searching revenue then. so how do you see good all? good. new dickerson, georgia home technology cecilia just in awe, as a high level prisoner swap russian business men. victor boot returns home after more than a decade in u. s. custody and exchange for american pasta. both near brittany rancor, the u. s. government devised a plot if you will, to create a crime of this retired russian citizen mr. fruits lawyer gave us his day exclusive insight on the case saying the main challenge the freedom will from for coming. i'm on just western narrative, a bite is client and also on the program today,

serbia considers sending a 1000 troops into kosovo after hundreds of police officers in the breakaway region . attempt to take control risk serve majority district but most growth celebrates 75 years of diplomatic relations with india and host an art exhibition honoring the country's cultural with mid day in moscow this friday, december, the night i'm, you know, legal and this is our t insurance the russian president has addressed top defense department official and solve the shanghai cooperation organization, uncommon wealth of independent states and pretty at very indeed at big remarks today. vladimir putin took aim at western countries for their actions in ukraine historically. and today, the put a genius silhouetted for number of years to west to shamelessly siphoned and

exploited. ukraine's resources encouraged genocide and terror in the damn bass. and actually turned this country into a colony. and now cynically uses the ukrainian people as cannon fodder as a battering ram against russia. continuing to supply ukraine with weapons and ammunition, sending mercenaries and pushing it on a suicidal path. live niger correspond dollar quarter who's currently incur august, stan high dollar year in the capital, bish cag. vladimir putin is there at tell us why, what's on the agenda? and also what we just heard there. that video dressed by him, bring us up to speed on that either union. well right here and curtis stands capital the supreme council of the ration economic union as meetings here we're talking about the leaders of our mania bella roost, cas extend, and of course russia and kurdistan. and at the top of the agenda here is basically discussions on how to further cooperation,

specifically in the spheres of trade and energy of vladimir putin arrived here earlier in the day to hold multilateral and bilateral talks to that effect. but in terms of the actual address that he gave, that was released by the kremlin earlier today, that focused more on the threats that the west is posing to the regions security. as we heard earlier in the program of president putin said that the recent meeting of defense ministers of the member states of the commonwealth of independent states and the shanghai cooperation organization could not have come at a better time. because of the fact that the, the west is continuing to try to dominate countries that don't necessarily a 100 percent agree with its foreign policy goals. and because of that, that presents a threats to an external threats rather of global and regional significance to the member states. of these organizations, so basically the main thing that bruce, president putin wanted to get across in that address is that the kind of

cooperation within the shanghai cooperation organization and the commonwealth of independent states should continue to deepen. and they should continue to integrate both politically and economically and in terms of the same relationship that has been based on mutual respect and a cooperation that we've seen over the years. gone, thanks from us. bring us through that ortiz dole quarter live in art or i let's move to news of a high level prisoner swap between moscow and washington. russian. businessman victor boots, who'd been in a u. s. prison for 11 years has returned to his homeland. he shared some of his thoughts after landing on an airport in the capitol on thursday night. i was walking in the middle of the night and told to get ready. no additional information was provided. the most important thing is that i got there, victor boot was sentenced by us authorities back in 2012 to a quarter of a century in prison and allegations of arming terrorists and conspiring to kill

american citizen. he denies all those accusations and moscow say his case was politically motivated. mister booth was exchanged for american basketball player, brittany greiner, who had been convicted of drug offenses in russia. the swap was conducted in the united arab emirates, after months of negotiations. well looking at the other participant in this swap, professional basketball r. brittany greiner had been detained by moscow report customs officers back in february after a police dog fun cannabis oil bay cartridge is in her luggage. in july, she pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges. the slight thing, it was an honest mistake friday was sentenced deny years. she filed an appeal which was rejected by a rushing court. well, the us, the victor boot a so called merchant of death. what officials in washington long pushing not normative his lawyer, steve cisco, spoke to archie about the case. the difficult battle for the client released

