bringing you the latest in science technology from around. the future. a multi-billion dollar handshake for two of the world's biggest emerging powerhouses bringing russia and china closer together. coming to terms on the cost remains the final step in russia and china securing a multi billion dollar energy deal. no place for colonel gadhafi in libya future that's the message from russia's peace mediator after meeting loyalist officials here in tripoli to broker a peace so no join me refinish now from the libyan capital in just a few moments. the lawyers for alleged international arms dealer vick to boot are

prepared to challenge a new york court on the legality of his extradition to america. international news and come and live from our studios here in central moscow this is the true of the world's biggest emerging countries got a bit closer today as russia and china energize their relations to do much more business together and go sharing a thirty year gas deal is another reason why the chinese leader is in the capital itself and beijing's growing economy and secure billions of dollars for russia. is outside gazprom headquarters here in the russian capital where the talks took place . this is a potentially must if agreement which would see russia provide gas to china for thirty years prime minister vladimir putin the representative from president hu

jintao and a delegation from the chinese state energy provider here probably headquarters to try. i n i n o two what's essentially the final wrinkle in the deal now that final wrinkle is the price just how much russia will charge china for providing them with tons of of natural gas over a year period now russia saying that they want three hundred sixty dollars per thousand cubic meters now that's the market rates that's the rate that russia charges europe for their gas china are saying they're looking for a discount they want they don't want to pay that much for this gas or by no stretch of imagination is this deal going to be dead in the water over price this deal is just too important to both sides this is a mutually beneficial deal russia wants to sell china or the gas over the thirty year period because they're going to make a lot of money out of selling like china at once the gas because they need to fuel the essentially race car that is their economy and they need that gas in order to

provide the race car with fuel talks will continue as they strive to get over this last hurdle in the agreement as president who met with president medvedev earlier on they put pen to paper on some very lucrative deals trade between china and russia already at an all time high in valuation they've signed an agreement that means by twenty fifteen the deals done between the two countries will be worth one hundred billion dollars now they also signed an agreement that says by twenty twenty that will be worth two hundred billion dollars so in less than ten years' time a huge amounts of commerce going to be carried out between russia and china now it wasn't just all down to business in signing deals over trade there was also the wider world being discussed as the two presidents met know both president to and president medvedev reiterated previous statements they've made concerning the ongoing situation in libya saying that. everybody involved in what's involved in

a conflict in the north african country must adhere to the united nations resolutions that were passed and should not straight from the parameters of those resolutions. because one of our reporting from moscow and energy analyst julian lead told me earlier here in austin it's about time russia and china became bigger partners because they've much in common. china would be a hugely important trade partner for russia both in terms of ending in general trade these are two countries that for many decades shared a political ideology to some extent they share the longest land border in the world they ought to be much much greater partners than they are now if we look at russia is extremely keen to develop its oil and gas resources in the east of the country. anywhere other than asia just doesn't make logistical or economic sense so really

this is about russia spreading its wings everybody who can explore anything use is looking at the asian market because that's where the growth in this is a. this is a very sensible and understandable move on the part of both countries. janine lead talking a little earlier from london coming up this hour for you here a lot of the russian businessmen being lined up for jail not justice extradited to boot prepares to appear in court his defense accuses politicians of twisting the jury's arms to keep him behind bars. russia's special envoy to libya has held talks with officials in tripoli it's part of an ongoing push by moscow to mediate a peace deal in the country the meeting came amid fresh nato airstrikes and a rebel advance on colonel gadhafi stronghold where if national is there for us in tripoli. after meeting with the libyan prime minister and foreign minister here in tripoli russia's peace mediator because the governor has said of that office people

are actually ready for peace negotiations but this could only happen if nato talks born in their country recently nato has dramatically intensified its matrix we see here in libya just ahead of marvellous first visit to libya as peace mediators have been karzai to actually launched the most intensive care race yet since the beginning of the operation in march and today again we just had over gallops arrival to tripoli we've been hearing massive bombardment overnight in this lawless officials gaffer has been able to speak to are saying that this must be stopped and only that is could start. expecting to see an immediate cease fire before a peace process can begin it's also refusing to discuss the departure of colonel gadhafi from the political scene there is a dialogue going on between the warring sides for those talks to begin a result tripoli's there's

a cease fire must be put in place and international mediators need to keep regulating the process one thing is clear russia is very welcome as a mediator both in tripoli and benghazi we will keep working together we can no go it has also stressed that russia's role in mediation piece here leader is very important but the african union and actually all leaders neighbors are also playing . important from bats and leave there is actually welcoming average what is peace after it's russia has always been concerned about matriculation here in libya most case position has always been clear that and no one violent negotiation is the only way out of this crisis of this attracted conflict russia has never supported the u.n. security council resolution which authorized intervention and russia has repeatedly criticize. they terfel launching military operation here leave it people actually

