breaking news on our see me hey a holocaust killer lands in germany after being released from prison in russia that's after president putin signed a pardon of what he called humanitarian principles also this. is. the idea that the people don't deserve a park system operates because people cannot do that. after he speaks to a wiki leaks associate and co-producer of a move which shows just how hard it can be for whistleblowers to get the truth and print. on syria's embattled crowds take their ambitions to autonomy to a new level demanding a seat at next month's international peace talks in switzerland.

international news and comment live from moscow yoshi r c international with me hello and welcome to the program. after a decade of incarceration of course case three russia's most high profile prisoner has left jail and landed and has landed in germany on board a private jet let's get the latest from his piece all over who's in berlin for us hi there peter so what we're hearing from from german officials that. well the german foreign ministry house confirmed that. landed in a private jet a china fair the airport in the the east of lin now we knew that as soon as he left prison in russia the russian prison authorities said that he had received a passport we were wondering how we had received

a visa in time to allow him to enter germany now we are also hearing that the. that he. wished through rushed through i beg your pardon the visa process and in fact that former german foreign minister the atrix again sure may have actually played a role in the gauche ating not in putting that deal forward so he has received the german visa in order to allow him to to enter the european union into and to germany now berlin always made sense really as a place he he would go if he was going to go outside of russia his mother is very seriously ill she has been receiving treatment here in berlin now she's currently in moscow at the moment and we understand that his mother and father will be flying here to berlin on saturday now is another reason why berlin may have been a. good option for a place for him to go is this according to the a.f.p. his wife ina is in switzerland it's not too far away that she would be able to make

her way quite quickly to him here in berlin now waiting for any kind of statement to come out of of the airport where he's landed or any kind of statement he's going to give a soon as we get that of course we'll we'll bring it to you but another reason why germany was perhaps the the destination of choice is that the well the support that's been coming out of germany for him we heard from german chancellor angela merkel saying that his was a case that she'd followed extensively and that she was very glad that he received this pardon from vladimir putin also the european parliament president martin schulz also saying that this was a progress and a positive step to pardon me hot. so what we know is he's here and will be bringing you updates from here as soon as we get any of the latest news but to find out what went on before he arrived here and there was plenty of basically lead journalists around the world on a merry dance for quite a while we're going to cross over now to go north who's in patrols of what's in

northwestern russia where he was earlier today absolutely you go over to you know well peter and it was quite a confusing day here where we are because basically what we knew pretty much surely was that he did leave the prisons premises this was confirmed both by his lawyer and by the prison staff but where he went this was a major mystery that we've all been writing our brains over the entire day some people were talking about him driving off in the car others were talking about this helicopter which took him off directly to germany the staff of the airport here in perth that as i was called we spoke with they said they had information that he took off also on the water to help helicopter to sing petersburg and then this whole story would be emergencies ministry has said that they sent. to the syria but not for that of course but to evacuate an injured soldier so quite

a mystery the entire time what we didn't know was that the whole thing came as a complete surprise to everyone including. lawyers and his family members. but i can't talk to him because he doesn't have you know injured but i am in moscow right now and i don't know anything except for my space and on the radio first of if you haven't accepted what has happened yet he didn't you know much to me since yesterday i'm still feeling lost and confused i guess i still can't believe it. now the person working out of course he spent his last days of imprisonment situated around a thousand kilometers north west of moscow in the town of suggests it used to be part of the gulag system during the soviet times. well now he's free. and as we know now he is in germany and basically was also significant is that all

the events that have been unfolding happens in less than twenty four hours the president broke the news that because of that of course he asked him to be pardoned he did say that the man served over ten years behind bars which is quite a severe punishment his mother has health problems and the president said he was going to sign all the needed papers in order to resume as soon as possible and he did it on the next day and apparently just a few hours after that. went free from jail. kind of reporting there live from karelia and peter all of our life in berlin thank you very much for those updates to about thank you thanks. and let's now take a closer look at how holocaust is relations with the russian lol panned out over the last ten years and back in february nineteen ninety seven it became he became chairman and c.e.o. of the private corporation he cost which produced a fifth of russia's oil cost he became the country's richest man about six and

