in the program tonight the lawyer of alleged russian arms dealer living to boot values to challenge the legality of his u.s. trial court date set for september. and say no demonstrators protests to stop the deportation of a russian born immigrant they say is an asset to this is. the atomic split gets why there are negotiations over the iran nuclear stalemate. no deal and no deadline set for further talks but we'll see. joining us for more later in the program.

you're watching the r.t. international news channel from moscow it's now nine pm saturday night here in the russian capital and our top story for you the man the west calls the merchant of death will face a new york jury in september but to boot is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism. and i watched as the russian business from was committed for trial in the country which told ready considers him the world's most prolific traffic. it was definitely an interesting and interesting hearing we saw a picture 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 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 picture was arrested in thailand two years ago 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 in thailand that are now being used against picture boot by the prosecution whether or not they were made legally under law this case is no joke for him if found guilty in the united states because of the charges he's facing that include conspiring to kill american citizens conspiring to support 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 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 it on that country's territory the defense team has been saying 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 da. incidents from thailand are also but 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 i was a situation reporting first the investigative journalist daniel is still in who's been closely following the case told me that the u.s. is targeting russia through vick to boot don't think for a second that picture of what is actually going to go home after proving his innocence in the your chord is absolutely ridiculous he is not going to get a fair trial he is going to get a life sentence there 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 what he uses a transporter who actually remained in africa after being a translator and wasn't 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 end game the end game is russia then game is not there to rude if they didn't have a terrible day would have simply invented another big trouble because again if you create a new one world government a one world company limited to one of these powerful organizations above the government level for control what you need to do is you need to control the nations we're going to actually stand in your way and there is only one nation whereas the military power to withstand you know this onslaught of that is russia. investigative journalist daniel is still there with his own perspective that all the things have been case she's young she's intelligent and she is popular in norway yet the country the crowd russian born maria

a model citizen is now throwing a route as a failed asylum seeker now she's got huge support among norwegians but it seems that she is losing the battle to stay in the place that she's called home since she was a child laura and that picks up the latest on this ongoing story from. the clock is ticking for maddy amélie as her supporters gather in central oslo on saturday to try it one last ditch attempt to try and prevent her deportation they've come here to central oslo just outside the parliament building and say to the prime minister pleased to her we want her to stay but this is no known good just about mattie emily just about one person through her also a ship of a book on the plight of illegal immigrants and all through also through a high profile court cases that has drawn attention to illegal immigrants in norway she has started this movement behind me there are about five hundred people here is today's demonstration and they are all from various different illness nations both

domestic human rights organizations organizations that campaigns specifically for people without papers in norway and international organizations like amnesty i had a word with a couple of people in the crowd and here's what they told me about why they thought it was so important to turn out today we have worked for rights for irregular immigrants in norway for for actually a few years now what we want is to to to put focus an emphasis on what conditions these people live under and why they should have papers and b. and be able to work get married get health services so it's very important and the case with. a million have sort of put the sunday agenda like never before the people here see the plight of illegal immigrants in no way really as desperate they don't have the right to work they don't have any access to education or health care and they also don't have the rights to marry and so that's why people here have turned out today they all have a story to tell but i met one specific family who told me that we're here today

with a mother and two children who has a little stay in their own way but their father he was no that's the. one he. came to see. so we're here to protest that the split in family has to get through the one more immigrant as for money emily herself her face looks almost assured the government still hasn't been eight on its promise that it will deport her and it does look like that might happen to wards in the beginning of next week but her lawyer was here earlier and he told me how the case stands doesn't kluge very optimistic at the moment but. there is still. the immigration authorities might rethink the case even though it does currently look like money emily will have to leave behind the home that she's worked so hard to cultivate and the friends that she's made while she's been here she will leave behind

a different norway it seems from the one that she came to this is a movement now that has been truly amazing waited to turn out into the streets and try to help really go immigrants here in norway and they seem determined to carry on fighting for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants here in this country no matter where the money amalie gets to stay or go. our correspondent reporting there from the norwegian capital all the way through this why love can be bought in afghanistan and it seems it's india that's winning hearts and minds right now while americans believe that going to waste the children but surely plus russia divers are plunging into ice top board says this winter there they go you can follow the journey of the fearless thrill seekers in just a few moments. an explosion of fire at a giant shopping complex in russia's urals has left two people dead five others were injured after a blast in the city of russia's republic of course the explosion caused fire to

