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welcome back to our international story of thirty greenpeace activists arrested after an attempt to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic is drawing to a close twenty of them have already had all charges against them dropped with a nationwide amnesty that came into force in russia last week archies arena has details. the story of the so-called arctic thirty began in september of this year when several of the activists were warned board the greenpeace vessel have climbed on to a russian will own the oil rig in the northern seas now they said it was an action of protest against drilling for oil in the arctic however they were arrested because russian authorities said that their actions posed danger to people who were working on the oil rig and to the oil rig itself. surely the activists all activists including the crew members of the arctic sunrise were charged with piracy off over those charges were later downgraded to charges of good ism and all of those who were arrested and kept in prison for a while were released on bail he couldn't leave the country but now because they fall under thi

was released along with members of pussy riot and greenpeace activists in a nationwide amnesty international a their relations with the rest of the. it's in rapidly and it getting worse and worse and perhaps too soon with this is trying to put a stop to that or a mocker and to slow down the process but inside russia there are many questions about how they're close ski and the fall of the oil giant yukos the russian people will want to know where is the money already people who are well on russians to of course secretly feel the cold of course he got what he deserved the movie has been called everything from priya limbic p.r. to simple logic and continues to puzzle many in and outside of russia most are waiting to see what meet their goal of ski will do with his freedom in twenty fourteen and beyond. so the new year is just around the corner make sure you join us international from seven pm chante fall special coverage to welcome and twenty four team. twelve months of changing. the lives we truly you find the world we live in. charge you was there to bring you the full future clash with the p

mikail creditor court ski was released along with members of pussy riot and greenpeace activists in a nationwide amnesty international a their relations with the rest of the world have been deteriorating rapidly ever getting worse and worse and perhaps person with this is trying to put a stop to that or a marker and to slow down the process but inside russia there remain questions about whether koskie and the fall of the oil giant yukos russia will be able to know where is the money all the people who are well russians to of course shakily feel the call of course he got what he deserved the move has been called everything from priya limbic p.r. to simple logic and continues to puzzle many in and outside of russia most are waiting to see what mikhail khodorkovsky will do with his freedom in twenty fourteen and beyond. later says i starting at seven pm chante to name for our special coverage as will say twenty thirty out the door and a ringing. twelve months of chasing. the moments which are when you find the world we live in. our gene was there to bring you the full future clash with the police the police are full of

pardon him mikail ski was released along with members of pussy riot and greenpeace activists in a nationwide amnesty international a their relations with the rest of the world have been deteriorating rapidly ever getting worse and worse and perhaps a person with this is trying to put a stop to that or a marker and to slow down the process but inside russia there remain questions about how their course ski and the fall of the oil giant yukos the russia will be able well to know where is the money all the people who are well russians to of course shakily feel the call of course he got what he deserved the move has been called everything from priya lympics p.r. to simple logic and continues to puzzle many in and outside of russia most are waiting to see what mikhail khodorkovsky will do with his freedom in twenty fourteen and beyond. stay with us here on our team breaking this hour with abby martin coming your way after this short break. i'm an old school kind of guy i like tradition and heritage and all that stuff when i look to the past i see that there's a lot that we could learn from our ancestors however one th

international. the story of the greenpeace activists arrested after that attempts to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic may be reaching a conclusion russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. joins us now live with the details there reynoso it seems the action is being released well yes actually they have been released a while ago but now they're actually having charges dropped dropped against them which means they will be able to go home because of the twenty out of the thirty the so-called arctic thirty at least twenty twenty six people are actually foreigners now their story began in september of this year when some of the activists have scaled an oil rig in the northern russian the waters they were arrested on the next day apprehended as well as their vessel because the authorities deemed their actions to be dangerous to the personnel of the oil rig and of their will to the oil rig itself they have been charged initially with piracy but later the charge has been switched to hooliganism and this dropping of any criminal proceedings against them is

along with amnesty for two jailed members of the riot and members of the greenpeace protest ship appears designed to quiet internationalcism of russia's record ahead of the sochi winter games in february. let's take a look at the top stories in asia. the governor of tokyo has resigned in the wake of a financial investigation. mia saini joins me from hong kong with those details. good day. >> hi there, mark. a year after becoming to you as governor and successfully campaigning to host the 2020 olympic games he is stepping down amid these allegations of inappropriate financial dealings with japan's largest hospital chain. he has admitted to borrowing close to half an million dollars interest-free from the hospital for "personal reasons." this is before he was elected. he says he returned the money a couple months ago after prosecutors opened a probe. candidates for japanese public office are a legally bound -- legally bound to report all funds excepted as campaign contributions. of mcdonald'sd making some cutbacks in japan. what is behind that? mcdonald's japan is actually a listed stock that trades in the japanese sessi

