while driving. time now for the second in a series of reports on the fate of russian families he left to syria to fight for islamic state artes and in a quarter of a travel to southern russia to talk to a woman convicted to eight years in prison on terrorism charges after she followed a husband to syria. the clock is ticking on zagat uts current life sentenced to eight years behind bars for being part of an illegal armed group she won't actually go to jail until her youngest child turns fourteen and she's only one right now less than twelve months ago her life was old very different i was twenty nine when i left i went to turkey first with my husband i never thought i would end up there. within seven months as a kid that was living in syria and pregnant with her child she says her husband had

been drawn to islam and a better life. he told me it was safe to go there he said it wasn't how it was being shown that was snowball me he said no war but the reality turned out to be far more spin anything on t.v. they lived for two years in the city of topic which at the times was under eisel control than they moved to rocca and she spent every day living in feet. even my girl knew she was only eight years old but she could tell the difference what was coming and american her kids explain a fighter jet drone she could tell by the sound of it. what are they hiding yes well they either went downstairs or just simply stayed at home it took them out into the hole and we laid on the floor so that any shrapnel wouldn't hit us as i get out struggles to share her story she tries to stay emotionally distant from the

past and speaks quietly rarely looking into the camera she says she wanted to return home right from the start i told my husband that i want to go back but i couldn't leave but the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave leave but i will not let you take the kids away. i knew he was able to do that he had that sort of character and i was afraid later on when they were living and rock her husband was killed in a drone strike leaving that he died all alone with three children i started looking for ways to get out but it's not that easy you can't just leave that place it all has to be done in secret there are people that can sell you out trick i only talk to those who i knew well and one day i was told that there was this wrote that there was a way out. that claims she had no way dia the life she was leading would leave her on the wrong side of russia's anti terror laws. i stayed at home all the time i had

my children i had no time for anything else i was at home taking care of my kids. she was one of the seven women and fourteen children brought back to russia in the autumn twenty seventeen as part of a companion organized by chechen officials to repatriate the families of men who went to fight with islam it terrorists. i am very grateful to everyone who helped launch this campaign to save many women and children. but while they were lucky to escape from the war in syria upon arrival in grozny she was detained by police three months later she was convicted and sentenced for being part of an illegal armed group. and while the law she broke is designed to help thwart terror attacks some people argue that family members of radicalized individuals should not be

targeted. these people need rehabilitation they need to be close to their family members under the care of their mothers they're under huge dress and prison will not help them they will only meet them more harsh i believe it's wrong to put them behind bars for now that good at leaves with her mother in dagestan she has to report. to the police every month can't leave the region it's difficult for both her and her brother to find work if they're on the official police list it means they will have to get by on their mother a small salary as a post office worker despite all this sounds she's just happy to see her children. i was literally suffering there because i was unable to provide food for my children he told me constantly mom we are hungry they were climbing. and now he says let's go to the merry go round let's go to the seaside valley go everywhere

don't now we're going everywhere. is hard and so my lovely. dagestan. well with the question of how to treat so-called eisler why it's proving to be so divisive we put the issue for the back it. shouldn't be allowed to return home they have left the safety of this country and gone to fights with. whatever you want to call them should not be allowed back into this country one of their going to don't want to come back. you know we've got enough people in our prisons now radicalized in our yoav if you brick a law especially criminal laws in england. and you break it somewhere you can actually charge but that charge actually to stand in court they're not responsible for the action that their husbands or their or their kids or their son that took. as

a terrorist this is not their responsibility they're made that decision now that they went out there didn't know what they were going out that show didn't know what the harshman just door and there is out so ridiculous there was radicalize they've got out that if the culture that they're in at the moment has a death sentence so be it that's up to them but we cannot just charge anyone because we look we think she what he was she was a wife. she knew about everything she could not make a decision some of them the worst soldiers some of the were recruited yes we agree on this but let's differentiate between an instant and being who is who has been a terrorist and who's been a criminal this is very critical because we want to go the cycle of obligation. as asian women have on their own you know it's their make their own decisions on life please tell me what they said so their wives where there was going what you went out shopping once you're not. a holiday they're much a child i mean i just you know where i am or should not it just me what was going on. i'll give you an example he tells his wife we're going to

a trip to turkey ok this is where you had this whole i thought yeah times we're going to a trip holiday to turkey to south of turkey in turkey you're stuck we're going to syria why because this is what islam is asking us to this is what we have to fight you are my wife you have to listen to me if not i would divorce you and you have no papers how are you going to turn back home if you take your wife to rocco or places like this and you tell her i would take you past what away from you how are you going to turn home to sleep my wife or i not only don't you know i'm sure a part of my wife and i think how do i do that brain and i would not allow that to happen there made that decision now to share that they went out there didn't know what they were going out there to show didn't know what the husband was door and ridiculous there was radicalized they've got out there if the culture that they're in at the moment has a death sentence so be it that's up to them they have made that decision they've got out there we do not want these people back here to be had here our series looking at the fallout of russian families going to fight in syria continues on

friday with a look at people still trying to locate friends and relatives he pledged allegiance to weisel we money cation missed on monday our story of two russian sisters found in an orphanage in iraq it is now available on the cheap chad.

