legal experts and program alexander mccall it is believed it was first and foremost because of horticulture ski's play the clemency. i don't think it got anything to do with nobody was going to stay away from sochi because of vista holder koskie being imprisoned i think the first point to make is that he is guilty and i i want to say that because this constant attempts to say that he was a political prisoner there's been six or seven decisions by the european court of human rights i've lost count how many there are which is said unequivocally that mr holder cos he is guilty of massive tax evasion on a simply enormous scale now he has been punished he's been in prison for that for ten years what has changed the situation and has led to his release is that mr holder koskie did what he had previously consistently said he would not do and that is that he wrote a letter to mr putin asking for a pardon. and of course throughout the day will be closely following the developments in this story these are incidentally life pictures from outside horticulture hotel waiting to see if he will emerge even

analyst and expert on russian german relations alexander was one of the first to greet me how horticulture ski on german soil is what he told us his face didn't change in the past ten years i haven't seen him for ten years. i think he didn't lose his humor he still in a very strong mood alexander was invited by the former german foreign minister hans dietrich genscher to consult with him in his push to release horticulture. doesn't think the magnet will involve himself in politics in the future but if he does foreign affairs analyst martin see if says he has little chance of becoming as powerful as he was in the one nine hundred ninety s. what is not going to happen is that is going to be a credible figure in russia he was significant in the one nine hundred ninety s. the beginning of the twenty first century for two reasons first of all because of his vast financial wealth and political clout from putting together yukos in the first place and he doesn't have the yukos conglomerates as a base and more so that's cool and secondly he was a figure from the one nine hundred ninety s. he was ab

berlin and is now in a five star hotel this image is believed to be the most recent picture of horticulture skates emerged on social media and is thought to have been taken in the german capital where he is waiting to be reunited with his family artie's lindsey france is following the story. we know that his mother plans to get to berlin as soon as possible in fact we just spoke with her about her travel plans. for when we're on which flight i still don't have the tickets i just got up i hope we will meet today. now marina. his mother is is in failing health and in fact that situation was cited by president putin as one of the reasons he decided to consider clemency in this case. his. daughter also released a statement to the press in which she she said that for the first time in ten years she got used to living in a reality where her dad was in prison and to realize that she'll be able to see him every day is just on real so it was a very rapid fire succession of how things took place when his release was announced in fact some of the family members didn't even know what had happened they

the future or in a phase and this martin shift says they were after ten years of imprisonment horticulture skee has no chance of becoming as powerful as he was in the one nine hundred ninety s. . what is not going to happen is that khodorkovsky is going to be a credible figure in russia he will significant the one nine hundred ninety s. the beginning of the twenty first century for two reasons first of all because of his vast financial wealth and political clout from putting together you coast in the first place and he doesn't have the yukos conglomerates. babysitting more so that's cool and secondly he was a figure from the one nine hundred ninety s. he was able to amass so much wealth so far as the all the guards in the chaotic yeltsin era right after the collapse of communism this is no engine history in russia so it has been a roller coaster life for her to call of ski from one of russia's richest men to high profile criminal so let's have a look back at how all this happened. well back in february one thousand nine hundred seventy became chairman and c.e.o. of the private corporation

i also co-chair the horticulture program and see our policeman getting hands on exercise and they took classes through city college. as we all know the eco center is important it's not just a building would lots of potential growth and nourished by people who are passionate about that. i support myself also the bay institute and the city college being out at the eco center >> (calling names). >> hill hello, i'm david with the horizontal institute. we've been long term resident with the conditional. we've been teaching our classes since the building was made available. during our time we've put in hundreds of hours and the horizontal design sits skrarl in the element center the liv machine the green revolver and the landscaping we teach to designer as a contractor involved we're going to continue our time there and expand those are oefdz and continue to expand our hours offering scholarships to people in the bayview. i'll keep it short. so thank you >> (calling names). >> dprooet and thank you for your care and care and caution

it's only the last pc has discovered a passion for horticulture. propagating the state of seedlings which is to restore prayer is nearby. so after i put them on it struck a deer. i don't see them at all. send it in good faith that somebody will do a good job putting them in a craft. still present territories. even if the inmates have more brain to brian and the jokes. and at forty two seats are allocated. he's among the taste. i think is complete. nice work if i didn't have the studio furniture maybe that's what i would be doing. i wouldn't be outside everett wouldn't have a sun tan that i would have dirt under my nails and and i wouldn't have a carrot to get one i wanted one and that would be detrimental to the acting. it's no good to be imprisoned at all but it's good to have something to do on here. freebies among wanted him to stop the creek you have what remains sustainable jobs. every day take the day sounds too quick in areas such as recycling and conservation. composting waste from the canteen initially the idea was simple. the present want

or some german media reports suggested horticulture because he thought his mother was there recently undergone treatment in the country for cancer but at the moment of his release was back in russia his footage from the court of the family's house in the moscow region both of his parents were reportedly travel to berlin on saturday while his son is said to be heading from new york to join him in germany he said he was hoping to be able to spend christmas holidays with his whole family or political columnist eric margolis believes in terms of his plans for the future it will be hard for him to launch a political career one wonders he might be a little trace by his lip and not started rants against google career for a while what little you know after ten years of prison will he be mandela or will he turn out and really star. trak to the brilliant man. that he really is not a rouse and he simply i don't think that russia is certainly not has. no none of that sort of going over in some part or there was little. love lost the russian oligarchs most people still do should have been there m

