our correspondent has more. >> mikhail khodorkovsky, russia's most famous prisoner. today, he arrived in court with a final chance to speak out against the charges of in puzzlement, which could keep him in prison for another seven years -- charges of embezzlement. he used it to make a passionate appeal about this country's future. he said he was ashamed of those currently in power, particularly those in the security services, who were undermining the rule of law, and he said his trial would show whether there is hope that russia could become more civilized. but defense lawyers are convinced this trial will end with mr. khodorkovsky being found guilty. >> this punctuates the problem that russia is facing. it is the absolute symbol for the corruption that has been recognized as an affecting this country, and it is impossible for president medvedev to make any headway on his into corruption policies as long as this trial continues and khodorkovsky and lebedev are caught in this type of justice system. father, odorkovsky's already elderly and frail, he fears he will neve

man in russian parliament the chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the federation council mikhail margelov. the nato secretary general says the lisbon summit will bring a new reformed organization he wants to reduce staff and change to teach you concept of the alliance to turn it into a more effective body the reformed alliance will have to deal with challenges to global security like the threat of missile attack it's very likely the summit will approve the new and to missile defense shield a long time point of discord between nato and russia. welcome to the show thank you very much for coming well first of all why is president medvedev who has been seeking some particular go or is it just a sign of goodwill inside of moscow well first of all for us for the russians issues of national security are always issues of national consensus and present the beauty of who represents all the citizens of russia and. to respond to what people want from him and people want from him more security for the russian federation. that is why it's so natural to build bridges with nato which is of the s

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former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky who was jailed for embezzlement and tax evasion in two thousand and three is back in court new charges brought against him could see his term extended until twenty seventeen he's been giving his concluding speech at a court hearing sarah firth is following the case. lou strong words today from mikhail cut a close as he gave the final speech to the most state court ahead of the verdict this child like how to close it along with his school the business partner plots on lead the standing trial accused of rows and bezel of the now he said we had him say today call on the judge to have coverage saying that the fate of all russians rest on the verdicts that will be delivered on little day he doesn't want to die in prison and that if it required it he wouldn't hesitate and we've heard strong critics of the case saying that both the previous charges and these new charges that have been full force be a punishment for the opposition that kind of puts davis to the government and now with one year to his release we've seen these new charges pulled but there a

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if found guilty, mikhail khodorkovsky could face another seven years in prison. >> he tried to launch an attack on the politics of vladimir putin. few people in moscow believe the judge is immune to political pressure. this is a test of president medvedev's commitment to the rule of law. >> nato should expand its coopation with china, according to journalist zu guttenberg, now on a visit to berlin -- to beijing. he says the government should work together piracy and cyber attacks, the war in afghanistan, and security issues. china is already involved in civilian reconstruction in afghanistan. >> where else to study chinese history than the great wall? german politician zu guttenberg listen to the history of the fortifications. it was good preparation for beijing, where he called for close to a corporation with the west on security, afghanistan, and the fight against piracy on the high seas. >> since we live in a world that cannot be easily ltd., where ties with major developing partners are important, that should be a major consideration for security policy. therein lies great opportu

on the red carpet for the event mikhail youzhny accepting the best male player he won twenty ten place the semifinal of the u.s. open becoming russia's number one ranked number ten. and a large part of the ceremony was dedicated to up and coming plays who are expected to shine for russia in the near future he's fourteen year olds is said to be the best that russia has at the moment meanwhile world number two semifinal. expects the one the best female player of the year despite quite successful seasons one is convinced that their biggest victories is still ahead he shared with. us. of course it was a great year for me and it was a great experience at the end of the last year i had the surgery and there was no true i would be able to play this year and just you know happen this year that a lot of a lot of success of course i had some ups and downs but overall it's been great and i'm happy that i was here that i got this award here today when i interview athletes usually ask you what kind of mistakes have you made in the past year and what will you be focusing your attention on in the com

