jailed for seven years he was found guilty of abuse of power while signing gas deals with russia two years ago auntie's alexian a chef skee was following the events from outside the court where tymoshenko supporters have been involved in scuffles with police. at times it seemed that the tension would go over the top with the supporters of thousands of them trying to organize a march through the streets of kiev and being dispersed by the police with no real brutality but still some pushing and shoving and the situation was really explosive still several people were injured in the pushing and shoving with the police one woman was saw as she was taken to hospital having fallen from a stage or from a staircase or something like that inside the courtroom of course it was very tense as well while the judge was reading out the verdict. was over shouting the judge was screaming abusive words at him saying that this decision this verdict was not done in accordance with the criminal law but it was orchestrated by president

viktor yanukovych indeed the reaction from the former prime minister when she learned that she's to spend seven years in prison have her property confiscated and to pay out almost two hundred million u.s. dollars in debt was very much furious. with the retiring regime for its verdict will stop me the trial showed that the constitution is unjust to have been trampled on just too much. to begin to judge if you learned. how to get ukraine again tarion regime don't give up when her stand at the protest the several thousand of them will remain in the key of central street for another week at least to follow the developments and to see whether their leader would be set free or any any other development could happen to her i'm sure she's saying all along that those deals back in two thousand and nine were signed in full accordance with international law and with the two countries legislation and the reaction which we have already received from the russian foreign ministry is saying almost the same that the court which had the verdict delivered basically neglected the fact

that russia believes that that the deals were signed a law fully and the verdict itself has something over and so i russian pretext we have also received. from russia's prime minister vladimir putin who is bewildered as to why this verdict. developed in this scenario. to be honest i can't fly zone just why she got those seven years did not sign anything like the contracts were signed between economic agents enough to go as they were signed fully in accordance with russian and ukrainian legislation as well as international rules and regulations i think it's dangerous and counterproductive to call into question the entire set of agreements that also been certainly very harsh reactions to the verdict coming from the european union but my colleague daniel bush will probably tell you more about that in a short while. today's verdict has received a critical response from european union officials with calls for the e.u.

to rethink its relations with ukraine daniel bushell reports now from brussels. there's been a whole stol reaction from the people in europe here the european union's from policy chief catherine ashton says she's been following the verdict and the european union main fact reassess its whole relations with key of as a result of this verdict we have the e.u. saying it's deeply disappointed with the judge's decision and the e.u. commission added there are consequences for by that relations and earlier today the european commission said it hoped for a review of this of this verdict on appeal and we've wanted to see changes in ukraine so this all took place called to happen again the head of the european parliament regrets the verdict of tomasz a plan is calling for a review of the case on appeal they claim wish to enter the european union has been discussing the free trade agreements and the ukraine president is actually due here in brussels next week to discuss the first steps to joining the european union but

the sounds we're getting here from brussels is that this may be put on hold and in fact stopped if if this case is not reviewed let's now listen to an expert for more details on this case the european union has already made it clear that if you use this trial very dimly it takes a great gives you this trial it doesn't like to see opposition politicians put in prison and i think there is every chance that the european union may take some strong measures such as freezing the talks with. frankly there is no chance at all of ukraine joining the euro so there were serious doubts about whether key of would actually go through with the ukraine would actually be able to join the european union but this verdict on yulia timoshenko really seems to put the entry of ukraine into the european union into long grass. well to further discuss the verdict i'm joined by james from the russia and eurasia program thanks very much indeed for joining us live there in oxford in the u.k.

well as we just heard there from daniel bushell in brussels the european reaction very negative now the russian prime minister what we just had that he has being very surprised and perplexed by this fight except hell will this affect relations between russia and ukraine now. dare i say all your euros will want to know that i am from the royal institute of international affairs and a lot of that i would be astonished if your prime minister or the least bit lax about what is going on he understands this type of situation very well there are two political motivations. this whole process the first is a possibly excessive i think definitely excessive of fear on the on of overtures. to strengthen the popularity of yulia timoshenko in the country which is actually as no own and although you'll recall to mention thousands on the streets on tumult

this point that when you've been hundreds of people on the street and you come to trust the orange revolution where we have tens of thousands of people on the street you can see how just the charge to the ukrainian electorate is sweet temper sankoh in the rest of the political but the second motivation and. i think it is correct is there is an anti russian subtext because they all try to find the next justification for false second alteration of the gas agreements no just say they thought the agreements that yulia timoshenko entered into in two thousand and nine there were two and one contract and then secondly a supplementary agreement saying they were illegal. is utterly bizarre because president chen of clothes which confirmed the didn't see these things when he concluded the arqiva courts with president mitzi eight years in april two thousand

