anthony. the u.s. prepares to sentence russian businessmen big to boot for conspiring to smuggle arms and kill americans as he protests innocence and vows to appeal. but it's erupts in central athens after seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament that he was there as he cuts decimates intervention. the us defense contracts is lined up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military by corruption scandals and probably weaponry.

and online twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. it's judgment day for russian businessman to boot found guilty by the american court of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars and sentenced today to on thursday defense maintains his innocence and will appeal but also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media but artie's to say choking reports now from new york. years spent fighting us to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched out from a third country alleged arms dealer viktor boot was handcuffed to you wes and placed in solitary confinement for months before a trial found him guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three

conspiring to use acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark the forty four year old russian air cargo business and consummated hollywood. ritual. you're of course. now we are all right boot lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns about the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death. and you've got him in your hands right he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars a so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as far members a colombian group to terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the u. when met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice

being found not guilty by thai courts the u.s. reportedly plea dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flawed every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradited washington kidnap and boots family also called u.s. actions entrapment and kidnapping i can accept the possibility that they might have some information that's might be of interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone and there's some interesting information and why don't those governments just drive various people into their territory and ask those requests to send him to russia for trial were brushed aside there was no official decision of an extradition russia called boots extradition illegal and question that a litany of his conviction one of the main arguments of the defense that the u.s. lacked jurisdiction was ignored by the court defense says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real fork members and all he was trying to do was

sell to all cargo planes get them as many crimes manufactured jurisdiction and manufactured everything careless george matt has attended every hearing in the case he says is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play if you will the victor and in particular charges that were brought against him that he's innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man whether it be russian citizen richard who are to be you know sentence to life or convicted of a crime to commit victimhood is the second. russian citizen in the new year to face sentencing on american territory for little crimes committed in a third nation peace is a major presidents and represents a worrying u.s. trained to simply override the legal systems of other countries is this a trick in other parts of the. protectorates wife told r.t. that it's suspicious how there were other countries or international body to to to apprehend the business when for years despite the u.s. charges against him at the border bloomberg in the cannot when you have

a state department spokesperson describing how much money and effort are they putting to get picked extradited to the u.s. it's perfectly clear that they had no intention of acquitted him also it was in two thousand and one that the u.s. media first launched a massive campaign against victor accusing him of being a major arms dealer even though there was absolutely no evidence to substantiate those claims it was a long period of eight years from two thousand and one to two thousand and eight and had there been any proof that he was really involved in some illegal activities here are the u.n. with russia and in support would have certainly known about it and would have done something but in reality nobody did anything nobody was really looking for victor they all claimed they were looking for him but they did nothing he wasn't hiding he was openly livin in russia under his real name. well the u.n. is deploying an advance team of the gay shit is to the syrian capital to pave the

way for an observer mission to the conflict torn country comes as damascus claims its beginning to implement a peace plan by withdrawing tanks and heavy weapons from residential areas opposition activists across syria deny this. right in several flashpoint cities dozens of people to be killed have been asked twenty four hours russia is warning foreign forces against arming the syrian rebels saying it will only fuel the conflict events in syria are hard to verify into a worldwide information war one report to resign from the t.v. channel al-jazeera over its coverage of the call it says the station has provided material support to the rebels are making sure foreign intervention can use unreported. we went to the borders between lebanon and syria and it was normal that we should say what we are seeing. it was. obvious that there were militants from the borders to syria and clashing with the syrian army that was

actually a way from the borders like three kilometers of the time we were able to spot these militants and we took some footage of those people and later on the china refused. i was asked to forget about these militants and i was asked to leave the whole area back to you know they were helping be there it's what the government wants it's what got there once they're out of the size of these divided on both sides people are being misled by media on one side you know it's kind of concentrating on showing that the army is killing people and says a billion is on innocent people etc etc etc without showing that there are militants also for i think the army and killing also civilians from the other side though those who support the syrian regime are the same pound that the. media also was trying to show that there were only militants who are fighting the regime and there were not people who are asking

for freedom and under forms and in the country. for the latest updates on the situation in syria and you can head to our web site at r.t. dot com and hear about the stories like that's right well you know that the u.s. is flexing its military muscle in the asia pacific the first round of troops arriving in australia but what does it mean for the rivalry with china and others in the region. see here after the devastating earthquake and tsunami japan is gripped by a new force of nature which the video on our website. wealthy british science says.

markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report. in greece clashes broke out between riot police and protesters just hours after a pensioner shot himself in front of the parliament building in central athens retard pharmacist a seventy seven year old. left a suicide next she accused the government to destroy his pension with austerity

cuts i don't save up to hundreds of demonstrators gathered syntagma square to pay their respects. to respond with tear gas pressure. rising the country wants to impose public spending cuts to do it that. cuts well pay pensions and benefits have taken a major hit the financial analysts young says greece needs to take action to get out of its starts situation. the greek government gave them bankrupt the greek government cannot afford to stay in the euro and pay its debts it must default ultimately that may be a terrible problem for a great many financier's and investors but at the same time i have to say any bank that bought greek debt in the course of the last ten years was stupid so making that absolutely clear the simple fact is released must have thought on it it probably needs to leave the euro and regionally if not to deflate its currency it

is going to still have many problems but the truth of the matter is that when you do get to this sort of extreme only this sort of extreme measure is going to be possible to resolve your situation and ultimately it really beggars belief that we have a greek politician the most highly paid politicians in the whole of the european union turning round and going oh well that's very sad one of our constituents killed themselves when they themselves make fifteen zero isn't the euros per month with oil any difficulty whatsoever as a backbencher me which is enough to manage to pay for dozens of pensioners every month a new austerity greece. well employment across the year as a means to record high since a single currency was in the last thirty years ago very hard of all special greek people now out of work and these are worrying trends also affecting countries that

have joined the euro more recently. greece reports thousands of stones home to support for the euro states. two thousand and eleven estonia welcomes you know new year and a new era as part of the euro club is a moment of triumph after years of tough financial discipline for the nation which is the pockets of everyone in the euro zone demanded that as a condition of. in the ship we're just over a year old and the idea has lost its fizz joining the euro has made an already painful situation even worse teachers really suffer here our monthly pay is insufficient even to survive on. as the new kid in the block a study played no part in amassing the devastating debt dragging it down but still being asked to contribute to the multi billion euro fireable designed to cushion the currency against a crisis like the one which gripped greece teachers or just some of those in aprile

after having wage cuts force and to join the currency union there's little appetite for sending money abroad to richer countries particularly when it's no new salaries of a full well below the e.u. average even key legislators think this massive financial safety net for the euro zone threatens its thoroughness sovereignty by limiting say over their own budget bearing group justice minister has asked the supremes court for its opinion yesterday in one young age and decisions would require only eighty five percent of the wall of the countries let me remind you that the share of the stone on world will just be slightly over zero point two percent this means that all decisions will be taking very large countries such as germany france italy and spain the one point three billion euro estonia is being asked to hand over a piece small in the scheme of things but as a zones poorest member is still a heavy price on the face of it the amount guaranteed by

a stone year isn't all that much. other euro club members germany for instance or if one euro coins to be equated to ten billion euros this is how their efforts would journey spending one hundred sixty nine billion euros making this change to recalculate that according to a percentage of g.d.p. eight then it paints a very good. the stonier seeming to be forking out war on this basis a stoney's contribution stands at eight point five percent of g.d.p. rate of a speaking that's higher than germany france or italy my own as in the chancellor just as does the right thing challenging the ia same treaty in a constitutional court the point is as the e.u. on the use of my developing its use in marriage regarding partial transfer of national sovereignty to these institutions politicians and courts may be debating

but the nation of pace to have made up its mind opinion polls suggest most are against the bailout fund they wonder why there some payoff for the mistakes of others degrees r.t. tallinn estonia. well so had few days from abroad as india prepares to spend billions on new weapons production could have the country's military modernization also on the way. still to come the us markets all rebounding today after suffering so losses yesterday. tell you why more the thousand about five times. the international criminal court has turned down a palestinian request confess to kate alleged israeli war crimes during the attack on gaza or about three years ago. fourteen hundred people killed almost all of them palestinians i c c prosecutor said the investigation would get together at the u.n. security council recognizes. state and try to win this recognition last year failed

to stop the support of. countries due to the threat of a u.s. veto. co-found the israeli house demolitions says the i.c.c. is rooting costs a shot over russian justice system. the palestinians exists. because they're not a skate they don't have access to all the instruments of international law or of the un system but at the same time. international law that does apply to the occupied territories it's intended to protect them especially the fourth geneva convention is not enforced by the international community on the one hand they don't have the instruments of protect themselves on the other hand the international treaty doesn't accept its responsibility to force protection for the palestinian problem with the palestinians is that occupation was only seen as

a very temporary military situation maybe lasting long two three years until it's over this is a forty five year occupation and international law simply isn't geared towards dealing with it. the fact that the palestinians are to state i think. it completely destroys their chance to use international law and if in fact these millions of people are left without any defense or any ability to leverage israel through international law it's certainly danced the credibility of the entire system. not of some of the international headlines around the world the us is said by suspected al qaeda militants to trial for allegedly plotting the september eleventh attacks. mates face charges including terrorism and murder and could face the death penalty if convicted five men are accused of planning and executing attacks which is three thousand thousand. president obama tried to move the trial to civilian courts in

two thousand and nine and that decision was reversed last year after widespread opposition. eight police officers have been killed in afghanistan after gunmen attacked the compound of a government minister two other officers were captured during which happened in a western province the government stormed the compound and opened fire off the first shooting and god. the taliban has claimed responsibility. has deployed interceptor missiles in preparation for north korea's rocket launch later this month the search zone placed a four different locations in you know face towards the rockets planned route to shoot down any parts of the rocket into japan's space of korea since the interest designed to send a satellite into orbit japan and the u.s. claim pyongyang is using it to test its range missile capabilities.