a half years later he was arrested on four charges around the same time links to they promised his ation of state assets he was eventually found guilty in may two thousand and five getting nine days in prison one of course he appealed and had one year taken also that sentence in december two thousand and six there was a second case against the former tycoon he was charged with embezzling three hundred fifty million tonnes of oil those proceedings also ended with a guilty verdict and fourteen year sentence but the court counted time already served and legal expert on blogger alexander cories believes there's no surprise the extra incursion has now decided to leave russia. personally i don't think he would want to stay in russia that's my own. personal view i think he will want to go somewhere in the west maybe the germany is an easy place for him to go to but i wonder whether he want to stay there permanently he might want to go to britain he

might want to go to the united states i doubt that he want to stay in russia itself he's been in prison for ten years he's business has been destroyed his political career if you ever intended to make what has been destroyed within russia he is a discredited man and then areas editor of business new europe says they release some of the ecstatic sounds of positive signal to the business community in and out of russia because he has been a cause celeb you could surmise and personified a lot of the concerns that investors have basically portfolio investors into doing business and investing into russian shares to let him out is not to say it's going to fix the problems with russia's perception but certainly it's a step in the right direction and i think at the end of the day the investors stock investors she quite pragmatic it's not even cynical and to see how to cause to be released for them will be a positive signal when so much is

a step in the right direction for investing into russia. of course we're bringing you more news and perspective on the really throughout the day here on r.t. and at our website dot com. despite the vigorous attends a whistle blowers to expose the wrongdoings of government it's often quite difficult for them to find media outlets willing to publicize the truth and media sana recent movie banks by wiki leaks high lies their struggle he's lisa confident spoke to one of the film's co-producers for. it's been described as a wiki leaks or road movie following the journey of a group of wiki leaks associates across central asia searching for media outlets to help publish secret diplomatic cables with making me do. something which which i would like to call an acid test and our us interest was one

of the u.s. state department cables where you give these cables to certain. publications and see how they react to it most of the publications have difficulties in responding to and publishing secrets that have to do with the united states with the empire in our world your home as well strong helped direct the movie although a feature film wasn't the original plan initial goal was to actually distribute this material that bradley manning allegedly makes to work in weeks and in that attempt to get the material out to the public and to people realize that there were . some interesting things happening in the way that the media were actually reacting to it the team traveled through central asian republics from kazakhstan to us occupied afghanistan all in an effort to partner with local news outlets to redact and then publish relevant cables to its. social diversion resign your

bills you were. more of the other. question as to. whether you know another thing to do. in case after case editors would initially show interest and then back off. to me it was surprising. not as much based on the idea that these countries are bastions of free press and. but i was more surprised about the honesty. in their limitations and was surprised that many of the of the editors and journalists that we met in in the central asian republics they would would actually explain that there are certain things we can publish in certain cases we can actually see where the fear of. having your funds got down or something else does

actually physically influence your ability and in reporting on. what you know in this particular test the material is american. but it's hard to tell to what extent it's a question of fear particularly from the united states or if it's a fear from the local regime a censorship of sorts that johan is believes exists within the western world as well the idea that censorship is something that exists in. third world countries and speak but not in the enlightened west that idea i think has. been very challenged by where critics the main point which which we're trying to make isn't that you know there is somebody which is more censored than somebody else the main point is that there is there is a certain degree of censorship everywhere and what would you say is the biggest obstacle to freedom of speech and freedom of information these days it's the biggest obstacle to to freedom. of speech is the obstacle which isn't

in our minds it is the the idea that the people don't deserve access to knowledge because people cannot deal with it and that idea in my opinion is there is not just a little stick it is. it's incredibly insulting but in making a film about the boundaries of press freedom johana says he discovered a world that's moving away from old boundaries one of the most amazing things which has happened with them. with these releases and particularly if we speak about the n.s.a. documents. is that the censorship that we had just a few years ago has become irrelevant. and will be sharing the movie later this hour here on l.t. and of course you can watch it online right now at our website. and while you're on

i'll see to national in just a couple of minutes to report on the latest spying revelations snowden claiming that many more countries are helping the n.s.a. than previously thought stay with us. the street is still strategically she told. a longer covert team of journalists trying to release wiki leaks documents about how the united states is trying. there. made me more pro-american they encounter fear ignorance and pressure. country blocks the way to information freedom. media stuff on our to.

