russian businessmen victor boot is given a minimum sentence of twenty five years by a new york court for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists. the u.n. security council issues its toughest statement yet on syria calling on the authorities of the opposition to lay down arms unconditionally in a weak. french president sarkozy wins a public support for his crackdown on islamic radicals but loses the faith of young muslims who say they feel rejected by their own country.

twelve news and comments twenty four hours a day this is r.t. a us court has given russian businessmen the boot a minimum sentence of twenty five years for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists and kill americans but the judge ruled there was no proof he would ever have committed crimes if it wasn't for the u.s. sting operation that's near him. reporting live has more now from outside the courthouse in new york. the u.s. government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the russian citizen to twenty five years behind bars and that is for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons and surface to air missiles to colombian fark rebels those rebels were really agents that were posing undercover the u.s. federal judge delivered her sentence in manhattan court room thursday afternoon

that was the mandatory minimum sentence that she could give mr boot the u.s. federal judge has said that mr hasn't been an active arms dealer since two thousand and three and believes that there is no proof that mr putin was looking for opportunities to deal with terrorists or pill americans a victory for the first time stood up and addressed the courtroom he said that he never intended to kill anyone or sell arms to anyone he said that is the truth and then he turned around and pointed his finger at the d e agents that testified against him saying that they know that what he's saying is the truth you know he will expect to be sentenced because i believe the judge is very intelligent very professional it's an acknowledgment that you validity of the accusations made with the securities i think that if you judge it was misconstrued it's going to get you

out of choosing to close to peace there to distribute it in a recent interview said he's the victim of a u.s. propaganda. mainstream media narrative that was bestowed upon him without any truth there was a movie made of him made about him the lord of war and. us press him the merchant of death that is just a legitimate businessman. since the very beginning mr boot has maintained his innocence he continues to do so his defense attorney following the sentencing came outside of the court room and said that victor boot is an innocent man. when election day that's the big this is not the ames we've got the jury is just beginning. though you know it was positions are clear. we. should think was arrested in thailand in

a sting operation in march two thousand and eight following his arrest the u.s. was pressing for him to be taken to the united states but the russian citizen was in. jail for some two years and during two different courts hearings type courts refused the u.s. extradition request the russian federation also said that mr putin a russian citizen and also former soviet military officer are should not be extradited to the united states nonetheless in november two thousand times mr boot was taken out of thailand by a group of u.s. officials according to documents released by wiki leaks the u.s. government spent an enormous amount of time trying to get custody of viktor booth following his arrest in thailand according to u.s. cables u.s. president barack obama was urged to personally call thailand's prime minister

directly about in addition the state department and the attorney general of boardings will weaken the documents were encouraged to call the thai embassador highlighting the massive drug enforcement administration's commitment to thailand to the u.s. federal judge says she will recommend that mr bloom remains in the prisons general population for now the russian citizen heads back to a maximum security prison. probably reporting from inside iran could have seen the report i have are to. let's get some reaction now from warfarin investigative journalist i know a student who's been following this case from day one thank you for joining us here in our teen out the judge ruled the case was only made possible thanks to determine sting operations set up by the u.s. what that suggests he wasn't actually carry out such activity. well i think of the of the only one responsible for travolta. consolation the early stages which would himself because as you said in the beginning i have been there since day one i

witnessed the entire proceedings and i know what happened in thailand and i know that victor would and his wife all of that is that everything they're about to ignore some expert advice or very professional people who have done everything in our power to get victor would acquit instead has contracted people in thailand any united states who are absolutely incompetent as a result he has received twenty five year sentence so i guess on the average would want to spare his life in prison and he has achieved this and so i guess congratulations to russia and the u.s. not exactly the closest of friends it was there any political motivation in this whole case. i don't think so i think is about a political asperger's should be removed at all because what people are not seeing and the mainstream press are certainly not pressing is the point out. convicted on the third. on the third acquisition of produce an anti-aircraft weapons what we have not seen throughout the case in the united states or in thailand is where actually are these alleged weapons of which would allegedly were selling to

these alleged terrorists who are allegedly working for the far colombia there are no weapons when he was caught in in thailand by this thing by the dea a sting operations the d.a. in the united states government has done everything in their power not to look for these alleged weapons so again if you have no weapons you have no proof something that al gore dianne bitterroots lawyer in the united states who is our by the way earned seven hundred fifty thousand dollars according to sources from which i would call this very ineffective counsel defending him against the united states government has done everything in his power not to bring that up and of course again would as not certainly would not help his case or his cause by not standing as a witness in this case and the. theatrical i guess you could say the law as they proceed is yesterday where you made these. essentially worthless statements against the d.a. addressing the judge and thanking her for her ability to judge the case basically

