during her time as a judge, she, too, jailed opponents of the kremlin, but she quit four years ago.he said the trial of the anti- putin pump band was a disgrace -- punk band was a disgrace. >> our judges are not independent. the powers that be do not simply call up and tell them what verdict to deliver. it is not quite that simple. judges' subordination runs a lot deeper. it has a lot more to do with pre-emptive obedience. >> the members of pussy riot have now discovered that for themselves. the band and their supporters have been protesting against vladimir putin for years, but this time, the authorities came down hard on them. as artists around the world spoke out against the treatment of pussy riot, putin intervened. he said he hoped that the court would not judge the defendants to harshly. he added that they now public understood -- probably understood what they did wrong. other opponents of putin have also faced trial. this oil tycoon, for example, was convicted of fraud and tax evasion and has been in jail since 2003. the kremlin broke up his company. critics believe that the

is there any sense that the kremlin cares about the level of international scrutiny that this case has attracted? >> i am sure they care to a degree, but at the moment, all their focus is on the political problems at home. you can judge almost everything they do as trying to address their own problems at home, and it basically boils down to the fact that people have started taking to the streets again in russia in the last eight months to complain about what they see as unfairness in the system. for vladimir putin, he is trying to make sure that he is blind to the constituency that felt that what these women did was blasphemy, making sure these women are topping of the support by doing this, and at the same time, they are trying to put down the sense that the opposition had at the moment that they could do pretty much anything, protest in any way they please and get away with it. they are trying to tighten the screws on the opposition at the moment, and i think it is only after that that the kremlin starts worrying about what the international community thinks. with an international co

normally, the protest would only amount to a fine, but critics say the kremlin wants to flex its muscle>> the government is trying to score politically with this trial. the message is clear -- they want to show that they can punish anyone, be it the crowds of protesters or pussy riot. they will only leave the in peace if you stay out of the process completely. >> this is what caused the controversy. a video of the band shot in a moscow cathedral that was later uploaded to the internet. "holy mother of god, free us from putin," they sing. but the performance was shorter than the edited version appears. they actually sang for less than a minute, but it was long enough to draw the wrath of the state. then members who were not detained have become more cautious. they only agreed to meet us at this disused factory where they sometimes rehearse. afraid of being recognized in public, they were masks to conceal their identity. since their friends were arrested, they have realized how far putin's government is willing to go and how it has shaped russian society. >> these are or president as he i

so-called golden ring cities of russia it's one hundred thirty kilometers from moscow boasting a kremlin of its own and a rich history in the sixteenth century and even the terrible a marriage market took place here thousands of beautiful girls flocked to alexander of so that the sun could hand-pick a wife from the crowd the nearby villages were founded hundreds of years ago as well this romany can't settle down near one of them. a narrow rule road separates these two dramatically different worlds the romany tends to keep to themselves they live close to society yet still remain separate the only ones out of eighteen romany communities in russia. you grow many are just romany we don't care about them they don't care about us our children don't make friends with them and to be honest we don't have many children here mostly old people. why would i be friends with them my parents even tell me not to. go for a ride. let's go to the movies a scooter yours. let's go for a ride. let's go all right. the boys once tried playing football together but it didn't go very well and we don't play agains

. >> a signal that the kremlin does not want the judge to use a heavy hand in the trial of pulp band- punk band pussy riot. >> vladimir putin said the women in the ban should not be judged too harshly, but he also said their protest against him was nothing good. >> pewter -- putin has been getting an earful since he arrived for the olympics. he has been facing criticism for his government. >> the defendants say they are being deprived of sleep and not being fed properly while in custody. as they arrive for the fourth day of their trial, supporters were there to begin another day of protests outside the courthouse. the women's defense team says the judge is not allowing them to bring the witnesses they want and claim conviction is a foregone conclusion. >> the verdict will be guilty. we cannot rely on anything to change the course of this trial. this case is entirely politically motivated. the defendants are being punished for voicing their opinions. >> vladimir putin was the target of the punk protest prayer. he was in london for the olympic games and for talks with british prime min

handshake president vladimir putin greets all russia's and then pick gold medalists at a ceremony in the kremlin. probably capello's first game in charge of russia's national football team has ended in a drool after a goal is for a forty five deadlock was broken by carr striker holland's are going to have eight minutes into the second half but as it appeared capello was heading for a winning start match grade all found an equaliser with thirteen minutes remaining rushes the next fixture sees them begin their two thousand and fourteen world cup qualifying campaign against northern ireland on september seventh. while elsewhere a europe on wednesday spain fresh from successfully defending their european crown take on puerto rico beating euro two thousand and twelve finalists it to me take on the side they knocked out in the quarter finals that england the netherlands travel across the border to belgium germany entertain the all messages argentina video days jumps takes charge of france for the first time as they host europe was. well their shells rain france manager has begun and far from ideal cir

