transit route. to the heart of most. denied care every minute counts for russian pilots and a u.s. jail as the prison refuses medical assistance to the critically ill in maids parts he talks to his wife and lawyer. the red machine and see the usa get ready to hit b. ice in one of the most eagerly anticipated hockey matches of the saucy winter olympics. also a dive into song she's nightlife with artsy as we guide you through a myriad of entertainments and fine use to satisfy even the most picky traveler. and the sliding scale of justice we find out how in this role the same crime can get you time behind bars or not even be investigated all depending on your innocence and.

you're watching the art scene international with me marina call chevelle welcome to the program time and maybe everyone in the house for a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. . has been refused a vital medical help and his lawyer says the man is already at death's door russian diplomats are now urging washington to intervene as r.t. has found out. first he received twenty years in prison in the united states for a crime he never committed on the american soil now it has gone from bad to worse for russian violent constantin your russian. he called me in the morning and told me from mary sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday 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 his pleas for medical help have been ignored and he felt sick they put him in lock up and left him on the cold floor he tried 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 letters and they have refused to let any russian officials meet with the prison chief over the head doctor you know showing his lawyer told r.t. that the head doctor at the new jersey prison where he's being held will not expedite his treatment which could have the worst possible consequences monday is also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that any kind of medical treatment so constant in your i shan't go could be provided only. on tuesday the eighteenth of february constantine year i shan't go sad that he might not live through that we can pass condition requires immediate medical attention you know who was arrested in twenty ten in liberia on suspicion of drug

smuggling he was reportedly severely beaten before being transported to the u.s. where he received a twenty year prison sentence this is not new this is something we've seen repeated over and over again kind of arrogant attitude that washington has asked for other countries and particularly to other countries for nat. doing what washington wants to dictate to them to do the presence system of the united states the lives physicists on the planet that highest rate of prisoners any country life is number in both absolute terms in relative terms has no terror are notoriously. disregarding of the rights of prisoners even the most fundamental rights including the return to the mosco has been insisting all along that the way you know shank this case has been handled regardless of whether he committed the crime or not is a gross violation of human rights probably very beginning the key so if you're

a shrink or if we can. speak and disturbs has been absolutely police. we have expressed many famous or very serious concerns we have warned the u.s. government many times that. they are under international obligations to take care of. the health of our citizens having failed to get through to washington via official channels the russian foreign ministry resorted to social media and posted a plea for help on its facebook page ever since you know it was delivered to the u.s. russian officials have been denied access with the situation now taking a dramatic turn the russian foreign ministry officials are once again demanding to be allowed to see him along with their own doctors that is of course if you know shanker himself lives to receive that help alexi russia. the russian pilot's case is nothing out of the ordinary for the us prison system according to

the us department of justice more than forty five thousand people died in custody in the space of a decade and some of them didn't even live to face any charges the editor of prison legal news alex friedman told us not keeping inmates alive isn't always a priority in american jails 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 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 arts he will continue to follow the case and bring you all the latest as the story develops. the call to say the europe's industrial powerhouse may be turning again but as germany claw back economic ground to many of their risk an uncertain future as they fight to stay above the poverty line. at promises to be a dramatic day at the olympics with the right machine and seen the usa facing off in the salty ice hockey arena and will be right there following the action. sense of thousands of fans are descending on the olympic park while millions worldwide are expected to chip in and it's not

a medal game bought the matches nevertheless it's a mess and both sides have learned the hard way never to underestimate each other well let's cross live now to our teams paul scott for all the pre-game summary hi there paul so once this game. well we are just twenty five minutes away now from one of the most eagerly anticipated moments of the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics team usa and russia will go head to head in the preliminary stages of the ice hockey competition in the bolshoi in which you can probably just make out behind me now both sides in some respects have points to prove russia haven't won winter olympic gold in the ice hockey since the collapse of the soviet union although russian players did win gold in one nine hundred ninety two as part of the unified team where is the usa having one winter olympic ice hockey gold since one thousand nine hundred eighty when they secured a surprise victory over the soviet union now both sides are amongst the favorites for gold along with sweden and canada and of course there's fierce personal pride

at stake as well a number of the russian players including captain pavel datsyuk and star alex ovechkin actually play in the n.h.l. in america so they know their opponents very very well on these american stars that r.t. caught up to admit they are expecting a tough challenge. 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 so it's 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 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 ok also we heard from the athletes what about the fads are they ready for this faceoff. yeah well i can only imagine what the atmosphere is like in the olympic park behind

