what a good trip. which began the journey. where did it take the. capture of an accord general lot of whites to hear if you will be sends to the hague but his arrest on genocide charges sparks anger over a one sided war time which times. the g eight leaders asked russia to mediate an end to the levy in conflict as the annual summit of the top industrialized nations and its second day. georgian opposition figure cries foul after police release an allegedly dr tait calling for an anti-government uprising is just a day after a brutal crackdown in a rally protesting against corruption. and business opening battles for both

russian markets are black that's after the next trading join me for the full bullets and twenty. eleven am on the russian capital you're watching r t i'm joshua welcome to the program fugitive bosnian serb army general lot of has appeared in court in serbia he was arrested on thursday after sixteen years on the run the international war crimes tribunal wants him on trial over the genocide of seven and a half thousand muslims and nine hundred ninety five and other atrocities modish is now in belgrade while authorities seek his extradition to the hague his lawyer said the judge did not question him because of what's described as a lot of his poor state of health services authorities have tightened security in the capital with many angry at watches arrest because they consider. him

a war time hero. for some the war crimes court in the hague has already made up its mind balkans a story. that says judges declare any bosnian war efforts of criminal justice by nato as actions. to be careful mismanaged this one in its previous history back in your early earlier in the decade terrorist of mr milosevic and turned him over unconstitutionally at the time of his basically leading to the flight to criminalize the entire political and military leadership of any serbs the former yugoslavia whether it's in. serbia in bosnia croatia and basically for their entire war effort it's clearly in terrible record criminal and this has been seized upon and use mercilessly by keep people in the region who are bullied claimed to be interfering you can still as well as organisations such as nato that

seeks to justify their own legal behavior in one thousand nine hundred ninety prior . well we can now get more details on this case from our correspondent who is following the developments for us in the seven capital belgrade was really a what plans does the serbian court have from a lot of. a lot of just currently in the building behind us which is the special war here in belgrade in the serbian capital we know that are his questioning was put off because the official said that is a state is a health condition was so badly deteriorated that questioning could not continue and we do know that his questioning and of course the issue office parks tradition to the hague is put off until today until friday twenty seventh of may that hearing will continue and of course everyone here expecting a decision to be made about when and whether or not can love each will be extradited to the hague war crimes tribunal we know that all of the local

newspapers have got his picture on his front page that's him after he was arrested of course that's him in his older days we also know that all purely eight to ten pages of every local newspaper is of course devoted to the capture of the others who have the titles of almost every single newspaper saying caught and then giving various details about his condition when he was arrested and his possible future we know that according to various sources are he was armed when he was detained but did not offer any resistance when he was arrested and according to a quote given by the blitz newspaper he himself said that he did not want to harm the jui young boys that were sent to detain him despite the fact that he had two guns on him we also know that according to sources i he looked very pale and very weak and that many believe is due to his or her health conditions he did not

venture outside of his house much obviously could not go to the doctor's for medical help to get any assistance we also know that was his right arm was paralyzed many believe as a result of a stroke that he suffered some time ago of course he's been in hiding for nearly two decades despite the fact that he live. in belgrade for some time even after the capture of former president jimmy carter i did he was still living openly in belgrade and only went into hiding in two thousand and five and this of course is a very significant day for serbians they do they how they wanted to catch this man for a long time they hate tribunals called in their number one wanted man for charges of genocide and crimes against humanity and for serbia of course this is a chance to finally make that step closer to entering the european union but as many experts say the capture of accommodation and his potential extradition to the

hague tribunal will cause this country to become even more divided. the country record does not promise any sort of a fair trial but at least part of this in law they will use it as an arena to voice their side of the story and the side of the war that has been neglected by the western media think the main revelations will have to do with western involvement and the breakup of yugoslavia and starting the bosnian civil war in helping muslim fundamentalists get the upper hand in broadening and actually take over. as we also talk about their reaction that there has been to this arrest so far in serbia. we know there has been a massive international reaction of course so all the little newspapers carrying quotes from various international officials like the secretary general of the united nations of course the president or the. various members of the european

union and the hague tribunal former. prosecutor carla del ponte also commenting on the arrest but of course here in serbia many people as a national hero and already protests in various cities across serbia including belgrade and the city where i was arrested we know that a lot of people took to the streets hundreds protesting against the capture and the potential extradition. to the hague tribunal because of course many people view him as nothing but a national hero. instead of applauding serbia for finally catching you will see in the western media you know the origin of serbia reminding everybody of thread and. a thousand words the media are controlled by the government there has never be. repeating in unison that

