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from the heart of moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. the georgian government. arrested this week were laying special services. the three men have now been charged with spying after being arrested a few days ago our correspondent peter all over is following the story for us. initially there were four photojournalist arrested on thursday one of those has now been released without charge over the three that remain in custody all pool reporters meaning that they had it's very close quarters contact with the president of georgia mikheil saakashvili we are hearing this one of those who is in custody

has confessed on video to having been a spy to be sending information to moscow and in not video confession he is in the case it's one of those three that are in custody now with regard to the third member of the team he's believed to be on a hunger strike denying any charges against him you know the reason they were charged this comes after their personal hard drives we see stunned detailed maps of the presidential compound and presidential goings on the the the daily schedule of mikheil saakashvili was found on that hard drive this resulted in the charges being leveled against them no they will remain in custody until september when they will face a closed doors trial but russia is accused of being a little quick on the truth when it comes to labeling people spies they say that there isn't enough evidence to link these people to to moscow and says that the russians aren't the only people that think that russia has jumped the gun a few times on labeling people spice the spawning year to go. to steve.

anyone i guess is just a level of democracy and it has been noticed not just by russia but there is key international organizations like the u.n. last year we still thirteen people arrested on espionage charges now nine of those were found guilty just last week and hunted down sentences ranging between eleven years and fourteen years in torture itself. and outcry against this we're hearing from a georgian daily newspaper. of what they need to be determined to be a witch hunt going on against anybody who. opposes saakashvili they say that to start off it was businessmen then it was politicians scientists and thousand utah get all this which is all journalists say should say that saakashvili is trying to use these spy saugus us he would stoop to try and put himself across as

a hero in school political points you are. were. you are always very very you are moving into one of the group a group that is going to screw to control people to see it will come right because it was a truth it's not it's really isn't a russian kid never had to start. to worry slightly while i was there during here it is very similar by. when they say that anybody runs the risk of having themselves labeled despite it having that reputation for all it's a drug through the mud like that should they stand up against saakashvili or his peter oliver reporting for us they're now sticking with the story george's opposition leader nino burjanadze told our t.v. evidence the authorities are claiming they've got could have been obtained under pressure. it's not a test case one person who always on the wrist even such kind of explanation they specially had to take into account that she was not only

a cheap wife two and they had a very small child life but her being released on thursday. was two weeks before mentioned so i also decided before me to say one hundred percent what is behind a bad. situation but enjoy your time time we are receiving such scandals these condos had no real legal outcomes and we never saw any kind of real human patients this government the thing right now government is trying to read journalist she's fair pricing political because government we are trying to control everybody and everything until now we didn't succeed even one of the didn't. work some of the something really going to have a kind of mixed up with these guys when you have problems with social and health care when you have a problem and we. mention really a rule of law and the rights of people when you love your country twenty percent to

thirty thirty because they feel i may dislike them but it is possible that you should find somebody who will be you never see we can get the country big very old police. quite easy to play russian and you need and rethink what you want the country nurture those suckers to be creating peace i kind of a need. trying to link everybody who's against seymour again to the regime and police fighting for real democracy in this country he's trying to be good person. it's a fear of around two hundred people may have been killed in a series of explosions that shook the city of turkmenistan some local reports say the blast happened at a munitions depot though the government continues to claim it was a fireworks factory state officials have not confirmed any casualties the affected area is closed to the public and police are stopping anyone from filming or taking

pictures many people can't contact their family or friends because of disruptions to telephone lines a special government commission has reportedly now been set up to investigate the incident turkmenistan has long been a very secretive state with the internet bad until recently contacted the editor of the human rights website in turkmenistan who gave us his latest information. rooted in russia russia starting from yesterday people began returning to the town authorities have been put up to the local snow helping soldiers to clean up according to reports the number of casualties and those who died because of injuries has reached nine hundred but we have to verify this information i cannot guarantee its reliability but it's certainly more than two hundred people many died in hospital the residents of about dunn are no longer in the state of panic but some are still looking for their family members and i can't say that the situation is common in some remote regions people aren't aware of what's happened as they have no internet access some are perhaps unhappy as they would like the president