political your cultural phenomena like the new policies i dislike you. a pleasure to have you with us here on r t today i'm sure. you're watching also international live from moscow welcome back. serious kurdish minority wants a seat at the next month's international peace conference in geneva the kurds are pushing for autonomy in northern syria and have been fighting to protect their homes from radical islamist rebels the largest people without

a country in the middle east and are mostly spread out across a region they call kurdistan so they make up key minority groups in turkey syria iraq and iran with a total kurdish population estimated at around forty million. dollars here now reports the kurds have their sights firmly set on a long awaited independence. discriminated repressed and divided for years the kurds were the scapegoats of the middle east but now the fortunes have turned resilient and hopeful history is on their side for four thousand years kurds lived in iraq now they're enjoying defect autonomy and many believe independence is not far away but is now practical is not run by a powerful state in baghdad and a strongly believe that we are moving towards. a full independent kurdish state in the north of iraq across the border in turkey as much as twenty percent of the

population is kurdish they fight for independence has long been a thorn in ankara side but logan long. always called for a kurd fighters they have more weapons and they'll never give them up easily but it's in syria where the kurds face the toughest fight they are caught up in the middle of a bloody civil war their territories are being claimed by al qaeda their villages raided their people killed residents of this kurdish village of pursue fina forty five kilometers from aleppo so all it does is make them tougher fighters they're prepared to die to protect their land and their people. now every night they want to restart the clashes but now we're well prepared because we made new bunkers so we have more ability to them before if they attack us we are ready to defend ourselves but if they don't we want to attack anybody. with such a strong fighting spirit and even stronger desire for sovereignty the kurdish

influence in this part of the world is growing and arguably it might be only a matter of time until a new state appears on the map of the middle east policy or r.t. . the syrian government has been too busy with the civil war leaving the kurds to fend for themselves and one analyst told us the diaspora has a capsulized on the power struggle to the fullest. the kurds in syria was a bold and by the fact that the arab spring came about of the regional powers busy with internal strife with. the stability of their own governments while the siniora observe the different factions in syria are fighting each other and the governments we could. the kurds have found an opportunity to run their own affairs and grow to whatever they were territory. historically has been to my to take he's not very happy because what he sees if he. were to be the

kurds in syria get hold of him have some sort of autonomy turkey fears that this will translate into or encourages. the kurdish population to demand the same rights or similar rights. under now website right now what's a christmas without a wish list to santa while the world faster robot astronaut isn't missing out down what kind of present hell squad aboard the international space station. and also that it takes nothing but molecular scissors to successfully treat a child we had online to learn about be groundbreaking new method which is german inventors claim is more than ninety percent effective. a number of european countries are third party partners of the united states spy program in other words they help america monitor the globe that's according to

a fresh batch of leaks provided by edward snowden denmark the netherlands spain and germany are among the states by their reports contradict earlier of relations which the dress of germany was a subject of surveillance and not an active part of the program and a former adviser to the u.s. justice department says the n.s.a. scandal has caused a rift among america's allies. the n.s.a. has spread its reach into so many other countries including our our way. which is completely unnecessary destroys diplomacy disrupts economic relationships with other countries all for the purpose of what gathering and storing a bunch of doubt are on innocent people all over the world who are suspected of doing absolutely nothing and i think we've seen reverberations not just among the five countries some of whom have been colu with helping the n.s.a. gather this data always see the world for world and they're far reaching because

again and this is tentacles have been far reaching. time for more world news and least eight people have been killed in a double bombing in iraq the two explosions struck a live stock market town north of the compass all but done while the victims were being buried another bomb went off killing three more just yesterday a group of suicide bombers targeted share programs in another region taking as many as thirty six lives in iran the base here has reached levels not seen since two thousand days as. a special project looking back at how the violence and twentieth ravelled. of parents clashed with five teachers in southern mexico former members of staff arrived to pick try to pick up trucks to take over the school but faced fierce

resistance hundreds of riot police have to be deployed to restore calm in september but teachers who went on strike was socked and replaced with members of a different trade union. the mayor of a town and a turbulent area of southern philippines has been gunned down along with two other members of his family at manila airport a fourth person was also shot they were waiting for a car outside the terminal when the assailants one of them reportedly wearing a police uniform opened fire the motive for the killing is unclear so far. other news right now on the european union's long term credit rating has been dealt a blow standard and poor's has downgraded from aaa to double a plus this despite ireland's recent signs of recovery being used as an example that the blog is growing in the right direction but as. reports many irish are still looking a ball abroad for better options. despite painful austerity three years and