it got out the window but as you say i mean the word and alleged has been used quite a lot said during this and boot maintains his innocence and is planning to appeal how far as he wanted to get with that. oh hughes is not going to go if you don't get anywhere as a matter of fact the case was lost way back in thailand in two thousand and nine because again i was there i know what happened the case was lost in thailand once where two would one be the first case because again the united states government in a court of first instance the united states government appealed in the appeals case we specifically told which was not to follow the line of defense work product is a political very zation instead focus on the fact that there never been any weapons anywhere in the world that recruit a legend he will sell it for these ok ok but. looking forward now in a wider sense russia says it hopes boots could serve the sentence at home one of the u.s. handed over there is that possible. i don't think so i think is just grandstanding

on russia's we have played to the gallery to the crowd to the russian citizens who are basically outraged by this extremely unlawful situation because again because it was kidnapped from thailand he was brought to the states illegally but i guess this is all irrelevant the point is that victor boot should have been a whole three years ago but things are being done right here in thailand and certainly he would have won the case in the states had he been represented by competent lawyer now by someone like oliver diane the russian maintains but it was extradited from thailand illegally what does this tell us in a wider sense about the way i'm american can go around the world in and snatch people that will. well basically tells us that the russian government should get to that i call upon the russian president putin to exactly the same thing to kidnap american citizens and to bring to justice in russia anyone who's actually involved in arms dealing arms trading we'd american government or american business

representatives that would any links at all to arms trade this would be kidnapped and brought to justice by force of need to be to russia and tried and imprisoned for life this is the only language that americans understand because again we're talking about the terrorism an international arms dealers the biggest arms deals and merchant of death in the world are not people like victor borge got the united states government so ok we'll leave it there live for a student of the best gents thank you thank you. well to access more information on the case of beer to putin or going to our website r.t. dot com let's take a look at some other stories that are on life you right now that states is written in with name brotherhood with open arms during their visit to washington d.c. well today no new best friends read more about it on our website. also online tons of radioactive water leaks from the fukushima nuclear plant in japan it's believed to have flowed into the pacific ocean.

the u.n. security council has issued a non binding ultimatum to the syrian government and opposition saying a complete cease fire must be in place within the week and that's because his agreed to the plan that the rebels are calling president assad to step down first the middle east correspondent there has been exist. the united nations has given its formal backing to the peace plan put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan on thursday the united nations security council issued a statement on syria in which pushed for the syrian president bashar assad to adhere to his commitments and told the united nations that syria had pledged to cease all kind of movement towards population centers he also said that he was in

contact with the opposition and urging them to stop financing at the same time he called for both sides and so political world now on tuesday also a united nations team arrived in syria they will be running the groundwork for a observer mission which is to come and then also preparing the scene for the april tenth deadline now that is the deadline according to the nuns then we also know that filing that they have on there will be always for the opposition to lay down arms with a final deadline being on april the twelfth at six am now the syrian regime has indicated that it has already begun preparing the ground work for observing that deadline the shooting government is committed to making the mission of course a successful one we are acting according to call visions of mission and then he was doing the movie with agree will take place. again

we need. to cut commitment and the government but mr annan himself after he called so much with both the saudi arabia turkey and the others that one is a government. and we respect the end of voters the other parties will do the same and will not fill the vacuum but the opposition claims that fighting is continuing in damascus and in at the same time as that the fighting is actually getting worse there's something of a lot of skepticism. relation to both sides as far as the cyrus side goes there is skepticism that he will continue with his troop withdrawal and actually meet this deadline and then the skepticism being voiced by countries such as russia particularly because we arming the opposition and the rebels and that's fine as a friends of syria meeting that so countries like qatar and saudi arabia pledging

millions of dollars to pay the salaries of rebel fighters and at the same time we heard from the united states a pledge that if it were it would provide communication equipment so there is a lot of skepticism as to whether or not the deadline for the cease fire will be made and indeed whether or not this political will to actually adhere to it. but also the congress are remembering the bloodshed as bosnians mark twenty years since the start of a deadly conflict that left their country shattered take a close look at the driving force behind it. french president nicolas sarkozy has unveiled his latest vision for the country less than three weeks before the presidential vote it's on the way he's been boosted by his anti radicalism stance for the recent shootings and to use because he has cracked down on religious extremism that followed his left many of the country's muslims living isolated artie's there's also your reports. this may be