feel extremely exhausted after months of devastating rule which has already taken many many lives that has actually completely destroyed the country's infrastructure they're getting more and more angry and they just want to get their life back. or a financial reporting a little earlier from tripoli and loyal to the u.k. no where i can talk to former british ambassador to libya all of our morals thank you very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. how would you assess the russian special envoys efforts to mediate peace in libya. well i think they're very welcome. i think he's got a very difficult task because the moment the two sides are very far apart but i think there's got to be a negotiation and if russia couldn't come mediate because you couldn't find a way to bring the two sides together that would be fine i'm not clear that what russia is doing is very different from what president zuma of south africa has been trying to do or also turkey has been trying to do but why not i think it's good

news that russia is trying to do the rebels really want to negotiate after all they clearly want the nato campaign to continue with the aim of the. cease fire for them i suppose wouldn't be what they want with it. well it's no she's far from over as a matter of fact not a real sistar we've had sistar declarations from from could i think before the bombing when the fighting went on if there was a real cease far then that that would be a different matter but that would have to be planned notified in advance and it would have to take place there hasn't been any cease fire the problem with the negotiating positions is that at the moment they seem to be absolutely contradictory on the one side you have the revolutionaries or rebels or who work calling them in benghazi who's who's requirement is that gadhafi should go and on the other side you have a good actor who's requirement is that good actor should stay in power even. even

russia isn't going to be able to find a compromise on that that very easily put a compromise will come one day can you tell us about your experience with gadhafi of course you are the ambassador there in libya what you make of his current behavior. well i wouldn't put too much weight on my personal experience because it was a long time ago and it was quite limited i was very much of a very long because i had to break off relations when the russians murdered a policewoman in london when the going to be and when the libyan. police woman in london yes. but i think that gadhafi is very tough he's been. defending himself against all kinds of attacks over the many years he's been in power now for forty years he's very skilled at protecting himself and he would be an easy it would be easy to persuade him to go but in the end i think is he his support will wither away and he will go and russia i think also as well as the

western powers and the arabs has said that taking moscow that's the only way that a solution will be reached but he's not ready for it yet you have russia can find a way to persuade him to go that's great you raise that person and point he's been in power for forty years. and the u.k. is saying that gadhafi is going to go said that the people the libyan people can determine net their own future but the question is since he has been in power for forty years is there really an opposition there is there somebody who could really replace him somebody that can reproduce that quickly in such a short amount of time. you know certainly isn't anyone who could replace him he's he's unique nobody will want to replace him but of course there will be a future after gadhafi naturally as there is in every country this is quite common when you have a powerful leader who's been in position for a long time people what will happen when he goes you know it was the same with everyone from stalin to the so that wherever you go in the world you find this phenomenon but there will be a future for libya after gadhafi don't worry you felt talks with libya's foreign

minister recently i understand what was your goal there what were you trying to achieve. well those talks were private and i wasn't speaking to them on behalf of the british government we were doing i think essentially the same thing that mr markelov is probably doing now which is to see whether there is a way through what we were told from the libyan side is that gadhafi is ready to give up power but he's not ready to leave libya that won't be enough to satisfy the opposition at the moment there has to be a compromise and as i say if russia can find one that's good i think the south africans have a chance they've tried they've tried to persuade gadhafi to accept some solution or other there are legal complications as well as political ones south africa's position is slightly different from that of turkey or russia it's worth trying. rather than looking ahead this look at the present now this nato campaign in libya is aiming to protect civilians but as we heard in that little the report

a little earlier the bombings are seen parts of the country's infrastructure destroyed how much patience do you think the libyan people will have with nato those methods. well first of all it's slightly misleading to talk about nato because don't forget that the arab league is also involved we've got our own i would not be jordan taking confidence operations nato operation the second point to make is that you get a very different account of this compelling who you talk to if you were in tripoli i've no doubt you're told that it's very destructive that people are being killed and so on if you go to a big ours or you were told that it was only the intervention of nato and that's the word they used which prevented what they call a mini rwanda in other words a genocide when you could not be was aiming to destroy the people of gaza so it's the usual thing you know in a war you get different stories from the troops on it the u.k. has said just fine it's prepared for this campaign to go on there is no time limit