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welcome back to r.t. now it has been ten years since the war between russia and georgia broke out after georgia attacked the autonomy in the south a setia back in two thousand and eight the russian army intervened and after five days of full scale conflict and fourteen hundred civilians killed a cease fire agreement was reached and in fact russian troops do remain in the region to this day acting as peacekeepers however the u.s. sees it as an occupation our position on the russian occupied georgia region. and also south ossetia is unwavering that remains unwavering today the regions are part of georgia they are not part of russia and the united states continues to support josh georgia's sovereignty its independence and also its territorial integrity well despite western politicians putting blame on russia for the two thousand and eight thirty year war the fact finding mission did establish that

georgia was the one who initiated the conflict but it also found that both sides violated international law in a new documentary we recall the most tragic moments of the conflict is a quick preview you can watch it in full later. also. you got this the power. is not so. natural so you go we'll see if. you know you're solution this is her little sister who. gave the. closing down. the fleet. all of. them.

at double the last. ready to believe question would she should. eat but. you know that's good we're going to get an order to feel well this is a good thing you know i'm going to. difficult of all that i'm not up to. here the mainstream media day reported that rush started the conflict and said nothing about soccer surely opening fire on the night of the beginning of the olympics in beijing a couple years after the war i believe that eventually other countries would learn to recognise that georgia was at fault in this war especially after the european commission came out and said that georgia started the war and i was very disappointed that they didn't or shortly after the conflict broke cat the western

media was quick to jump to conclusions. georgia's president says russia is attacking his country dropping bombs and moving tanks into georgian territory russia's attacks keep coming to surprise georgia saying it's withdrawn from south a city or the georgians could do nothing. moscow's actions illustrate its contempt for the condemnation and criticism. i want you to know who to bring out of the conflict that said mr saakashvili ho started this morning and mr saakashvili who is a governor so and cells and people are peeled you know one day i guess what i guess i would tell you that fortunately a commercial break will take us there in four seconds whether we do i know that you do almost i want to hear step. is situated

some twenty minutes drive from solve a city and the russian troops us t. in that only is a city that not crossing the ministry to border but we spoke to one woman who survived those horrors ten years ago and she shared what she went through. that we went to a neighbor's house where their room fourteen people when the shelling started the house was have a damaged and the kitchen caught fire during pools in the fighting i decided to go to my parents' house but on my way i was captured a man called gear to me a way to execute me he put a knife to my throat he said he had to kill me but god saved me. while the prime minister of russia dmitry medvedev was the country's president at the time when the war broke out and looking back at the events of two thousand and eight he does say

that the conflict could have been prevented. my article states of players and i evaluate these events in the same way that i did before and they would have been no war if suckers release actions and not be so irresponsible immoral and criminal record when it was not inevitable it was clearly a choice made by cyclist really and his aides goal was to push georgian soldiers back prince involved so as to restore order and prevent a further escalation of the conflict it was not to destroy georgia or execute psychoses really so and i think i was right in trying not to rush because that gave us the chance to calm the situation in georgia a set a year and a year and also to engage in calm dialogue with other countries and the european union i'm. damned if you do damned if you don't that is the predicament of european companies trading with iran at the moment because they are caught in the crossfire of a war between brussels and washington over new u.s. sanctions targeting to iran with punishment awaiting companies whether they comply

or not if you companies abide by u.s. secondly sanctions they will in turn be sanctioned by the european union iran sanctions have officially been cast these are the most biting sanctions ever imposed and in november they ratchet up to yet another level anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states i'm asking for world peace nothing less. the u.s. government re imposed sanctions on iran after pulling out of an international nuclear deal the first round of sanctions restricts terrans trade in u.s. dollars and also precious metals and it also punishes to countries that use the iranian reale when trading with iran financial analysts says the new sanctions do pose a direct the major corporations. the situation that's developing is that on the one hand companies would be penalized by usa for doing business in iran and at the same time if they're follow their diktats from washington the potential of those

companies being penalized in the european union so it puts these companies in a very difficult situation but this i think is only applicable to the very large multinational corporation is that have exposure to different regions perhaps the semi sector the slump is a small to medium enterprises that are operating in the european union they may want to do trade with iran and because they have no exposure possibly with the u.s. market therefore they would be able to stand up and continue doing business with iran. he watching us international thanks for a company a softer name a back again with the headlines and more news in just a bit. later on.