to announce a state of mourning or express his condolences it seems that there for just aren't willing to admit that there are casualties there's no official theory as to the causes of the explosion and usually there was an opinion that defy happens because of very hot weather frankly speaking it's hard for me to tell therefore i won't be drawing any conclusions as for witnesses many servicemen who were guarding those warehouse died in the fire. and you are with r t coming up later this hour guilty until proven innocent closing the front page of coverage of u.s. criminal cases that muddy the waters of the justice system we report on concerns that many trials are being prejudiced plus. the owner of the news of the world rupert murdoch is due to fly in to london to confront the crisis of his troubled british tabloid police are now investigating the deletion of millions of e-mails that were potentially valuable evidence in the phone hacking

scandal the paper is accused of snooping on the phone messages of politicians celebrities and victims of crime a number of arrests were made on friday including about a fifth and he also a former editor of the paper who has also served as the prime minister's arnie the chief of tabloids a former world correspondent was also arrested both men were later released on bail the prime minister has announced two independent public inquiries as a result of the scandal in while news of the world stands are preparing for its final edition this sunday following the announcement it's too close john daunt used to work for one of murdoch's newspapers says media and political circles in the u.k. are too close. they've closed down the news the world so up to five hundred people have lost their jobs and mostly people were not only used the world when these allegations of hacking happened because what's going to happen now is the free press in the united kingdom which is something we really pride ourselves on there's

a real danger now we're going to get overregulation by the government as a direct result of this of part of its behavior by some journalists on the news of the world i don't see as a major problem because i think that successive governments in britain the labor government threw in control before and now david cameron the conservatives have been too damn close to rupert murdoch and other newspaper proprietors but all of that is too cozy and she's comfortable if you don't have a real democracy you have to have a separation between the press surely the political establishment and the government of the day you also need to have separation between the judiciary and those two areas in britain and the united kingdom they've become too close over. the last thirteen or fourteen years and i believe that's made no ordinary people in britain their views have nor really be represented other in the newspapers or in the political arena that's bad for democracy so david cameron should start

investigating himself as far as i'm concerned six trini embarrassing for him because the former editor of the news of the world and the cold front of course became his press secretary i wore the word your employer a man who's already had to resign over a phone why would you take him to the heart of government where he could about access the top secret dossier as an information it's a sorry sorry day let me tell you not just for the british press but for the british could more to see how you could have your say on that story on our website r t v dot com in our latest poll today we're asking is shutting down the news of the world the right decision the vast majority are agreeing that rupert murdoch's media dominance should be finished almost a quarter also say yes but for the reason that such tabloids are an embarrassment to the british media and the least popular answer is that it's the wrong decision and that the paper's current staff shouldn't be punished and that the news of the world has been made a scapegoat. and while you're online you can also check out some other stories

we're covering including america's copyright clampdown with tough new restrictions for downloading and sharing films and music plus. the sky is not the limit we track the marathon the voyage of the olympic torch from earth to space and back as russia prepares for the two thousand and fourteen winter games. defectors from syria's it security forces saying. they were given shoot to kill orders by their superiors when dealing with protesters human rights watch has published interviews with former soldiers and members of the security agencies involved in government crackdowns meanwhile tens of thousands took part in

a rally in the city of hama on friday calling for president bashar al assad to step down i believe thirteen people were killed and mass demonstration is really about the immigration issue according to activists tanks who were deployed in a crackdown on protesters only last week more than fourteen hundred people have been killed since anti-government protests began in march two is the deputy foreign minister has told r.t. that any interference in the country's affairs would and in disaster pluckers serious position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military force in syria hands so even if the west is thinking of it i mean we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east with any meddling with this interview for as we drive this region to destroy the western countries are one aware of this but nevertheless the people hating arabs and syria in particular was about little star not really i was really conflicts because of our chief wants of success and our progress on the reforms travel through under the

leadership of president bashar al assad what happened in syria today expected to spread like an epidemic across other our countries in order to weaken now israel in the quest to impose their civilization supremacy values mindset on us i very carefully and all of the signals the west wants from us especially you have restrictions and i must say the truth they do not wish us well. and you can watch that full interview with syria's deputy foreign minister on r.t. throughout sunday. the u.s. media has come under fire for its reporting of a number of high profile criminal trials a case of a single mother casey anthony acquitted of murdering her two year old child earlier this week has been at the center of heated debate for years and is artie's on the stand see a trick in the reports there are concerns that public opinion is unduly swayed by the headlines rather than evidence. innocent until proven guilty it's