. >> the powers that be in the kremlin will not let anyone speak who has a different opinion. >> draconian treatment of the members of pussy riot is clearly a reaction to the mass protests against vladimir putin that we saw last winter. >> both opponents and supporters are camped outside of the court, but a whole world will be waiting for the verdict when it comes in nine days' time. >> we spoke earlier to walker and asked him what the verdict has been delayed until august 17. -- why the verdict has been delayed until august 17. >> it is very interesting. the court has rushed through the case. in a week and a half, we have had hearings until 10:00 p.m. every day, sometimes 12 hours per day, which is almost unheard of. all along, the idea seemed to be that they wanted to get this case over as quickly as possible, given all of the negative publicity it has attracted in russia and abroad. now, of course, the judge has said she will take nearly 10 days to come to her verdict. what the lawyers are suggesting is that the delay is really part of a hope that people might forget about this in the i

shine in london before setting off in the english capital the russian squad showed up in force at the kremlin for some parting messages from the president their man cos read more. the russian paralympic team is already an established powerhouse in the winter games but there's summer counterparts are still up and coming when it comes to the overall medal standings that however is also changing with almost fifty percent of russian athletes managing to claim a place on the paralympic gold you in beijing. it is or plan that by twenty fifteen ten percent of people with disabilities will be involved in sport and by twenty twenty this number will rise to twenty percent currently this number is a mere one point five percent which is unacceptably low but i want to stress that your trendsetters your example can inspire millions of other people to play sport and to develop skills rather than to withdraw into themselves i'm convinced that your brilliant performance at the london paralympics will also help. the forthcoming games will see a twenty percent surge in the number of russian athletes many of who

roman abramovich is still in favor with the kremlin. he is tolerated, at least, if not more, by vladimir putin. he is expected to play a role in the world cup in 2018. boris berezovsky is regarded as a traitor who turned his back on vladimir putin. they tried to expedite them from britain to bring him to russia to stand trial. he's one of the most serious enemies of the current political establishment in russia. although they not commented publicly on this case, they will be pleased that he lost and probably a little pleased that roman abramovich won. >> thanks for joining us. america deserves better. those are three words which mitt romney hopes will reignite his presidential campaign after his keynote address at the republican party convention in florida. the most important speech of his political life was watched by millions across america with opinion polls suggesting the race for the white house is extraordinarily tight. steve kingston has this report from tampa. >> thank you so much. >> a businessman turned politician promising to

arriving to the ruling this morning, exiled kremlin critic, boris, seemed confident of victory. he claimed that roman forced him to sell valuable assets cheap, cheating him out of billions of pounds. the judge said it's up -- she didn't believe him. the judge said she found him an unimpressive, unreliable witness who regarded truth as a transtory flexible concept. he admitted he was flabbergasted. >> i am surprised completely. >> it was the owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich saying he felt confident. it was a far cry when back in russia when mr. abramovich and berezovsky, both enjoying a jet setting lifestyle. they fell out when mr. berezovsky lost favor with president putin. they brought back qurls with them. this is in london where boris, who had been shopping in one designer store suddenly glimpsed his rival at another shop down the street. so he marched towards him, served it saying here's a present for you. arriving to give evidence, the two would come face to face again during a trial which experts think could be the most expensive legal case ever involving i

ceremony in the kremlin. russia drew one all with in what was. first game in charge of the national squad they looked to have given capello winning start but were foiled by a late goal from the african cup of nations runners up. again for us. even though fabio capello's appointment meant ushering in a new era of football for russia it was evident by the half empty stadium that many fans were still very much skeptical of their team after the disappointing exit from the twenty twelve euros for the ivory coast could have been forgiven for not having too many fans on hand to support their team but those they did make it was celebrating even before the whistle blew for kick off the pal opted not risk team captain andrea shannon but this was probably more to do with the potential wrath of the fans rather than any injury worries the game itself began like most friends k.g. and safe both sides probed each other but neither side could carve out any real chances ivory coast star studded lineup which included didier drogba and both to have brothers seem con