me as tens of thousands of fans descend on to the olympic park now twelve thousand lucky ticket holders will be inside the ice time those that don't have tickets will be able to watch on giant screens in the olympic park and russia are really looking to make amends four years ago they finished out of the medal positions. hoping to right the wrongs and win gold on home ice. you know the one up with today's match will be decisive it will show everyone's real worth the americans a serious opponents i liked our game against slovenia everything except defense our hockey team now looks like brazil's football is on what you will score as many times as you can we will score as many times as we want. today's match is crucial because if we win my son isn't going to america from training he'll stay and play hockey in russia. well this is of course one of the must see

moments of the winter olympic games now britain is in the country that is renowned for its ice hockey prowess but the intrigue surrounding this match is even reached the british camp. the russian ice obviously is the best in the world. so it's something i guess it's me right so shaped for me to most. think you know good strong i saw the teams that they were stopped from moscow that's my passion as i said when it comes to the big match of russia usa and i still keep on hoping that russia remains. well the russia usa group a earlier in the same group i can believe that slovenia be slovakia three one. all rights artie's fall scotto thank you very much of course be talking to you shortly as the game kicks off and be sure to tune into artsy next hour for coverage which will be watching closely plus artsy of course we'll also be having

a chat with legendary soviet and russian hockey star. later today and you get questions via our facebook page you can find out more about that at facebook dot com slash our teams now between all the cheering and sports visitors and athletes alike need to unwind and relax fortunately so she's not just the olympic host but the capital of black sea nightlife artie's martin andrews has been out on the tiles after dark. medals locked away from their 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 the night life here is booming hosting the olympics means mixing it up and whether you want to mingle with celebrities. 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. or open twenty four seven ideal for energetic tourists was a very positive surprise because it's really very well organized here. during the summer. in winter. feeling package after all that partying look no further than the old port down grab some food and relax next to the cozy heaters the partying and socializing here doesn't

stop during the daytime there are options for every. traveler and there's no excuse to go back to your hotel and wait for the sun to rise everybody can eat good food have to. take. foreign euro and everybody how happy because you have a good atmosphere. and there's more than the shore on top of the dozens of clubs in sochi and there's also the high life of of the. this is sky club and or inspiring view over the mountains it's the perfect place for mingling with fellow travelers and athletes to relax after a hard day's competing or spectating. but everything here is amazing the menus and infrastructure is. free so very pleased russia is renowned for its by brint nightlife culture and the hip and happening after hours bad news of such a no exception from the sizzling sure to the cool snowy peaks so cheese

you might out of it milton andrews. there's just minutes until the right machine and seeing the usa face off in the salty ice hockey arena also join us next hour as we bring you the very latest from one of the ones who game's most eagerly anticipated matches. the g twenty fourteen promises to make an exhilarating winter an easy journey and it's now a make heaven now and the rest of our lives taking staying for some cheap twenty four take. on. this immediate leave us so we believe that maybe. the scene motions to the. party

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welcome back to artsy international will continue with other news now german they register the euro zone's highest growth right this quarter as x. for its pumped money back into the economy lots of us peter all of our reports the good official news will be cold comfort so one in every six germans who are in danger of being dragged into poverty. business is booming in germany but under the surface there's a surprising number of people failing to get anything from it but once and parts fiercest we still have six million people are long term unemployment benefits that means almost one in ten households live on welfare. 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 a batch to both it's the type of things that people need to have in their diets but that some in germany just can't afford. the effort to mention so many people try and deal with their poverty but it one point they realize they just can't take 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 had 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 called 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 weathered the euro crisis better than most as a fine line between boom and bust for people in the e.u. is biggest economy peter all over r.t. belin. i look now at what our wept sings got in store for you things aren't looking good at focus she much as figures show record high levels of radiation in groundwater near the nuclear plants of japanese media claiming the situation is growing steadily worse all that's on r.t. dot com. also there people who give blood are always welcomed by the red cross but in austria the organization is facing a wave of outrage for turning back a muslim donor find out more on why. israel's borders with its arab neighbors are some of the most heavily fortified on earth lots within israeli society itself there's no shortage of tension between jews and muslims arabs make