15 years ago, the u. s. government devised a plot, if you will, to create a crime of this retired russian citizens living in moscow. committing no crime against anyone. they target him simply because they didn't like what they thought he had been doing in previous years and, and at victor sentencing. and i don't hard to believe or this talk crime that nothing ever happened with. and no one was ever heard. and no one was ever done at the sentencing the u. s. government prosecutors asked that victor be sentenced to life without parole, meaning he would never be released that's, that's the, that's the insanity. he were fortunate that the judge and victor's trial, a judge gentlemen, made some very important findings at his sentence, saying that were really strong and supportive. and pointed out several of the

things that, that undermined this merchant of death. the narrative that had taken hold in the us . the 1st thing i did was i gave a call. she had been retired at the time to migrate the surprise she, she not only spoke to me, but she stood by her words and was willing to go public with her views that the sentence that she was forced to impose. ready on on victor was way too high and she would have given him a much lower. ready sentence, as if she had the ability to do so. i'm surprised the survivors because you know, you don't, it's not like the older you get, the more, the more likely you are to suffer some sort of catastrophic illness suddenly. and victor was getting up there in years as well to the fifty's now. and you know, you just don't, you can't interest. so you just don't call 911 there. they don't have actual physicians. you know, they don't ship you off to a hospital unless you're in

a coma. so he had several serious elements. but victor is exceedingly strong. man. he knows how to take care of himself to protect himself. he made sure to, to the extent that he can eat properly. so there were times when i was concerned that he would, he would even survive to make it to the swath. there is also mounting dissatisfaction among us politicians or by the prisoner exchange republican congresswoman marjorie taylor green. even call for joe biden to be impeached over the deal with former national security adviser. john bolton, president. donald trump summing it was embarrassing the boot for griner prisoner swap is not a trade. it's an american surrender. this is not what american strength looks like . terrorists and rogue states are smiling. what kind of

a deal is it to swore brittany griner, a basketball player who openly hated country for them and known as the merchant of death. what a stupid an unpatriotic embarrassment for the usa. the president of the united states in his feeble administration, gave up a russian arms dealer. meanwhile, a marine and good american paul whalen, had sat in a russian prison for 4 years to rot. but we heard from a former intelligence on the list and ca, lori johnson, who stays the prisoner exchange, has revealed washington's priorities. i think, from russia standpoint, this was laughable. it's just that it underscores the weakness of the. ready foreign policy team that surrounds joe biden. as far as the families are concerned, it's a 1st swap. i would know the difference. now. what's interesting is there is a lot of blow back in the united states. complaints that he left behind. i think it's phil wayland, former marine,

there was arrested on espionage charges in russian that many say that he would have been a more appropriate exchange because he was actually there for some, you know, perceived political pushback as opposed to miss grinders case. she was, she was carrying drugs that were prohibited prescribed purely, the united states has lost some of its mojo when it comes to these kinds of things, or both. now, free prisoners receive presidential pardons before they were released, r t corresponding kill up and he's been looking into the roots of victor boots 40 after almost 15 years in captivity at the i sting operation frame up the sham trial . and in addition to that, solitary confinement and difficulty even being able to visit his family, victor boot is now free and back home in russia. the negotiations were kept secret and even victory, why it had no idea what was coming. so let's review the details of this high profile case. well, back in the 990 s. western leaders started psyching up the public against him. the

british home office labeled him the merchant of death and hollywood movie demonizing, him called lord of war, was even released in reality. victor is the son of a book keeper. he served in the soviet military before starting his own cargo company. u. s. officials alleged that he ran guns for al qaeda and that he was involved in supplying weapons to various sides of african conflicts and across eastern europe. these are allegations he has repeatedly denied. while us leaders seem to have no problem supplying weapons to some radical groups. it seems like after this, hollywood movie was released, and after victor's name had been dropped by various officials, they felt it was time to grandstand against him. victor had his assets frozen, but there was no law at that point under which they could prosecute him for his international business dealings. so u. s. officials decided to go to the f b i. a sting operation was set up and eventually he was entrapped in thailand.

