legal cases brought against russia's former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky are to be reviewed the move by the country's highest court could lead to previous sentences being overturned. iran may unfreeze and accelerate its nuclear program if washington introduces new sanctions something that could undermine the historic geneva agreement seen as a keep break through twenty thirteen. and hang the expounds britons are shopping like there's no tomorrow despite the country's austerity drive while studies say they'll be paying for their christmas splurge well into the new year.

it's four pm here in moscow you're watching r t international with me and he said now i could have you with us let's get straight to our top story this hour russia's supreme court will review the legal cases that were brought against me the recently released former oil tycoon oil tycoon and once russia's richest man if previous sentences on the cases are mitigated harder cost his business partner could also walk free from or are now joined by your group is going on who's been following the proceedings closely you go or explain to us in more detail what is the review of this case mean for both that would have and proper course will be the european court for human rights did establish that these cases were not political the word hold with various mistakes and they have to be reviewed under the russian constitution mean list basically means that they would be what you would wish it was already. ordered by the u.s.

supreme court and while the two main characters here are of course because of the only bit of will with credit cards. week ago has been freed he's currently outside of russia for him. lifting these tax claims which are still there from these cases this would mean possibly an opportunity for him to return home without being afraid of not being allowed to leave russia this is basically if he reason for not coming back just now and do not pay the taxes. i mean he's been saying that he could come back to russia but he doesn't want to get stuck here because apparently he doesn't want to pay these taxes since apparently he doesn't have to but this has to be still officially decided he just doesn't want to get stuck here because the local local legislation here anyone. the state in taxes they are not allowed to exit the country so this is what all this means what

about now for quite only a bit of his former associate who is still in jail this may mean an early release from prison ok and just speculation here at sensually they could that ask perhaps for some kind of compensation maybe if the court decides that the sentences were too strong or too long of course they they if the court decides that these sentences were either too strong or they added something that they you know they were accused or found guilty of something which they didn't actually commit then logically they should ask for compensation and actually the head of the supreme court in his statement also. announced that. these sentences were made without. without keeping in mind that lately economic crimes the punishments for them. have been nice and so that

was not didn't work in the during these sentences and also apparently according to the head of the supreme court. but only because the better course give me have been found guilty of something of this fraud scenario there which they may have not committed so in that case they could ask for compensation but of course the sas to go through the bureaucratic machine and then we talk about of course he has already made a statement saying that he's welcome to the decision of the supreme court he hopes that it just won't take too long for this to go interesting development a week so far at this rate thank you so much for those details. these are the ultimate salih a braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giants chevron.

this comes after a massive hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that summed up jobs the gulag of our times. is an undeclared global battlefield in which again and just one of the front lines . iranian lawmakers are demanding that you rein them in richmond be brought to three times the previous level of the u.s. imposes new sanctions on the country's crippled economy the move apparently comes in retaliation to u.s. proposed legislation that authorizes tougher reprisals if you run breaches and historic deal reached in geneva last month well the landmark agreement seemed to have put an end to a decade long standoff over tehran's nuclear program and became one of the most

significant achievements in global affairs this year. well if you look back at the history of the failed talks and penalties it becomes clear why the deal was hailed as historic u.s. intelligence suggesting iran's nuclear program was aimed at building a bomb almost two decades ago an assumption that resulted in crippling sanctions a year after year talks ended in deadlock and as more penalties piled up to right responded by resuming uranium enrichment the u.n. security council followed america's lead and also approved sanctions against iran three years ago the country started enriching uranium to a twenty percent level this was followed by a series of assassinations of iran's nuclear scientists and this ping pong of threats and warning similarly ended when her son rouhani came to power which led to a resumption of nuclear talks political reports on the results and how the deal was far from welcomed by everyone we need to iran's new leader.