lou strong words today for mikhail khodorkovsky as he gave the final speech of the most state court ahead of the verdict this childlike had a close along with his former business partner plots on lead the standing trial accused of fools and investment but now he's we had him say today call on the judge to have courage saying that the fate of all russians dressed all in the verdict that will be delivered a little they he doesn't want to die in prison and that if it required it he wouldn't hesitate and we've heard strong critics of this case saying that both the previous charges and these new charges that have been full force actually a punishment for the opposition that kind of cause davis showing to the government and now with one year to his release we've seen these new charges pulled but there are others that have said that actually had a close case has ruled this country of billions of dollars and that now he may be trying to evade his responsibility for that says in fact the prosecutor in this case valerie elected saying that cut across these the fed is completely built on the line an

concerned has a certain more reserved style this beating is very similar to the attack on the journalist mikhail bigots all of which took place a couple of years ago the smashing of his fingers for example so that the person could not write anymore there is a horror show element here. they would r.t. for the latest developments surrounding their turf and journalist a leg cash. campaign as in the u.k. are asking why no police officer has ever been charged in relation to preserve deaths in custody they claim that one person a week dies following contact with the police after his lawyer and. if you want to be heard they say sometimes it's better to whisper than to shout these people are relying on that as they take to the streets to tell the silent story of loved ones who have died in british police custody. is here because of his brother a recovering drug addict pap's died in two thousand and eight following a routine stop and search by the police he was he was being restrained when outside restraint it's one of fright and often either side of these arms putting them back . to officers. hit him in

concerned has a certain more reserved style this beating is very similar to the attack on the journalist mikhail because of which took place a couple of years ago the smashing of his fingers for example so that the person could not write any more there is a horror show element here. japan appears to be ready to repair ties with russia returning its was torn a bouncer to moscow earlier than expected he was recalled after the president that is a visit to the korea lilah's was talking claims but as our seas of santa boyko found out bosco went tain sovereignty with big plans for the remote territory. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore but their barrels pointed toward japan there are about to be scrapped for matter how when the visit by the russian president put them at the center of another fiery exchange between russia and japan discovered in the seventeenth century there are lines changed hands several times it took the soviet union last than a month to expel the japanese army from the islands in august of nine hundred forty five that prevented the two

and in with the new the opposition's also joined the rally calling for the resignation of president mikhail saakashvili. this report. we're here at a gathering today outside the parliament building until a day and its amazement has been organized by greek known as the people's gathering now this is a great first headed by public figures and though they've been joined by a number of opposition parties are best saying that the main aims of calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government the main goal of this. joint g. and international community. for the government really democracy. which will relieve the georgian. police rallies today really anger showing the extreme dissatisfaction based amongst the opposition parties and amongst the children public with turkish billie's regime and they said his government damaging the country and they've actually said today they called it the verdict of distrust he has monopolized power creating an authoritarian and corrupt regime that he's put huge at the edge of economical and social collapse an

in prague in april but it has to be ratified by both countries lawmakers before taking a fact but mikhail margelov from the russian foreign affairs committee in the federation council still believes it won't affect the reset in relations between the two countries. there is nothing wrong. with our relations with the republican party. and all the criticism all the republicans against a star three agreement for example were it was great this is multi gainst russian position or russian views all of that started three agreement but against the position of democratic government during the negotiations and against against obama . primarily so i think that reset is not in danger. you can watch that full interview with me on thursday in the spotlight you of course are with our team live from moscow on our web site also keeps you up to date twenty four hours a day here's some of what you'll find online right now at r.t. dot com running low for women in afghanistan a shocking number fall victim to domestic abuse and violence with the suicide rate on the rise despite international efforts. and the mo