the kremlin was already moving in that direction after massive demonstrations against putin and his political party. protesters risk harsher fines, even prison time. yet, putin recently hinted this case might be different. "i don't think they should be judged too harshly," he said. adding, "it was in the court's hands, not his." the band's supporters and the opposition don't believe it the leader of the main opposition party said the verdict was written by putin himself. he punished people who posed no threat. the band members plan to appeal, but they don't think they'll win and they don't seem to care as they were led out of the courtroom, one said, "we are happy because we brought the revolution closer." kelly cobiella, cbs news, london. >> axelrod: at the university of southern california today, protesters for immigrants' rights held an old-fashioned teach-in to explain a new program designed to protect undocumented workers brought to the u.s. as children from deportation. the program comes with strict guidelines, and terrell brown met one young person who just missed out. >> reporter: wer

golden handshake president vladimir putin greets all russia's olympic champ at the ceremony in the kremlin. first a russian drew one all with ivory coast in what was fun though capello's first game in charge of the russian national squad the home side looked to have given capello winning start but for a late goal from the africa cup of nations runners up michael christian coat was the game for us. even though fabio capello's appointment meant ushering in a new era of football for russia it was evident by the half empty stadium that many fans were still very much skeptical of their team after the disappointing exit from the twenty twelve euros the ivory coast could have been forgiven for not having too many fans on hand to support their team but those that did make it was celebrating even before the whistle blew for kick off the pebble opted not to risk team captain andrea shannon but this was probably more to do with the potential wrath of the fans rather than any injury worries the game itself began like most friendly's k.g. and safe both sides probe each other but neither side could carv

stunts and they'll be joined by pilots from seven other nations including britain france and italy the kremlin recently made the military a top priority with a vow to spend over one hundred twenty billion dollars upgrading the air force over the next few years. some food for thought next as we ask you how you like your groceries cheap and tasty or as nature intended it's the resident. are you sheep an easy or all organic when it comes to what you eat this week let's talk about that i don't care you don't care so you don't care what you put into your body you. do. for the expense of organic food i mean it doesn't to me doesn't really make a difference i actually started juicing this year and i found out about it when i was getting a facial and there's a place called free foods right down that way and they have the best juices i've ever had in my life kale spinach faisal i mean it's like and it's like changing it sounds delicious it's delicious and expensive actually it is expensive but if you think about it a glass of wine is like nine dollars and it costs the same amount why do you think organ

stunts and they're joined by pilots from seven other nations including britain france and italy the kremlin recently made the military a chop priority with a vow to spend over one hundred twenty billion dollars upgrading the air force over the next few years. well no problem if you can't physically make it to moscow all the actions on r.t. dot com where you can watch russia's premier pilots show you what they can do also online in a quest to impress the russian social network junkies going to extremes to improve their own mind status but sometimes with tragic consequences as we report online. thousands of illegal immigrants cross the u.s. border from mexico but with the help of american border control are teed up home as the details. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for each and throughout the day. all right here with our team and international security contractor formerly known as block water has agreed to cough up seven and a half million dollars to avoid criminal prosecution if a sevente

and they're joined by pilots from seven other nations including britain with friends and italy the kremlin recently made the military a top priority with a valid just spend over one hundred twenty billion dollars operating the air force over the next few years. u.s. congress is about to finalize how the food industry will be shaped for the next five years and everyone from snack makers to farmers are weighing in but the industry's big hitters such as those firms making processed or g.m. foods are dominating the discussion throwing tens of millions of dollars into lobbying and that's something nutrition and health groups just can't match but foot historian can all ball law says the desire for natural products is likely to grow. the people who control the things to most of the most. especially. those you know it's intellectual property out there and they don't want other people testing it was something wrong with it there's always a constant tension in not just american families that are around the world is that you have food scientists inventing new things for a new flavors and very consist

wars the famed russian alliance and this west's well being soaring in the skies over the weekend the kremlin recently made the military a top priority with a vow to spend over one hundred twenty billion dollars grading the air force over the next. under some other world news in brief for you this hour libyan army general and senior defense minister. the shore the whole idea has been shot dead and been ghazi it was leaving a mosque after friday prayers when he was a target by a group of gunmen in recent months have seen a string of deadly attacks and been god's own security officials in the khadafi regime as the dead man had a sure thing happened the day after leaving his new government assumed power. u.s. republican presidential candidate mitt romney has announced his running mate house budget committee chairman paul ryan is best known for trying to slash america's budget spending by over five trillion dollars in cuts opposed by the democratic minority in congress romney's choice for his number two could prove crucial to his chances of winning the white house but from barack obama who's ahea