a russian prison time in the united states is close to death due to withheld medical care but requests for access to the inmate still tonight. for a clash between two giants of. the united states going down at the winter olympics. and economists tell a better than expected recovery in germany figures moscow a growing number of people turning to food banks just to get by.

nine o'clock on saturday morning here in moscow that's r.t. international with me and from the entire news team welcome to the program the russian pilot jailed in the united states might not survive the weekend that's according to his lawyer who says his client is being refused medical care and the case is going all the way up to russia's foreign ministry which is to washington to intervene. you can follow the story. a consenting at i think of according to his lawyers having symptoms of heart attack may get medical help only fight to stay we reached out to his lawyer and here's how he described the office and the condition at the moment mr yushchenko my client contacted me and stated that he was experiencing a burning sensation in the area of his heart so that he had trouble getting up he had very high blood pressure and in fact conference in the rush and go said that he

might not live through the weekends monday is also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that any kind of medical treatment to a constant junior i shan't go could be provided only. on tuesday the eighteenth of february at the same time i believe. the gravity of his condition requires immediate medical attention to a prisoner said he only received flu medication here's what the russian coast wife told us about the help that he has received so far in markham you could give them some tins condition is being completely ignored is temperature went as high as forty degrees but a prison doctor told you not to cover up at night and everything would be fine might not well my husband is hoping for is just survive until monday but if your secretary well the u.s. state department says they have no information on your fingers condition at the moment but they promise to get back again that may not happen till monday the washroom pilot was arrested in two thousand and ten in liberia and then shipped

into the you where a small school says saw is that tension is blatant violation of good action because right saying during his detention in liberia he had been tortured kept naked handcuffed and starving suffered beatings and threats aimed at forcing him to confess to drug trafficking has complained about this incident has not been examined by any authority to this day he was sentenced to twenty years in prison russian authorities have raised this issue many times with their u.s. counterparts but to no avail and with yet are shanker now here in critical condition the russian foreign ministry gave up on official channels which obviously haven't worked in this case and called for help via facebook asking followers to we post this urgent message i quote here a washington moscow calling because they are franco russian citizen who became us prisoner is in terrible condition he's alive today but he can email me tomorrow do something please we post well it's not often that we see this form of messaging

from the russian foreign ministry but it's only because they obviously see all their efforts to appeal to their u.s. colleagues failing and there's a bit of view on this situation in moscow they see it as washington talking about into maine treatment of prisoners in other countries but often. failing to address similar complaints at home and it seems u.s. authorities become more mute when it comes to foreigners gun a teacher can now we did speak to the editor of prison legal news alex friedman he told us that keeping inmates alive isn't always a top priority and so prisons prisoners might have very serious medical conditions and sometimes be very near death and they are told to sign up on a sick call or that they'll refer them to the nurse the next week or they might not be a doctor at the prison that weekend and so they have to wait until the next week to see medical staff. go receive the twenty year sentence he did not receive a death sentence but unless he receives adequate medical care he and other

prisoners with serious medical conditions can die while in custody mr you're a shame go was basically kidnapped you know when he was taken into custody overseas by u.s. officials. the united states really does not have a lot of respect for the rule of international law when it conflicts with what they want to do and we discussed the situation with human rights activists there richard baca he thinks washington applies a different standard depending on which country that's dealing with this is a of course always a standard that the united states leaders hold themselves to and the standard much much higher standard that they hold other governments to i think focus on certain other governments based on the not and the reality is of human rights in those countries and their relationship to washington and so i think there were definitely see this play out in new york for the case. will continue to follow the yarra shank

ok so bring you the very latest on this story as it continues to develop. national live from moscow it promises to be an action packed weekend lympics as always we are keeping all the latest events crossing live now to our softer studio here's our team is. over to you. that's right and i'm vengeful and exciting day of us for us i sense a here in sochi seven sets of medals are up for grabs none of those are in the hockey just yet but that's going to be the big draw for today with russia facing the u.s. there one time rivalry makes the game one of the most eagerly awaited clashes here at these olympics let's cross live now to our andrew farmer he is in the mountain cluster for us andrew tell us more about the upcoming game and why it's so important. yeah well it's

a game that everybody's been talking about since the fixture list was announced we have russia the red machine i think against the usa and it does bring back memories of one of the greatest games of all time because a little known usa side beat the mighty us to the lake placid to lympics back in one thousand nine hundred was dubbed the miracle on ice for many russians will be hoping today that a victory may help array's memories of that place to defeat in particular. the washing go to the u.s.s.r. on that fateful day thirty four years ago. it was a good lesson for a team if you want to become an olympic champion you must not underestimate any rival unfortunately we did just that in lake placid because just a week before that game we beat the americans twelve three so we thought the gold medals were already in the bag and that was a big mistake but i suppose the usa should thank us because since lake placid the

