feuding russian billionaires romana promoted and boris berezovsky throw their fortunes at a high cost battle in the u.k. court bears off the accused of robbing him of billions something that chelsea football club owner to not. a u.s. audit recently uncovered billions of missing dollars intended for iraqi construction projects were delivered to the country's authorities in two thousand and three up next our team talks to a man who says the u.s. wasting its cash in building a false democracy in iraq. we're sitting down with peter van buren state department for in service officer who a few years ago had it anyway radically reconstruction team then he came back home and wrote a book titled we meant well how i helped lose the battle for the hearts and minds of the iraqi people and now he says the state department one thing fired because of the book what what's in the book that they don't like so much and i'm sure when you throw parties the clowns they sometimes get angry state department is a lot like the mafia you don't talk about the family outside the family and the state department was

boris berezovsky are taking their battle to a u.k. court he claims are robbed him of billions of dollars being the chelsea football club owner denies he's expected to speak at a high court hearing one day artie's i have a better reports on what could be the most expensive lawsuit in history. this will be the first time or remove it mr a is the body guards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now it's good to resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival mr b. . whose appearance is in the witness box of being loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing they say the three point five billion pounds a breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr a intimidated him to lead him into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a fraction of their true value the hearings trying to establish the finer details of those deals that went on but it appears none of that was actually put into writing after all. it was the ninety's russia it's not so much what's inside the court it's caught

here doing russian billionaires or i'm on a remote and boris berezovsky are taking their battle to a u.k. court bears are asking claims are them over to rob him of billions of dollars something that chelsea football club owner denies he's expected to speak at a high court hearing monday artie's ivor better reports on what promises to be the most expensively lawsuit in history. this will be the first time or manob remove it sure mr a is the body guards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now he's kept a resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival mr b. . whose appearances in the witness box have been loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing me say for three point five billion pounds for breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr a intimidated him bullied him into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a fraction of their true value the hearings trying to establish the finer details of those deals that went on but it appears none of that was actually put into writing after all it was ninety's russia is not so m

team clash of the titans two russian billionaires take their feud to one court as exiled tycoon boris berezovsky soon as former friend ramada bromwich over a business deal gone sour. the euro zone has postponed a decision on the next release of bailout funds for cash strapped greece that was after athens announcer would not be able to mean that containment targets greece desperately needs an extraction of a billion euros to pay its everyday bills and if the mine doesn't arrive by medical the country will not be able to pay its debts and may have to declare bankruptcy that's in spite of government efforts to adhere to tough demands by bringing in highly unpopular measures for weeks a country has been hit by great public protests and strikes our sponsor further has more details from athens. here. the more dramatic side of this economic crisis simply played out as time and again we've seen people turning up. part of the building the place to get the feeling that it's basically they say. that it will you find us. back in the position with people now really are just old has been achieved by implement

clash of the titans two russian billionaires take their cue to a london court as exiled tycoon boris berezovsky sues former france ramana over a business deal gone sour. the eurozone has postpone any decision on the next release of bailout funds for cash strapped greece and that was after athens announced it would not be able to me debt containment targets greece desperately needs the next tranche of eight billion euros to pay its bills if the money doesn't arrive by minute told the country will not be able to pay its debts and may have to declare bankruptcy and that's in spite of government efforts to adhere to tough and i.m.f. demands by bringing in highly unpopular staring measures for weeks the country has been hit by angry public protests and strikes our correspondent sara firth has more details from athens. here on syntagma square that the more dramatic side of this economic crisis in greece has been played out as time and again we've seen people tugging on the part of the building to the place that gets to the exhibition they say that the untouchable we find ourselves back in a position

proportions russian moguls boris berezovsky. throw their fortunes at a little food that is worth billions of dollars. and also russia has made yet another step toward joining the world trade organization details and business in about twenty minutes. it is good to have you with us on this monday you're watching r.t. live from moscow with me for some showing the syrian president has questioned the true nature of the opposition forces trying to bring his regime to its knees in an interview with a russian t.v. channel bashar al assad claims the campaign is being funded from abroad. has the latest. strong words coming from syrian president bashar al assad to where the conflict this country's been going on for almost eight months now in that interview to the russian channel he did say that any attempt to destabilize the country will result in what he called an earthquake that will reverberate not just in the region but will have global implications he also stressed that syria is most definitely not a different situation altogether and

