fact that she's already applied for asylum means it's now impossible for her to apply for a work permit the political party the christian democrats say that's totally unfair and also to make it easier to change the q. too. soon to. employment. and i think many people agree with christian democratic. for the population at large her case invites comparison with that of another failed asylum seeker one mullah krekar he is the former leader of a kurdish terror group but he's on the un and the us is list of terrorists even though norway's declared him a threat to state security it still won't deport him in fact the justice ministry says the two cases just can't be compared we want to return cricket as well but we

cannot. because he is. he will probably be executed and we have. an obligation to not returned those who will face serious violations and executions that is not the case. the family case she will not be persecuted in russia maria i believe. and it still her family fled in fear of their lives is the result of a business deal go broke she's also reported to be a close relative of. defense minister of the union so it's a well connected family and no society and community leaders doubt that she would be in danger if she was to return but the fact remains maria i believe grew up in norway speaks more no we. cool. but it's the hope she gets more and more likely

to have to give up. reporting there now we've got a lot more coming up few data in the hour here's just a preview. taste of india and they seem to like it we report on what's making locals say yes to the land of bollywood to the land of mali which. the british are coming from and how american television is under attack from entertainment imports from the u.k. . russia's prosecutor general has taken charge of an investigation into a reported last occur in the south of the country that took place on friday eight people were shot dead including six members of the same family at a house and report one of the victims was an alleged crime lord with two children survived including his granddaughter in an interval it was not the first attempt on the life of the reported mobster who had a long criminal record. and zions wife was killed in a previous attack investigation committee chief is on his way to the crime scene or

a special team will be set up to work on the case. the rainy an envoy to the international atomic energy agency claims tehran is ready for a nuclear fuel swap deal with moscow. soltani says his country is prepared to exchange its rain. in the highly from russia statement comes around close talks on iran's nuclear program kicks off for a second and final day in istanbul iran has been trying to get into the discussion of its agenda with six world powers who want to guarantees the islamic state and develop weapons sufficiency post their families and agreement to meet again. the mean thing that the six nations need to focus on at the moment is establishing a concrete plan to move forward that's according to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. of measures have been taken but frankly speaking not much has

changed russia the united states or germany great britain france and china really need to put their heads together in order to move the situation of the current deadlock iran still hasn't officially replied to the international atomic energy agency's proposal to enrich its uranium abroad and supply iran with a nuclear fuel for its peaceful nuclear reactors the us providing into rational control over being to a process instead to grant says that it will continue developing its nuclear program despite anything even possible attacks on its nuclear facilities. either leave or right for nuclear energy or any technology and nobody can really get these right there for peaceful and no compromise on those pretty simple at any price has given us strength and power meanwhile the leaders to four percent of the u.n. sanctions is still in force there are severe limitations on the sea of arms to iran

travel bans and asset freezes for some of the members of the iranian revolutionary guard planes and ships coming in leaving iran or check for banned color go and countries or even banned from accepting investment from iran into very nuclear programs and nuclear facilities well according to russia's foreign minister so for up to this this point. sanctions has proven to be all effective and another thing that the nations need to talk about is other ways other diplomatic ways to influence the situation so we go over also stress that as soon as the i.a.e.a. has no more questions to iran over its nuclear program and tehran does manage to prove its peaceful intentions the dispute will be over iran will be able to develop a peaceful nuclear program under international supervision a win win situation for all but unfortunately at the moment it's we do soon to talk about that. going to afghanistan now where locals say americans could lead a thing or two from india even though not as much indian monies for into the

country afghans claim they are more concerned about making the everyday lives a little bit better. at the details. it's no secret money can't buy you love but it's a lesson still to be learnt in afghanistan at least by the americans they've invested some fifty billion dollars in the country india just over a billion and the result latest polls say one in two afghans want america out while three in four want india in the money we have a long history of friendly relations between afghanistan and india are only neighbors who does not interfere in our internal affairs on the streets of kabul you don't have to walk too far the flavor is often indian and the aroma and mistakenly spicy. whatever i want i can find here lots of afghans speak my language their indian indian books and all languages are very similar and india's role

