a world cup show stopper like you've never seen russia's promise now that it's officially. have all the latest from st petersburg where the president sepp blatter has put pen to paper on the document russia is the host of the twenty eighteen world cup finals. look at the week's main news stories poland plans a reconstruction of the events that led to last a presidential plane crash insisting the official report leaves unanswered questions. pledging support to war torn afghanistan and to tackle the flow of drugs the russian president meets his afghan counterpart in moscow during the first visit in decades. and supporters rallied for

a russian woman who's lived in norway since childhood but who faces deportation after quest. this is r t welcome you're watching our news review of the week with first russia is promising to stage a tournament like no other when it hosts the world cup in twenty eight. the fee for president officially handed over the world's biggest sporting event to the country's successful bid. peter all of us in some petersburg where the ceremony took place. it's all official now they signed today a three headed contract between the russian football union fee for and the russian government well essentially that means is the first say that they will guarantee that the world cup will be held in russia in twenty eighteen the russian government say that they will provide the russian football union with all of the required help

that they need to be able to put it on and there should football union say that they will put it on no this comes after we heard just a couple of months ago that they would be given the chance to host the tournament in twenty eight say the first time bush has ever hosted it the first time it will ever be hosted in eastern europe now before the signing ceremony said blatter the fever president met with prime minister vladimir putin and that maybe a putin during that meeting talk to journalists and said they'll be able to put on a fantastic told him. we would like to use the experience we've already gained in preparing for the store to winter olympics in twenty fourteen so we've been working closely together with the international olympic committee on this and we've build up a very constructive business relationship with them i would like to ask you to point specialists from fefe to come and work here together with us to be present from the very first day of our common interest prize you can take part in the entire process

of preparing for the twenty cup lots of the thief the president talks and often an awful lot about the world game is football and he's really trying to make it part of his legacy to take the world cup finals as far flung corners of the world as he possibly can here the first time will be in eastern europe and after that the world cup goes to the middle east for the first time with guitar taking the on of there now mr blatter was talking about the russian said he was speaking with prime minister vladimir putin as well as the heads of the russian football union and he seems to be fairly confident that russia can put on a show. i'm very pleased that the russian government is playing a direct rule in oregon. i can assure you that we will work together very closely on this joint venture will provide support but the lion's share of responsibility rests on russia i'm certain that the world cup will be held at the highest possible level and will turn into a truly magnificent event initially when he is seven years it sounds like quite

a long time but then you look at the work that needs to be done the russian delegation when they put across their bid to fee for to host this tournament they really focus quite a lot on the potential that could come from having the tournament here in russia now a lot of the stadiums haven't actually been built there will be used in the in the tournament in seven years time a massive undertaking there of course what she does have some great footballing stadiums already luzhniki in moscow hosted the champions league final a couple years back did a great job there they'll be getting a major facelift but they'll be stadiums built brand new stadiums built in cities around the country but it's not just the stadiums what we're looking at is the world cup being held in the biggest country in the world and fans have to be able to get around to make sure that they can travel efficiently and safely and quickly to the different areas where the tournament is being held now the page had in place a massive proposal to build a high speed train link between the cities where the games will be held also

airports will be refitted out motorways the late. influx of people from all over the world coming here and they're going to have to make sure that they can have in place a transport system that they can get around and hotels so that they have a good time when they come here and at the football is what everybody is talking about come two thousand. in the right to other news now poland is planning to carry out a reconstruction of the plane crash that killed president kaczynski and his delegation in russia last april it's conducting its own investigation in response to the russian led probe which blames the tragedy on pilot error also refuses though to fully accept the findings as artie's caterina's explains. polish prime minister donald tusk attempting to calm an increasingly angry parliament this week. the polish government wants the truth to be complete and we realize this would be inconvenient for many as a complex number of causes for the crash it's convenient for some to blame the

pilots that were under pressure for others it will be convenient to blame the russians but it won't be the whole truth the organization that seeks the truth mustn't be influenced by forces in poland that want it to be convenient for them. but opposition leaders don't seem to be heeding the call intent and avoiding full responsibility for april's plane crash there flooding the polish media with conspiracy theories and enraged accusations. that in light of what we know today. there wasn't necessarily a new pressure they were radically misled. and this was a cause of the accident the relations to. the fault is on the russian side of the question. but is this grief talking or shrewd political ambition with a parliamentary election not far off it suggested that claiming the interstate aviation committee's report was biased and incomplete is a sure fire way to run voters but even those who accept the findings have issues