a court drama of colossal proportions russian moguls boris berezovsky and ron are below average throw their fortunes into a lawsuit worth billions of dollars. and russia has made yet another step towards joining the world trade organization this month and business in about twenty minutes. one pm in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's president question the true nature of the opposition forces trying to bring his regime to its knees interview with a russian t.v. channel bashar al assad claims that campaigns being funded from abroad from iran as we're joined live by iraqis test. live outside the foreign ministry so president assad made his position clear in recent days tell us more about that. that's right so the presidents of syria president bashar al assad had said very strong words especially says these words he had said to the international media let's listen to what exactly he had to say. today we have hundreds of soldiers police and security forces among the dead how we killed during peaceful demonstrations or because some slogans being s

and a court drama of colossal proportions russian global's boris berezovsky and the obama other motivate sure of their fortunes on a lawsuit worth billions of dollars. noon in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's president has raised questions about the true nature of opposition forces trying to bring his regime to its knees it interview with a russian t.v. change channel bashar al assad claims the campaign's been funded from abroad. today we have hundreds of soldiers police and security forces among the dead how were they killed during peaceful demonstrations or because some slogans being shows you don't know they were shot and this means we're dealing with people we don't know whether the weapons reach syria from israel or any other state that possesses such weapons but there is evidence of mines and grenades that were put in place is packed with civilians this led to casualties in a number of cases mines also targeted security personnel police officers and soldiers who work ace's of using anti-tank mines these are new and very dangerous f

watch because these are two of the richest men in the world really although the rumor is that boris berezovsky pot is dwindling to a mere five hundred million pounds and and to give you an idea of just how much money is being pumped into this case the legal fees mr adelman which are rumored to be between four and eight million pounds and so it's going to make a really fascinating viewing over the next few weeks. it is i've been reporting right while you were with our team now and are still ahead for you this hour looking for a spacious new home started to weigh up mankind's options for exploring other planets and cultivating a new life away from the seven billion people who now call there. were about a five minutes away from business here in our two for now though the new york trial of victor boot the russian businessman accused of international arms trafficking and supplying weapons to terrorists is close to a conclusion he was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after a sting operation by the u.s. and then flown to new york to face trial our correspondent. is following development

boris berezovsky are taking their fight to a u.k. court as ascii claims are a mortgage robbed him of billions of dollars something the chelsea football club owner deny he's expected to speak at a high court hearing monday artie's ivor bennett or ports on what could be the most expensive lawsuit in history. it's always the first time. a is the bodyguards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now he's kept the resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival mr b. . whose appearances in the witness box have been loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing me say for three point five billion pounds a breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr intimidated bullied him into selling his shares in the oil company for a fraction of their true value the hearings trying to establish the final details of those deals that went on but it appears none of that was actually put into writing after all it was ninety. yes russia it's not so much what's inside the court that's caught the attention h

puting russian billionaires are on our promotion boris berezovsky throw their fortunes at a high cost battle in the u.k. court errors often accuses our remote edge of robbing him of billions of dollars something the chelsea f.c. owner did not. up next we visit a remote set of russian islands where a population of just seven people live cheek to jowl with two hundred bears don't miss our special report. rushes for at least the noise your good sailing to the most remote part of the sea of a halt. if email from the interior were intrigued by the remote place. the nike yacht leaves behind busy sea lanes to set sail for the most uninhabited stretch of water. free elsewhere in this part of the journey is very dangerous therefore you know. the nazis captain is accompanied by six tourists. that they missed respect shanteau harlan's before the archipelagos biggest cull of the of seals isn't it lonely out here where the only one failing. to travel is on board hope to get to the oil looms body of the news of the following day but a few hours later the weather turns for the worse. great clouds in