a film about the struggle to live in the french suburbs. but this is reality the shooting of seven people had to lose by a frenchman of algerian descent was the latest incident to intensify an already heated debate on security immigration and integration in a country with the largest muslim population in europe. firstly i must say this is an isolated case fortunately nice young immigrants in france do not have this kind of behavior and i think this is a result of his personal journey he felt that it was out of place in france probably humiliation discrimination and therefore personal kind of feeling of hatred and hatred of funds in the words of this second generation muslim immigrant many like yourself don't feel french food suffered in the suburbs there is this feeling of rejection by france and the government socially when we say i'm from the suburbs you're not taken seriously the truth when young people apply for jobs and

the sun resume raise and have a suburban address it poses many problems some employers tend to favor people from central paris or sometimes she says favor a more french name and variant lies a problem the french republic's values of liberty equality and fraternity seem to be excluded those living on the periphery like this parisian suburb of mt there where we chanced upon a low integral test didn't need a migraine the right to live like everyone else the if you earn between one thousand and thirteen hundred a year olds you live in as investors and you live in the middle of eligible magnetic waves or lease and city jury missions just five minutes from posh areas like three people died here and it's all in a different i say you. know i denounce that fact in france where you will have a revolt there's a french saying to describe the country today losing translated as to france and

moving up to speeds of the young people who find themselves stuck on the slower moving train some say they belong to a generation all. already lost by the state so they find a sense of belonging elsewhere and by the time that happened it's any efforts to bring them back a likely to be futile and where some may find solace is anyone's guess. not only on people but there are those who create heroes like robin hood the wife of osama bin ladin or other so-called leaders who create ideas there's a new generation that is hungry in business an aggressive disgrace a conflict then it creates and the reason for you in the easily and the worst does include all that is reinforced but it is this is a huge danger to me in response politicians bombard the public with proposals for even more policies like policing internet behavior we do see the number of new immigrants or stripping some of their citizenship which critics say our whole president sarkozy has really tried to espouse the line of the right.

nationalist party here as well. you know we always attack immigrants talking about how we making issues coverings of muslim groups these are become major issues in france rather than the question drugs and perhaps the question of how to bring back the very basics of a society that calls itself a gala tarion tesser cilia r.t. paris. bosnia is knocking twenty years since the start of one of the bloodiest conflicts since the second world war and around one hundred thousand people were killed and more than four million displaced as posner plunged into conflict and left the country's ethnic groups deeply divided as the former yugoslavia split up both me and listens and perhaps wanted to break free from the former federation. it was wanted to remain in yugoslavia the conflict broke out on the day the european community recognized and on the pendent country was torn apart in the following

three years nato intervened in north north and for which helped bring water and un peacekeeping troops remaining present in the area to this day and serbian historian it. says that western countries rushed into military action but a peace plans already underway. that there are a ironically still trapped in the conflict a unit in a sense it's always one hundred ninety two with their. the only law change sarajevo was in power war started it is still an order and a teacher reminding the populace. it is still one thousand nine hundred two things really haven't changed much and moved on since even though it's been twenty years there's a myth about bosnia that it was a concept that ran rampant on its own and at the west had to step in and stop it in fact there was a bosnian peace process that had actually been a results it was

a constitutional event it compromise between do we have parties are represented throughout the community and if it was set for a peaceful resolution of the craft of a constitutional crisis and then it was being too numerous testimonies and information the american ambassador stepped in council to the muslim party to these even egged on to react and we intend go at it long and it having been promised american vaccine which is what ended up happening in this week or so if you dated the war. coming up with r t environmentally unfriendly. are taxpayer money going into the air destroying thousands of acres they're actually heard in the environment. california residents who say they've been in the shadows of. too high a price to pay for a new bill energy. some of the other top stories making headlines around the world for you this hour. at least ten suspected militants have been killed and strikes in

southern yemen security has been reinforced in the capital the warnings of a possible. yemen has seen a rise in violence since person i think took office every previous us. months of protests. storming the argentinean it was left at least eleven people dead and twenty injured. in the transit of the winds tore through the city sixty miles one teenager go to try to. crews are now working to clear the debris and store. the twenty except to screen door for us declared independence and says it's captured enough territory to form its own state seizing three towns in the area the rebels took advantage of the chaos caused by. two weeks ago around western