with the way that they were presented polling has been very critical of the report commissioned for instance for not publishing including reports in the stands or transcript of conversations off air controllers with the plane the commission has now post that transcript on its website as if post-fact recognizing the address the sooner the polish people it's a painful subject especially as it brings back some uncomfortable memories about the flights of high level officials. in august two thousand and eight a presidential air crew threatened with the sack after refusing to land citing bad weather conditions there's also a question of insufficient training raised after crash also in two thousand and eight which killed a number of polish military personnel that's why some feel that accepting full responsibility for this millions tragedy would be almost like admitting it could

have been prevented and you up for good or for that it is hard for post to handle a difficult three and this is a difficult truth of calls. in these rules which help us to shoot some responsibility away from us and the situation the pressures clear the drive to keep politics from interfering with improving relations between moscow and warsaw while amounting domestic agenda makes that a tough task regardless of who is to blame the sheer magnitude of this crash and the human tragedy of it are undeniable that's why officials both in russia and poland have called for the memories of those who lost lives a slight chance to be respected for the polish opposition however the promise of potential political leverage could turn out to be a lot more tempting cashman as our r.t. moscow. and as poland proposed for the independent investigation into the crash aviation security expert crissy aides told us the beginning won't change the facts . the evidence is the evidence it is hard evidence it is factual and you

know we simply can't change that with yet another investigation into the events you know we're talking about very clear instructions here from air traffic controllers to the pilots that there were no conditions for the landing the weather conditions were such that the airport was below operating the pilots on board the aircraft should have taken note of that but quite clearly some form of pressure was brought to bear so the psychological pressure or suchlike caused the pilots to take what amounts to a rush decision to attempt to make a landing that airfield on that. thought the british aviation analyst chris yates giving us some insight coming up on the program playing the transatlantic blame game a u.s. sets a date for trial of alleged russian arms dealer big to boot but his lawyers pry foul

saying the government breaking the ball got more matter and. wallets now from throwing more money into the economic bailout fund we hear what that means for a struggling eurozone country. first russia is pledging to help afghanistan recover from years of war once nato forces withdraw from the region in twenty fourteen the promise came during the afghan leaders visits to moscow which was the first in a generation president medvedev in cars they also vowed to tackle the problem of afghan drugs most of which flow into russia and this is now it for r.t. followed the talks 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 as an effective government that's able to provide the development of afghanistan for decades to come. u.s.

led coalition forces have been in the country since two thousand and one and are planning to withdraw combat forces in three years leaving afghanistan on its own russia has been watching us operations very closely from a far more providing necessary transit routes for supplies and plan to continue support once the pullout is complete there is both the ability to russia and the the need for russian afghanistan to engage with. not only in the manner of russia helping afghanistan rebuild itself and re re develop its institutions capacity but also by way of trade by way of investment by way of interaction between or businesses which is very strong but you countries signed a trade and 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 the president got as i mentioned that his country's developing economic

relationship with the united states but that the relationship with russia is developing at a larger scale again we should come back to a history more than one hundred four to enterprises were built by the soviet union driven karzai agreed to prioritize the fight against narcotics since russia bears the brunt of afghanistan's vast drugs production industry russia hoped that international forces could crush extremism in afghanistan and russian officials hope that maybe they could be able to stop the influx of drugs come in and russia but now is see if that americans and their european allies let's. say it clearly has failed in fighting spam is going to get so now of course russian officials have to deal with the problem of talking directly to the leaders of the two main threats coming out of afghanistan drugs and terrorism no one feels that hit closer to home

more than russia was pledging to help develop support for the war torn country without ever having a russian soldier stepped foot on afghan soil and he's now a r.t. moscow. president karzai gave r.t. an exclusive interview during his visit to russia and we'll bring you his thoughts on campbell's mounting problems on moscow's role in helping to solve them in just fifteen minutes tonight here on this channel r.t. from moscow hundreds of norwegians have been showing their anger against what they see as the unfair treatment of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants that's been highlighted by a threat to deport a russian born author who's lived there since she was a child and was even awarded norwegian of the year status as laurent report from oslo maria emily's case has the country facing up to issues its been reluctant to touch before. the clock is ticking for many as her supporters gather in central oslo for what may be the last time to protest her deportation