international live from moscow half of the thirty greenpeace activists arrested after trying to board a russian oil rig in the arctic have now been freed and all charges against them dropped the move is part of a massive nationwide amnesty which came into force last week all of the activists have been summoned to invent the investigative committee in moscow and are now being handed their amnesty papers to greenpeace campaigners were charged with hooliganism but later released on bail all but four are foreign nationals and still require exit visas to leave the country. the crisis may be just about over an argument bought for irish homeowners it's still tough keeping the wolves from the door up to twenty percent of mortgage payments are overdue with families across the country being forced out when their homes are repossessed one homeowner told archie's tests are still your house he lives in fear of the banks. most people here remember the cold to tiger with this sense of known callie economic boom time for the mid ninety's up until two thousand and seven that went bust in no small way

and the greenpeace activists, you cannot prove it was hooliganism because it was an international sea. they had either released them in court by either proving they are innocent or make a good face and say they will release them because they have amnesty. that is actually what this law is. it's a big propaganda advertising. >> what will be the results of it? could we actually see a flaw -- thaw in east-west relations? >> you will see that lots of people who are kept in jail are not proven guilty, but they are in jail because they have taken part in anti-government riots. they will not be set free because they are excluded from this amnesty. but who will be set free -- dozens of police officers who have arrested people, tortured them, and even killed them. they will all be set free according to this law. >> with pussy riot, we saw that russian society and politics considerably more conservative than the west. what does this mean or future relations? >> i think russia will continue to go in this conservative direction. you can see that in recent appointments. it will continue to be a ve

sentence i almost all are and what about their day greenpeace activists that you cannot prove that because cricket is because it was in international scene in the open seastill they kept e the release them in courts by the claimant by proving they are innocent. all make a good face and say well we'll se tm because we haven't missed it and that is about actually watch the snow peas it's a big debate propaganda of the times. so you say it's a big propaganda advertising but what would be the result of attending can we actually see a father and east west relations. adelaide city feely you look close to the school. you'll see that lots of people who are tapped into jail the data that can not sew the straps as the vandals proven guilty now but the in jail during the presentation because they have taken part on anti government riots. it is based in the late teoh they will be six three because they have a regret is excluded from this amnesty but who will be set free. dozens of police manned police officer who have arrested people talk to them and even kill them they will all be set free because in the snow. canal itself was pushing riot po

international thanks for coming on so quickly john first the amnesty from the russian president regarding pussy riot and the greenpeace activists this being announced yesterday in the past twenty four hour i suppose twenty four hours or so now now we have called the course of his pardoning after a decade in jail is it possible the russian president is trying to send a message. if he is i hope the message is for internal consumption i'm concerned that a lot of reports in our own western media have concentrated on the international aspects of this and have interpreted the amnesty as a signal to the world community in advance of the saatchi games i don't rule that out but i hope that that's not the motive because i think it would be a totally few child gesture i don't think that the hostility which russia has been subjected to over these issues from the west will in any way abate as a result of the release of these people i think this hostility has other reasons and i don't think that it will make it the slightest bit of difference on the other hand if the message as it were is directed internally to russia and to russia

watching are to international come a bit later this hour with me kevin or in the arctic thirty may soon be going home as russian authorities begin to drop charges against the greenpeace activists the rest of the course of the arctic in september we look at how that story is developing tonight. but not before the future of mikhail khodorkovsky has been number one topic in the foreign media since the former russian oil tycoon of course walk free after a presidential pardon from khodorkovsky plans to fight for his imprisoned comrades to putin's reason for letting metta jail the last five days since the actually release of been full of speculation analysis of him like well mark is probably dopplers from the u.k. magazine politics first has been following the media hype and explained why he thinks called a cult is being glorified in the west. if we. had done what he had done in russia but say in britain where i live he would have been frightened into jail there would have been see from the british major i'm quite lightly as well become could of course kate is a criminal but he served his time and in fact swapped a justice system is a pow but it's important to remember tha

international criticism of his human rights crackdown ahead of the 2014 sochi winter games. >> among the tens of thousands to be released are members of the punk group pussy riot as well as the greenpeaceactivists from the arctic 30. one of the members said the fate of the arctic remained unchanged. >> we just hope it doesn't take too long for us to actually have our passports back and return back to our countries. we might have been given amnesty today, but there is no amnesty for the arctic. these companies need to be stopped. >> meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin suggested the greenpeace activists may have been acting at the behest of a foreign country in an attempt to undermine russia's develop an of arctic energy resources. putin did not name the country. as for the fact there covered by amnesty and as far as i know they are covered by it, we are not doing it for them. but if there covered, that is good. covered, that are is good. i think what has happened should be a lesson and we should turn to positive work in order to make noise. but in order to minimize empire mental risks, if such risks appear, we are ready for joint work including work with greenpeace. about the mo