feuding russian billionaires boris berezovsky and romanova motivation throw their fortunes at a high cost battle in the u.k. court paris off the accuses of remote edge of robbing him of billions of dollars something the chelsea football club opposed to knock. up next we visit a remote set of russian islands with a population of only seven people live cheek to jowl with more than two hundred bears don't miss a special report coming up. russians for at least the noisy yours is selling to the most remote part of the sea of a whole. new video showing three of them were intrigued by the remote places it will meet with. the nokia leaves behind busy sea lanes to set sail for the most uninhabited stretch of water. free elsewhere in this part of the journey is very dangerous if you know. that much is captured is accompanied by six tourists. the aim is to reach the shan top islands and find the all chappelli goes biggest quality of seals isn't it lonely out here where the only one failing. to travel is on hold for hope to get to the orleans by the of the noon of the following day but a few hou

clash of the titans two russian tycoon go head to head in court this week as former media mogul boris berezovsky sues chelsea football club owner roman abramovich for more than five billion dollars find out why at r.t. dot com. fifty . five. now as the u.s. and the eurozone continue to struggle financially the worst could be yet to come next we speak to senior sociology scholar at yale you. versity emmanuel wallerstein who believes that the real crash will take place in the next few years. thank you very much for being with us today. so exactly two years ago you told me that the real economic crash is still a couple of years down the line is that with us right now. i know it's a year or two still down the line but it's but it's very clearly to me what was the biggest trouble at this point the united states. not just the rest of the world. actually everybody's in trouble but the united states is clearly in trouble the european union is in trouble i think it's in worse trouble than the united states but it's in trouble but i eat i think also that the so-called newly emerging countries or the emerg

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elite feuding russian billionaires boris berezovsky and. throw their fortunes in a high cost battle in the u.k. court. in the billions of dollars something the chelsea football club owner denies . you know neil is up next with all the latest in the world of sports and we were talking earlier about rory mcilroy but there was another young man making headlines yesterday who wasn't there exactly right i tell you what i've never felt as old as i do this week because as you say twenty two years of age he's just won the biggest golf tournament in the world in terms of money mr sebastian vettel has won the inaugural indian grand prix he's only twenty four it's all going on for the youngsters and more on that map in just a second. if you with us this is sports day we have got plenty ahead this hour including these stories in peru. moving on up to now moscow in leapfrog city rivals spartak unlockable chief interest third spot in the russian from a. new track same story after one champion sebastian vettel storms to victory at the inaugural indian gra

of the titans to russian tycoons or go head to head in court this week as former media mogul boris berezovsky sues chelsea football club owner roman opera mortgage for more than five billion dollars find out why it r.t. dot com. check out some world news headlines now here on r.t. huge car bombs exploded outside a government building in the somali capital mogadishu at least seventy eight dead the explosion went off near the ministry of education where students were reportedly sitting for a foreigner scholarship exam. witnesses say that an unidentified vehicle was used to carry out its hard. insurgents which have links to al qaeda say they were behind the a sort. of u.s. commander in afghanistan has promised american forces will stay in the region for quite some time two thousand and fourteen was set as the deadline to withdraw some ninety thousand troops i mean time president obama wants gone by next summer but general john allen says the exact number of troops that will remain to advise the afghan security forces is yet to be determined. the family of murdered british student meredith kerche

if you think russian billionaires boris berezovsky and roman abramovich throw their fortunes at a high cost of living u.k. court accusing i promote it of robbing him of billions of dollars something that chelsea football club owner didn't. call the latest now if you know neal and sports so four days' work two million dollars i'd like a payday like that but that's not a bad weekend for rory mcilroy i was just about to say that's what you earn in a month you know it's not it's not bad at all yeah the shanghai masters he's just won the biggest pay packets in golf the first prize is two million dollars quite crazy isn't it when you think about it yeah absolutely and he's only what twenty two exactly right the future looks indeed bright he's twenty two golf needs a superstar macho the how tiger woods he's gone he's got the talent he's got the confidence i think he's going to be the next big thing we're going to look at his latest success in just a sec. great to have you with us this is sport today and this monday morning here in central moscow plenty ahead including. moving on up to now mos

