by two women in august over in sweden and cheatin assault himself has always said that these allegations are politically motivated that these were bit women were somehow paid or forced to make these allegations against him to bring him down essentially we don't know what the prosecution's going to be arguing at the moment but unusually to a full defense argument is being released on the website of associates lewis we know the preliminary arguments they're going to say that he's human rights could be violated if he was extradited to sweden and on then the u.s. which is what the defense lawyers are saying that's going to happen they say that there's a risk a big risk that the u.s. will seek his an extradition or even a legal rendition to the u.s. after he's been deported to sweden and that there's a real risk of him being detained either in guantanamo bay or in some kind of similar facility they're also going to argue that he will put be at risk of the death penalty if it's a death penalty if he was sent to america as outrage washington by publishing on

his wiki leaks website u.s. diplomatic cables from around the world showing how relationships between countries actually worked some of them were quite scandalous for the u.s. government in his state he says that because of that they are out to get him we know that the swedish prosecutor's office has come out and said that even if he was extradited to sweden from here would be protected by strictly you rules and in fact sweden wouldn't be able to do just whatever he liked with the songs once he got there but as we are saying today many say this weekend's friendship with the u.s. has got quite a cozy close friendship with the u.s. may mean that the edginess on his extradition is much more likely my colleague at least in a way filed a report on just that let's hear what it says is going to. sweden a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship. with the united states the country that gave us

our flat pack furniture store dollar meatballs top models and lawn bomb shells may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be supersized just the other day the deerhunter film was shown again on swedish t.v. for the. sixtieth time it's an awful film it's the worst propaganda politics through the back door like sweden's times with nato you have the military and some politicians pretty intensively with the united states and with nato and the large mass of the population being totally unaware of the stuff going on but it's not just what swedes are taking in it's also what their leaders are ready to get from julian a son to terrorist suspects to nato support when america wants something they get it but why and what's in it for this so-called neutral nation they get. all the

benefits of being an intelligence partner of the united states without the baggage of being in nato it's a partnership decades in the making there is. a willingness to. do the arrogance of the united states over many years from. questions. making asylum seekers in sweden. both to the cia freddy's is particularly strong now with a government in sweden and with the us wanting him for spying and sweden wanting him for sex crimes julian assange is wanted by quite a team and the songe wiki leaks case seems to be just the next continuation of this very old intelligence relationship here's some other relationships we dug up julian assange just ticks off the u.s. with. your story action from one of the country's most notorious neo cons is not

a particularly credible source and lover and he is a you know two million homeowners it is a criminal only ought to be hunted down and grabbed and put on trial for what he used earlier these words from karl rove who claims he's part swedish and just happens to be advising the country's pm while the former swedish minister of justice is a partner in the firm who filed charges against a songe for sex crimes with another link to the us thomas von stroheim is claimed to have handed the cia asylum seekers from sweden who were then tortured the questions about neutrality became even even clearer thanks to some of the documents from exactly wiki leaks and if the u.k. can secure asylum for bodies because of ski and ahmed zakayev both wanted for serious crimes in russia it could be argued there's another room in the british justice system to protect julian assange and from the united states of swedes

merica and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's now a r t stockholm sweden. with street protests in egypt showing a little sign of abating the dispute is not moving to a political battleground the government is holding talks with the country's main opposition groups and already agreed reforms to try and end the uprising over the last two weeks against president mubarak but the opposition says this is not enough to end the standoff. has more from cairo. life here in downtown cairo is slowly returning to some kind of normality a short time ago i got caught in my first traffic jam and a policeman helped me cross the street so the police are back the cars are back shops businesses and banks are opening albeit for a limited time today there are still though thousands of protesters out in turkey a square there relic call has not changed they say they're going nowhere until president mubarak steps down now just yesterday sunday there were talks between the

government between vice president omar suleiman and opposition groups those talks do not seem to have yielded much more than sit up a committee to discuss constitutional reforms that committee has one month in which to deliver its results and also for the state of emergency to have ended earlier i compiled this report. it didn't get more than a passing mention in the mainstream media hizbollah hamas and muslim brotherhood members in a jail break. from here and want to lebanon there's no way to go to lebanon from egypt only to go through the sea or to fly so who helped them any one of the thousands of protesters on egypt streets was. support for the demonstrators has fled fast and although the muslim brotherhood the country's largest opposition group with an islamist agenda got involved only on day three that says mom do ramsey is part of the plan the muslim brotherhood will appear when they're sure the presidency will fall and when they have the support and power to control everything