iran is the anchor of stability in the region he's trying to convince the west he's not out for blood. the iranian threat is imaginary and used as an excuse for others . and he thinks a nuclear free middle east is the key to peace and stability urgent practical steps towards the establishment of such is known unnecessary. that sounds good too but not everyone believes iran could have changed so much news a war in sheep's clothing a wolf who thinks you can pull the odds the wool over the eyes. of the international community israel the only country in the east that hasn't signed the recent media determined to push its point across to iran minutes away from developing a nuclear bomb and blowing up the world with israel being first on the first of targets this rhetoric however mase serve to cover tel aviv's real fears it's not

about nuclear weapons not really it's about who's going to be the power in the gulf you've got three contending parties here you've got the saudis and the g.c.c. the gulf cooperation council you've got israel with the united states behind it and then you've got iran really the only stable state in the region other than israel then there was the first time leaders of the u.s. and iran spoke to each other directly in more than thirty years the phone call that really rubbed a lot of people the wrong way but to cure early in the u.s. where the president had to deal with a lot of he has lawmakers both republicans and democrats who still think within the brackets of the cold war era a bad bad bad interim deal iran is a threat to peace in the world and it's not only the issue of nuclear weaponry it is their entire behavior of spreading terrorism throughout the region a lot of us have very tied his hands are tied there are people and lobby groups in

the united states that do not want to see the united states and iran after thirty four years of demonizing the country to have relations are. eighteen hour long talks in geneva seemed to have brought a final breakthrough iran agreed to significantly slow down literally in richmond process in return for easing off or sanctions the joy was short lived you have factors in the u.s. senate that. writing new sanctions was. the government's. trying to side with this first examined and then we have the media outlets a third in line with the united states and that is trying to scare. the american people of the europeans about iran and about the iran's intentions but judging by the messages that come from the president the intentions of the two

leaders and not others who live in a nice change in attitude that doesn't seem to be welcomed by the media old school officials in the way even if. it was briefly take a more detailed look at what exactly the landmark deal with iran involves iran agreed to reduce your rainy and enrichment from twenty percent seen as too close to bomb making capability to five percent for the next six months and also to deactivate its advanced centrifuges tehran has also agreed to freeze work at one of its most contentious facilities iraq heavy water reactor and allow inspections by the u.n. atomic watch stock exchange the west agreed to unfreeze millions in iranian assets and use some sanctions against the country here's what analysts say made this deal possible. the president of iran has made a very favorable impression on the west and one of the united states in the foreign

ministry here to be negotiating in good faith there's a tremendous reservoir of hostility toward iran. and i think the president of iran in the foreign minister have gone very far to dissipate that and to impress upon the americans the government and nation that this is a different government now this is a government that recognizes the things that have gone wrong in our relationship in the past show on both sides that we want to move back into the community with the world we want to do what we were elected to do which was and sanctions and bring iran back into the international community and into the international economy. the seasonal shopping frenzy in britain will soon be squeezing the pockets of those unable to control their christmas spending a fresh study suggest that they buy now and pay later revelers are going to have the hard a hard time repaying their rising credit card debts but for now nothing can stand

in their way as laura smith finds out. people are in the grips of a buying frenzy last minute shopping last minute spending and last minute going into debt british families are more likely to start the new year buried under a mountain of credit card debt than almost any of the europeans only remain ians and turks splash more plastic britons are also taking on more christmas debt in two thousand and thirteen than the year before which has prompted fears about the wider economy the bank of england says a recovery has taken hold but these debt figures raise the possibility that the recoveries at being fueled by borrowed money other nations do have other forms of debt says i n. g.'s senior economist credit cards have a killer pit bulls critic can in soft be expensive the interest rate on it

furthermore critic tends to get mixed up on various and t. take you take credit for doing that and you also pay for more precise things such as a present to pay back over a number of months for example critic card it can be particularly useful for a number of people but we must be aware of the pitfalls if you don't keep yourself under control for now though the most you hear on regent street spend today and deal with the consequences later or no in fact only one in four britons said they had any intention of paying the money back but the high interest rates on credit cards mean debt can easily spiral out of control and tough economic times potentially spell a less than happy two thousand and fourteen for the indebted. me now one man's debt is another man's bonus max and stacey pounce on some of the hit and run tactics of

the financial world. the united states we have over and over jamie diamond an eight and j.p. morgan is critical moment a crime it's a crime of crime they've they've paid a dozens of fines this year for various crimes so you've got like jamie is begging to be imprisoned some people i've i've had this experience when i worked on wall street myself a lot of people they beg to be wiped out financially and my role as a stockbroker is to euthanize their accounts jamie dimon is a guy who's begging to be euthanized and i think as a country as a world we should get together and answer his wish he wants to become one with his maker he says look i broke the law please arrest me i want to go to jail and be abused by hundreds of thousands of inmates and some on godly way that's my goal in life i'm tired of being free put me in prison i beg you so he breaks more and more laws but unfortunately the law breaking becomes the basis of the g.d.p. for a country like america and they can't put him in jail because i need him out there