it was announced just two or three days ago i know i'm sure asa's question many times in your capacity. as a former british ambassador to libya people aussie look how long do you see this going on for how will it end when we need a war and. well i think that the way it will end is is that good at his support will will melt away if you think about the way that things are going at the moment we keep hearing small items of new is like for example defections of army officers across the border into a tizzy or all the defection of the former governor of the central bank or the former chairman of the national corporation and so on this is bad news for gadhafi supporters there isn't any good news so it's not although there's a standoff between the two sides the the the tendency is in one direction it's sliding in the direction of put out the having to go i believe myself that there will be a standoff for some time i hope it won't be very long but it may be quite

a long time and then in the end its position will be so weak that he has to go when will it happen i really don't know it's like it's like pulling a cork out of a bottle you pull and you pull and you pull and then suddenly pop out of garbage so interesting to hear what you have to say we appreciate your time thank you for joining us live there from oxford all of miles former british ambassador to libya thank you thank you. other news now al qaeda says it has a new leader and the u.s. has a new fear figurehead of the war here as ahmed bin laden's deputy and is now heading the terrorist organization and a terrorism expert phil reeses told me a little earlier here on r.t. doesn't matter who leads are as long as washington uses a perceived terror threat as an excuse for military action. i think the west was and was wrong footed by what was going on in the middle east and i think they're very keen to have a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni president ali abdullah saleh was

injured recently he used al qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then he used those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states can attack you know drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's flying we're going to al qaeda so our influence there shouldn't be question. ok so all of the russian man the u.s. accuses of being an international arms dealer will be heard in a new york court on thursday been awaiting trial since his arrest over three years ago in thailand as all of these were important reports his detention raises many questions over the legality of the case. he is the russian citizen america thought relentlessly to adopt victor boot was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely is found guilty on arms smuggling in terrorism related charges fifty years convict. is looking at life there's no parole there's no early release on the federal system really the only

way in the federal system to get a reduction in your scent dogs. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the united states government some have argued. needs to be on captain america's team however captain america is being accused of playing dirty and illegally to remove the air cargo business man from thailand according to documents released by wiki leaks all levels of washington top to bottom mounted political pressure against bangkok to gain custody of boot in the us cable dated august thirteenth two thousand and nine u.s. president barack obama was urged to call thailand's prime minister directly about boot the us attorney general and state department were encouraged to call the thai ambassador highlighting the massive drug enforcement administration commitment to thailand and the us ambassador in bangkok urged the thai government to issue

a public statement of disappointment at the judge's ruling not to extradite boot so america is the world's most powerful nation but if not more powerful than the world unfortunately the way things stand right now they're willing to flaunt every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradite him or kidnap him who was arrested in bangkok in march two thousand and eight during a u.s. sting operation he was charged with conspiring to sell weapons to colombian fark rebels on two occasions but high court rejected america's extradition request when an entourage of armed u.s. agents removed him from thailand following a decision of the thai government his extradition was still not legally approved the covert operation was kept secret from russia boots family and his attorney. on the transfer of victor boot to america was a violation of a very important time european treaty signed in ninety nine which the political

offenders cannot be extradited the case was not finalized and it was moved to the us and there are used various means political. another's outside the boundaries of jus legal process to get picked a group that means that your boot is not getting a fair deal to this day high officials have not provided official documents explaining the legal grounds behind extradition this despite repeated inquiries made by the russian foreign ministry. we know for sure that all knew them to sixteenth two thousand and ten at the moment and it was physically taken out of the time prison his case was being considered by the time i call to the appeals that is why there are no legal grounds for him to face a u.s. court. meantime victor boot remains in the u.s. prison held in solitary confinement his wife doubts her husband will receive a fair trial from the country she says violated international and bilateral laws to

get him. it's clear to everyone that the case has long been moved from the sphere of lard to politics i think or rather i would love to think that the american court is unbiased but i have strong doubts about it because i think such pressure could be put on anyone including the jury. the country accusing victor who are dealing now finds itself a political harm first come october an american jury will decide if you want to see a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army evidently we are worried a fortnight or three your. time was up there john some of the world's other big stories at the moment here on the world cup had a strong but also struck nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital leaving at least two people there this is report seen bodies at the scene in cars on something a thick smoke into the sky and he said the explosion was caused by

a suicide bomb attack on his two blasts in a police station and a church in northeast nigeria a week ago which killed eleven people. the hacker organization claims it temporarily knocked the cia's public web site offline the group known as security also opened a phone line for people to suggest who it should pack next previously targeted major firms which it says work against people's interests and is down public sites ranging from the u.s. senate to sony pictures it grinds the pages to a halt by bombarding them with requests to their servers. of course. the greek prime minister is set to unveil a new cabinet and seek a vote of confidence in parliament and you government is expected to be sworn in on friday george papandreou has been pushing for more cuts to secure billions of euros in the second. part angry demonstrations in athens on wednesday people for a petrol bombs and the police responding with tear gas. by the way have updates on what's happening there in greece on our web site and we're right in the thick of it