and feuding russian billionaire boris berezovsky . overage through their fortunes in a high cost battle and u.k. court but if he accuses up on him of a job or robbing him of billions of dollars and something that chelsea f.c. . want you to know there are the headlines for you now though to your world of sports in the most improbable of runs in the spanish football league comes to an end it has indeed normally around this time of the season re of course nine weeks in that side of bosh known a real madrid leading the way but i know it's lonely live tape but not anymore we're going to look at why that is in just a second. thanks for joining us and this is sports today here in twenty four hours we have got plenty ahead this hour including. removing all the now moscow leapfrogged city rival sports. interest third spot in the russian pretty bleak. new truck same story f one champion sebastian vettel storms to victory up in order all indian grand prix leading from start to finish in delhi. final comment on we catch up with russian top ten te

also a clash of the titans the russian tycoon go head to head in court this week as media mogul boris berezovsky souza chelsea football club owner roman abramovich after more than five billion dollars find out why it all to go check out our best videos on our channel. is. the official. from the. video. and street in the palm of your. on the dot com. now are just a few minutes away now from the business with dmitri but for now the world up at her own artsy. exploded or just outside of. government building in the somali capital of mogadishu it's killed at least seventy the explosion went off near the ministry of education where students were reportedly sitting for a foreign scholarship exam i would this is say an unidentified vehicle was used to carry out the attack meantime al shabaab insurgents which have links to al qaeda said they were behind the assault. the u.s. commander in afghanistan has promised american forces will stay in the region for quite some time two thousand and fourteen was set as the deadline to withdraw some ninety thousand troops currently in the country president obama want

feuding russian billionaires boris berezovsky and on the road their fortunes and a high toss about a letting u.k. court there is often accusing i promote it of robbing him of billions of dollars something the chelsea football club owner janaya has. and as the world's population hits seven billion peter lavelle asks his guess if there's simply too many of us for one planet cross coming up. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms of. the future coverage. take a. listen. hello and welcome across a computer little as the world reaches still another population benchmark the debate continues as to whether the planet can sustain such levels as well as the future of global consumption is the world overpopulated and if it is what should be done about it. live to to. live. to cross-talk population levels i'm joined by bob tuna or sitting here in berlin he's the executive director of united nations population fund in washington we crossed him arthur madison campbell sees a lecture at the school of public health at the university of california berkeley and in gaines

billionaire owner of chelsea football club roman album of it is being sued by his fellow tycoon boris berezovsky for a cool five and a half billion dollars artie's lauren that brings us the details. well this is a really extraordinary story and what we're talking about here are common to persons richest men and as you say this is a case that involves around five in the hall billion dollars we've got i'm on about a mortgage on the one hand he's become a household name in this country of course we all know him as the owner of chelsea football club but he's also the former governor of process rates in and one of russia's most influential men and then the other hand we've got that is also he who is also has had a high political profile in moscow he was immediate mogul who then fled to russia and was. awarded asylum here in the u.k. russia has made various attempts to extradite him and in fact convicted him of embezzlement in absentia so what's happened here is critical to keep claims that the two were friends but that the friendship and the partnership collapses when he says wealth and influence bec

connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by russian businessman boris berezovsky the oil tycoon but his off skeet claims his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back better reports on one of the most expensive disputes in history. this will be the first time or manob remove it sure mr a is the body guards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now he's get to resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival mr b. . whose appearance in the witness box have been loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing mr a for three point five billion pounds for breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr a intimidated him bullied him into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a fraction of their true value the hearings trying to establish the finer details of those deals that went on but it appears none of that was actually put into writing after all it was ninety's russia it's not so much what's inside the court that's caught the attention here is the extravagant opera

titans two russian tycoon is going head to head in court this week as former media mogul of boris berezovsky soon as a chelsea football club and a. shot for more than five billion dollars find out why had our team top accomplished check out all of our best videos on our very own you tube channel. from the. video. and. some other headlines from around the world for you time for the world update here. a huge car bomb has exploded outside a government building in the somali capital mogadishu killing at least seventy the explosion went off near the ministry of education students who are reportedly sitting for a foreign scholarship examination. identified vehicle was used to carry out the attack. insurgents which have links to al qaeda have said that they were behind the assault. the u.s. commander in afghanistan has promised american forces will stay in the region for quite some time two thousand and fourteen as the deadline to withdraw. troops deployed in the country president obama wants a third gone by next summer but general john allen said the exact number of troops that will remain to advi

is in court as his former friend boris berezovsky suits him for allegedly muscling him out of a multibillion dollar russian oil company. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of russia's capital moscow this is r.t. .