break out during construction work inside the multistory retail center which also has restaurants offices and like people been evacuated from the scene it's not yet clear what caused the explosion first but. there's no sign of any fusion of the latest round of talks on iran's nuclear program the international powers who carried out the two day talks with iran say they're disappointed with the outcome in istanbul correspondent igor piskun office in the turkish capital. the situation is quite two sided at the moment because on one hand the six nations including the united states russia germany france great britain and china were not able to reach any concrete agreements would you run neither has tehran made an official reply to the international atomic energy agency's effort to enrich its uranium of broad in third countries and supplying iran with nuclear fuel for its peaceful nuclear reactors doss providing international control over the entire process and according to the six nations official representative they will hoping for an open discussion

without any preconditions and this was not possible since iran three continues you demand to be a lifting of the later set of the un sanctions on the other hand the six nations were able to show you around that they are absolutely united in their views and were able to provide concrete offers to iran how to get the situation moving out of the current deadlock and we were able to speak with the deputy foreign minister of russia and the head of the russian delegation here in istanbul let's listen to what he had to say i wouldn't agree that these talks failed i think that there was an important opportunity that was used by both parties to move dialogue forward i would say i am encouraged by the outcome but to put it that the i am squarely disappointed would be in the we're statement my hope is that after the stumble around. the ring in part he will consider in

a very serious manner these eight years and specific proposals that have been put forward this extensions are also absolutely united in their view that the only way the situation can get moving and that if iran cooperates and the international community and specifically the international atomic energy agency is sure in its peaceful intention. insists that its nuclear program is strictly peaceful and says that it's against nuclear weapons it's actually standing for the full disarmament of the current nuclear powers according to the iranian representatives here in istanbul they were also hoping for an open discussion but this was not possible since the six nations did not respect iran's right for peaceful nuclear power and rose saw that as if we're going to talk about corporations and the laws and rights

of all nations and countries should be respected when we talk about people's rights in the rule of law everyone is in agreement we have to respect each other and if we want to talk on the basis of the rule of law then we have to avoid certain preconditions and sanctions we must be respectful if any dialogue is to develop the six nations representative and the russian envoy have all said that they support a peaceful nuclear program any run but once again they have to be sure and it's peaceful intentions meanwhile the latest a fourth set of u.n. sanctions is still in place there are severe limitations on the sale of arms to iran and there are travel bans and asset freezes for some of the members of the revolutionary guard planes and ships coming and leaving iran are checked for prohibited cargo and also countries are banned from accepting investment from iran into a very nuclear programs and their nuclear facilities. could offer from istanbul

tonight a new flavor of support for afghanistan could be leaving a bitter taste in american india may not be contributing as much cash to the war torn country as the u.s. but afghans believe the nearby nation rolls having a bigger impact. it's no secret money can't buy you love but it's a lesson still to be learned 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 india is our only neighbor 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. in general i want i can find lots of afghan speak my language or

indian c.d.'s or engine of books and our language is a very simple 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 have working in afghanistan on the basic things like dentistry in other things but an american doesn't and also whenever they start a work or their start a project in afghanistan they're completing the 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 they are not the

afghans. in my experience it is just better it implementing projects than the united states us projects often suffer from inefficiency and bad blimey. india is clearly held in high regard here and it seems they haven't had to buy this positive reputation effect that could leave american scratching their heads as they continue to bankroll they costly afghanistan strategy poissy r.t. kabul. russia's prosecutor general's taking personal charge of the investigation into a reported gang land massacre in the south of the country eight people were shot dead on friday including six members of the same family at a house and stabbed report one of the victims was thought to be a crime landlord two children survived the attack including his newborn granddaughter and the nature of the boy it wasn't the first attempt on the life of libya. he had a long criminal record the wife of the crime boss was killed in

a previous attack a specialty of investigators has been set up to work on the case with these headlines now several people have been injured during clashes with police in a rally in the capital of syria the march was organized by a leading opposition party to protest a government ban on public gatherings police stressed in riot gear used batons to disperse crowds of angry demonstrators rest comes amid a week long series of pro-democracy protests in neighboring tunisia. the irish prime minister brian cowen stepped down as ruling party leader and will remain in office until parliamentary elections in march which you know is just two days ago on tuesday he want to secret leadership ballot but has continued to come under pressure the p.m.'s popularity plummeted amid the country's economic crisis and its bailout and i am an. american congresswoman gabrielle giffords who was shot two weeks ago has been transferred to a special rehabilitation center in texas now doctors describe the move as quote flawless adding that she smiled and even shed some tears on hearing applause from