breaking the law so they can pay themselves huge bonuses at the end of the year so he's really is an existential crisis that's as christmas wish but nobody will fill his christmas wish oh it will get a. little. the turkish government is a step away from a full scale political crisis as tens of the country's ten of the country's ministers have been replaced by the prime minister over a high level bribery scandal but even that didn't pacify massive protests against official corruption with the opposition demanding the whole government and premier step down international relations professor hussein bagchi believes the scandal has dealt a fatal blow to the reputation of the turkish prime minister is the biggest political corruption in our history and if it is the case it is more than one hundred billion euros. some sources say i think the turkish government is having difficulties

to. cover the prime minister is the video harmed by this and i think the internal reactions aren't they haven't moved from the broad there will be more strong accusations and the turkish government. will somehow try to discern. a little credit in the eyes of the electorate and also in the international public opinion. coming up later in the program standing on the brink of chaos a wave of violence and bombings hits egypt all authorities trying to turn the nation's rage at their political rivals the muslim brotherhood now declared a terrorist organization. and as athletes put everything into their training ahead of the sochi winter olympics we tell you the story of one paralympian who proves nothing is impossible.

to the. reasons he says but there's already plenty to celebrate this december on this month's show we'll in how the future tense so lazy section stone cold to make movies with an instant messenger on the river lucia exoskeleton makes like we're going to be lifting. your. interview.

welcome back you're watching our chief international live from moscow. athletes all over the world are counting the days before the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi as they set their sights on a cherished medal that can do attitude is know about strong among the paralympic competitors here's the story of one athlete giving his all for team gold. this is my second family thirty six year old by d.m.c. lukin is the captain of the twenty fourteen russia sledge hockey paralympic team and this training base as his home mortgages are here almost every day at this

training base morning till night training and while the games are just around the corner the athletes are training even harder than after well most of your every day is the say we get up we have breakfast then we trade on the days that we have a game to play we arrive at the stadium an hour before we spend some time to get ready and then we go and fight. but things haven't always been so crystal clear for him but team lost both his lacks while serving in the military and changing. progress i remember everything like it was yesterday i was completely lost i didn't know what to do next this is my friends from the army supported me i got into sport first i tried swimming but they're not let ix. in two thousand and four he launched a sport club for disabled sports man his daddy cation to slash hockey began five years later at that time slash hockey was barely known in the country and there were no team snow conscious no experience but these guys managed to change that

sassed and fearless just like the plea they gave before on the saturday before the court heard it was strange at the beginning i remember there were very few of us at first training we tried to hold the sledge we could not handle the thrust we were falling down constantly now the newcomers use us as an example. of what patients commitment to training and outstanding determination you know these guys have it all to turn their lives their around and become a leaf as lead to make it to the national team and that they challenge this to be the best at saatchi winter farland. most of all it's very important to be good. so when will you grab victory and never let my you know question i want to reach an r.t. . we've been keeping up with my team and russia's paralympic team for a while now and as they prepare to head to sochi we're bringing you more you can

catch our previous reports on our website and you tube channel. twenty fourteen olympics this bracelet. is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world how are the games shaping the city's present and future what more sochi will bring you this is the moment they report you from a very cold and snowy windy mountain is tough to be dealing pics with the. starting journey of the first. cairo plunges deeper into chaos and violence of the bomb attack on a bus leaves five people injured in the egyptian capital two more devices were found and diffused nearby the government blames the attack on the muslim brotherhood which had earlier declared a terrorist organization and also accuse the brotherhood for tuesday's suicide bombing that look sixteen people dead even though an al qaeda linked militant group said they did it cairo based journalist here i mean says egypt efforts to stamp out

pierce the mist will drag a country into more serious on. the world this is a new as can nation in the long running feud between the security of the state and the muslim brotherhood won't lead trying to achieve is to crush these traumas all together and to leave any room any space for that group to enter into political life again but they seem more defined than never they've already called for protests on friday saying that the coup is the real terrorism here and they feel. this is a return to plead january twenty seventh the return of the police state repressive measures being taken. over measures taken to silence any form of dissent so i expect more violence more bloodshed and it's

a vicious cycle. in some other world news a police officer has been killed and sixty people injured as anti-government protesters battled security forces in bangkok for a second day at least fired tear gas and rubber bullets after demonstrators besieged the registration center in a bid to halt upcoming elections position said it would boycott the polls more rallies against the ruling party they consider to be corrupt. security forces in indian administered kashmir have been engaged in a firefight the suspected members of the band. to leave the group one insurgent has also over to the who killed kashmir the capital city was also put on high alert after reports of armed rebels there but you're here to anybody militants are fighting to establish an islamic state in asia and it's often targeted army and police forces. the united nations has criticised the u.k.