from the country she's learnt to call home as things stand i merely could be sent to russia within days leaving behind her friends the land she grew up in but this is no longer just about money with her book illegal norwegian and her activism she's managed to draw attention to the plight of all people struggling to stay in norway those without papers have no access to work education or health care and can't even get married before money i mean leave very few talks about it but they are now irish of their own have the possibility to have to have the same rights now i think. this movement in support of a specific case. can develop into movement supports or all the people in her situation it's a cause that unites different groups from organizations that campaigned specifically for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers to renowned human rights groups like amnesty everyone here has

a story to tell and this family and their friends are no exception we are here today with a mother and two children who has a legal stay in their way but their father he was not that said the. when he. came to seek asylum so we are here to protest that their split in family has to get through the one more immigrant there demanding better rights and they see emily as their poster girl born muddiness in north a settler her family fled when she was twelve they were denied asylum in norway but stayed anyway over the years emily learned to speak fluent norwegian and to most his degree and a job offer but the government insists she's illegal and must go her lawyer says that could happen within days it doesn't lucia very optimistic at the mo. ah there is still. the immigration authorities might rethink the case but whatever happens to emily her mark has been made these people are mobilized in value to

protect all those without papers in norway which could be as many as twenty thousand out of a total population of only five million media i merely has succeeded in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in norway they were previously seen as a group with little to offer and no resources to protect themselves but emily has a huge number of friends and the ninety thousand members of her facebook page a testament to the level of support she enjoys although the influence they enjoy looks limited with her deportation almost a certainty lower emmett's artsy. the e.u. boycotted the inauguration of incumbent leader alexander lukashenko he was sworn in for his fourth term earlier this week the president arrived at the ceremony in the capital minsk hand in hand with his son twenty seven member states refused to send representatives in response to claims that the symbol election results sparked a violent reaction which saw opposition leaders activists and journalists attacked

by the police to the e.u. reacted by proposing sanctions of the visas and a freeze on bank accounts belonging to senior government officials this is the first time the by the russian leaders face restrictions but some experts say will be more intense. and a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights groups free expression by civil society political opposition and we need to do is to be seen to say to the european union and the international community for change that we were right and whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future there will be consequences on this program russian regime we want. to be part of the eastern partnership with its very green country as an interloper the european union but yes there are these further steps that we could make in the future and we are putting personally or no troops we will not look the other way. a u.s.

judge this week told alleged was delivered to bu that he'll go on trial in september the russian businessman labeled in the west as the merchant of death is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism is lawyers say the u.s. has no legal right to put him in court parties instances choking or reports. one firearm for every twelve people are on. your request. and only on the other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing businessman victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of war or simply a victim of propaganda u.s. prosecutors are not thinking twice about which label to pick the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate the american media months ahead of trial also have their mind made up this is the lord of war. the merchant of death all right and you've got him in

your hands right he's in custody it's a great feeling with presumption of innocence out the window all these nicknames exist for one man who. has not committed any criminal activity and has not been found guilty neither in the us nor in any other country in america however he faces four charges. one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the for the united states has been eager to lay hands on boots for almost a decade there is no osama bin ladin no al qaida no problems in afghanistan no problems in iraq there is only victor boot the evil man upon the request of u.s. officials victor boot was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after two years of fighting for freedom in a thai court and found not guilty twice who was snatched up by american officials

and taken to the u.s. with sirens and an airplane in the middle of the night building all the hype of a hollywood blockbuster but curiously boots case technically remains in thailand it was based according to boots tie in russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court would you mean there was no official decision of an extradition meanwhile dubbed an international arms trafficker by america if your boot is in solitary confinement in a manhattan prison his wife who was held at the airport for almost three hours upon her arrival to the big apple got the first glimpse of viktor at friday's technical hearings i don't think he's in the best state i'm worried about his health both physical and mental the family believes the case against it was fabricated because what happened to him the kidnapping the full sky i can accept the possibility that victor boot might have some information that might be of the. interest to someone

but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those governments just drag those people on to their territory defense team set to file motions questioning how and why the man was brought to the us as well as whether or not the recordings used against picture were obtained in accordance with the thai law picture but stands confident that he is the victim of a propaganda war launched in america and maintains his innocence the defense team now has forty five days to present for motions to the judge the i'm awful most of the extradition of victor boot to the united states is one of the key elements among them a trial date for now has been set for september twelfth if found guilty by the u.s. federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and. you. for a long running story this one if you want to find out more about it with the wealth of. the whole story on our web site.