they work in every arab country there they're below the surface and there they're now talking with the government and this support as i hear shouting on the streets in two weeks of demonstrations they are rallying call hasn't changed step down mubarak has moved and eleven of his friends traveled for forty eight hours to get here they've come all the way from eritrea to be part of what they believe is the new revolution sweeping the middle east i was in eritrea and i watched everything on t.v. i wish i was here before but coming here now is my contribution i'm asking all my brothers in egypt to express their opinion without fear you will never leave the blood of our martyrs who were killed in this revolution with a vengeance. the brotherhood gets some of its funding from the ran and to iran is already cashing in its foreign minister says the protests show the need for an overhaul in the region and ayatollah ali khamenei has called the protests an islamic awakening there's an opportunity for an increased role for muslims in the

international arena from a political and economic perspective for the first time in quite a long while six years ago the american national intelligence council which is linked to the cia warned of exactly this it mapped out of a port in the global future it consisted of a caliphate one big muslim state created to serve. one waste a slowdown in the economy and fueled by religious movements if such a pan regional union did genuinely come into being such a regional union would necessitate the breaking of very strong very resistant bonds that exist between the us and many of the participants in such a putative arab muslim world and the us is already feeling the heat with confusing messages coming from an administration that's unsure what to do when the protests first started president obama was careful not to abandon his old friend hosni mubarak but his loyalties soon shifted and he sided with the protesters to try and keep on top of things for sure of the muslim brotherhood reach the top of egypt's

though impose their special agenda they'll go ahead to establish a religious state and despite them saying they don't want to be in the government they do they want to rule egypt and it's not just egypt many fear much of the arab world today saying if it happened in the streets of cairo back here so democracy does seem to be spreading so as the brotherhood sits down for talks of the government it despises it's not just egypt's future that's at stake but so to that of the region policy r.t. . for you on the program here on r.t. losing teens exposed under-age alcoholism russia has a fueled by the lack of stringent laws to prevent doctors from being able to buy goods without the need to show i.d. . president dmitri medvedev has signed a bill which will fundamentally overhaul russia as a law enforcement agencies the force will undergo a complete rebranding new service standards will be implemented let's get more now

across live from artie's. and hello to you so the force has been pretty badly tainted in the past by corruption and bribery abuse of power scandals in recent years and these the reasons you think behind the proposed reform here. it is along the way to what is a key player. presently bet if the reform agenda indeed initially the law on police was aimed at changing the infamous image of russia's law enforcement agency may leave syria which will soon be renamed into police ideally this law on police said was just part of this major reform of russia's interior ministry which the president started about two years ago and he has said that the main aim of these police reform is to make russia's police officers more efficient and the work of police transparent. i've been asked many questions as to what exactly this law means it's just what we

need it's a detailed regulation of police rights powers and duties it's fundamental for police to work effectively not to be tempted to abuse their powers this is why the bill is a breakthrough should like any other law it's not ideal and we should bear that in mind from the very outset i'm sure that implementing the law will trigger a number of suggestions and opinions which we can also use in the future. and it russian militants have a butt image for a professional shortcomings for not leading up to social romney to all protecting its citizens said russian police officers are known for severely basing demonstrators for being corrupt for not following the rule of law themselves for power abuse well one of the worst examples of that was the so-called court case when a police officer went on a shooting massacre in moscow killing two people at a supermarket and endangering the lives of over two dozen others but they were full

of the police reform now makes a new mission statement saying that the protection of individuals of public and of the society from criminal acts is now the key field or rather than the prevention of crimes that administrative hands ok. as we just heard from the russian president he's talking about implementing internal reforms the police abuse their powers but what does this mean for the broader public what are these what kind of effect with these changes how. well the most o.b.'s change will be the change of tack. it will be renamed. police a russian for police or another dramatic change was actually how the law was at all . cost in russia because the first time the public was invited to contribute to this debate on this drug bill and of course the blogosphere has carried someway to monkee in management introduced to these law on police these for example.