a whole mark principle of the american justice system legally after shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests young african black and brown subjects being sat down in history in an obsessive kind of way fifty shots sixty cents laying on our stomach in our back as we run or as we flee to breeding suspects into offenses in cases of entrapment entrapment is not legal entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do to perp walks that parade suspect in handcuffs for the world to see. to a media frenzy devouring some cases and not others i finally did before the. guilty until proven guilty in these cases the government is changing the laws so are you presumed guilty from the get go and how much of a role does the media play if you're accused of

a penis it's going to be in huge headlines on page one when you exonerated it's on page twenty seven below the fold to column inches and your neighbor somehow didn't manage to catch it that day server would still thinks you're a child molester not guilty take the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony murder case involving her two year old daughter until the court of public opinion remains split from a court of justice all thanks to nonstop media coverage of the case for the past three years she. is great and i think it's great the extent they get it from the media is going through is going to go through in the case of former i.m.f. head go many extras con the media satisfy their like misty's with extreme passion only for the case to crumble i think there should be all the media outlets are required to play your exoneration up as big and as long as your accusation this is rarely the case as do these practices in the criminal justice system spread so does

the finger pointing and questioning the future of human rights in the us where as we call in as americans i'm fifty one years old and i like all. this is getting now going this is really getting ugly the principles that he was once prided itself in are harder fire suspects are having to fight their battles publicly from the minute they arrest him attempts to prove their innocence underlining the discrepancies in the u.s. criminal justice system are alive and kicking this internal party in iraq and still to come of this our heading east. we take you on a tour of the coridon region in southern siberia a place where an entrepreneur is singlehandedly fighting for sobriety and a better lifestyle plus. we're messing about on the river just outside moscow why am i in a wet suit to find out just a few minutes. from now to take a look at some world headlines for you right now. south sudan has become the

world's newest nation following separation from the north thousands of people have taken part in massive celebrations in the city of juba the capital of the new state however the two separated countries have not yet reached an agreement on their borders natural resources or the status of their citizens clashes over disputed territories still continue in some areas. profilers tinian activists have clashed with security forces in two separate incidents in the west bank some of the protesters hurled stones at israeli soldiers who responded with several arrests earlier about one hundred pro palestinian campaigners clashed with security forces at a major israeli checkpoint calling for the return of refugees to israel. humilation out where police fired tear gas and the rest is up to sixteen hundred versts as thousands gathered across the capital kuala lumpur was detained included several

senior opposition officials the protest which was the country's biggest political rally in years was the culmination of weeks of pressure on the prime minister demanding alecto reform. ahead of national polls expected next year the national front has been in power for almost six decades and there are growing calls for change. no matter what position you hold in society there are some accusations that could ruin your reputation forever even if they might be proved false mud sticks and the allegations themselves can be enough to destroy careers or harshness to our own resident in new york asks people about the thorny issue of the law on sex crimes. the sexual assault cases of d.s. k. angelina sounds are getting a lot of coverage in the news do you think it's right for women or men to report anything actual encounter they feel uncomfortable with this week let's talk about

that there are two rules this time trouble leave and the second rule is that the two proven otherwise if she feels that she's been violated i think reporting is the best idea and how that plays out you know that that's how that plays out the reporting is should be a woman's instinct at what point does it cross over to consider just flirtation yes so it's a tough line between those two people but it's just two people it's impossible i think women should not get in situations i think there are lots of times that we put ourselves in situations and we have a messenger inside us that says get out of there and sometimes we don't listen to that message one says no more she says no it's a no is it the same for women and for man one hundred percent. so why do we treat it more as a woman question because it happens more often to women. but men have a pride to look at us older brother for about it's about money rich get rich and

poor gets for. good that's just another way for women to get rich. so do you think it's fair that the laws generally tend to fight with women. i think it's impossible to really say what's fair or what's not at this point again like ari ari is that what's fair to do so much i think in general my inclination is to say yes it is because women have for the most part in the victims for so many years that you always have to side more with them in order to make it equal it's like affirmative action in a way like you have to do something to make things better so that they are not always the victims no matter how you feel about the lines of sexual assault the bottom line is that the rule no means no will always be a good one to follow. and now it's time for our russia close up team and to take you on a journey two thousand kilometers east of moscow.