particularly in the medical and construction industries here hasn't gone and recognized this is one of the projects both by the indians four years ago it brings water down from a river several kilometers away so that farmers here can easily cultivate their land these young afghans are all involved in development work they say will india fall short in terms of cash support it more than makes up for in understanding the needs of afghanistan they're working in afghanistan on basic things like dance training and other things but an american doesn't and also whenever they start a would go to start a project in against their completing their main complaint american projects are often inefficient and poorly resourced while analysts say india is just better than america at developing projects afghans want and appreciate. you my experience is just better it implementing projects than the united states us

projects often suffer from inefficiency and bad planning. india is clearly held in high regard. and it seems they haven't had to buy this positive reputation a fact that could leave american scratching me heads as they continue to bankroll big costly afghanistan strategy policy r r t kabul. have a look at some other international news for you now in brief former haitian made the film called the valley as call for national reconciliation is the only speech since returning to the island he also apologized to victims of his fifteen year the former dictator was deposed only twenty five years ago a popular uprising wednesday was briefly detained and charged with corruption and other alleged crimes during his roof his return has drawn criticism from the u.s. and many european states who say it is only deepened its uncertainty in eighty.

u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords shot in the head two weeks ago has been moved from arizona to a specialist treatment center in texas doctors say the transfer went flawlessly and ms giffords smiled when she heard applause from well wishers police have installed extra security measures at the facility part of the complex that specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries congresswoman was shorter earlier this month when a gunman opened fire constituency event killing six. newsy as prime minister has said he will stand down and quit politics altogether out of fresh elections the transitional government has promised to him polls within six months but it has so far no sense of date protests have continued since the fall of the ousted president. clinton is in unhappy that key figures for the previous regime remain in positions of power least seventy people have been killed since a wave of protests began last december. it's the biggest british

cultural invasion of the us since the beatles this time the brits are bombarding their way on to american t.v. networks with u.k. talent and the program imports hard to avoid ortiz report no more. in the heart of manhattan's greenwich village. beats the poles of britain. a mecca for anglo files called assault and battery. authentic fish and chips mars bars imported u.k. products and a cheery staff that spouts cockney slang when you walk through the door and you walk out of new york and into england and when the americans turn on their t.v.'s most of them when you see. it's as though and has come to them with british funnyman ricky gervais's hosting the golden globes for the second year in a row that would be comedian and creator of the t.v.

series the office drew nearly seventeen million viewers and major buzz for poking fun at hollywood's most pretty and powerful people awarded. sitting down to speak with america's most famous and influential point you're good you are good in other import former tabloid editor and talent show judge piers morgan was recruited by c.n.n. to cross the pond and take over larry king's crown so you. could be drinking by the looks of things u.s. media has had a change of appetite feasting on the talent and sharp tongue belonging to america's former colonial masters british t.v. culture it's much faster it's much windier it's much in many ways more scripted even literary whereas american is slower it's more predictable and all the rest of it so american t.v. executives have always looked to england for clever you know report and people like

piers morgan fit the bill you have to also write a question you ga just in syria when it comes to t.v. drama the gangs are also looking to the brits for narrative inspiration this week the u.s. debuted. remakes of two acclaimed british series for m.t.v. cloned skins the story of under parenthood minors who abuse drugs and explore each other in ways that would cause heart attacks at nickelodeon some people say got a voice please all together showtime stole shameless the story of a welfare dependent family headed by an unknown apologetic alcoholic seems like everything which it was three dimensional except the carcass of the tourist. in real life mocking american actors can create a national gasp ricky gervais's was criticised for taking jokes way too far during the award ceremony when your host of the all you can give people little jabs with

you can tear their lungs out i don't think i did wrong. a sentiment shared here where brits embrace sarcasm and political incorrectness too is for me for me right now i can you know either. so while americans happily consume britain's iconic fish n chips question is will infamously sharp humor be as easy to swallow. r.t. new york. well you get to the latest in everything we're covering here at r.t. at our website that sati dot com so take a look at what's on the line right now sorry state of affairs find out why all twenty seven member countries boycotted items on the gratian his fourth term as president but to reduce. mystery surrounding a blast from the past deceased colombian drug lord publice. i think you knew the residents of crane city. just who paid for it that. china.

