and a multi-million pound battle between a russian tycoon roman abramovich and fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a wonder in court finally approaches its conclusion. and up next the moscow team heads to florence italy looking for traces of russian culture in the heart of the country. hello and welcome to the program today the moscow team are in italy as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad music from. spiking didn't ski racing creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world so joe be martyred on roots as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most beautiful historic and romantic cities in the world florence. christians have been fascinated with italian culture for centuries florence is often compared to st petersburg. with its architecture and classical entertainment see consisting of music and literature it's easy to draw comparisons to the cultural grounds you of russia's former capital. moved around the major cities in italy today and you definitely hear the chit chat excited recent tourists they devour the social scene her

russian tycoon and chelsea football club owner roman abramovich and fugitive russian billionaire boris berezovsky is close to its conclusion the judge is mulling over the verdict in the financial so showdown after armies of expensive lawyers went to war for their clients exposing some juicy details along the way our correspondent in the british capital ivor bennett has been it's been dubbed the trial of the century for two reasons really firstly because of the sheer money involved a six and a half billion dollars at stake here making it the most expensive civil lawsuit in the u.k. legal history and more importantly perhaps is the subject matter it's really laid bare all those dodgy dealings of ninety's russia in the wild east reaffirming all those stereotypes there are that i don't think anyone actually thought because could possibly be true but it turns out they are and what makes it even more unbelievable is that they've come from two of the main players in those turbulent times remember him over. to former friends now arch enemies as for juicy details will some of the really big believe the re

plus a multi-billion pound battle between russian tycoon romana fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. i. midnight in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s. government and the country's entertainment industry have come under attack from a group of computer hackers known as anonymous they took down web sites belonging to the f.b.i. the department of justice and universal music the group says it's the largest ever attack in response to the shutdown of a major file sharing service mega upload that's affected around fifty million daily users the web site's bosses have been arrested and are now facing prison sentences for copyright infringement u.s. lawmakers are currently debating new bills to curb illegal downloading which have been attacked by some as an attempt to censor the internet thousands of web sites including we keep pedia went dark in protest this week patrick hayes a reporter for online magazine spiked thinks the proposed u.s. legislation might make the web as we know it ceased to exist. we could see mu

and fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally reaching a conclusion.more stories coming your way in thirty minutes up next our team takes you to siberia where the ancient tradition of shamanism is alive and well special report coming up. the sons. of beriah a dusk by year in chino one of the most celebrated and experienced shamans east of lake begins his shamanic rituals today's ritual is designed to invoke the spirits healing abilities and thank them for their powers at one point during the ritual a spirit penetrating by his body is expected to help the shaman deal with people's issues as well as heal them when a shaman becomes aware of the onset of the state trance he puts on a cap that covers his eyes the cap protects the shaman from evil spirits and safeguards the on.

fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. and up next the moscow team heads to florence italy looking for traces of russian culture in the heart of the country . hello and welcome to the program today that. as we continue our exploration of russian culture. music from. creativity has been studied and celebrated around the world. as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most peaceful.

a multi-billion pound battle between the russian tycoon roman abramovich and fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. and coming out of u.s. anti-piracy laws and who's likely to cash in on them among the topics discussed in today's edition of capital account that's coming up stay with us. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. now the federal reserve has more than tripled the size of its balance sheet since the financial crisis printing money in order to do it whose decision was that not yours unless of course you're one of the handful of members of the federal open market committee next week they meet some are predicting more quantitative easing may be on the menu but what is all this money printing really amounted to talk about it and speaking of bailouts. so do you know that taxpayers actually made money on the wall street bailout. well they say maybe not on g.m. but they did on the the on.

fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaching its.one am in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s. government and the country's entertainment industry have come under attack from a group of computer hackers known as anonymous they took down web sites belonging to the f.b.i. department of justice universal music and several other sites the group says its largest ever attack is in response to the shutdown of a major file sharing platform at mega upload which has affected some affected some fifty million daily users websites bosses have been arrested now facing prison terms for copyright infringement u.s. lawmakers are currently debating new bills to curb illegal downloading which have been attacked as an attempt to censor the internet thousands of sites a.

and a multi-billion pound battle between a russian tycoon romano album over fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally reaching a conclusion. more stories coming your way in thirty minutes up next our team takes you to siberia where the ancient tradition of shamanism is alive and well special report coming up. the sun sets early in siberia a dusk by year in chino one of the most celebrated and experienced shamans east of lake by count begins his shamanic rituals today's ritual is designed to invoke the spirits healing abilities and thank them for their powers at one point during the ritual a spirit penetrating by his body is expected to help the shaman deal with people's issues as well as heal them when a shaman becomes aware of the onset of the state of trance he puts on a cap that covers his eyes the cap protects the shaman from evil spirits and safeguards the onlookers according to popular belief ordinary people are not supposed to see the shamans eyes at such moments because this might cause them harm then the shermans crown comes into play this headgear is fashioned out

a multi-billion pound battle between russian tycoon romana and fugitive mogul boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion.

multi-billion pound battle between a russian tycoon or amman opera motivation fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. it's eleven pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story this hour the united states government and the country's entertainment industry came under attack from a group of computer hackers known as anonymous they took down the web sites belonging to the f.b.i. the department of justice and universal music among others the group says its largest ever attack is in response to the shutdown of a major file sharing service mega upload which is affected around fifty million daily users the websites bosses have been arrested and are now facing prison sentences for copyright infringement u.s. lawmakers are currently debating new bills to curb illegal downloading which have been attacked as an attempt to censor the internet thousands of websites including we keep pedia went black in protest this week at the budget's lation we're joined now by peter broadwell a campaigner from the u.k. based open rights group th

at a multi-billion pound battle between a russian tycoon romanov a row vision fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. and us for more on these stories and plenty more at the top of the next hour up next from our washington studios the alona show with more on the growing fuss around attempts to protect us copyright. welcome to the loan or shall we look at the real headlines with none of them or see we're going live to washington d.c. now that we're going to take a look at a supreme court ruling from yesterday that allows congress to take the works were certain works out of the public domain and then grant them copyright protection again so we can ask if this is a step backwards that has more trouble in the euro zone.

multi-billion pound battle between a russian tycoon romano promoted should be due to global boris berezovsky in a london court by the way he reaches its conclusion. up next part two below the show with more on the growing fos around attempts to protect copyrights in the u.s. . hi guys it's time for show and tell on tonight's program and last week we spoke about haley barbour's pardons in mississippi which caused quite the outcry well barbara may have made some mistakes pardons are meant to be a positive tool to give people who served their time back their rights so do you think the power the power to pardon is under used by governors for the producer for treason essentially to find out what you have to say. the pardon is one of the most powerful tools the head of state has in his or arsenal at a state level and allows governors to not only for a give a crime but also their respective sentence and also fully reinstate the person's rights such as the right.