and ten he affirmed the validity of course that your earlier to machine equal concluded with prime minister putin so that this is just one of many absurdities in this phone drama on folk ok despite that validity claim however ukraine could actually try to review those agreements now couldn't they and if that's the case what would be the reaction from the u. which of course has suffered so much during that last gas conflict between. what. it would have over the energy issue even refused to have a nice easy issues twenty three chip the eaves position has been consistent this is selective justice whatever she has done has been done by others surely the agreement even more damaging to national interests was that you should go concluded he was not on trial today members of your own accord which is government have done things that are extremely corrupt and questionable and the second issue is that it

sets a terribly precedent in the merchant democracy to be jailing your political vote speak was asked of the incentives people who are in power not to leave well that's an interesting point sorry to interrupt you say an emerging democracy doesn't does not does it not ring alarm bells concerning the democratic situation that after all you can look at the way that. ukraine could easily fall out with europe over this and indeed over russia we see the same thing happening in belarus some way where president bush and co his tight grip on the opposition of course is isolated that country could we see ukraine going the same way and all well known no i don't see it going the same way because your mate your trainer made a country unlike tailoress in russia where the out. some of every single election is in doubt where you do not know before presidential election or any kind of election or a parliamentary election with the winner is going to be so what you create isn't it you're all. to see which has been moving in the last year or so in

a somewhat more authoritarian direction which is easy to accept here you are absolutely right that this is very damaging as far as ukraine's prospects with the you and the e.u. has spoken loudly and clearly on the whole so if the country does pursue the the right as perceived by most people the right democratic path could this actually result in tymoshenko strengthening her position in the long run i suspect she is scared to get certainly should get a short term bonds. but most of all i cannot imagine again as a leader of the country she just is not sufficiently trusted people have seen. what people on until there is a new authorization with new players on the scene only think that it will situation in ukraine is going to be very on some really interesting to talk to on this thanks so much for your time for me russia and eurasia program joining us live there in oxford thank you thank you. well your opinion on the stories always welcome on the

website is haughty dot com today we're ask you what the sentence nene's on healthy believe it's a clever ukrainian point to avoid paying for russian gas what about twenty five percent think the verdict is simply a politically motivated mockery out of the view on the opinion that the sentence is just as well done and he some percent believe it's a fatal error of blocking ukraine's road to the look on the website. and have your say. russia and china corporation in a bid to balance out the economic and political dominance of western countries prime minister vladimir putin is in beijing to solidify diplomatic ties and overcome trade hurdles. following the landmark meeting that. it's important to mention that this was prime minister putin first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and now some say it's a signal of change in focus for russia for many years the west's sensor stage in

the country's political agenda china's growing economic progress has a look in the east and many analysts say that the strategic partnership between the world's biggest and fastest growing economies could shift the balance of power in the world both nations have supported each other throughout the years on various issues related to the security and development and they also have a similar political views which was proven just recently when they both vetoed the european draft the u.n. security council resolution condemning syria will vladimir putin didn't come alone here he came with a huge delegation including russian the business tycoons who were all here looking to make deals with local businesses and the results of that was seven a billion dollars worth of agreements with so many headed by russia's bank which also committed. investment and of course energy has always been

a major priority and both premier said that they have finally resolved all their disagreements and issues relating to oil oil and russia's oil supply but it's a slightly different picture when it comes to gas where talks have been a lie again and the premier said they're now in the final stages of negotiations but there hasn't been a resolution there yet another key focus today though was bilateral trade. and that has climbed by germany to become russia's number one trade partner and prime minister vladimir putin said he's confident that this year and over could at least seventy billion dollars with the overall goal being two hundred billion dollars twenty so a lot of high hopes that. both premier said that there achievable and they have established plans that will make sure that they will become a reality. francis loan from the investment company lintian holdings believes the strengthening of the russian alliance can pave the way for

a new axis of global economic influence the u.s. and europe join together is really dominating global politics and i think china and russia can join to get to. wait and not dictate around the world of course europe and you would not be happy i don't think the brics we'll be a political power probably be a economic power because india is china so there is no way cooperate with china but their hand is sent to. china and russia. teaching interest in political interest and would not let. them out. after i do so this is very important for both countries you're with r.t.