hockey team has been improving rapidly. well this is. second game in sochi they beat so they knew quite comfortably five to. the usa did thrashed seven one so this is pretty much the first real test the base of the star studded sides. you know how tough that game is going to be against russia. on their home turf and on their own soil so it's going to be. i think all the games will be fun but their game saturday night will be pretty interesting always fun playing the russians and probably the one thing. we had the opportunity to play canada in canada and i think that's always a special thing regardless of if you have an opportunity to play the host country. that's always a fun game to be a part of it's just it's one of those there's so much excitement and energy in the building and. we were lucky enough to do it in canada now we get

a chance to play russian russia which i think is always special. things before you come over and you're not really sure what to expect and. you know everything's going great so far whether it's you know the food or they commendations or their rooms or you know the village seems to be. unbelievable just from the outside and going in and cracks in and so. you know i'm sure a lot of it's blown out of proportion but as far as you know in the two days we've been here everything's been great so far. and i'm sure the atmosphere will be electric inside the bolshoi high style which will be packed with twelve thousand fans and millions of fans are expected to watch this one world wide on their television sets and of course so many fans hockey is more like i really. we have high expectations we haven't had such a great team for

a long time. now the russian team is the best has the most decorated players when they work look at t.v. they were fantastic. we are going to the final. we only came here for the hockey and we think victory will be on us. so fingers crossed for events going in company and also fingers crossed for the female hockey team for russia to take on the swiss replacing the semifinals today no isn't the only talking point because all the medals won today will contain a piece of that meteorite that exploded over exactly a year ago so you could say the athletes over the next few hours will be reaching for the stars and this particular russian interest in the skeleton speed skating and cross country skiing so we'll keep you. said to be a fantastic game indeed i have to say i'm a little bit torn i'm american so i should be rooting for the for team usa but my

heart is with russia a little bit nervous as to where my emotions will take me but of course all of us here at our two looking forward to that match under former live from the mountain cluster thanks for that like i said we are looking forward to that game plus our team will be talking to legendary soviet and russian hockey star later today and you can ask him your questions via our facebook page facebook dot com slash r t news but it's not just about hockey today there's plenty of action up in the mountains like andrew said including cross country and alpine skiing and while there are concerns that the warm weather could cause a setback athletes and experts are confident there's nothing to worry about. me was perfect i love this slushy snow when it's stopped outside so i'm nothing to complain about a thing to do no good job so i'm happy to ski in slippery snow in the sun we have to understand it's a question of al gore's fault. here as you can see it's

a rather challenging ride two weeks ago we have been totally winter even here. everything is running ok this is a peak event no one. bad game starts for sure everyone everyone try to book if short ball after all the pressure and adrenaline the athletes and spectators need to relax and there's no lack of opportunity to do that here in sochi. went out to explore the nightlife in the olympic host city. the way from home the sun has set and. there are tens of thousands of. during the games and it's not just hotels restaurants and shops that are busier than ever before that night live here is booming to sing the olympics means mixing

it up and whether you want to mingle with celebrities and beats nightclubs who fancy something a little more traditional like. to be hard pushed to feel left out. and she was on let you head down. to midnight. very popular with locals and visitors can listen to various like music from jazz to contemporary electronica. like most like to hear the road to twenty four seven ideal for energetic tourists i mean it was a very positive surprise because it's really very well organized around here. that would be alive only during the summer months. in winter. feeling package after all that partying. but the old port down grab some food and relax next to the cozy the partying and socializing here in sochi doesn't

stop during the day time there are options for every i'm traveling on. no excuse to go back to your hotel and wait for the sub to rise everybody. take. everybody how. sure. this is the highlight. of present. this club and or inspiring view over the mountains it's the perfect place mingling with fellow travelers and athletes to relax days competing spectating. everything here is amazing. and very pleased russia is renowned for its. culture and

hip and happening. no exception from the sizzling sure to the cool snowy peaks so you might. well be back with more of the. next hour for now though back to rory in moscow. exhilarating winter. here in germany and you have an. international. justice look into why. you can be punishable by jail time all not at all but the. story with the rest of the world just around the corner.

there's a story you know when you're in the arctic you have the entire world. she looks like a fairly simple. people have access to the nuclear. the real king here is the polar bear and ice breakers come second single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted with the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers. operation. russia's arctic ice breakers.

in the u.k. welly wearing david cameron is out in the drowning tory heartland throwing sandbags soldiers and cash in totally into the floodwaters but dave all the stick your balls in sheffield cannot stop the rising tide that is sinking all boots into your black hole of debt economy because it's the triple crunch of environment energy and economy and no junk shop can save us now. not even a one for seven will save us dave we've been stuck or.