leaders would have to be restored and there is a situation about you know. the fact is for all his faults colonel gadhafi was more or less in his box in recent years and he kept by himself all sorts of undesirable actors once that regime collapsed some of these actors including some of the toerags who are now causing the problems in northern mali returned home bringing with them. weapons fighters. that are spread throughout the region we're going to be dealing with these outflows from libya in the next year or two several years all cross the sub region ok beautify can stay with you could have been predicted should have been predicted i think you wrote about it before this happened. it was already building up weaponry and it could have got weaponry from elsewhere as well as libya before the fall of gadhafi small

coincidental in terms of timing and then it is how contents of fire it and speed up or a sions but this was barely and was going to take place at some point and at some point reasonably soon anyway with or without the fall of gadhafi. from debate coming up here in our teaneck stop. a group of residents in california say they're the ones paying the price for the sunshine state going green they believe the government's turbine subsidies are damaging the local environment even danger involved like resorting to the question over reports of some other problems too close for comfort. vibration northeast and flushing grants troops of the night are not exactly environmentally friendly see those living right next to these rotating joints are all completely paid by taxpayers subsidies to we rate

increases that's completely corruption our politicians and it needs to be start now robert moran and his wife are running a campaign to stop energy companies building the windmills even closer to his home about being fought in many small rule towns in the sunshine state in the whole it's sort of our money where our taxpayer money is going into these they're destroying thousands of acres they're actually hurting the environment that they're really don't propose to blinds and who doorstep with almost daily letters to her local governments and she succeeded with the energy company abandoning its plans but her case was very much the exception to the rule for more than thirty years now when power industry and its largest half promoted it as a green am clean but for many who live there rocky with the impact of this energy i mean it was more about because there was money with huge government handouts wind

farms began popping up all over the place but it was subsidies in the bank a high maintenance cost a couple of the relatively small power generation have seen many now lying idle. acts when a company executive believes the end is to be sure to find its own place in the energy field instead of encouraging companies only interested in the government handouts. when or energy that is the wrong way to develop renewable energy. we should treat renewable energy just the same way we treat electricity from any other source whether it's coal or nuclear gas or oil this frenzy of windmill building during the winter didn't just ruin the view but also some devastated wildlife and many of these forums turned on my greed for birds so of towns with hundreds of birds and that's being killed by the huge

blaze every year. it seems the green and clean future has generated little more than brute kill and a huge amount of animosity made you know which and we're already reporting from california. that's our cross to katie in the business discovery markets closed today because of good friday but the russian markets are open yet absolutely into the russian market. they've opened up in the last sort of twenty minutes also and what we're seeing in the first few minutes of trade is ever so slight losses we've got not in the red territory right there for the r.t.s. on the ice expect others to slightly but yesterday it was a bizarre day because we opened up we went in a positive again to set me free interesting to see what happens especially as we've got europe closed today we've also got the name was close as well as well as u.s. markets of interest and see how russia markets before without international

interference let's have a look at the ruble because that sound moving as well and we can see that the russian currency is still managing to gain against the other currency is so moving all we're going to take a look at the asian markets for you we have got the hang sang it is indeed closed today as i say they're celebrating easter good for them we've also got the nikkei right now come to the. end of that trading day now stocks in the region are taking a hit and that's because of the strengthening yen the euro dropped to a four week lows says the gang yesterday heading for its biggest weekly loss since august really under pressure for example a sony over two and a help down one fifth of their money come from the european sector moving on we'll see how the us performed yesterday it was a mixed finish i just have a slightly down there now is that managed to get to game point four cents there's also sentiments coming out of the us region yesterday we had u.s.

talk was going to the lowest level since two thousand and eight today even though the u.s. markets will be some figures coming out unemployment rate would be really interesting to watch somebody positive sentiment coming out so it's. going to improve apparently expect them to do side i'll look at take a look see how cold it is before me. two reasons why gold is performing the way it is at the moment it's down around off a sense that that's because a federal was decided not to enforce the quantitative easing we've also got as well they are still on strike because of that import tax. that's moving on to other news the emerging economies will grow overall size percent this year pork pie consultancy young it believes they will provide health of global economic growth in the coming year is consumption is expected to increase significantly in these

countries helped by expansion of middle class the group of emerging nations includes countries such as brazil russia india and china. ok that's how the russian markets look for now i'll be back in the next hour with the scary good you will find skating i'll be back with a headline shortly.