this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from right here in washington d.c. thanks for being on board i'm bart chilton coming up today the u.s. department of justice is appealing the eighty and the time warner merger with we talk with professor a lecturer at the american university margo's and steve walz about what it may mean plus the european union is taking on air b.n. b. the online lodging marketplace over inaccurate pricing is many e.u. member states are also pushing for a digital tax artie's peter oliver reports from berlin on the latest developments and alcoa is the large u.s. aluminum company over out of many a company is seeking a waiver for canadian aluminum to come into the country tariff free parties alex the title of it's just the latest from kalonzo on the waiver and how the company is coping with the new rules of reality of doing business across the u.s.

navy in order plus we spoke last time about the difficulty in the electric vehicle space well today we asked which companies may actually profit in the rough and tumble emerging global marketplace argues actually banks take a look at potential winners were packed as usual so let's get right to it with a few have. a brewing diplomatic dispute between canada and saudi arabia over women's rights has quickly escalated in recent days and investors are starting to wonder if trade and investment will be impacted on monday the kingdom of saudi arabia recalled their ambassador from canada officially expelled canada's a bastard or sending him back to ottawa saudi education officials say they will cancel scholars. and job training for about seven thousand students from saudi arabia who are currently studying in canada the absolute monarchy took the actions after taking offense at a statement from the canadian embassy in riyadh that called for the immediate release of at least eighteen women's rights activists who have been jailed since

the apparent crackdown started in may this echoed earlier statements by canadian officials including a personal tweet by the canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland the saudi monarchy denounced acadian statement as quote an overt and blatant interference in saudi internal affairs miss freeland addressed the spat before the media in vancouver are values based foreign policy our support for human rights and for women's rights is an essential part of who we are when we speak for canada in the world. when it comes to the broader relationship with saudi arabia our diplomats have our procedural questions today and we're waiting for answers on how saudi arabia intends to go forward with every patient. chance today the front line of u.s. labor movements fight for survival in the midwestern state of missouri continues

labor leaders there are working to defeat the missouri legislators attempt to make missouri the nation's twenty ninth so-called right to work state three hundred seven three hundred ten thousand petitions were submitted last year to put the law to the electorate on a referendum being voted upon today laws of this kind affectively impose anti-union policies across the state the congressional research service here in washington found in two thousand and twelve that states with right to work laws typically have lower wages than states with pro labor laws will have more on the outcome of the referendum on our broadcast next time. and if you are a regular boom buster you know we cover the media merger madness all the time and we have to pay particular attention to the a.t.m. tea time warner merger and the landmark court case surrounding it well as we've reported the u.s. department of justice supported themselves the option of appealing

a decision back on july twelfth and now they have formally appealed judge richard leon's decision to allow the merger to go forward the d.o.j. which was spelled it out there brief it in a brief yesterday said quote fundamental principles of economics and common sense of been disregarded for more on this we're joined once again by professor story a lecturer at american university and servant of t.v. and radio commentator steve walz burke thanks for both you for joining us margo to you first d.o.j. was pretty basic and blunt in their criticism of judge leon decision but i suppose they had to be right and what are the key points that they raised as their disagreement in this filing one of the key points that they made was an assessment of judge leon failing to understand how corporations work in their divisions to maximize profits saying he had a basic misunderstanding of economic theory i mean it was a blunt criticism that appeared to attack leon as much as it was going after the

eighteenth tee time warner merger and i also think it's important to note from this document that was filed yesterday that they did know this has the potential to shape the media landscape for years to come and i think that they were urging caution in allowing this to move forward saying we need some really need to understand how this has the opportunity to shape streaming to shape television broadcast cable as well as mobile advertising for a long time to come well it's really important and we appreciate you helping us along the way on this thing because it is so critical and steve what's eighty and t.'s reaction to they just sort of sort of trying to write it off as a frivolous what do they say. well the attorney said that they were surprised in the first place that the appeal was made they said an appeal is not a do over by any means and that this this case was decided on the law and it was thorough they also took note of the filing yesterday by the government and said

