the remaining two jailed members want free part of russia's presidential amnesty and pledge to fight for the human rights. steps into the media spotlight pledging to fight for the release of his associates examine their cases and why they are still behind bars. who lashes out at the u.s. for spying on israel and the country's former leader calling behavior in the country's close is unacceptable. and we have the first. twenty. iraq in the past year will be remembered as one of daily fear and bloodshed.

for most of us and here in moscow which just eight pm this is international. all three members of the notorious russian punk band pussy riot are now free the two remaining women serving time for carrying out a protest on to moscow's main cathedral were let go today as part of president prisoner amnesty. been following the story. obviously they are very happy to be out of prison but they have expressed their desire to continue along the lines of working in what concerns he was rising in the country. i was very well treated many women asked for my advice and support and human rights and legal issues and it's my purpose now to protect the convicts who spoke to human rights activists and as much as we can within the letter of the law protect their rights.

there's not going to go as well said that she intends to keep a close watch on those who have remained in the penal colony where she was but first and foremost. members intended to meet together we know that they have spoken on the phone already. does that according to were given a two year prison sentence following this so-called punk prayer in the country's main church well them have literally months left over in their sentences but were released following an amnesty coming from president putin initially. said that she didn't wish to take a part of this amnesty leave the prison but a but said she said that unfortunately those are her words she didn't have a choice so now both members are free and intending to take it upon themselves to go through with human rights situations in the country another person celebrating his freedom is recalled khodorkovsky the former russian tycoon emerge from prison

straight into the limelight to insist he won't return to other politics business but he says he will pay back debts owed to those still behind bars and will fight for his imprisoned comrades. one of the people to defend. free after ten years but some of these comments after his release raised. some of my comrades remain in jail they are my fellow sufferers for example my friend platon lebedev alexei protrusion there are still other political prisoners in russia not only those related to the u. cos case i am free now and i'm asking you to think of it as something which symbolizes that the efforts of civil society can lead to the release of some people who no one thought would be able to walk free to choose good and was the head of security for mr hodder coasties oil company you cos he's currently serving

a life sentence for five counts of murder in two thousand and seven a court convicted of ordering the shooting of a law to me a pet you call the mayor of a town in siberia you call four hundred clashed with you can also over his insistence that the oil giant pay taxes due to his tone the court found no link between the murders and the head of you cos however because widow believes this was a crime that went to the top. there was no investigation about her that pushed his involvement in my husband's death he wasn't even interrogated both myself and other people who are analyzing this have plenty of facts proving that and that of course he was directly involved in the killing of my husband. while on trial for the murder of pair of legs going was already serving twenty years in prison for the attempted murder of former holocaust visor all good cos dinner after quitting her

post with you cos she went on to work is the head of p.r. for the mayor of moscow it was then that a bomb was placed in her moscow apartment fortunately it detonated while no one was home because dinner sees the holocaust these comments about political prisoners as self-serving. how to craft a hostage of his own party he can't act differently now if he ever recognizes what his security forces were doing and he will automatically become responsible to what end i think now he fears that an exhibit you can start talking about and what the third ucas case could potentially be is a further investigation into those murders and assaults which the company security forces carried out a lot of crafts he has no other choice he will continue to insist to people from the security department up political prisoners that are and he will pretend to be pushing for release the ideal ation being heaped upon this the holocaust years left some of those watching feeling that only half the story is being told to totally

unknown in the west. a big economic or criminal. stolen a lot of money from the russian people and from the russian state that every kind of businessman in the best who had done the same waterfall saw that in prison this story is told in the west despite his insistence that he was a political prisoner many in russia believe broke the law and that was why he was said to jail peter all over r.t. belin. or is complaints that his case was politically motivated was rejected by the european court of human rights and it found no evidence that the political activities of those involved were relevant as many were neither opposition leaders or public officials it ruled the charges were not related to political life and had a healthy call let's talk more about this now with professor mark almond to say

historian from oxford in the city so you decided that this is not a political case but what about those who suffered during the rise of his company you don't seem to get the same level of sympathy for them. fortunately the western human rights groups seem to have rather constructs themselves. for protection the interest of all the dogs for the rights of all the gods whether it's in russia to mention crew new kinds on here what's about in prison. or not about for instance. or intimidated or holocaust is living in the west now and has most serious question about what happened to the billions of dollars worth of assets which we wanted out of russia in one thousand into western parents and western real estate and what. he gave his press conference yesterday returning to russia was the implication