up a fifth of the country's population but us policy or reports they're not always treated equally under the law and have a good morning they treat us like israeli citizens only when they want to convict us other than arabs to them and that's the pure racism and the policy of this country that tamils to for even six other arabs were found guilty of attempting to murder in a ton santa and his radio jewish terrorist who took aim at them on the film it's a conviction that is hard to comprehend very hard that the innocent victim is even put on trial let alone convicted on a ship it was here back in august two thousand and five that saddam and 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 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 do 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 you do in 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 and shot him with two bullets in the head he spent around 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. this they didn't even open an investigation file against the police didn't even ask him even check of the air was dead or not the scales of

justice on mean to balance in this scale set for we seem to feel killing a jewish terrorist in this scale get stuck doing praised for killing an arab terrorist but do they even know. israeli lawyer admit some adoption lake now feels of anything they took to wards arabs be treated united. she feels to me and 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 fred anymore in love for the trial it's a pure america the conviction sends a message that they are a community their 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 are to tell every. where for someone to love or headlines

in bahrain a policeman has died of his injuries after he was wounded in the bomb explosion verify this as a government protests authorities there say more than two dozen opposition activists are. in the rest that in clashes with police the demonstrations marked the third anniversary of an uprising that sought to get equal rights for shia muslims are missing the ruling party. violent storms have wept northwest france killing one my and leaving one hundred thousand homes without electricity the elderly victim slept on board a cruise liner being buffeted by gusts of up to one hundred fifty kilometers an hour off the coast of perth time six regions across the northwest have been placed on high alert. scuffles have broken out in athens between police and public sector workers angry at pay freezes and layoffs

officers pushed prose hacer spike from the ministry of administrative reform as they try to get into the building security increase has been stepped up after radical left this week fired shots at the german embassy and the headquarters of. i'll be back with more news in the about a half an hour i had an artsy answer national max and stacey take on the financial fraudsters and the kaiser report bots if you're watching us and the u.k. it's george galloway with his show sputnik.

your best way to the. house of moscow. the alleged phone call between the assistant secretary of state and the u.s. ambassador to ukraine has created quite a controversy in the call like smug british colonisers cashless a big t. in africa they basically say that that need of books to fill he's not fit for the government of the of the needs of the baldwin become prime minister they also mentioning the help of the un to get this thing glued whatever that means although the authenticity of this phone call has not been confirmed but certainly hasn't

been denied this reminds me a lot of the snowden leaks independent journalists for years had been writing about government spying but it took snowden to shove it into people's faces and confirm that it was really going on we've heard from people like ron paul jesse ventura and many journalists that the u.s. state department uses a horde of international grant receivers and local political organizations to try to consciously and directly control sovereign nations and overthrow regimes they don't like and this phone call is legit that is the same level of undeniable evidence that snowden brought to the table to be fair during the cold war i could kind of see the justification to meddle in other countries so the soviets would create world communism but now who is the enemy that justifies a ukrainian regime change there is no such anime but that's just my opinion.

welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser you know what fukushima first began melting down to go through sawdust and diapers into the disaster hole amazingly it didn't work in america when the deepwater horizon oil platform exploded b.p. tried plugging that disaster hole with a golf balls and rubber scrap alas that also didn't work now in the u.k. welly wearing david cameron is out in the drowning tory heartland throwing sandbags soldiers and cash potently into the flood waters but dave all the sticker balls in sheffield going to 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 snookered stacy. he has max it's a triple current 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 so 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. yeah many snowballs max to get a ball although i don't think he thinks knuckleballs 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 and 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. somebody has the gall to take them to stop this disastrous roll from just wiping out britain but let's let's ask let's ask well neil sullivan he's the master said ronnie o'sullivan the current and five time snooker champion who's right here in the studio ronny welcome because the report they did you know all right i saw it at the masters another brilliant performance by the way thank you very much but today we're talking about disasters of the snooker balls so you know the five time

current world champion approximately how many snooker balls do you think would it take to show ronnie the photo here to stop this storm stone wow and let's not go that lot along this million billion us it isn't really in circles millions i don't think we have enough but that actually could save the economy if we had to manufacture a bunch of super bowls yeah exactly they have to benefactor a billion soccer balls and it would stimulate the economy here in the u.k. as i believe sort of balls are manufactured here in the u.k. it's the world leading us to go balls before china of course gets into the game. then but this is the thing actually the article points out that you know this rising risk as we go further out into the deep waters of the oceans to drill for energy we're going there's more and more risk in the financial system so just like throwing diapers and sawdust the big environ you know the energy catastrophes we thrown also.