if you're just joining us welcome to the program here on r.t. international european politicians are in high spirits the latest statistics show a modest recovery across the eurozone germany performed slightly better than expected in the last quarter and the country of course seen as the main driver of the european economy and yet the number of germans living below the poverty line that has not to be risen in recent years of the story now to oxys peter all of. business is booming in germany but under the surface there's a surprising number of people failing to get anything from it but once imparts fiercest we still have six million people are long term unemployment benefits that means almost one in ten households live on welfare dortch in fact figures from the german office of national statistics and eurostar to show that just over sixteen

percent of germans are at risk of falling into poverty compare that to the situation in france the czech republic or the netherlands and you see that more people can potentially slip through the safety net in europe's economic powerhouse this is seeing more and more germans turning to charities for help this food distribution center in berlin is one of many all around the country that helps to feed around one point six million germans every single month and if you look at the type of things that they're sorting out here for distribution it's fruit it's about stables it's the type of things that people need to have in their diets but that some in germany just can't afford it this in my view there should be f.u.d. mention that so many people try and deal with their poverty but one point they realise they just can't take it anymore and they come to us it's a difficult step but it becomes the only solution one woman who gave me the name

and who didn't want to be identified told me how grateful she is for the help the food bank provides. i have everything here eggs even fish bread the little things make a big difference the money i get from the state goes to keep the power on at most i have one hundred fifty euros a month i'm very happy to have this because of this i can buy clothes and live. some of those receiving handouts accuse germany's politicians of caring more for y.d. europe than the german people even of him under the we part of europe we help you why don't you help us we have hungry kids but the government says we should help immigrants take move them we have to close the open door oh charity organizers say that they've seen a change in the demographic of those coming to them for help. mentions once we've noticed an increase of older people which is unbelievable for us traditionally old people in germany wouldn't ask for free food and now they have no alternative so we

see more people whose need has become stronger than shame. whilst it is true that as a nation germany where the euro crisis is better than most there's a fine line between boom and the people in the u.s biggest economy. see. right some other news now in a string of protests by shia muslims in bahrain marking the third anniversary of the uprising against the syrian government several people injured over a dozen detained as police force some crowds packed with gas and the rest that began in twenty eleven has been violently suppressed with help from the ruling monarchies gulf allies. france has announced plans to boost its military contingent in the central african republic to two thousand this in a bid to tackle ongoing sectarian violence thousands of muslims have fled their homes since attacks by christian militias were stepped up in recent weeks u.n.

officials have warned that the conflict which has already claimed over two thousand lives could escalate into full blown genocide. and turning to ball gary and how far right protesters have clashed with police procedure in a mosque in the town of. hundreds of demonstrators rocks and bottles are security forces and smashed out the buildings windows. by a decision to reopen the site as an act of place of worship that had been used for secular purposes since the country became communist back in one thousand nine hundred four now israel's borders with its arab neighbors are some of the most heavily fortified on earth but within israeli society itself there's no shortage of tension between jews and muslims arabs comprise a fifth of the country's population but as reports they're not always treated equally under the eye of the law. morning they treat us like israeli citizens only when they want to convict us other than that we're arabs to them and that's the

pure racism and ethnic policy of this country that ingenue week before we will begin his two year sentence behind bars he and six other arabs were found guilty of attempted to murder in a town santa and his radio jewish terrorist who took aim at them. it's a conviction that is hard to comprehend very hard that the innocent and victim is even put on trial let alone convicted and i think it was here back in august two thousand and five that sutta an israeli soldier who deserted the army used his military issued rifle to fire at our passengers on a bus he killed four and wounded seventeen before being attacked by the crowd they grabbed him while he was being handcuffed by police he never made it off the bus arrived those who were sentenced for his death i think there's more to it than north from what the israelis use acts of power to educate us so that if such

attacks happen again no one will dare to do anything i compared unstudied similar cases to this one in court where arabs from israel committed acts against jews and they were killed by james for taking the law into their hands the jews were never convicted and no charges were brought against them it's clear there is a double standard in the justice courts a case in point that doohan an israeli jew who shot and killed an arab terrorist after he murdered his shiva students while they were studying in jerusalem in two thousand and eight shot him with two bullets in the head he spun around and he was teetering and then the guy with the m. sixteen who is hiding behind a side door finished the deal we kept shooting at him until we emptied our magazines and that was that them yet them this is they didn't even open an investigation file against that doing the police didn't even ask him didn't even check of the air was dead or not. the scales of justice are mean to balance in this scale. for we seem to feel killing

a jewish terrorist in this scale. doing praised for killing an arab terrorist but do they even know. israeli lawyer admits son adoption late feels if anything they took two boards i would speak to the jews she feels to me and so forth code accused should have received harsher sentences i would say it's a disgrace people who kill someone was hands are tied in the back. who is not a threat anymore either for the trial it's a fear of marriage or the conviction sends a message to the arab community that our blood is cheap and they can spare our lives and so the verdicts out is there a double standard at play in israel which is what the courts are meant to determine in the first place paula see how to tell a very quick look at now of what our web site was got in store for us one of the stories things are not looking very good at fukushima. figures showing

a record high levels of radiation in groundwater near the nuclear plant a local media suggesting the situation is far worse than officials are claiming a story for you right now at all to dot com. as is this one people who give a lot of boys welcome by the red cross but in austria the organization is facing a wave of outrage for turning back a muslim. is also online for you right now. all right so here now to international the extreme job of getting medical help to know my big families and russia's far north that's a fascinating documentary coming your way but if you're in the u.k. you're heading on the ground here comes after the returns.

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of debt economy because it's the triple crunch of environment energy and economy and no junk shop can save us now. not even a one four seven will save us day we've. yes.

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