farming knows that's. branding yields on artsy. beaten thrown in a cold cell and left to die without medical care so says the wife of a russian pilot serving prison time in america she fears that he won't survive until monday. soldiery gears up for a clash between two giants of world ice hockey we're talking about russia and the us of course the ongoing winter olympic games in sochi. and selective justice we look at why in israel the crime can be punishable by jail time or not punished at all depending on the ethnicity of the offender.

your source for life worldwide news it is all too international with me rule resewn from everybody here thanks for joining us a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. could have just days to live that's according to his lawyer who says his client is being refused medical care the case is even going all the way up to russia's foreign ministry which is urged washington to step in and do something a guy named chicken is following the story across country are franco who according to his lawyers having symptoms of heart attack may get medical help only fight to stay here's what the wife told us about the help that he has received so far your own he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday and he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experience and heart pain and was almost unable to walk he was beaten severely when he was arrested and has not been feeling well for a long time but he's pleased the medical help have been ignored and he felt sick with him in la and left him on the cold floor to try to get to the doctor but all

he was offered was flu medication and some antibiotics. sometimes they don't even let me send him a letter and they have refused to let any russian officials meet with the prison chief over the head doctor the head of the jail in new jersey told him is not going to do anything to expedite medical help for your tanker we reached out to his lawyer and here is how he described here often because 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 that he had trouble getting up he had very high blood pressure and in fact constant. that he might not live through the weekend monday is also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that a new 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 the washing pile it was arrested in two thousand and ten in liberia and then shipped into the you were 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 being 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 franker 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 frank a russian citizen who became u.s. prisoner is in terrible condition he's alive today but he can e-mail not be 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 enqueue main 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 going h. you can write their cases like you are showing those are unfortunately not on common in america's prison system in fact of the most recent data published by the u.s. department of justice shows that more than forty five thousand people died in custody in the space of a decade some of them before being charged the editor of prison legal news alex

freeman he told us that keeping inmates alive isn't always a top priority in various prisons. prisoners might have very serious medical conditions and sometimes be very near death and they're told to sign up on a sick call or that they'll refer them to the nurse the next week or there 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 received a 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 ashamed to 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 activist richard baca

you things washington applies different standards depending on which country it's dealing with. there 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 government space and now that 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 shameful case and i would of course i continue to follow the yarra shango case and bring you the very latest on the story as it continues to develop. the international live from moscow promising to be a dramatic day at the olympics with russia's hockey team facing the u.s. in about three hours time of course live now to a nice and. winter olympics headquarters.

and x. and back day ahead of us here in sochi seven sets of medals are up for grabs none of those are in hockey just yet but that's still going to be a big highlight for today the long time rivalry between russia and the u.s. makes the game one of the most eagerly awaited clashes of these olympics and you farmer has the details. but we've been talking about this game haven't we since the fixture list came out russia the red machine are up against the usa and it brings back memories of one of the greatest games of bull time because a little known usa side beat the mighty usa so then they passed it to lympics back in one thousand nine hundred is dubbed the miracle on ice to many russians are hoping that a victory today will help them raise memories of that defeat him particularly not this not he was in goal for the u.s.s.r. on that flight today thirty four years ago. but it was a good lesson for

a team if you want to become an olympic champion you must not underestimate anyone . rifle unfortunately we did just that at lake placid because just the week before that game we had beaten the americans twelve three so we thought the gold medal was already in the bag and that was a big mistake but i suppose the usa should thank us because since lake placid there hockey has moved forward in leaps and bounds. you know what i think you still hurting three decades only to show you the rivalry between these two teams it is the second game for russia in sochi they thrashed lavinia in their right match and america thrash slovakia's so today's scene is the first real test for both of these star studded sides you know game's going to be against russia. on their home turf and in 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 have the opportunity to play canada in canada and i think that's always a special thing for 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 and i will be a great atmosphere inside the bolshoi i star in every one of those twelve thousand seats i'm sure will be taken millions of people will watch it around the world and fans just can't contain their excitement because you know we have high expectations we haven't had such a great team for a long time. now the russian team is the best we have the most decorated players when we work with the team they are fantastic but you are going to the final talk to see russia we only came here for the hockey and we think victory will be ours so thing is crossed for a company and also fingers crossed for the russian hockey to say they take on the