possible suits for coverage or grassroots that still are effectively his hands in the hands of his cronies in the months and there he is in berlin saying he's not going to pursue any politics but he's going to stand up for the political rights of prisoners so in effect could he be still a political threat from abroad to putin. where he could be i will see him if you like as a kind of post communist or toro we should remember rex chicago based mobster turned politician was based on al capone al capone presented himself as a bit too much of it anti italian american prejudice he was awful in prison for tax evasion not all violent crimes my. those are his side could well the likes of mr hoskins says this blood on wax of violets and the ambition if you like of such people in whose politics i don't think should ever be ruled out i think we should remember that mr holocaust his career even before his arrest in prison in two thousand and three was pretty astonishing what if you said to somebody in one

thousand nine hundred eighty nine you expect to be the richest man in russia one of the richest men in the world you can hire will sit see as i think he would he might not improbable so he's a kind of napoleon bonaparte in a communist economic transition and whether he has now decided that perhaps he's at the age died he doesn't really wished to pursue his career or whether he will once he's recovered from exertions of meeting all his friends and supporters in the convince going to remember him return to the fray is one question because remember he talks about his charitable work that his child will work before he went to prison or timely about putting money into western think tanks. clist his reputation as an honest to make it calls walking him to engage in business activities in the west there was very little work so far as i know or can be overly the poor hungry maybe you will now recover his assets in the west and though our

summer. will be very welcome he did and referring to your comments about the nine hundred ninety s. is korea then of course there is one of many on the guards then who made massive fortunes but is regarded as fair game then but of course putin did clamp down on them and is this now perhaps symbol or a sign that putin's attack on his only god is now over. maybe i whether it was a god it is fair game in one thousand nine hundred sixty two to say that for instance nobody in russia was able to exercise much influence contradicting his own cut across the various oscar the overall across controlled media helped m i would say produce for didn't look at results to get yeltsin back in ninety six and they have friends in the west remember the huge jump of money from russia which many people in the west many banks in the west and scott recently not terribly concerned anyway were having this money and also of course as i say think tanks universities

and so on this huge generous donations what i think we may now be in is a situation that kind of ability of people to plunder the society has been brought to an end that after all is one of the reasons why a lot of it hooting has remained basically popular a lot of people if they have a criticism of the russian government of the prosecution service is not the holocaust and so on the course now to others were to mend their ways and carry on without having to thank any kind of restitution of illegal immigrants who mounted mountains. professor marc ullman live in oxford great to talk to you thanks very much and have your thoughts thank you thank you. well for more on his first public comments after his release and to get opinion and analysis on his case and surprise pardon head to our web page that is on our t.v. dot com. benjamin netanyahu has spoken out against israel's closest ally following revelations the u.s.

has been spying on the country's former leaders the prime minister sort of investigation and says the close ties between israel and the united states means there are things that must not be done and will not be accepted isaac lebanon a former israeli ambassador to egypt and the u.n. agrees that only enemies should be monitored not long term allies. when you have an enemy any kind of enemy country is and. to understand to reach to and to to have information concerning what what is his agenda what his intentions what he is prepared to deal in order to protect yourself and sometimes also use this information with the united states we have for over a few years longears even that we have very good cooperation on the field of intelligence i mean by that that. we share with the americans the intelligence that we have and they say that we share they share also with us the information that

they receive so we don't see any reason why to do this to our leaders and in that country. washington marks the one hundredth birthday of the federal reserve coming up we look back at a century of scandals and financial scams and the world's most indebted country plus. people should feel free to go out and come back safe where is that i can leave but there's no guarantee i'll come back alive a correspondent had to iraq to find out what it feels like to live in a country where dozens die from terrorist attacks almost on a daily basis that i'm much more right after the break. with. technology innovation all the developments around russia.

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if you just joined us a very warm welcome this is all t. international life here in moscow. breaking news now here on r.t. international we're just hearing that we called kalashnikov the design of the world's most used assault rifle the a k forty seven has died aged ninety four is sixty year old invention has become a cultural icon and kalashnikov was acknowledged for services to his country receiving countless awards including the acclaimed lenin prize. has more. the man behind a weapon that many say changed the face of combat produced in over a dozen states and officially used by the army's it's the most popular and reliable small arm in the world no competition a k forty seven short for afghan law