america's left scratching his head there is they're expensive popular afghanistan continues and while india may not be as much cash to the cause it seems its contribution to the nation is leaving a. new report. on the cost of ukraine. more than he or she could choose after swallowing a mobile phone pull. through. but you can find out more. world powers could mask the disappointment of the outcome of the latest talks over iran's controversial nuclear program negotiations in istanbul failed to reach any agreement or even set a deadline for future discussions the east foreign policy chief says iran isn't cooperating enough on the whole. the strict u.n. sanctions but iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad says he expects positive results

from any further talks to run insists it will not freeze its uranium enrichment program saying every country has a right to peaceful nuclear power the international community is still concerned though that iran is trying to build an atomic bomb which it denies russia's deputy foreign minister sergei ribicoff says that even though a deal was reached in the go see actions were not completely and they. i wouldn't agree that these talks failed i think it 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 better i'm squarely disappointed would be in the words statement my hope is that after the stumble around. the ring in part he will consider in a very serious manner. these eight years specific proposals that have been put

forward as russia says as i believe many in the world are equally. share this view there is no other way there is no alternative to the negotiations and then gauge with the effort everything else is you know. deadlock we need to continuously further negotiations effort this is what russia intends to do in the period after eastern. russia's deputy foreign minister sergei cough well news now today and the military raid on a turkish led flotilla was legal according to an israeli fiery the findings were issued by a television appointed tunnel made up of four israelis you will fall in the turkey's prime minister criticize the inquiry saying it held no value or credibility nine turkish activists died when israeli commandos were. guardianship

last year strong international condemnation. at least six people have been killed in a series of bombings across the iraqi capital baghdad more than thirty others were injured five car bombs appear to be part of a native attack targeted police and sheer pilgrims near a busy road in the city officials say the attacks were designed to show that iraqi is unable to provide security head of an arab league summit in march last week more than one hundred fifty people were killed in a wave of explosions across the country. police in easier have arrested two allies of ousted president ben ali amid renewed protests against the interim government demonstrators now demanding the prime minister resigned immediately. she is already quit after fresh elections are held the transitional government promised to hold a vote within six months but still hasn't set a date the political chaos follows a month long uprising that deposed the country's leader seventy eight people were killed during the arrest. more revelations from wiki leaks this week

criticized opposition groups in russia for their incompetence the online whistleblower published diplomatic cables in which the us ambassador to moscow brands the ante kremlin movements as unstable as they mature the files also showed that the opposition groups look beyond russia often seeking washington's help the secret cables suggest american embassy staff in moscow of growing tired of frequent pleas for cash and political assistance john laughlin from the paris based institute of democracy and cooperation told us anti government planes will fall on deaf ears in obama's america. the opposition does not have a great deal of support in the country in russia and that's why the spend their time going cap in hand to foreign supporters in this case the americans second to no one in denouncing the americans propensity for financing both political groups and non-governmental organizations which in fact pursue a political agenda so i salute lee think that the. it's wrong and i think that that

has happened a lot over the last twenty years throughout the former warsaw pact countries but these particular documents show frustration on the part of these groups with the new obama foreign policy the reset because these groups are going to the americans and saying that they don't feel that the denunciation is active enough so they are the ones asking for more and the americans in these documents at least are being slightly reserved and slightly reactive and saying that in fact they're already doing as much as they can. surely as promised our exclusive interview with the afghan president hamid karzai sports also ahead tonight in fifteen minutes natasha tells us why the gulf can tiger woods slip down a third of the rankings today's will come shortly with this is our t. it is now coming up to twenty eight minutes past eight at night this someday i'm kevin i thank you for being with r.t. .

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