well wishes police have installed additional security at the building which specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries giffords was shot in the head only this month when a gunman opened fire at a constituency meeting six people dead. ousted former dictator john called the valley has called for national reconciliation in haiti after returning from exile who said that this return was out of solidarity with victims of last year's devastating earthquake adding that he wants to rebuild the country the valley was deposed more than two decades ago. on wednesday he was briefly detained and charged over corruption i'm invisible during his time in power. america is witnessing the biggest british cultural invasion since the beatles it seems this time the brits are bombarding their way on to us t.v. networks with u.k. talent and program imports to avoid. the story. 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 oh nooo it into england and when the americans turn on their t.v.'s most of these gentlemen. it's as though evil 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. 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 we're 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 george of the sting serious when it comes to t.v. drama the gangs are also looking to the brits for a narrative inspiration this week the u.s. debuted remakes of two acclaimed british series. m.t.v.

cloned skins the story of under parenthood miners 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 this year 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 something you can give people a little jab would you can get in tear their lungs out i don't think i did anything wrong. a sentiment shared here where brits embrace sarcasm and political incorrectness so it was for me it is funny about how 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. let's check out some highlights from a web site r.t. dot com chinese exports continue to grow so does the popularity of the land and now with the bank of china opening its doors to america for the first time some experts predicting the asian currency could soon pose a threat to the dollar we're going to look back on that story tonight want to check the state also. local fashion lambswool boots the. ballot here to compete big toes believe warm very well leave the coldest winter for centuries now come to make a big dent into the world of high fashion. as well it's about to come. when it comes to extreme sports russians are never afraid to break new ground so smashing a hole through the ice before diving into the murky subzero depths is just one way

thrill seekers are enjoying the winter season as are about to find out about it. perched above the unknown would be icy depths below it requires guts to take the plunge. and. on the surface it's like a trap door to a sinister nether world but from below it's beguiling i starving in russia is a popular sport but it's not something to be taken lightly the divers are under the ice now which is around thirty centimeters thick the only sign left on the surface is this rope that's their safety line they're attached to and 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 and. you know 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 what is the this is 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. it could be a fantastic acting like a new man each dollar 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 it's two degrees celsius with the right gear maximum dive time is forty minutes. what we start with thermal underwear to take any more away from the body then a thicker thermal for 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 that's a little the most chilling sonora of all i still i think he's going to die for loses his mouth piece or runs out of and then it's a case of holding your breath and not letting go. on to bennett's oxy. but if i'm going to start a report on the israelis being vilified for trying to get their country to find a peaceful solution that's coming up shortly tonight after the business this weekend next with corinne. hello and welcome to our business program price growth is speeding up in russia presidential aides are cutting back college forecasts inflation made top two percent in january they can on a developing ministry said it made him 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 pace this year's

a glacial will surpass the target of six to seven percent and could reach double digits however you gain that dorson chief strategist at jones lang last out believes inflation could drop towards the end of the year. i would agree with people expecting double digit inflation within the top of the polls into level it's very likely that the nearest mall will reach double digits again unfortunately for us but at the same moment expect the piece of food inflation to decrease significantly and together with before reaching the food stuff in the show at the same moment the total inflation level will decrease again to one level that's nine point five right spread by december two thousand and eleven the ban on german pork imports will not cause meat shortages in russia says the country's agriculture minister or should temporarily halted the import of live pigs and pork products after a dyke seen contamination scare in germany the minister was also confident that last year's drought will not harm food supply in the country as it has sufficient

reserves russia however will seek for investment to better withstand natural disasters and future. 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 fund together with george soros the investors said this shop would be driven by a fast growing demand from asia to date black gold was its highest in mid two thousand and eight when it topped one hundred thirty five dollars a barrel another reason for oil prices going down high is the shortage of known reserves are declining here. let's look at the market that the russian stock markets closed the week on a positive note and isaacs went over one thousand eight hundred eighty points after the metal and oil shares climbed on signs that the e.u. economy may be picking up along energy companies call n roll snap outperform getting nearly two percent while gazprom bucked the trend shedding point seven percent banking stocks were also in the rise of the advanced nearly three percent

and the bear bank put on over a quarter of a percent on my six. this week there were some markets were mainly dominated by oil companies it also started on monday the news that b.p. and wall snapped with joy to develop the russian optic continental shelf as michael stein director of equity sales at a cretin investment back explains the new sparked a big rally and rosneft which was up three or four percent at one point on one day the other oil companies also benefited likewise on this week we also saw substantial progress on. government 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 underpin a lot of the buying that we saw in the market in luke oil gas from to a lesser extent and rosneft that's all the business out paid for now but you can always find most always if you log on to our web sites that out si dot com that

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