looked into one of the cases of horticulture associates. mikhail khodorkovsky entered into the press conference in a whirlwind of media hype into a room packed to the rafters with journalists many of whom were congratulating him on his release as a political prisoner however there is a nervous side to the yukos saga one that's not often heard. free after ten years this is that some of what of course these comments after his release of raised eyebrows may have. some of my comrades remain in jail they are my fellow sufferers for example my friend platon lebedev alexei protrusion there are still other political prisoners in russia not only those related to the you cause case i am free now and i'm asking you to think of it as something which symbolizes that the efforts of civil societies can lead to the release of some people who no one thought would be able to walk free. to choose again was the head of security for mr holder quote ski's oil company you cos he's currently serving a life sentence booked by counts of murder if you have a court fi

and to learn more about horticulture comments to the press after his release and to get opinions on his case and surprise pardon do you had to our web pages r.t. dot com. as twenty thirteen rapidly draws to a close all this week we're looking back at the most significant events of the year . for the people of iraq this year has become the deadliest since two thousand and eight marred by deepening sectarian divide and more innocent lives being lost as a result more than nine thousand people have been killed this year sectarian violence has claimed up to one hundred twenty seven thousand lives in the decade since the u.s. invasion while seeking to undermine the shia government sunni insurgents have attacked civilian targets in different parts of the country bringing the total number of suicide bombings to four thousand the northern city of cookbook is often caught in the crossfire lying close to al qaeda strongholds and being claimed by both the iraqi government and the autonomous kurdistan artie's who seek our final found out how people there cope with the daily by. the iraq war is suppo

political analyst dmitri babich dmitri thanks very much for speaking to a service afternoon i'm so horticulture skiis pledged to help the release of political prisoners and specifically his named alexi but to give you serving life for murder can he actually be regarded as a political prisoner because after all he is a convicted killer. well the problem is that the western media has sort of invested so much media capital into what are called ski there the western public is convinced. qatar costy no idea then you see a role in his life well the problem is that he was a typical russian oligarch or the ninety s. and not just the typical he was the reach of the person in russia are in two thousand and three when he was imprisoned and certainly everyone knows whole big fortunes were made in the rush of the night yes of course there were murders of course there was there were some hostile takeovers all various companies and certainly. children and. the other partner of course the who is still in jail on labor day of they never did a neat human rights or political activity and they never criticized the

the former german foreign minister hans dietrich genscher to consult him in his push to release horticulture rar doesn't think the exile magnate will involve himself in politics in the future but if he does run affairs analyst martin says he has little chance of becoming as powerful as he was in one thousand nine hundred ninety s. . what is not going to happen is that khodorkovsky is going to be a credible figure in russia he will significant the one nine hundred ninety s. because of the twenty first century for two reasons first of all because of his vast financial wealth and political clout from putting together you coast in the first place and he doesn't have the yukos conglomerate as a base in war so that's gone and secondly it was a figure from the one nine hundred ninety s. he was able to. as the oligarchy in the chaotic yeltsin era right after the collapse of communism this is now ancient history in russia. at least eighty civilians including women and children have been slaughtered in the syrian town of north of damascus after it was raided by radical islamists some reports put the n

analyst and expert on russian's human relations alexander was one of the first to greet macau horticulture ski on german soil here is what he said his face didn't change in the past ten years i haven't seen him for ten years. and i think he didn't lose his humor he still. very strong. was invited by the former german minister hans dietrich genscher to consult him in his push to release. but are doesn't think the x. or magnus will involve himself in politics in the future but if he does foreign affairs analyst martin c.f. says he has little chance of becoming as powerful as he was in the one nine hundred ninety s. what it's not going to happen is that khodorkovsky is going to be a credible figure in russia he will significant the 1980's the beginning of the twenty first century for two reasons first of all because of his us from now until well from political clout from putting together you cos of the first police and he doesn't have you close conglomerate. but you said more so that's cool and secondly he was a figure from the ninety's he was able to so much wealth as we all guards did in th

security, sanitation, horticulture, great lighting.l hours because the best safety for park is not a tough security force but a lot of people in it. >> private funding you got the businesses around the park to cough up the money. >> there were four principles for the businesses around the park real estate owners, concession, events and sponsorships and since 1996 we have not asked the city government for a single dollar. >> sounds good to me. the park looks great. what's wrong? >> well the park looks good but it could be better and it could be public. >> what's wrong with sucking the money from private businesses? >> they can go into private pockets. >> so what? >> it is very good to use for dan to use a public land for running a private business a rent a car. there's commercial revenue he thinks all of that money. i was in the park i walked around did a little survey. i asked 20 people if they thought the money was going to the city. they all think it is. >> so what if it is going to mars the park is nice. >> because we have the money