swiss for a place in the semifinals today and i hope he isn't the only talking point because today all the. the one will contain a piece of the meteorite that exploded over each other bin speaks actually one year ago so you could say that the athletes will literally be reaching for the stars over the next few hours and the reason particular russian interest in the skeleton speedskating and cross country skiing so we'll keep you posted. we are of course looking forward to that game i have to admit i'm a little torn i'm an american my heart is with russia how exciting would it be to witness olympic history winning that gold after a twenty year break plus r.t. will be talking to legendary soviet and russian hockey star eagerly owner of later today and you can ask him your questions via our facebook page the address is facebook dot com slash r t news but of course it's not just about hockey today there's plenty of action up in the mountains too including cross country and alpine

skiing and while there are concerns that the warm weather could cause a setback both athletes and experts are confident there's nothing to worry about. me was perfect i love this slushy snow when it stopped outside so i'm nothing to complain about the thing to do your job so i'm happy to ski and the first snow and so we have to understand it's a question of fault. here as you can see it's a rather challenging ride two weeks ago we have been totally winter given here. everything is running ok this week. bad game starts for sure everyone everyone tried to book. well after all the pressure and the adrenaline the athletes and spectators need to relax somehow and there is no back of opportunity to do that here in sochi our team is martin andrews went out to explore nightlife in the olympic host city.

medals locked away from the home the sun has set and it's time to party there are tens of thousands of new businesses during the games and it's not just up she's hotels restaurants and shops that are busier than ever before the night live here is booming boosting the olympics means mixing it up whether you want to mingle with celebrities and glamorous and beats nightclubs who fancy something a little more traditional like. to be hard pushed to feel left out so get your dancing shoes on let you head down. to midnight. very popular with locals and visitors he can listen to various like music from jazz to contemporary electronica. like most my clubs here are open twenty four seventh's ideal for energetic tourists i mean it was

a very positive surprise because it's really very well organized around here. it's a city that would be alive only during the summer months. that it has a lot for also in winter. feeling package after all that partying look no further than the old port winds down grab some food and relax next to the cozy heaters the partying and socializing here in sochi doesn't ever stop during the daytime there are options for every taste traveler and there's no excuse to go back to your hotel and wait for the sub to rise everybody can eat good. food. was a discotheque. for and your own and everybody hubby because you have a good atmosphere all good all the else and there's more than the shore on top of the dozens of stop and clubs in sochi and there's also the high life of the new mountain can stuff of trust my opinion of. this is sky club and or inspiring view

over the mountains it's the perfect place mingling with fellow travelers and athletes to relax after a hard day's competing or spectating just everything here is amazing the menus and infrastructure and all athletes are very pleased russia is renowned for its by brant nightlife culture and the hip and happening after hours better use of such a god no exception from the sizzling sure to the cool snowy peaks so she's your night out of it milton andrews. no late night drinking of course for the hard training athletes who nevertheless have been enjoying life outside the games we heard from some competitors i find it beautiful i think it's been organized great and everybody's really nice and of course the scenery is just fabulous it was hard not to pay attention to how much negativity it

was getting but i was trying to stay optimistic i knew i was coming here regardless and so far i have been so pleasantly surprised that's for sure very good organized it's. not not far away from each other and not far away from the olympic village and not a new building in the city. even at the track. everything is done now. it's just a place. that's it for me on the russian black sea coast for now kevin owen will be here in our sochi stew. you know in a few hours' time stay with r.t. for our continuous all access olympic coverage. the g twenty four team promises we call timid and exhilarating winter sports not to eat you still need you so now i have to make seven zero am the last of our located