we're live here in moscow still to come in the program this hour the man dubbed the merchant of death faces trial on the case of a russian businessman accused of arms dealing it's casting a shadow over the u.s. justice system. and also still to come fighting their way through as libyan rebel troops pave their way through colonel gadhafi hometown and some say civilians are paying the true price of the advice. and story still to come for you this hour but first some reports of accused boston police beating up war veterans taking part in a peaceful occupied boston protest officers moved in after demonstrators expanded their footprint in the center of the city the movement that started in new york is quickly spreading across the country with people objecting to big banks being bailed out at the expense of average americans and. as the latest. what we know about the situation in boston thus far is about a fifty to one hundred protesters that have been arrested there is actually been

such a mass a buzz word or when this movement in boston that there were two separate camping areas where a protesters were demonstrating one of them got raided by the police as the main we heard reports about oh you saw officers actually breaking down the tents confiscating property the most so i guess egregious act that we had witnessed was an actual physical confrontation between some of former veterans of the vietnam war at least one of the gentleman that we heard about was seventy four years old there is a video of him getting actually violently beaten down by the police so very very unusual situation is something that was actually very closely watched here in downtown new york city where of course the original so-called occupy wall street protest began that approached our team has been covering since september seventeenth now these events these protests are spreading throughout the country there's

a lot more support for it and of course it's not so much about the protests as the underlying economic situation that's needing to to the conditions that are urging people to take the streets they are tired of with they call a russian and wall street rushing to washington and they feel like the economic system no longer represents them and many of the people that i've spoken to here really just don't feel like it's it's a democracy and that it's the kind of country that they thought that they are regionally we're living in people are trying to take a stand for what they feel is right. auntie's lucy can follow what has people across the u.s. express their frustration ortiz kaiser report is getting to the root of the relentless financial crisis and here's a preview of what's coming up we later today. those are of accounts from old ladies sitting on fortunes and every single month they get their statement and they get out their magnifying glass and they try to figure out of the bank stole money from them this month but they're very good at doing it so they can pick it up

or other pension accounts or their teachers or their firemen remember all these public workers accounts they're being vilified because they want to living wage meanwhile their pensions are being destroyed by bank of new york and other banks. a russian businessman dumped by the us media the merchant of death is going on trial in new york accused of being an international arms dealer he was brought to the us from taiwan and off to being detained in a sting operation by american agents and was all t's got a report an unbiased jury could be difficult to come by. a new york judge said should require jurors at the trial a victim to sign a pledge not to research the case on the internet or the media the campaign vilifying. has been so intense here that one might very well expect the jurors could be affected by the whole background for vida's by the media here he is often referred to as the merchant of death even inspired

a movie called the lord of war starring nicolas cage so it could be very hard for the jurors to ignore the legend that was created by the media big to boot has faces charges of selling arms to a terrorist group and conspiring to kill american citizens if convicted he may face life in prison or the interview i see with one of the world's most active black market arms traders boots denies any wrongdoing and says he has engaged only in legal aircraft sales and shipping business the u.s. had been trying to get him extradited for two years russians believe they managed to. do it by putting unprecedented political pressure on the government in traditional authorities of thailand what makes the case political is the underlined implication of the u.s. accusations essentially that victor bush was able to pull it off because of his government connections actually books lawyers and some intelligence experts claim that the reason the u.s. so wanted to have in custody is his allegedly extensive knowledge of russian

military and intelligence operations well yes he served in the soviet army but it's really unclear to what extent his her book is really knowledgeable in all those matters again a lot of hearsay around this man about who he was and what he did here in the united states you constantly hear things like the quintessential war profiteer referring to the good but some argue that you know victor good to know victor good could compete with the united states in war profiteering after all is the u.s. that sells more than half of all weapons worldwide including to places where political situation is far from stable. and the reporting their investigative journalist daniel estulin says that the debate is unlikely to face a fair trial in the u.s. because the case could have an impact on washington's image. the united states government is going to a very very hard time proving that their target is guilty and is going to a very difficult time making the label of merchant of that stick in the court of law and unfortunately for the united states government there is very little

verifiable evidence they will be able to present most of us here say most of what he should say it's he said she said about things which no one has ever seen and this is something that again unfortunately the team representing him right now was not in the position to deal with because they're simply not up to scratch he's not going to get a fair trial he's in the united states. the evidence how can we get a fair trial well the united states government has done everything in their power to bring him to the united states after two years in thailand and now they put him up on trial in the united states only to have baldwin and embarrass the united states i don't think it's going to happen. tom now for a brief look at some other news stories from around the world in the world update the tens of thousands of egyptians have protested against the ruling military council during the funerals of christians killed in clashes with security forces sunday's violence led to twenty six deaths and that hundreds injured reports say many fatalities were caused by gunfire vehicles driving into crowds of christian protesters meanwhile the military issued a fresh warning that they intend to crackdown on any future protests. noble bosnian