of deep ordered from the united states this man has already been deemed a super agent and this is mikhail was soon cool left of the soviet union back in the name. nine hundred sixty s. first to spain and then to a lot in america he became a photographer and it became known under the name of one alongside or traveled to the united states became acquainted with loss of politicians and other officials and this man reportedly denied to being a russian agent up to the very end and it was actually called all sure but of course who presented to the secret materials proving very obvious in golf was a russian agent and it was only even that he actually said his real name to the investigation so some really interesting details are now emerging despite the fact that the scandal itself erupted just several months ago. r.t. if you're going to reporting well britain's or prime minister has condemned the rioting that broke out in london during wednesday's student demonstration it was the biggest protest yet against the deep cuts the country faces to tackle its massive debt tens of thousands of students

using the advantage of playing with a man up and then in cutting you on the face off and you go to mikhail of sin to talk about the goaltender shoulder with a few wrists last shot but the ring inside responded and equalized in the last minutes of the first period thomas are all we rewarding their effort of his teammates by scoring a splendid goal and just after the restored deny much took their chances and put their noses in front the loudest dar inch capitalized on a powerplay two one but the visitors kept helping their hosts by earning penalties and young mark one time the short bus the goaltender to all at the end of the second and in a decisive period of play in the third now meant to believe when martin scorer so much push the book a signature in the golmaal scramble buckaroo have made it all square for the third time as this girl levelled on the power play for an hour i thought was shot the part really well we got a lot of shots from the point to go through to the and i was very much the result of why we had success. when you have a shooters mentality from the end of the line that al

now mikhail will have to stay in the slower. it might seem rather menial for aspiring formula one drivers mccown says his experience on the go kart track is crucial. but from your line or a full seven years old. visit to start the feel everything the feel because it's so it's it's very important because then when you become a professional racer joe you are the don't think of all that you are doing fewer because this feeling in your head so will make challenges photographs and brace and doozy of sneak now is the kernel of the moment is the days rushes finally take those who see his footsteps even indigence it's time to create some cost when the show more machine the next year be involved in better lives for foster sports success. and a few minutes we take a look at how families are ravaged by the hiroshima bombing are striving to keep the memory of the nuclear strike alive so humanity doesn't repeat one of its most horrific mistakes stay with us here on r.t. . wealthy british style it's time to cut back on. the program. markets f

sense has a certain more reserved style this beating is very similar to the attack on the journalist mikhail because of which took place a couple of years ago this mention of his fingers for example so that the person could not write any more there is a horror show element here in japan seems ready to mend ties with russia has had some bastard to return to last hour earlier than expected he was recalled following a spat over president made better as a visit to the coral islands that tokyo also claims but artie's oxide of boyko reports that moscow has not forgotten its remote territory and in fact has big plans for it. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore but their barrels pointed toward japan they're about to be scrapped format when the visit by the russian president put them at the center of another fiery exchange between russia and japan discovered in the seventeenth century the audience changed hands several times to the soviet union lost in the month to expel the japanese army from the islands in all the stuff nineteen forty five that prevented

lou strong words today for mikhail khodorkovsky as he gave the final speech to the mosque a cool head of the verdict this child like had a close game along with his school the business partner plots on lead the day standing trial accused of rules and investments but now he says we had him say today call on the judge to have courage saying that the fate of all russians rests on the verdict that will be delivered on little day he doesn't want to die in prison so that if it required it he wouldn't hesitate thanks but if the strong language that says we invest in reference to the criticisms that we've had. people saying that these new charges put against predicates gave a punishment for the opposition that had a close to his shame to government now he is currently in prison on an eight year for tax evasion and now with one year to his release we've seen these new charges pools that there are others that have said that i actually had a close case has ruled this country of billions of dollars and that now he may be trying to evade his responsibility for that setting for the prosecutor in th