news team for sochi twenty four take. on r.t. . and i lots more news for you after the break on r.t. international including why germany's economic recovery is not filtering down to the country's poorest roback interest. fly a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. world

of. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international today european politicians are in high spirits latest stats show a modest recovery across the eurozone germany performed slightly better as well than expected in the last quarter of the country is seen as the main driver of the european economy and yet the number of germans living below the poverty line is

actually risen over recent years peter all of us has the story. 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 on long term unemployment benefits that means almost one in ten households live on welfare doored 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 vegetables 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 a pretty mention that so many people try and deal with their poverty but it 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

wider europe than the german people even demanded 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 and shame. whilst it is true that as a nation germany whether the euro crisis is better than most is a fine line between boom and the people in the u.s biggest economy. see. much more the global headlines in brief for you now on r.t. international a string of violent protests by shia muslims in bahrain marking the third

anniversary of the uprising against the sunni government several injured over a dozen detained as police used tear gas. that began in february twentieth been violently suppressed with rather a lot of help coming in from the ruling maleki is a gulf allies. france has enough to boost its military contingent in the central african republic to two thousand and this in a bid to tackle ongoing sectarian violence thousands of muslims fled their homes since attacks by christian militias were stepped up in recent weeks and un officials have warned that the conflict already having claimed over two thousand lives could escalate. the southern area where far right protesters clashed with police after proceeding a mosque over one hundred demonstrators arrested after hurling rocks and bottles at security forces and smashing the buildings windows a local ngo was sponsored by decision to reopen the site is an active place of

worship that had been used for secular purposes since the country became communist in one thousand nine hundred four. now israel's borders with 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 that is artie's polis live reports not always treated equally under 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 the ingenue week before we will begin his two year sentence behind bars he and six other arabs were found guilty of attempted to murder an attorney zada 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. it was here back in august two thousand and five that zada an israeli soldier who deserted the army used his military issued rifle to fire at arab 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 ryan those who were sentenced for his death i think there's more to it than north. 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 iris 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 and he's ready 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 i shot him with two bullets in the head he spent in iraq and he was teetering and then the guy with the m. sixteen who was hiding behind a side door finished the deal we kept shooting at him until we emptied our magazines and that was that let me at 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 on mean to balance in this scale jamil said for we sentenced for killing a jewish terrorist in this scale get stuck doing praised for killing an arab terrorist but do they even now. israeli lawyer admit son adoption lake now feels of anything they took to wards arabs be treated united. she feels german so for we induced coma 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 pure america or the conviction sends a message to the arab community there 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 policy r.t. terrible. i want to look. out for you this hour and things i don't looking good at fukushima as figures and i'll show. of radiation in groundwater near the nuclear plant japanese media are saying it's much worse than what the officials are telling everybody that's a dodgy dot com right now. this story as well people who give blood are always welcomed by the red cross but in austria the organization is facing a wave of criticism for turning its back on

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soldiers and cash in potently into the flood waters but dave all the snooker balls in sheffield cannot stop the rising tide that is sinking all boats 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 four seven will save us dave we've been stuck or. yes mag's is a triple crunch of environment energy an economy and all the buffoons are throwing everything into the risk that we see around us the first have imax is golf balls fall short coping with twenty first century disasters chucking diapers and golf balls at multibillion dollar calamities show math has to deal with failure primitive at best even as the global hunt for energy enters new frontiers of risk

disaster is beyond the coping abilities of a single company or even a country have prompted suggestions that a global body with military scale technical resources is needed now that's bloomberg news and they're talking in particular about energy whether it's tepco or the deepwater horizon disaster but you know look at this disaster heading our way here to the u.k. many balls max gentleman who know nothing little balls could fill this disaster well it's the equivalent you know in the in japan they have many diapers they adult sized diapers that they threw into tepco in in the south of the united states they have lots of golf courses down there so they threw a golf course golf balls here in the u.k. some of the goals are to take the. goal from just wiping out britain but let's let's ask let's ask one of those so all of them he's the master ronnie o'sullivan the current in five times.