here and security council is calling for an enter violence in mali return to constitutional rule two weeks after a military coup returned so raise concerns. as a rating inside the west african country two main groups working with government to end hostilities which of escalated all of your forces through the president last month however political parties and civil society groups have rejected the legitimacy of the military take it. there with the regional rivals and the population of all of the billion to defend india is to begin and massive modernization of its military threats against a backdrop of recent scandals damaging the reputation of the country's armed forces and as the world's largest importer of arms looks out its options russian firms are in the question on the action reports. the rampant corruption and army falling to pieces the current state of the indian military according to the country's top

general himself he recently reveals he was offered a bribe of almost three billion dollars by a lobbyist to buy substandard defense a quote net he turned down the bribe but the scandal has rocked the country and caused the ministry of defense to suspend six defense firms for ten years over their lobbying tactics what happens is you have long believed you have indecision reach some berms is that the bureaucratic level you have in decision which is sometimes the level. the politicians so there. is a huge problem but we're joris of clothes for some they've opened for others many foreign defense firms are now eyeing the opportunity to take a slice of india's huge difference pie india is the world's largest importer of arms it is that to spend one hundred billion dollars in the next ten years to modernize its military equipment russia is at the forefront of the battle to win some of those contracts moscow says it can provide three billion dollars worth of

weapons to india every year. that. he's expanding. and. india is expected to continue. in the first people future. thanks to the. defense systems there's also very intense competition for. grading. diesel electric submarines. also hopes to do so india also appears keen on the opportunity to let russia help modernize its defense systems and says the partnership with the country could be beneficial for both sides russia is one of the few countries that have joined in joint development of military hardware one of the classic example is. the other example is the.

the fifth generation for growth so india string of military scandals is providing a shakeup in its military suppliers a competition to fill the void will be fierce among the russian and international firms bidding to bring india's armed forces up to the preassure either r t new delhi india. talks to republicans us historian about the reset relations between moscow and washington stephen cohen says the issue of european we saw the fence is still the biggest stumbling block. it will be very very very. russia wants guarantees and obama signed a letter to the syrian we got ratification of the arms control agreement that he would take action should be fruits deploring all the way around russia.

because. regions i would say that today if you look at the relationship objectively not from the russian point not from the american point of view you would conclude that we have to be war war elements of cold war conflict when we have of cooperation now maybe we can change the world for things are getting worse so i think we are still in a state of what we should be called. for the joint committee for the existence of these high there in the european markets have just opened also latest and they opened up in the last twenty minutes to say kerry and it's actually good news it's quite a different view from yesterday both the footsie and the dax are posting modest gains in the first the first twenty minutes of trade that's going after the international monetary fund has approved a five billion euro loan for portugal because of its high budget deficits helping

deal with the country is seeing the results of these tight austerity measures they managed to raise one point five billion euros and the debt option on a wednesday so it's good news there stay remains a problem they had a bomb so go on yesterday and it was a disappointment to still concerns in the region to have a look at the russian markets first focus on on their second hour of trading and it's quite a different picture from yesterday we've got one point point six percent for the r.t.s. and of my sex i just say we saw a massive global selloff we saw losses of over two and a half percent for the us and bosses so it's an interesting one as to why. today so let's see who's really gaining what stocks are really benefiting got calm after our last of if he said push the launch of the new motor that they're producing new production of new model energy stocks are high on stronger crude and financials

also following the overall sentiment good healthy green arrows this hour as we look at the currencies we see how the ruble is perform a the ruble is gaining against the u.s. dollar and. the euro dollar it's been pretty much the same for the last twenty one thirty one and fifty four the trade is currency pair their favorite pair let me just say about the ruble are actually up because see the u.s. dollar is a bit of a bargain at the moment we seeing a lot of people just average people up being you putting their salaries into u.s. dollars so that is in turn affecting capital flight which is a theme we always a follow here on business so that's certainly a concern let's go to asia and see if the sentiment remains there now at the end of the trading day and we saw chinese stocks really suffering and it was banks that were particularly worse off today and that came after the chinese leaders said that the state banks have a monopoly and this is something that needs to be rectified so as

a result the banking stocks are really taking taking hits as it were. our prices as well that every bouncing from a seven week low as we can see now we're expecting strong jobs coming out of the u.s. later on today so that's affecting the prices as you can see the likes of one hundred two dollars for about friends over one hundred twenty three dollars this hour and in other news we're going to be talking about cars russian president elect has given a boost to the country's car industry but the way putin says all state officials would soon have to buy only local produce cars but the choice would be to. ltd for the officials are known for their weakness for luxury many car manufactures like b.m.w. . have already built plants inside the country. that's how the markets look for those are the next hour keeping an eye on those stocks and the russian

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