into the capital tbilisi from across the country to take part the opposition's demanding president mikhail saakashvili step down over five thousand georgians took part in a rally outside parliament on thursday and organizers are promising to keep the demonstration going to turn the heat up on saakashvili his popularity in the country has been waiting after a you ordered the invasion of south the city two years ago. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and south korea says the sound of artillery fire has been heard near one of its islands in the yellow sea but it's not clear where it's coming from the reports come as north korea warned that u.s. south the reason naval drills planned for this weekend are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war and a show of solidarity a u.s. military commander paid a visit to the island to the side of a previous artillery attack from the north in which four people were killed earlier this week. police in rio de janeiro say they have regained control of a shanty town to have been taken over by violent drug gangs five days of cla

hillary clinton believes the senate still has enough votes to pass the deal by the end of the year but mikhail margelov from the russian federation council says the current reset between the two countries will not be affected the full interview is coming up in our spotlight program in about fifteen minutes here is a look. reset is not in danger we managed to create some substance for the reset but we are working hard on providing military transit and civilian transit to afghanistan through the russian territory we are fighting together against drug trafficking in afghanistan so we are doing a lot and i think it will help democrats and those responsible republicans who are still present in the senate and in the house of representatives to move forward in the research. well it won't only be the start treaty facing difficulties now the republicans have taken the house of representatives the democrats will have to be more susceptible on a number of fronts to move policies forward one of the top priorities is the country's controversial immigration law but has found a population steadily growing bo

russia's former richest man mikhail khodorkovsky who's been in prison since two thousand and three has made a final address at a moscow court hearing and what's the second case against him but he's found guilty of fraud and embezzlement he could stay behind bars until twenty seventeen live now to our correspondent sara firth who has the latest for us hi there stark news. sum up for us what's happened in court so far. but we had like the to close the giving his final speech today ahead of verdict day and just what some had it will be his final words the full that verdict is delivered it's now the verdict is expected to be around mid december and the precious former richest man try to close big city currently in prison at the moment on charges of cuts of age you know that was an eight year sentence he was see for days charges i know one year from release and he's up on the second round of charges and does lead to this he said that it expects to be dated december. take the back a little bit a lot of history here how do these charges differ from what he's already been in prison for. with t

now mikhail will have to stay in the service. it might seem rather menial for aspiring formula one drivers mickael says his experience on the go kart track is crucial. but from your line or a full seven years old. visit to start to feel everything start to feel the cards so it's it's very important because then when you become a professional rosendo you're the don't think of all that you're doing for your dick of the feeling in your head so we all make our lives photographs and race and fuse us now is the kernel. of the moment it's good days for russia's final take photos to see his first indigenous attempt to create some because the initial foot warmachine early next year could be involved in their hopes for a fast track to sports success tomas monte moscow. and i'll be back with the headlines shortly don't go. to. those so many years of past series former prisoners. are still along. as well as the fortunes of. those so many years of past. summer holby designed to save. others cape fear executioners and i'm longing for justice.

of deep ordered from the united states this man has already been deemed a super agent and this is mikhail. kuo left of the soviet union back in. main nine hundred sixty s. first to spain and then to a lot in america he became a photographer and it became known under the name of one. traveled to the united states became acquainted with lots of politicians and other officials and this man reportedly denied being a russian agent up to the very end and it was actually. who presented to the secret materials proving that. was a russian agent and it was on the event that he actually said his real name to the investigation so some really interesting details are now emerging despite the fact that the scandal itself erupted just several months ago. reporting that well coming out for you in just a few minutes time here on our feet it's time to hit top gear as a moscow based super car maker buys out of formula one team all the details all racing your way. well police in the u.k. have launched an inquiry into how the force turned all the wednesday's a student marches which turned violent riots broke o

with the new and the opposition's also joined the rally calling for the resignation of president mikhail saakashvili sarah ferguson more. we had a gathering today outside the parliament building in tbilisi and it's a movement has been organized by group known as the people's gathering now this is a great this headed by public figures and they've been joined by a number of opposition party saying that the main aim according to democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government the main goal of this. joint and international community. is the government really did. georgina. proceed with the movement say they were a few place to hold this assembly can see they've taken it to the streets there really is a huge amounts of people here today thousands of people have joined in the main aim today is to bring together these different opposition parties the people and members of the public and to the stars the policies that they feel and most important to me is the country full of calling this a verdict of distrust they do not feel that the government of