the e.u. is some kind of panacea to lose old problems now if serbia does during the i think it will be the first time in history that a wretch has jumped onto a sinking ship. now of course many have already criticised a tribunals for the locking objectivity of all the people that they have put on trial that were involved in the the slopping off like here in the one nine hundred ninety s. most of them have been all of them in fact have been bosnian serbs and the last major competition no of course not many people use this as an argument against the hague tribunals objectivity and many countries have already called on the trial. to be objective and hoping. we'll be able to get a fair trial we know that the russian foreign affairs ministry has also commented on his arrest saying that if he is extradited then russia hopes he will be able to

get a fair trial in the hague. all right catherine thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest on the arrest of serbia. you're watching r t live from moscow plenty more on the way including the paragons arguable what treatments . are record of predicting where we will use military force since vietnam is perfect we have never once gotten it right. to manage charge however justify spending more than any other country on the fans by frightening financially struggling americans over keeping them safe. the jades partners want help in mediating libya crisis and returning to russia which strongly opposes nato led military campaign there the request came during his years of fringe talks at the summit in france and as the main meeting anders its second day artie's an eastern hour he tells us what lies ahead. a joint declaration is expected from

leaders as the g. i will wrap up later today but first the biggest fashion of the summit will take place and this time around there are some new gas delegations from tunisia and egypt will be taking part for the first time there of course the situation in north opera is going to be spoken about very intensely we're hearing also of course the situation in libya is a very big issue the first day of the summit allows leaders to meet on the sidelines in bilateral meetings in their living i came up in many of those bilateral meetings between very different leaders and in fact russia with asked by g. eight leaders to be a broker in the libyan crisis and russia did come to the summit with the intention to trying to influence these global powers about the situation in the war torn country they did not veto the resolution to intervene in libya but they have raised concerns about the fact that they think that in one way or another the resolution has been manipulated it's become not just a mission about protecting civilians another issue that was brought up was the fact

that there's a euro crisis that spending cuts are being made across europe protester how many yet hundreds of millions of dollars are being. spent on this this operation in libya and in some of those bilateral meetings president is very different so it's had a chance to sit down with brock obama they of course spoke about libya they were a little bit vague about it mention that they exchanged opinions to quote them precisely but they also talked about missile defense now of course russia and the u.s. signed the change of arms reduction treaty a new version of the treaty last april but russia still has concerns that america is not as transparent as it could be when it comes to miss out of france they do think that work can be done more intensely each time to come up with new approaches to the solution to one friend iraq that is money even missile defense question. probably around twenty twenty shows so we have to lay the groundwork for future generations a politician's the president has said it will continue meetings on the second day

of the summit he'll be sitting down with the japanese prime minister there of course situation in fukushima is far from forgotten the future of nuclear energy expected to be at the top of the talks in that meeting but he's now reporting there now russia is yet to agree to take on the role of leading a mediator but middle east expert dr weil's forest says moscow's unique position gives it the edge. realizing that on the ground the process of weakening in eventually eliminating because gaddafi forces while the opposition in libya is not ready to actually associated and to overturn of that regime so for those the these reasons western leaders have asked russia which by the way stood very firmly in the security council not to give more power legal power to the allied or to the nato forces to change that regime so the result now is that russia is in a position a unique position between the nato leaders and the regime in libya to do that

mediation but again russia is also very interested for its own national security not just because of the the promise to remember that it's over for example in syria or in libya or eventually in other places you know they could influence terrorism against russia so russia has a keen interest in making sure that democratic elements will come in and not you know a security threat against its own national security. and leading georgian opposition figures says she's being framed by security services who have released a recording where she seemingly calls for an edge of start rising in a war denies it denies the tapes validity and says her words have been manufactured . it's hard to say when and didn't want to contest the presence in this state for certain but there is one thing i know for sure i never said the tanks are the possibility of civil and green victims and a civil war not only did we do everything we could to prevent it but we did prevent