so under cover f b i agents pretending that they were members of the fark rebel group and columbia approached him and had a hypothetical conversation about a possible arms deal. no crime actually ever took place. that's what told me when i interviewed him back in 2019. this is a 100 percent qualify as a political prisoner because i'm off my nationality and i was denied to call a total size and i'm standing off. they didn't do anything else and we'll fight for my innocence misstated bottom a couple years ago. it kept going to keep him,

as example, as a model was a boy for weeping. father rations would be most widely cooperate with us when to go off. so there are up 3 us leaders clearly had a motive for grabbing him after he was dragged to the united states from thailand due to an extradition agreement. he was then allegedly offered a deal to bring forward dirty laundry about the russian government and president. well, they've been during pre trial during the trial what they've been through the public defender and they approach and said, well we're going to get through it all your primary, green car and subtle you there. if you will tell us some dirt about how car off this regime time, so i said they know you can't do the person they don't for of the deal. that's why i went through the trial. russian authorities offered victor support throughout the length, the legal proceedings, and they also describe how us officials abducting him and dragging him to the united states from thailand was an example of how they felt they have license to do whatever they want in the international arena. times to us there is no doubt that

they have abducted a russian citizen in the 3rd country. we have a consular convention with the us and we have a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. under these agreements, the u. s. should inform us of any suspicions they may have about a russian citizen. yet they fail to do so. this was the case in a number of instances with victor boots konstantin. yet i shall go for them and a number of other people who are transferred to the u. s. with the tacit approval of 3rd countries. now, victor, his journey home did not come easily. the negotiations took place at a time when relations between the u. s. a and the russia are anything but good. needless to say, a lot of hard work has gone in to making sure this russian citizen could finally return home and be with his family fail, martha? archie, new york. ok, more news to bring you this friday. a must have blaze has ripped through a sprawling shopping center in the mosque was serb. video furniture shows

firefighters containing their beliefs, frankly, after a spread of course are reported. span of 7000 square meters, fixed smoke billowed into the early morning sky in the city of him. key with the buildings. roof collapsing, authority say at least one person has been killed in the inferno. its own clear what started the place. official said it might have a nice it in a home improvement retailer, a big one. they're made from a bowl era souls or paints at being stored the damage including the mall, its contents on nearby park cars has been estimated to half a 1000000000 us dollars. serbia saves it's considering sending a 1000 troops into kosovo after hundreds of police officers in the breakaway region attempted to seize part. so they served majority district or saga,

which you recruit to has continued with the legal actions aimed at occupy a north of kosovo and mentor. here belgrade will consider the return of 1000 members of our security forces to the area of kosovo, tokyo, in accordance with resolution, 1244, not by the serbian governmental ages. costs of the police have also committed crimes against serv, majority periods in that break away province, including stealing at wind stocks from a vineyard. the local reporter at nuclear usage centers. this from belgrade tonight, around 9 o'clock and evening will be over 200. our men came to the north, most was the 3rd live we kept over de medical for that also presence of indian army or regular military forces which were present theater in vertical court and order, which is a violation of resolution or 2 or, or united nations. and every other agreement signed by serbia. and this is the 2nd

publication of the day or even 3rd. because during the day we already had the one incident in which one of the 4 municipalities in the north are most terrible. if we had a situation where police forces are also in kindergarten when, where children were sleeping and they interrupted the work of this also invalid survey and club near the article that they took over 40000 fleet. there's a wind from local, turbulent producers, wind, and they also banned construction workers for, for, from putting on and bathing the road, leading to only you left in the region, the prime minister of so called cross keys provocation,

and intention to violently solve the problem of believing this, this is of social possible a month ago and to try to impose his will on them due to the fact that he needs to organize your elections, which will boycott as things are for now. african languages have been receiving a renewed prominence in nigeria with the government setting and educate so policy to promote the study of local languages in schools. let's go through the ramifications all that they recently approved. national language policy is aimed at shifting the focus from english to native languages in the west african nation. students are to focus on developing their skills in their mother tongue during elementary school and then combine it with english only later on. however, the initiative has been complicated by the huge number of local languages which