old in with the new the opposition's also join the rani calling for the resignation of president mikhail saakashvili. this report. here to gathering today outside the parliament building until a movement has been organized by greek the people gathering now this is a great that's headed by public figures and though they've been joined by a number of opposition parties saying that the main aims are calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government the main goal of the. joint international community and. the government really did not. georgianna. proceed with amazement say they were a few a place to hold this assembly so it's you can say they've taken it to the streets there really is a huge amounts of people here today thousands of people have joined. these rallies today really anguishing extreme dissatisfaction both amongst the opposition parties and amongst the children public with turkish police regime i know they said his government damaging the country and they've actually said today they called it the verdict of distrust he ha

we had strong was today for mikhail khodorkovsky giving his final speech to the most a cool head of the verdict that will be delivered for his case to close a standing trial alongside with business partner. on charges of cruel with an embezzlement now we heard him calling for the judge. courage saying that the fate of the entire nation rests on the verdict that will be delivered and that he's willing to die in prison as his faith is worth his life noncredit the strong language that the to close the schools currently serving an eight year prison term on charges of tax evasion and we've heard strong critics of this case saying that both the previous charges and these new charges that have been fought for as a punishment for the opposition that kind of course he has shown to the government and they said that that then the new verdict now will certainly be a multiplier but whether russia is able to have an independent judiciary and not. be delivered on the stand the fifth day. now this of course is the second case against heart of course kate what are these new charges. these new charges bu

group of deep water from the united states this man has already been deemed a super agent and this is mikhail wish him well kuo left of the soviet union back in the nineteen sixty's first to spain and then to lot in america he became a photographer and it became known under the name of one alongside or traveled to the united states became acquainted with lots of politicians and other officials and this man reportedly denied to being a russian agent up to the very end and it was actually called. who presented to the secret materials proving that. it was a russian agent and it was only van that he actually said his real name to the investigation so some really interesting details are now emerging despite the fact that the scandal itself erupted just several months ago our identities you're going to is going to reporting there from the moscow region thank you. well coming up in just a few minutes it's time to hit top gear. russia races into the formula one world with the country's first super carmaker buying a stake in a formula one team. police in the u.k. of launch an inquiry into how the forc

group of deepwater from the united states this man has already been deemed a super agent and this is mikhail. kuo left of the soviet union back in the name. sixty's spain and then to a lot in america he became a photographer and became known under the name of one. traveled to the united states became acquainted with loss of politicians and other officials and reportedly denying to being a russian agent up to the very end and it was actually you. who presented to the. proving. a russian agent and it was only even that he actually said his real name to the investigation so some really interesting details are now emerging despite the fact that the scandal itself erupted just several months ago. reporting that now let's get back to one of our top stories here g. twenty leaders are in south korea all trying to get the countries back into good financial health but they are also keeping an eye on the currency war that threatens to overshadow the summit of everyone on the tsunami is following the gathering in seoul and now joins us live hello to you so and he said it's not going to be just all smile

of deep ordered from the united states this man has already been deemed a super agent and this is mikhail was june twelfth cool left of the soviet union back in the nineteen sixty's first to spain and then to latin america. he became a photographer and it became known under the name of one alongside or traveled to the united states became acquainted with lots of politicians and other officials and this man reportedly denying to being a russian agent up to the very end and it was actually called course who presented to the secret materials proving there. was a russian agent and it was only van that he actually said his real name to the investigation so some really interesting details are now emerging despite the fact that the scandal itself erupted just several months ago. doctors treating the russian journalist question of pulling out of his coma the reporter was savagely beaten in moscow last week but his wife says he's still a long way from making a full recovery dozens of caution supporters of now gathered in central moscow from well well to stacie britain reporting tonight how those s