nothing in that brief changes anything anything whatsoever they also pointed to the fact that this is the first time the government has challenged a vertical merger in over four decades so that this was a rarity to begin with the decision was thoroughly based on the law and now even after losing the go and back at it so he expressed the attorney expressed surprise and margot i mean do you think that'll be the case or is that merely trying to sort of slough it off as not being serious i mean d.o.j. has you know tried to make these particular points will slash time warner have to come back with a little bit more firepower than just saying ditto and what we said before i have to think eight hundred he is guilty of a little hubris here just a few weeks after judge leon's opinion in that case the eighteen t's directv now

streaming service road raised its prices for consumers and this was after arguing a trial that a merger between eight hundred time warner wouldn't raise any prices so i have to say there's a part of me that gosh there are already hitting consumers in their pocketbooks here so i have to wonder how time warner is going to. is going to move forward with this i would agree that they seem to think this is a non-issue for them and that they will win on appeal but i have to think in boardrooms right now somebody is trying to decide how they are going to go forward in file their september twentieth motion of the deadline to file a motion to september twentieth and what they what exactly they're going to address . and margo stephen i spoke not too long ago about the twenty first century disney deal and what it might mean it was a great and fun discussion steve but what margot does having this case the time warner case not fully locked down i mean who decided to go forward but boy if

you're a business in the media space does this send some sort of chilling impact or with regard to the twenty first century fox is that something that's already gone forward and they've dealt with it i think the people who are probably happiest yesterday were comcast executives perhaps that they are out of the deal for twenty first century fox and disney because it really looks like jay was mostly concerned about here was the combination of distribution service buying a content provider so i don't see this having an effect on the disney twenty first century fox merger but let's remember that disney twenty first century fox in that merger deal fox agreed to spin off its regional sports programming in order to fly under the radar of d.o.j. had they not done that i think they would have gotten more scrutiny from the department of justice antitrust division in one thousand nine hundred time warner

deal they weren't willing to to look at that and actually in judge leon's opinion he didn't make any any recommendation that there would have been any concessions in that way either so i think other mergers that disney twenty first century fox i think it's likely secure but other media companies especially distribution and content distribution services looking to buy content providers they have got to be seeing this as a caution definitely you know a caution flag as they you know because i think after june everybody thought anything was possible in terms of mergers and acquisitions and this is a signal that anything really isn't and that justice is going to take a really hard look at those those decisions and those mergers that are moving for. i'm interested in your take on that same question steve but also you know look the d.o.j. whether or not they're right or wrong and i'm not an attorney i don't know but they say this could cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars if it goes through and they claim that the judge didn't take all of this into account and so

they're going through the appeals process what are your what your thoughts on this well look as you and i have previously discussed on this specific merger the landscape is so different this is not. some kind of monopoly in the making here that's going to dominate the airwaves and you know they talk about a trial the properties of time warner like c.n.n. specifically being must see must have that's bogus that's nonsense nothing is must see it must have eighteen t is now going to compete with the likes of netflix and amazon if you have amazon prime you get the content for free and google and you tube and every every i mean this content all over the place to think that this is going to stifle innovation and that they're going to be able to raise their prices and do whatever they want and yank their programming off of other distributors and raise their prices on theirs to put it on is just naive if nothing is that

important anymore so i don't think that could be further from the truth now as far as what the judge might have overlooked here they claim that he did not allow them to call the expert witnesses and also that they ignored that the judge ignored an eighteen t. f.c.c. filing with its subsidiary direct t.v. where they once expressed fears of a vertical merger of this kind and what it might mean going forward for for the industry but i don't think this appeal is going to hold water i really don't all right and margo where do we see this going and what's the timing we talked about the september deadline for eighty and i assume then that there will be a recent response from the government after that how long is this going to take to play out you're looking at months. i think really and that's perhaps being conservative i don't see anything happening by the new year but this is going to be a months long process and however it goes it is certainly going to shake up the media industry and it's going to be fascinating to see what happens in its wake i

mean this is i think surprised surprised everyone this summer what's been happening what it what a summer for mergers and acquisitions really is just fascinating it has been we preach both both of you helping us out and learn about it and understand what it going forward conservative t.v. and radio commentator steve walz berger. and professor oriel lecturer at american university our thanks to both of you thank you thank sport. and it's time now for a quick break but i hang here because when we return our teams peter all of reports from berlin on the latest developments related to the online lodging marketplace air b.n. b. which is in some hot water over inaccurate pricing in the european union as many member states are also pushing for a digital tax plus artes alex the highwood which gives us the latest from toronto on how the u.s. aluminum company poet is faring in the trade war for natural not so well plus artes actually banks takes a look at the social winners in the highly competitive electorate.