how much just increased public and palm tree control over police and also a ban on the use of tear gas and to severely beat demonstrators even a these are unsanctioned rallies both several and monuments were rejected all in all over a hoppa thousand demand most were considered to know that these bill has been sold by the president it will go into force in less than a month right now two years if you think about it over the reporting for us thank you. so i would as always more news and analysis on our website. right now and see what's waiting for you online and the entry is long march has been staged by one english far right groups prime minister david cameron spoke of multiculturalism in the modern day. thousands of russian athletes get their skis on an annual cross country find out more about this major event just head over to our website

that is. well moscow has reacted strongly to japanese criticism of last year's visit by dmitri medvedev to the islands. tokyo should tone down its rhetoric and would do well to remember the islands known in japan as the northern territories that they belong to russia. people with each skew the expressions used by the japanese officials are far from diplomatic and in great contrast with the polite and friendly tone that the meeting between president give and prime minister now to come on in your daughter i don't know perhaps it's due to the so-called northern territory's day that's been celebrated in japan today at the same time as we have said repeatedly we are still willing to closely cooperate with the japanese partners in carrying out specific projects lose regions of russia. now the japanese prime minister called it medicare there's a visit to the island and excusable rudeness to mark northern territory as day in

japan on monday protestors dragged the russian flag along the ground outside its embassy and called for a return of the disputed islands after the second world war an international agreement gave russia ownership of the area but tokyo claims the koreans were never part of the deal insisting they are historically japanese territory now for more on this we're joined by your daughter look young of editor in chief from russia and global affairs magazine good to see you why is japan so aggressive when it comes to these islands we're talking six thousand square miles fifty six islands many of them rocks a population nineteen thousand why japan so possessive there are two reasons basically one is a matter of prestige because unfortunately in need to rhetorical disputes used to be seen through the prism of states strength or weakness no one wants to show all originalists for concessions because it usually is

interpreted as a weakness and the other reason japan is. is a country with the size of. three quarter quarters of russian population but the territories very limited compared to russia it's very very tiny group of. pieces of land and there. any square miles is important and this is this is objective and serious saw that's why i don't believe that they will ever. give up on this issue is let's talk about the political ramifications here because these harsh comments come just days before japan's foreign minister visits moscow what can tokyo hope to achieve with such fiery rhetoric. i mean is it just because it's national day of remembering the northern territory's here or was or more to it than that of course the national day which is in. every year we hear something like this this time more aggressive because of present with use of some recent visit but

basically it's a cyclical. asked for what japanese are would like to achieve i don't believe that the can expect to achieve something by doing that but we should take into consideration internal situation in japan the current government is extremely weak the need to prove the ability to to fight to stand up and fight and to defend the interests so a fair amount of posturing here on the part of the government if we can. is there a way to ease the tensions over the korea islands or will japan have to tone down its rhetoric here. there is a way for example russian proposal which is under discussion since many years if not a couple of decades is too deep with this issue to step aside from the status question which is. as russia has russia offered offered back some of the islands to japan

there are fifty six of them i know some of them are very small just rocks in the sea but has russia offered some of them back ration signed by soviet union and japan in fifty six by then president of. was about to share islands actually and japan at that time initially agreed but then this is agreed they had them on the mother of all and since there are no new proposals beyond the idea to economically use it jointly but japan is focused on political issues and if you go to look young our editor in chief of russia global affairs magazine thank you. it's never been easier for teenagers in russia buy booze without being asked for id it's fueling underage alcoholism with no stringent punishments many store owners tone a blind eye. to minors. i went in with hidden cameras to uncover the scale of the

problem. these teenagers just may be russia's future and it's looking rather bleak . the problem is that kids start drinking around fourteen fifteen years of age regularly dependence it takes a few years to form so when they are brought to us the process has already been forged and not always we can pull them out of this tough situation according to n.g.o.s there are anywhere from twenty to sixty thousand teenagers in the country and many blame the fact that it's far too easy for a teenager to buy alcohol legal drinking age in russia is eighteen years old so how easy is it for a teenager to get his or her hands on some hard liquor we're going to follow a couple of enthusiasm a russian youth organization into that liquor store right across the street which is one of the largest supermarkets selling hard alcohol to find out whether or not they will be successful in getting their hands on a couple of bottles of whiskey we've been in with a hidden camera but the experiment didn't work the first time around so no go hear