to watch because these are two of the richest men in the world really all the rumor is that boris berezovsky pot is dwindling to a mere five hundred million pounds and and to give you an idea of just how much money is being pumped into this case will the legal fees for mr rumored to be between four and eight million pounds so but it's a fascinating peak really behind this curtain of money and mystery but i think you'll get a lot more explicit as this case goes on because i've had a little peek at the witness statement from mr adams which has been released to the press in just the last few hours and it seems that it is he is expected to dispute the fact that. mr berezovsky were in fact. business partners in the first place and he maintains that he was not a protege and so it's going to make a really fascinating view viewing in the next few weeks writer artist i've been of their life in london many thanks. you with r.t. now the occupy wall street movement shows no signs of slowing of the u.s. as a now enters its seventh week scores of activists have been arrested across america for refusing to

to watch because these are two of the richest men in the world really all the rumor is that boris berezovsky pot is dwindling to a mere five hundred million pounds and and to give you an idea of just how much money is being pumped into this case will the legal fees for mr average agreement to be bitter. for eight million pounds and so it's going to make a really fascinating viewing in the next few weeks out of bennett there in london more still ahead this hour for an r.t. looking for a spacious new home it's way out may find options for exploring other planets and cultivating a new life away from the seven billion people on earth. still to come first the new york trial of victor boot the russian business and accused of international arms trafficking and supplying weapons to terrorists is close to a conclusion he was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after a sting operation by the u.s. and flown to new york to face trial a correspondent on the stars of chicken is following developments in new york. he was arrested in a sting operation conducted by the united states drug enforceme

connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by russian businessman boris berezovsky the self exiled tycoon better claims his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back bennett reports on one of the most expensive disputes in history. well this is actually the first time that mr abbott was actually given evidence and spoken in this hearing despite it already going on for four weeks that's just to give you an idea of how long winded this whole process is and today was no different however it was fascinating. to hear him speak and to see this going on because he's a man who's one of the richest in the world with an estimated fortune personal fortune of over ten billion pounds it he very rarely speak to the media if at all and yet today all of that intrigue and mystery suddenly evaporated as he was put on the spot and reduced to being just an ordinary member of the public basically he was visibly nervous he was shy shaking a little bit solemn as words and there's a lot at stake here he's being sued by mr berezovsky for three poi

feuding russian billionaires and boris berezovsky are taking their fight to u.k. court arizona's claims are. billions of dollars something that chelsea football club owner denies he's expected to speak at a high court hearing monday are king's i have a better reports out of what promises to be the most expensive lawsuit in history. this will be the first time around and. a is the bodyguards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now it's good to resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival used to be. because appearances in the witness courts have been loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing you say for three point five billion pounds a breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr a intimidated him deleted into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a fraction of the true value of hearings trying to establish the finer details of those deals that went on but it appears none of that was actually put into writing after all it was the ninety's russia it's not so much what's inside the court that's

his fellow russian tycoon boris berezovsky sues him in a london court for five and a half billion dollars for alleged imitation results he claims he was intimidated into selling shares in the oil company for less at the.

boris berezovsky says he helped abramovich build his business empire.nd wants more than $5 billion from the man he says he once treated as his own son. >> you think you'll win this litigation? >> of course. >> reporter: the case here at the high court focuses on the lawless, post soviet 1990s in russia, when berezovsky was a key power broker, and abramovich an emerging player in the oil industry. technically it's about whether or not the two had a verbal contract. but why it's fascinating is that it's casting unprecedented light on the murky world of russian business. sibnef it was the name of the oil company berezovsky said he helped abramovich create out of state assets in exchange for shares. when berezovsky fell out of favor, he said he was forced to sell those shares to abramovich for a fraction of their value. abramovich, who eventually sold sibnef for $12 billion denies any such deal saying he paid berezovsky $1.2 billion, not for shares, but for political protection when he was a kremlin insider. it is an astonishing admission in a case where th