it. the tape was released by jordan police following a night of mass opposition protests in the capital which were brutally dispersed just hours after the crackdown president saakashvili declared the government's undying support for freedom of speech during a military parade marking georgians in the past day hundreds of demonstrators were being arrested and detained for protesting against leadership corruption party sarah first reports from police. with thousands of damaged police closing in on all sides and we protest is letting out war cries the main street and he believes he became a passive ground. but the main part of the building now a very different thing to the one that saw violent clashes erupting on the streets as police try to disperse the crowd protest. then gas filled the streets as police quickly moved among the disorientated crowd firing rubber bullets and throwing

people to the ground a police officer take aim is our camera man realizing in time he's from the media others would not say lucky keating my colleague diego was cool struck in the confusion the policemen appears ok he was very aggressive with the people they started all the people gave the make any nothing and then suddenly being told. and really needed some kind of it's kind of bullet is the bullet and. they start. with police last the outnumbering protesters the operation was fast and severe. the dust settles the struggle continues. many are left searching the hospitals for relatives and friends then meeting with this. yes ok here is the least you don't believe. we told them we came to point fifty million aged between

twenty and forty we're looking for them when we don't know where they are country hospital but they won't let us in and they won't give us any information telling us to ask the police. even ninety people have now been placed into what's called administrative arrest it carries a penalty of up to two months in prison. leader of the rally they managing to escape the mayhem in a convoy of to fight to the end there ringing a little holiday to let me out of the big i can't trust anyone anymore i'll never come to a protest rally again i just want to be safe. at the military parade for independence day president saakashvili spoke of supporting freedom of speech georgians but many protesters paid a high price for trying to have their say. so to d.c. . around five minutes from now sean thomas reveals how south pole scientists stay

on top of the world. when the research of exploration is done the guys here have to have something to do i'm john thomas in an article coming up on our team we explore the life around the wings of the stage. america knows it's got a big hole to fill and when looking at the books the world's biggest fans project looks ripe to plunder but the plan secretary robert gates is due to leave the pentagon next month warns that cuts would limit u.s. military role in the world are to scale and ford explains from another trip as robert gates winds down his time as secretary of defense. he isn't as eager to wind down america's six hundred ninety billion dollars a year in military spending even as the u.s. faces a one point five trillion dollar deficit the defense budget is not because. of the deficit and debt problem that we have as a country. once a secretary who denounce no bid contracts and redundant military spending in the

war on terror the attacks of september eleventh two thousand and one open the gusher of defense spending that nearly doubled the base budget over the last decade the gusher has been turned off and will stay or use his last weeks in office to warn that too many cuts that spell danger if united states it is important that we not repeat the mistakes of the past. when the winding down of the military campaign leads to. reductions in defense he also warned against closing some of the u.s. has more than one thousand military bases worldwide our record of predicting where we will use military force since vietnam is perfect we have never once gotten it right. there is there isn't a single instance of grenada panama the first gulf war. the balkans eighty. zero million three spending increased by twenty point six

billion in two thousand and ten and nineteen point six billion of that was the u.s. alone other countries are closing deficits by reducing their defense dollars the united kingdom for instance has started the process that started the process of greece and turkey which had a long time rivalry. i've had discussions about mutual reduction. virtually all the countries in europe face this problem. but the pentagon budget continues to grow. the outgoing secretary of defense also called for a continued u.s. presence in iraq even as president obama's timetable mandates a total withdrawal by the end of the year i hope they figure out a way to us and i think that the united states will be willing to say yes when that time comes forward defense contractor michael o'brien says the gap. it's likely to be filled by defense contractors who want to keep the number of soldiers was possible because it's

a political hot potato but nobody bats an eye one hundred thousand contractors school or to the theater of operations. some analysts say america's military spending is too powerful for any defense secretary to control whether he heads into the private sector to it's part of this revolving door culture or not so i think feels protective towards interests he also recognizes that. pentagon is big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to hand the reins of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been planned they've been stout and crushed but they think that's across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well healing for our t. washington d.c. . and what you are to us now take a look at some other stories from around the world thousands of high school and university students have clashed with police in chile's capital santiago they are demanding better schools and more investment in education police use water cannons

to disperse the crowd which fought back thirty students were arrested. two astronauts are undertaking the final spacewalk to ever be conducted by a nasa shuttle crew they installed a fifteen meter pole on to the international space station to help repair are examined by tiny meteorites and it's the last mission for the endeavor shuttle but there is one more flight for the fleet before it's retired. and everyone were required to a job ad man working in a year round subzero temperatures and an office that's as far away from your home and family as you can get but it's bread and water to the russian scientists who are devoted to discovery are to shine thomas joiner and on shift. billings townsend station it is one of seven permanent russian research stations in antarctica but it's not just the location that makes this place special life here is anything but