the teenage girls were not sold any alcohol they were else for identification when they didn't provide it they were refused service but we're going to go to another place just down the street and see what they will be able to get some vodka or beer there. sure enough each of them had no trouble getting a beer from this. when confronted this series woman got defensive but didn't seem too fazed with breaking the law that way though you know how many times did we tell you not to sell alcohol to the under-aged and you still continue to do that. unfortunately practically every second. or supermarkets sell cigarettes and alcohol to adolescence or we have to mark positive tendencies to russian parliamentarians have been trying to implement stringent punishment for those who sell alcohol and cigarettes to minors but so far there has been very little progress and starting about parents are responsible for the children until they turn eighteen and i think

if we make parents pay a fine when the kids smoke or drink we will raise the level of responsibility because presently teenagers do all these things practically with a parent's permission and they use chorus several routes of this problem alcohol became an intrinsic part of the russian culture after world war two we have a tradition to drink for any reason and that's a huge problem we need to tackle fortunately many youngsters themselves realize the scope of the problem i thought it was like they want to relax to feel grown up but i don't think if you drink two three bottles of beer you automatically become an adult as things stand there is little consequence or punishment for kiosk or store owners willing to cash in on minors health but it could be the country's future at stake it even goes corti mosco. while people cross talk is coming your way shortly your thought i want to start off with the latest business news koreans have.

welcome to business thanks for joining me is because you're generally could become the anchor investor in the privatization of the according to bed of a daily generali may buy up to a five percent stake in russia's second largest lender that as the t.v. which is currently eighty five percent state owned start a road show ten percent stake in the bag to raise around three and a half billion dollars is the first big sale of russia's ambitious privatization program but. deputy head of research when he credits says he to be is a special case. i don't think that success of displacement real have any influence on on the whole production program this kind of special case the possible investors will be investment firms where there is some sort of investment funds or insurance companies for example there isn't

a very i think it's rather mr broad to tell i'm sure it's going to be. a long term investors which are interested in the russian financial markets. and that's the kind of at the markets european stock markets advance on monday that wall street strong finish on friday and a good start to the week from japanese market london's footsies getting point seven percent and germany's dax trading point nine percent higher banks are among the strongest performers as a mobile phone maker nokia rallied on reports of a planned management shake up. here in russia markets are trading in the red this afternoon the r.t.s. is setting over half a percent for the my six is losing over eight percent financials and energy shares album main drag on the indices hitting point nine percent on the my six weakness in the bank's current share price is seen by analysts as a buying opportunity. is losing point two percent while serving it is gaining almost two percent following reports that shareholders had approved i'm. of the two

companies. at russia's exelon energy rose ten percent in london the most in two months after the oil producer discovered oil in two of its fields the stock of the twenty two percent since the start of the year reflecting steady growth in output. in russia's largest independent gas producing overtake expects to increase output by up to fifteen percent this year in january it performed better than gas which decreased production by three percent compared to last year the attack is currently building a plant in the gas which arctic peninsular first is expected in five years time the company says it's investing one hundred million dollars into the liquefied natural gas project this year in addition the gas producer is looking for a strategic partner to take a forty nine percent stake. in various shell there is talk of the rivers there is the. exxon mobile has looked at a conoco phillips smaller companies have looked at a couple japanese firms

a look at so we're looking at a series of foreigners who have studied the particular geology who are starting to construct we're finishing explorations are we're drilling three wells this year there's already been fifty five exploration wells are drilled and then will engage the contractor who which was c.b.i. loomis to start with what we call the feed study and so we've completed the initial work and now all the infrastructure activity is underway in the amount peninsula. and that's it for now but you can always find most doors if you log onto a web site r t dot com business that's watch.

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nineteen forty five. here with. wiki leaks founder julian assange london court fight extradition to sweden brother of the alleged sex crimes. a cozy friendship with washington that might see him traded to the united states could face the death penalty. in egypt the government has offered a new concessions to ease the tension in the crisis hit country but the opposition is holding firm in their demands for president mubarak's immediate resignation all of this after two weeks of violent protests. and russian president. signs off on

a branch overhaul of the country's police system to make corruption i think of the past force will undergo a complete rebranding and a new service will be implemented. well up next it's. going to be having a hot debate over whether the west should be aware of the growing a muslim community and whether it's still willing to tolerate multiculturalism cross-talk is next. well. the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. and if you.