welcome to the core gone region are located at the very tip of southern siberia it's home to mountains and untouched landscapes but the natural beauty of quote a gun is not appealing to many of its residents entire villages are becoming ghost towns was young people moved to the city or he's a boy called managed to find one place though where the residents have a good reason to stay he's taking us there next. year we are in the village of chast. grande region and for the past sound of fifteen years its population has been steadily increasing here is the reason why. it's monday morning and the xander former prison guard is it's work testing the incoming employees for alcohol.

says there also is a limit there's a choice to be started for no show and lose thirty percent of them on salary or job three kilometers and be docked ten percent of that month's wage. do the testing every morning regardless of gender or position with. the could because they will see it on their paycheck and that's a strong incentive not to the working week enforcement alcohol abstinence is the idea based mansions alexander guilty cause he's the director of the still. alive sixth and he's in france as far as possible and i have big ideas to be a day barry if he to me of micromanagement due to the past fifteen years he's been preaching to get on please how to make it sausages and how to live a good life. is a must it's part of the first place and it's a term and whether you. which they're firing dozens of workers for showing up drunk at work xander started knocking. on the harms of office three times

a day during breaks. charlene said the plans could be wrong for the first time should be beaten with a stick court for the second time sinead beaten and probably. should be hanged if the former boxer he's not shy about exercising his rule with an r and face has built his version of the iron curtain around his prime with dozens of video cameras around the facility employees have no chance to circumvent the eye of big brother on the outside i'm no longer the issue. for the nation there is a very rigid and those people find it hard to comply but those who don't play by alexander's rules are here. and some just drive to set the rules of the game doesn't and within his plan the only corporate tax payer in the village of four thousand people is taken on a very wide notion of social responsibility using to transfer profits he gave the

local roads renovated the school and belbek church and while he agrees that modesty is a virtue of his fondness of giving guidance and advice is evident whatever he goes in you are who doesn't matter that you come from a village matters most is to get a good education thank god we've got good teachers and behave well in school is that clear. but this approach has divided villagers the majority believe alexander is a blessing or a minority primarily those who he's fired and not as a. as the old saying goes one man's meat is another man's poison that everybody in this village appreciates alexander philosophy and he did not fix it in spreading it around some people call him a control freak others to resort to more agricultural language his opponents all. includes some local officials who believe their legs under have too much power that infringes on their own authority but the xander accuses them of not doing enough

for the people when i asked him what he'd like to run for office he's response was a resounding no just because you're blessed i think the purpose of the power is to create to make life around people better and on this regard i have all the power of attorney. i think every successful at somebody requires discipline strict discipline and it starts with me instead of waiting for somebody to come and do something i do it myself i mean offend other people but sooner or later they'll understand that i was doing it for the wrong good. many historians made bikies that russians prefer authoritarian leaders and attack going to deep trouble and alcohol addiction and rural isolation need street discipline and total control. but in the xander space it seems to have proved efficient x. and avoid r t the villages just those the area we're going to reach in. little bit

closer to the capital water sports enthusiasts are flocking to the outskirts of moscow to bag a bargain or two this weekend yachts and speed boats are changing halves of the annual marine fair where one of the sailors can buy or sell used vessels i tease tom barton his work suit for the website to find out more. if you're thinking about russia you're probably thinking about an awful lot of land but there's also an awful lot of water here and it's this event today we have the world on the outskirts of moscow which is trying to show all the fun you could have around the water in russia there are three types of people who come to this event today first on the look surest times they're here to look at the made by folks like behind me we're looking at a price tag of about half a million euros i'm done but inside no expense spared we had a look around some of these boats and on indian side they really are on the look surest sign

a second time to people here and there should be people they've come here to relax on the flanks they've come here to drink cocktails in the sun and to watch the photon people be active people they've committed to take part in a lot of the competitions here the sporting events weight boarding or surfing competitions and they've come to try and show that you can have a lot of fun and be active in the water and i'm here to try and show that too by doing this. car so i can show you how much money can have in the north let it wash up i'm going to go to both now i'm going out of time myself three zero. zero. zero tom arts and entertainment plus sports are coming up that's how the next half hour looks right here on araa.

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