immigration bill saying it's likely to stick to stigmatize foreigners and create a climate of ethnic profiling u.n. refugee agency says the initiative if passed would violate the rights of asylum seekers president the prime minister i should say david cameron has proposed new measures to terry illegal migrants barring their access to bank accounts private housing and free public service to. a judge in saudi arabia has recommended that imprisoned blogger rife by dawi be charged for rejecting islam something that could carry the death penalty the activist has been behind bars since he was sentenced in june to a seven year term and six hundred lashes for making supposedly am to islamic statements on who's there. website has been linked to a wider crackdown two of the country's best known political activist given jail sentences earlier this year. they made billions for their employers but have nothing to feed their families with us fast food workers face poverty as bosses

refuse to increase their basic salary this despite barack obama's promise to raise the minimum wage. reports. luis vasquez is a nineteen year old college student and his family's principal breadwinner he makes seven dollars and twenty five cents per hour working at mcdonald's a company that pays its c.e.o. over thirteen million dollars a year five siblings and a single mother. had i mean to be honest the conditions are not great you really can't do much on a week one thing for certain is we're actually on public assistance and there is a you know that's the only way we're surviving. the demand for fast food is a two hundred billion dollar industry and the so-called ninety nine percent that serve and make the food live in poverty. income inequality and the widening gap between rich and poor is what galvanized america's

occupy wall street movement in two thousand and eleven everything that inspired everything those people were out there screaming and yelling about a few years ago is more painfully more true now more than half of all u.s. wage earners made less than thirty thousand dollars last year this as millions more are sliding down the economic ladder below the poverty line tonight let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on earth no one who works full time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to nine dollars an hour. months after u.s. president barack obama made his promise. yet fast food workers in more than one hundred u.s. cities have been taking to the streets pleading for an increase in the minimum wage of seven twenty five a pace so low the majority who are earning are forced to rely on government assistance like food stamps to make ends meet the bottom line is that wages have

gone up the united states in forty years the middle class has been disassembled and this is increasingly a country that has a standard for a third world or developing. country distribution of income it's a winner take all society and if you don't win taking it all means taking it from you to make matters worse this situation is turning into a supersized problem you see low wage jobs account for the bulk of new jobs added during the so-called us recovery this while fast food and retail which mostly pay minimum wage remain among the fastest growing sectors and while vast ques a computer engineer meijer continues looking for a better paying job it's hard to find employment that's for sure i can tell you that it's hard to find a for a bit over what i have is this is decent lives that we can actually put food on the table for our families and be able to at least pay some bills and get by extreme struggle newness of american work and struggle just to survive marine

a fortnight. and you take a look at what we've got on line for you today caught in a tick in the antarctic i should say for christmas that's a seventy passengers on board an australian ship were hoping for a once in a lifetime adventure but got more than they bargained for when sea ice closed in on the vessel. plus edward snowden back stage on r.t. dot com we got some insight into the thoughts of one of the world's best known whistleblowers month after he sparked worldwide debate on an essay spying. a look now at the latest breakthroughs and gadgets in the high tech world in technology update.

although i have gone duck hunting a few times i've never seen the duck dynasty t.v. show but gosh i heard about the scandal involving one of the stars of the show phil robertson who got suspended for making what many consider anti homo sexual comments in an interview this celebrity scandal is creating a lot of arguments about freedom of speech on social networks many people who believe that robertson deserved to be booted from the show for what he said argue that freedom of speech means that robertson can't be arrested by the government for what he said but the any t.v. channel has the right to fire whom they like the thing is that if this situation were reversed and robertson was fired for making pro l.g. p.t. statements then people who are currently defending any right to hire and fire as they please would all be bashing the t.v. show for violating the star's freedom of speech think cry that firing him would violate his rights and i'm sure some websites would make him into a hero or demand

a boycott a closing of the forever very few people actually believe in freedom of speech for all they just believe in freedom of speech for people who agree with them but that's just my opinion. alone welcomes technology updates on today's show christmas comes early from moscow if you're going to vegas. a novel animation up brings film.