ordinary. people and you know antarctica you have to have a well developed instinct of self-preservation instincts of camaraderie if you don't have that you won't be able to help each other because in critical situations here people are more open we're kind of you're always helping each other but there's a lot in each summer around forty people call this place home and only sixteen people live here year round each day is run according to a strict schedule business hours are between eight in the morning and ten at night where researchers work in their labs and in the field while the rest of the crew work around the clock to keep the place running. i think. every year is getting better and better their daily life and everything else we renovate all our buildings the machinery is getting newer and we hope the new people in the team do is to raise. every person living and working in antarctica have to earn their house or whether you're a scientific or researcher a mechanic or even a journalist you have to do yours and if they tire both of gathered together i

clean up the beach. long hours added responsibility and isolation from civilization certainly can take its toll on a person. so finding time to relax in antarctica is just as important as the work. i always have something to do when i need to relax and enjoy playing pool well we don't have a store here i'll come to meet. my hubby here that i can always get busy with i still have some unfinished work go for myself to finish them. and as billings hausen is a true russian station life here wouldn't be complete without a traditional banya i would not only does the telling tales and crew keep each other company. when there is a need for even more culture there is outreach to the other stations as well. actually. station russian station didn't go then it is a wrong place to get crazy to get you know mad about being lonely.

because here we have lots of different international he would bring all of our trainees q.n. or why in france korea and france all of them trying to keep one big family and many people working together to make their home at the bottom of the planet seem more comfortable in antarctica sean thomas r t. certainly looks like a lot of fun there well that brings us up to date and we're speaking here isn't turning the world of business with katrina.

hello and thanks for joining me for artie's business news rush it is aimed to become the fifth largest economy in the world within a decade one of the main objectives is to move away from resource dependency analysts are stressing this means adding value by exporting refined products. i don't think russia is any different than a lot of other countries that have an abundance of crude oil they didn't build refineries in now they find themselves in a position of saying do we want to go to invest billions of dollars to to build these refineries because we want to be able to sell the crude views that we want to put a crude into those refineries and get the higher value products out of them and put it into the world market right now there are other countries that are rightfully doing that refining and taking a piece of those profits and i think i think russia saudi arabia vietnam was looking at i think they're all looking at it is a way for them to increase their portion of the take over crude oil with their producer. let's take a look at the markets now oil is on the rise on speculation the global economic

recovery will sustain demand for crude that's after the g eight said the world economy is strengthening with a weaker dollar boosting the appeal of commodities j.p. morgan expects opec to increase production causes to meet global demand the w.t.r. is close to one hundred one dollars a barrel brant is trading at more than a hundred fifteen dollars a barrel in asia stock so next with nikkei closing almost half a percent in the red as a stronger game is weighing on exports mitsubishi is down more than one percent and sony is losing almost three percent after posting a massive annual loss meanwhile the hang saying is three quarters of cents not petro china is at is almost four percent on records its parent company plans to raise its stake in the oil producer and here in moscow the stocks are trading in the black helped by the stronger oil price however uncertainty over the european debt crisis is limiting the games the r.c.a.'s is up around twenty seven of

a cent in my sets is adding almost zero point six percent. and here are some of the market movers on the my sets energy majors are among the main game is its crude crude prices improve shares a rosneft are also supported by the news the company may jointly explore the arctic with shell banking stocks are on the rise with d.t.b. gaining over a percent this hour. although russia's equity markets remain undervalued and this is a there's still cautious and i'm not rushing out to buy. the russian market has no purfling no difference if a means. that's why it's very difficult to herd of. any kind of party for one name. if you believe that the sort of officer is you would buy for instance steal names maybe some banks a special thing to not take care of that starbuck will be good for the receipts by the end of june you know which will support storch. on the

first foreign deal in used cars is coming to russia a group of the netherlands will start selling secondhand vehicles in russia from september it's the company's second attempt at cracking the russian market aaa first test of the waters in two thousand and eight but failed as a financial crisis hits amount last year four million his cars changed hands in russia but only ten percent i thought was so revealing. i met all of the business news for now all of you here again in just under an hour stay with us for headlines next. afghanistan. weapons of mass destruction.

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