serb army chief recommended it has been hospitalized with a lung infection and sixty nine year old is currently on trial at the hague tribunal facing charges of genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity and that it is accused of being responsible for the siege of sarajevo and the massacre in one thousand nine hundred five during the bosnian war last week the former general complained to the un court about his health and asked to be examined for kidney stones. troops of libya's interim government to fighting their way across the coastal town of claiming they have taken several key positions. the revolutionary forces have also advance in the town of bani walid where senior members of gadhafi regime are reportedly still hiding. and that's going to generalize some of the stuff is told the civilians who are paying the price for the intruders gains. i think what's happening and is really quite shocking i mean if you remove yourself from saying i support one side or support the other side what

we see is a full scale assault on. you know very densely populated area in which civilians are paying a very very heavy price now the reason why this is important is because the whole basis on which nato imposed a no fly zone at the beginning of the conflict was precisely to defend civilians against military attacks and now we have if you like the allies of nato doing what their enemies were doing a few months ago and you have to begin to ask yourself well where is nato now why is nato not saying these are civilians under attack by the ministry force we have to stop we have to stop this attack and i think what we're beginning to see is if you like is that on a reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is going to be a war crime the attack it is a war crime and i think it has to stop immediately has to be negotiation they have to be allowed to surrender but more importantly i think if they don't surrender then you put the city under siege allow the civilians to flee and they're not and

they're not doing this. and clashes carried on in syria where protesters are following in the footsteps of libya's rebel fighters you can log on to our website i don't comment on all the time you can find out there how russia is battling to mediate a way out of the bloodshed report on the syrian opposition is visit to moscow that's on line for you twenty four seventh's. to bring us up to date for the moment up to twenty five minutes past the hour in the russian capital with a recap of our top stories for you at half past next though it's the business news with kareena. into business here at r.t. thanks for joining me russia and china are creating a joint investment fund worth up to four billion dollars the deal is to be sealed in the course of prime minister putin visit to beijing the start up will be jointly run by the russian direct investment fund and the china investment corporation each other already allocated one billion dollars to the project at least seventy percent

of the money is expected to be invested in russia and the countries. in further effort to boost trade beijing has decided to cancel exchange fees between the u.s. and the ruble however despite the increased trade volumes jacob now chief economist from morgan stanley believes full converts ability for the yuan is still some way elf. the two big reasons wally fool you were to convert ability is maybe five years away the first is that currently the what you earn is undervalued if it was traded at its free market price it would probably appreciate by twenty to thirty percent and you can see that in the big current account surplus is that china runs they've started to let the one appreciate again or for a couple of years while they held it for us and during the crisis so the last two months the u.n. has appreciated against the dollar whereas the ruble and most other emerging market

currencies have fallen sharply so it until it gets to fair market value i don't think you'll see feel free traded on the other reason why they're going to move slowly if they're concerned about control and if the external value of the u.n. is set by the by the decisions of central banks to boy you won or not then they will lose a measure of control. as i look at the markets now all prizes are heading down after opec kind of global demand forecast rights which is trading at eighty four and a half dollars a barrel well brant for one eight dollars. u.s. stocks are higher this hour with the dow trading flat investors are waiting a boltons of archaeology please rise and europe's going up commodity producers and technology companies are founding alcoa the biggest here with me and producer is leading on the dow climbing two and a half percent ahead of its quarterly results and european stock markets closed mostly in the red as the best as we're awaiting the outcome of that crucial

parliamentary vote in slovakia the footsie was slightly lower weighed down by losses for the mining sector a couple minor out of augusta was among the worst performers dropping one point six percent copper prices fell following several days of gains other commodity stocks posted similar losses eurasia natural resources dropped two point three percent the german dax bucked the trend the negative trend to end up point. percent with drugmaker by a rising unfocused that. i hear in russia markets close in the red after several consecutive sessions of growth has had a look at some individual channels on the my six all majors among the main retreat is with wall snapshotting more than three and a quarter of a percent back in stocks are also were also under pressure was spared by closing almost point seven percent that's after it reported net profit for the first nine months more than doubled to eight billion dollars. that's all we have for you this hour but join me in about forty five minutes with more.

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you just joining us for a welcome. home a new stories this hour ukraine's ex prime minister is sentenced to seven years in jail for abuse of power when siding with russia the clashes between supporters and police. and beijing that. as china becomes the first country vladimir putin visits often declaring he will run for the presidency next year. also reporting the americas and corporate protests in boston made a fist response from the police to. help war veterans taking part in a peaceful running. an externality for you we talked to malta andrus and she's the former chief accountant for the european commission.