kalashnikov model nine hundred forty seven the year it was designed but the inspiration came a few years earlier during the war against nazi germany. this is one twenty one year old the red army tank commander mikhail kalashnikov was wounded in battle and was recovering in hospital dreaming of designing a weapon that would help throw all the invaders out and so he did his automatic rifle combines the best features of machine and submachine guns killing power lightweight derby and simplicity often during the vietnam war american soldiers took from dead vietnamese troops preferring kalashnikovs to their own sophisticated but unreliable and sixteen's when the u.s.s.r. collapsed a k. began to be sold on the cheap throughout latin america the middle east and africa where they were used by fighters in ethnic conflicts and in some countries by drug gangs and terrorists on al qaeda footage some of the london was often seen with

a kalashnikov rifle nowadays and the gun is believed to be responsible for a quarter of a million deaths every year this always upsets me kalashnikov called for tougher your measures to halt the illicit distribution of small arms we are not god you're weapons should be in the hands of those people who defend their country that is to defend not to attack i designed a rifle not for international conflicts but to protect the borders of my homeland and the washing of designs of different models of the gun but what unites them all is their simplicity and reliability. the assault rifle even became a cultural icon is depicted on the flag and coat of arms of several countries and organ. mikhail kalashnikov had many honors including the highest street award the golden store the fuel of russia. that despite such astonishing fame and respect and believe he didn't make a penny from the sale of his weapons the only way he could profit from his invention was well i'm going to use his name to promote various brands watches and

p three players and even vodka but without a doubt his legacy is the forty seven it's reduction continues to this day and the guns reputation as the world's top infantry weapon remains unchallenged. r t today we're starting our look back at events that shaped twenty thirteen. for the people of iraq this year was the deadliest since two thousand and eight marred by sectarian divide and more innocent lives being lost as a result the very latest news from iraq is that a series of attacks in a baghdad suburb killed at least four police officers and four soldiers well more than nine thousand people have fallen victim to violence this year alone and it's estimated around one hundred twenty thousand lives have been lost in the decade since the u.s. invasion started while seeking to undermine the shia government sunny insurgents have attacked several in targets in different parts of the country bringing the

total number of suicide bombings to four thousand the northern city of kirkuk is often caught in the cross-fire line close to al qaeda strongholds and being claimed by both the iraqi government and the autonomous kurdish authorities. found out how people there cope with this daily violence. right it is. the iraq war is supposed to be over but these pictures tell a different story chaos and confusion the aftermath of yet another deadly blast here in your kook. this oil rich city has been described as a fault line a symbol for the country's most intractable woes escalating violence the conflict among ethnic and religious groups and the fight over iraq's resources. getting there was our first challenge a group of kurdish soldiers had agreed to take us in both baghdad and the kurds lay

claim to care coop and are sparring over control aside from the danger those entering from the kurdish side need special permission to get past the iraqi checkpoints when habit. road blocks and concrete barriers define the new iraq checkpoints like this one are a dominant feature of life and they are everywhere aside from the household they're also frequent target of attacks for us is a blatant visual reminder of a country still very much at your. inside your coop we drive quickly to avoid danger we're told to look out for a black b.m.w. has apparently they've become a favorite for iraq's insurgents who didn't pick the best day to come to roadside bombs exploded here earlier that morning around the same time that baghdad was rocked by a series of deadly blasts but it's been a flashpoint for years now and in the city center it's clear that life doesn't stop just because of the threats we were expecting empty streets but people continue to go about their business as normal vendors and busy families did their shopping

beneath the surface there are scars today kirkuk continues to be an incredibly dangerous place shortly after the city without the help of a military escort residents here say that attacks have happened at any time in any place in fact it's not really safe to stay here for too long so let's get inside we need car want to his. family there kurds who say they're happy that saddam is gone but their fear of political repression has been replaced by fear of the unknown and . we don't know who the enemy is or when the next bomb will go off but it's a daily for years we've gotten used to it i do small things to feel safer like driving with all the car windows down that way if there's a blast at least the glass won't hurt us. such precautions didn't help sixty year old mood who says that a decade of war has ruined iraq he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time a bomb blast went off injuring his leg for him daily life has become

a painful struggle. is what benefit did the war bring democracy only explosions shootings and kidnappings people should feel free to go out and come back safely where is that i can leave but there's no guarantee i'll come back alive it's not about the sectarian differences unfortunately it's book the black. oil and behind this oil is the hidden interests of politicians pawns in the political game playing with their livelihoods and lives for conflicts not of their own making the iraqis we met didn't hate their neighbors or care about who controls the oil just like they simply want the peace of mind of knowing they can go out and return to their loved ones alive who seek out r.t. iraq. investigative group iraq body count has been collecting data on casualties in the embattled country for years now. who is