will require the government to adopt school books and other educational materials. we heard from a nigerian school director who expressed an overall positive view of the new measures when i had thus instructional from the gulf, my true deal to show gazette i was so blood or in this that she had to the family as wills. no, he said the primary gentle socialization. that is the 1st school that a shide is born into that the side is introduced into school starting i would call it d model moder luggage stats. in the 1st teach of the education of a child with the use of the model language that he soon bud ego outside the case

may be is the best that should happen in the education sector. and just to stay with this story, we also heard with the head of a nigerian teachers union in lagos, who expressed appreciation for the reform to wayne. you 3 or to reduce off more tact on it is so much what does it say as understanding on the side of the student is we actually potentia in our younger generation by im voicing another language as a medium of communication. no doubt the most learned. so dot com forward, lukewarm bit in tom off you know, 2nd job internationally. that way you understand english or you understand french

or you understand gemma dando, perform your local language. ductwork has your chess, you know, to secure job across the globe. what you cannot give what you don't ah ah, can know the story to bring you. ted de u. s. secretary of state anthony blink. and how said it's basically a done deal for sweden and finland to join the nato alliance. i'm confident that never will formerly welcome finland, sweden's member. soon since the nato summit in madrid are both countries have taken significant concrete actions to fulfill their commitments, including those related to the security concerns. on the part of our i'll, i, turkey will sweep just on that sweden has refused to comply with nato member turkeys request for a to extradite. at 2 people suspected of ties to a terrorist organization, a major sticking point. stockholm says it doesn't have sufficient grounds to

believe that men in question committed criminal offenses, why ankara is adamant. it won't allow in sweden to join the alliance until it conducts those extra additions. among the reaction we got to this was from anti war activists, sorry, flanders. he says the us hasn't properly address tricky security concerns. sweden and us of course, are talking out of both sides of their mouth. they're saying we have a deal. no, we don't have a deal. and no matter how you look at it, they want turkey to acknowledge that there's a deal so that this nato official membership can move forward. certainly it's a us who is behind the steel. and it's also the united states. it was pledged to be the protector of the kurds, but as we can see, once again, they're just willing to use some as a bargaining chip. whether or not this officially goes forward in a real sense. it is

a done deal and it shows that the u. s is absolutely has no interest in peace and diplomacy. busy negotiation, they are all about aggressive us war planning. they want nato expansion official or unofficial case. something may be familiar to many of you watching employees of the european central bank, helping left fuming after authorities rejected their demands for a pay rise to keep up with inflation. we're not happy with inflation in germany and the euro area likely around 8.5 percent this year. a lack of a pay rise means a substantial loss and push sent our this is damaging workers morale and also their trust toward the institution. but i want to show you here and, and use wall just exactly what the situation how it stands, because the workers, one to the peer rise of just over 4 percent, but the current inflation rate in the use largest economy. germany look at this,

approaching 10 percent more than twice that number, such a difference here throughout the years as well, isn't there? earlier? my colleague peter scott, spoke with financial technology entrepreneur, a chris ems who noted of the same institutions which essentially created inflation in the 1st place. the banks are no the ones suffering. so well, the funny thing is, although not for the stuff is that, you know, the c, b missed its own inflation targets on its employees. now seem to be paying for it. do you think it, the duty of care or the certain geopolitical factors are just off of his control? absolutely, i think that definitely is a duty of care. but there is a great irony that you just mentioned, the very people that have caused this massive inflation and now paying for it. right. and i think when we're looking at, when we're looking at these institutions in the way they operate and run, it's really, really morally bankrupt to say, look, pay for something that we asked you to do. and that goes across everything from transport to any kind of public service. right. why should the public service worker have to pay for the mistakes made by the employer that just happens to be