counting the irish capital of dublin is relatively bustling but the same can't be said for all other parts of the country carlos wants him to be are the sugar company that the forefront of industry now stands empty this sound is only one hour away from dublin but niles apart in terms of the economy even if you just grab a surface a look around you'll see a lot of these boarded up houses or shop fronts or for sale signs a shadow of what this used to be this is the center of. town for three hundred euros. fifty here and. while the government heralded arlen's exit from its international bailout as a success many find little to celebrate with others having long moved on in search of greener pastures people with skills people with jobs and i live in the country we thought that we put behind us the black plague effect of immigration in the

country and now it is back growing sectors of this economy which are importing workers from outside of violent on high wages with high skills and so forth completely deserve it gandalf but that is starting to get all these and little bit of a tension within the population as well the european commission statistics office figures show thirty five thousand more people left are linda didn't arrive to last year making arlin go from having had the highest net immigration levels in europe to the highest net emigration in just six years if we see one. i believe it said we want. you. to see the light here and when young emigrants do come back it won't come as a surprise if they're just back for the holidays like feel one who had just arrived from perth he left two years ago after completing a science degree and went on to become a videographer in australia there wasn't anything. sort of keeping me here besides

my immediate family really all my friends who go on here from london or korea canada they're just completely all across the world so i made it very easy for me and while the holidays draw back the irish to their native land it will take more than a bailout exit to keep them home duster cilia r t r lunde. and up next as promised they levy their rescue. the parliament of yemen has put forward a motion to ban drone attacks in the country the motion is now waiting approval by the president and it's probably impossible to enforce unless they could build a really big net or something isn't it strange that now after years of drone

strikes in their country the parliament just wakes up to the fact their systems are getting blown up from the sky and we fear yemen doesn't have a ton of cash and i could see how having the well equipped and funded us military to take care of the al qaeda problem for them for free could be really entice and i mean it must be scary to be a politician with lots of power hungry terrorists about this would be the first time in history that a stronger foreign power fought a weaker states battles for them but the problem is that according to the huffington post a former u.s. state department official in yemen says that every year drone attacks create eight from forty to sixty new terrorists why they create terrorists because according to the human rights watch seventy percent of the people killed by drones in yemen are civilians you know if the yemeni government is really free from washington's grasp and really wants to deal with their al qaeda problem they'll have better luck doing it themselves with the good old rifles and bayonets pointed at the right targets but that's just my opinion.

i got fired do because. because i wrote an article about. about your conditions of work since we journalists have when they were in israel palestine. and the year the journalists there they interviewed the very frank with me and they told me about different things going to good report to calm things that they could hear the censorship that the experienced in. there. at their

workplace when the material that was published two of the six journalists that are tired of you they retracted their statement so you see the. face you see you need not that you need some good news cam or you think i don't think long text or something i think if somebody does an interview with you and then you're entirely open frank about it. and then after a while maybe you realize that this is going to be shown on television and your boss is going to see this and your mother is going to see this and then you know you start understanding the consequences it's not just a conversation between you and your friends but then you get just informed about it because i think to an extent. i made a very big mistake with them with that article and the mistake that i did was that i was. hired to do a very journalistic very typical journalistic work. about journalists and the

standards for doing the journalistic work about journalism has to be one hundred times higher because they were. they were immediately you know a backfire and they will start to criticizing what you do in a completely different way than if it's a regular person because regular person doesn't have the power to lure. to say no. he's got to say to you do you. know. there is a cable marked secret no four and that means that not even i like it states are allowed to read it and it's about the meeting between the u.s. ambassador and the caregivers foreign minister and it goes like this. them better there and the curious foreign minister met that they invested his residence midafternoon president bakiev that's the dictator that was kicked out in the revolution a few months ago told him that he was authorized to sign the agreement on the us

military base but the agreement must be kept secret the foreign minister said that he needed time to work with public opinion in the parliament before he could roll out a new agreement publicly. for our assistance in preparing the curious public opinion pacifically by placing articles in the local russian language press that maybe was going to be just other than within it to be.