a leading research of the organization shared her thoughts on what the country has gone through this year. what most people don't understand is that the violence is in iraq is daily at the best of times in iraq three to four hundred civilians have lost their lives in the month that was of this climate and that is completely unacceptable iraq has become so fragmented and has suffered such a serious internal collapse with so many interests be. fought on its grounds internal interests of the shias the sunni is the kurds the religious fundamentalist terrorist insurgents also externally u.s. interests raney and interests you came trysts but this is a terrible legacy and a state that was already weak in two thousand and three has now completely collapsed ten years later how to make the situation better at the moment i cannot

see a way and i don't think those parties who are behind the violence would let it get worse there are far too many competing interests there is too much struggle for power on so many sides that i cannot see it being a lot to get better a lot has created a special online project on our website which brings together detailed reports on the dire scale of the violence in iraq and you can see that online right now or to dot com for more of the big event of the year our series wide twenty thirteen matters will be running all this week here on r.t. . in syria a week of air raids on the northern city of aleppo have allegedly left almost five hundred people dead although the exact figures coming from the anti-government local coordination committees of syria could not be independently verified i do say government forces showered the city with barrel bombs. oil barrels packed with shrapnel nails and explosives follows the alleged massacre of dozens of civilians by islamist rebels in

a damascus suburb address it's been cleansed by government. funded to prevent boom and bust economics the us federal reserve is marking a century since its creation its face many challenges from double digit inflation to near depression but has its its purpose. asked the question. secretive powerful wealthy and now it's got a birthday america's central bank wields enormous and almost unchecked power over the world's largest economy for sure is an independent agency and that means basically the. other agency of government which can overrule actions that we carry the country has seen as many as eighteen recessions since the fed was created leading many to argue it has singularly failed to end the boom and bust economics that it was designed to prevent it's been

a failure it's been a dismal failure in promoting prosperity. sustainable prolonged prosperity and raising the living standards of americans. the past thirty years have produced the biggest growth of income inequality wages for the low and middle class have remained stagnant while the fed has allowed banks to double in size accounting for forty percent of the u.s. economy the fed has twelve regional banks and this one in new york is not only the largest it's also the closest to wall street salaries profits and bonuses have all grown over the past century one thing has shrunk the value of the u.s. dollar has declined a reported ninety five percent since i'm there because central bank was great at following the two thousand and eight financial crisis millions of jobs in homes were lost. but wall street went on to make a record breaking profits courtesy of the fed's quantitative easing program done is

it's basically taking a lot of the credit that was on wall street's balance sheets and it's onto its own balance sheets and so it's playing this huge support function in the economy andrew sar who spearheaded the first quarter of q.e. has apologized to americans for what he calls a backdoor bailout for the bang. most americans can't really get credit after the financial crisis still to this day even though wall street's been stabilized and so we have this long term decline in the economic prospects of the average american and yet a lot of our leadership both in washington and within the fed specifically are really focused on trying new put humpty dumpty back together again in terms of wall street and resists resuscitate a system that i think is a working less and less for for the person on the street for one hundred years america's currency and economy has been run by unelected and virtually unaccountable central planners and while the fed has helped the rich get richer the

gap between the top one percent and the rest. is the largest it's been since the great depression marina port ny r.t. new york. about with more for you in just about half an hour from now on the meantime ati's very own heated debate program cross talk with peas in about after the break. summer break a time when all students rejoice and most importantly relax but in russia summer break for male students could change dramatically and involve lots of guns currently male russian citizens have to put a year into the armed forces but the ministry of defense thinks that they can make

things easier by having students spend their summer breaks in the military this training would tie in with their future professions such as engineering students being put into military engineering position now the question is does your summer break belong to you or another words to the government have the right to tell you what to do and make you serve in the army even if just for three summers during your college years i think the answer this really does. hands on your culture in places which haven't been invaded countless times or have a strong individual ism streak any form of conscription sounds barbaric and oppressive but if you come from a country that is less individualistic and has been attacked invaded by pretty much every country that possibly could like russia then having a draft makes more sense i think this program could work and if i was in college i would be pumped to spend my summer vacation with some heavy artillery but this is definitely not a universal idea for all countries i don't think liberals or libertarians in america would take too kindly to it and rightly so but that's just my opinion.

please. hello and welcome the crosstalk for all things considered i'm people of few us presidents elected to a second term in office leave the white house success or even popular. it's a case in point his poll numbers are low his legislative agenda is in deep trouble and washington's friends and foes around the world do not take him seriously is obama already a lame duck president.