a state institution? there is we say not as we do. absolutely. now the c, b a said that he doesn't want to increase the wages of it stuff because he's worried, as it says that it would fuel a damaging wage. price spiral. define the argument convincing not so i think anyone with half a brain cannot believe that out. even if you've got to a business, an organization, a company and your employees are struggling to, to inflation it. you know, in my opinion, it's your moral responsibility to make sure that they can feed themselves and close their children if people can't eat and they can't feed their children. and really, i mean, they're saying that inflation is up. this percentage reality is real times inflation for people is a lot higher. you only just have to ask anyone living in europe right now, as we know a lot of people living in europe coming from there originally and, and the price, the real terms, price of everything from energy to food, to transport. everything is way higher. it's, you know,

some people even saying it's up, you know, 20 percent more in real time. so if the c b were to raise the wages of his employees as they are demanding. do you think that was so set some sort of precedent for the national banks and do you think there will be a full offense where employees, employers, excuse me, would raise the the way just absolutely. that would, what we would hope that would be the effect that should be, that's a good thing, right? we're seeing across, across europe, we're seeing, you know, well on the u. k. let's say the u. k. right now we've got nurse is about to go on strike. we've got railway is going to strike. they're not really asking for much pizza. what they're asking is to be paid enough so that they can not be out of pocket to the bad necessities that become way more expensive because of institutions and the decisions that have been made by, by western governments. there's no doubt about that. they were saying that they were saying, look, we, we've made decisions over the last year that of course, these problems and you are going to pay for it. well, that's not fair. is it? now the season of goodwill may be fast approaching, but not everyone in italy will enjoy a christmas dinner this year. that's what

a major organization which distributes european aid is warning. the fun state study increasingly more italian. so i've been descending into poverty. oh, i thought i'm in to see but not, but you are going to be. there are thousands of requests for help from families who will be suffering greatly over the christmas period. due to the increase in energy prices. they find it difficult to eat at lunch and dinner, which is why we're giving them all free groceries at christmas. it's an economic disaster. ringback ah, but i'm interested if you can stop having great difficulties. we make

a contribution, but people need much more help. families with children are finding themselves in difficulty. they don't even have the money to pay for milk and diapers. ah . the see here i have a rather difficult life. we also lived on the street, i own little and therefore i had to ensure the survival of my family in one way or another. i couldn't pay for the house. and so i was reduced to living in a call with my wife for several months. ah, can i do that? you can put it. i mean, you're here, we are starving. georgia moni is doing nothing good for us for people. she's actually destroying. we can't even pay the bills, we're desperate and everything is increased and there's very little money. ah

and finally, before we go and pick on a fresh re, 2nd be 5 years of official diplomatic relations between russia and india is being marked with an art exhibition, right? here in moscow wides array of cultural items from the east asian nation on display, an rti correspondence the few nunez was there for the grand opening. the russian academy of art is presenting a large scale exhibition dedicated to the 70 feet in a very serious is the establishment of diplomatic relations between russia and india. the opening ceremony began with the lighting of an oil lamp. it seemed to reach hillbillies to create a positive atmosphere and bring prosperity and welfare. it was followed by traditional indian music and dancing among the attendees with the legendary culture and painters would upset it daily, as well as india's ambassador to russia, who is in his opening speech officially presented digs. ambition and highlighted

the long lasting cooperation between the 2 countries. i would like to thank the russian academy box and mr. rob said italy, personally for hosting this event, or mock 75 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between india and rochelle, which also coincides with 75 year celebration of india independence. we must expand our understanding of traditional art and culture during corporate new developments, including all technology and also factoring the choices of our youth. only then will be able to truly keep the human connection going between all peoples. the exhibition goes more than 7 decades back as it tells the story of relations between these 2 countries, through in the arrangement of art, over a 100 feet to works as well as valuable archives, materials and even the collection of personal items of the artist will be shown to the public from the 9th of december to the 15th of january and the senate, bailey art gallery in moscow. the long history.