all in athens at r.t. dot com you can watch our video reports on the most recent and angry protests as the r.t. news crew feel the force of police tear gas in central athens that's of dot com and also online on the web site remember the big step for womankind we mark the day nearly fifty years ago of russian cosmonaut valentino telescope becoming the first woman in space. and of the june moon turn the room much of the world witnessed the space spectacular overnight with the longest and darkest lunar eclipse in a decade and got the pictures of. dot com for you. if . well the sun doesn't set in st petersburg this week yes it's the time of the famous white nights and neither do business leaders has an

update on the economic forum next friday. hello welcome to our business ok to solve all eyes are on russia's nolan capital st petersburg where the annual international economic forum is underway archy's not present wraps up. the word of the day was definitely innovation there were a number of high profile deals that were assigned to call in that area the first one dow chemical and the skolkovo fund signing a deal in order to create a research and development center in russia very exciting there and on top of that russ nano russian nano technology firm signing a deal with some asian partners in order to establish a one hundred million dollar plus fund for technology research and also some very exciting news that's going to help boost innovation and business here in russia we

talk with many guests throughout the day there's many more to come so be sure to stay with us among the people we talked to we talk with a venture capitalist known for his i t investments and he says that he sees strong potential here in russia this is a great time for both for the me to text like yen decks and mailroom but i think also. for companies that are started with real russian technology were russian technology and entrepreneurs can spread to the rest of the world right now. most of the big successes are copies of u.s. developments but. i think there's a great future that. energy also something that is on the table here in st petersburg especially in the wake of a post quake japan something about a lot of people are talking about something that's on a lot of minds they say demand for gas could rise by up to fifty per cent because

of that catastrophe and it's something that has a lot of people talking including the head of the international energy agency who says that russia can play an important role in this regard currently about three point three b.n. cubic meters of production will increase about five point one freedom leads. almost fifty percent. will happen. to thought of the five russia as a major producer of. people who continue to provide the very important sources to china or to be. the pipeline through your all so this is a very interesting time to watch the energy market and we will respond to the current situation now just to give you a sense of the numbers involved in this year's program this is the fifteenth annual st petersburg international economic forum thirty two million dollars budget to twelve percent increase over last two years two thirds of that coming from the

sponsors so there are many many partners involved here and dozens and dozens of companies also involved all of this and plenty more tomorrow when the next day when the conference starts again see you all then. presidential aide says this year's forum is more important than ever for russia as it begins to look east as well as west best months the focus is on russia's energy corporation with china alex largest trading partner and the two sides are discussing a landmark deal it will enable russia to deliver almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas to beijing within thirty years the crisis still sticking points as believe an agreement will eventually come because both countries stand apart. all groovy market share in china if you mean a very up if you go. on all four course or twenty six t.v. is two hundred sixty four billion cubic meters of trying is he has been called back to where on the hundred video if your computer is today the next five years trying

to do your needs be accurate of the gas consumption of germany on the right if you don't provide profit on the other hand russia has a very large undeveloped gas resources in the eastern part of the country so all of the facial feed to charlie no has to be increasing to import demand russia has a lot of resources they need siberia all greatly to be developed so this is one of the d.v.d. seems to be able to beat it on a long time political allies will. take a look at how the markets are performing all prices will cain is like you have to see the loss of more than four percent overnight because one day drop in a month was spurred on by a spike in the u.s. dollar and have zero as greece's debt troubles appear to you we're seeing now is close over to the u.s. with stocks pair against the trading make is makes this our home depot rose two point three percent following doesn't report the most of the thirty stocks that make up the dow jones industrial average. and stocks in europe market as european stock markets fell thursday with some bangs bang the brunt of concerns over

a possible default of greek debt resources shaz every year on decline as growth worries also hung over the markets the footsie at eight point seven percent lower weight by poor major's attacks was down just a notch the atwal dutch shell both draw one point six percent of the niners. one point six and i'm going merican sleds two and a half percent and russia stocks drop to the lowest closing price in more than a week on concerns about the greek debt crisis most energy majors were among the main losers as all dropped at the most in a month gazprom you have to sell one and a half percent banking stocks were also lower would spare banks like one point two percent. that's all from me of the business team here on our team join us tomorrow with more pissed stories.

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