is. you. mean. scuba diving into a mysterious underwater world is enough to give any extreme sports enthusiasts a rush but in the depths of the russian winter somewhat more spirits to another level that descending into dangerously freezing waters beneath a thick layer of ice either bennett's got to grips with the exhilarating sport. perched above the unknown with the icy depths below it requires guts to take the

plunge. on the surface it's like a trap door to a sinister nether world but from below it's beguiling i starving in rushes a popular sport but it's not something to be taken lightly that divers are under the ice now which is around thirty centimeters thick they only sign left on the surface is this rope that's their safety line they're attached to in case they get lost on the water because there is of course only one way out and that's here the maximum depth of the dive is nine metres but the rope allows a horizontal range of twenty with only one exit surface contact must not be lost. some of us know it's crucial that the rope is always kept taught when it's taught i can pull on at once to ask them if they're ok see the target wants to telling me it's all right down there that's how we communicate that it's these divers first

time under ice they're taught theory to accompany three dives before getting their qualification it may not be the coral reef but that's not the point because for these divers it's all about breaking the ice. fantastic i feel like a new men each diver has to air regulators in case one freezes a common problem with temperatures outside well below zero and then leaks and the equipment needs defrosting in the water is two degrees celsius with the right gear maximum dive time is forty minutes. we start with thermal underwear to take anymore if you're away from the body then a thicker thermal under jacket before the dry suit on top we were gloves to but you have to ensure the joints are watertight the hood should cover as much space as possible if it's too big for your head cheeks and lips freeze. the most chilling scenario of ice diving is when

a diver loses his mouthpiece or runs out of air then it's a case of holding your breath and not letting go. after bennett's r.t. . to explore the russian way of life in different cities around europe and in london it's got a certain ring about it. the issue for the church here in choosing quest london 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 experts can be others and be part of a close knit community.

is enjoying the moscow team in just over an hour's time for all that business news today it's an arena and we understand that this isn't an exam levered it could be selling stake in your flaws yes that's right kerry is doing that by the forty four to pull it jets for his red wings airline that it plans to buy with richard branson one that in a moment but first to other stories. price growth is speeding up in russia presidential coverage forecast inflation make top two percent in january the economic development ministry said it may even climb to two point three percent compared to one point six percent last year the president chairman of russia's central bank admitted that if prices keep growing at such a pace this year's inflation will surpass the target at six to seven percent and could reach double digits however you gain that chief strategist. believes inflation could drop towards the end of the year. i would agree with people expecting double digit inflation within the first half of two thousand to level

it's very likely that the new suit will reach double digits again unfortunately for us but at the same moment i expect the piece of food inflation to decrease significantly and together with the preaching the food stuff inflation at the same moment the total inflation level will decrease again to one huge level that's nine point five i expect by december two thousand and eleven. now oil prices could hit a record two hundred dollars per barrel in the next decade that's according to jim rogers who co-founded the quantum fun together with george soros the investor said this shop upsurge would be driven by fast growing demand from asia to date black gold was at its highest in mid two thousand and eight when it topped one hundred thirty five dollars a barrel i know the reason for oil prices going that high is the shortage of no reason declining a cheer. this is how the russian markets ended this week at the r.t.s. and mines it's closed up over half a percent on friday local and rawson have gained nearly two percent bucking the

trend was gas heading point seven percent. the week this week the russian markets were mainly dominated by oil companies it all started on monday on news that b.p. and ross now have to put together what together develop the russian optic continental shelf says michael stein director of equity sales at a creative best and. the new spark a big rally in rosneft which was up three or four percent at one point on monday the other oil companies also benefited likewise this week we also saw substantial progress on. government will sector tax changes and in specific the market has been very optimistic that the government's going to cut the export duty on crude oil so those two developments on your pin a lot of the buying that we saw in the market in lukoil gas from to a lesser extent was no. russian businessman alexander lebedev could sell his stake

in air flight to buy forty four tupolev jets for his red wings airline negative who owns a third of the country's flagship carry it has said that red wings will only use russian made aircraft a low cost carrier currently has a two believes in operation early in the week it was announced that virgin owner richard branson was in talks to buy into lead wings. and that's all the business update for now but join me in less than one hour for more than a watch. very

first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or not i just. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was a do with deterrents doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should somebody so they are not going some doors run to the other corner and they don't know how religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed if you want to bomb gaza and kill i thousand four hundred people in

a month and you want to expect that this will have no effect until a feat you have to be either extremely naive or extremely stupid oh we don't even need to do that here a jew a religious jew calling another joe a not not the way they really let him out on the night. repairing a broken nation. highway construction and humanitarian aid. but as she. officials. it's the people who pay the price. to drug trafficking. wealthy british.