this is a republic of body art here the heart of russian buddhism. look at it it also is people come here for service up to a thousand or so there are long tears here yes very long queues it's serious stuff inside the temple and one can even see sweat on his forehead. and italy and so on are in their fourth year at the buddhist university of of against good at sun they are halfway through their course. after years of intense study both will receive a degree in philosophy and the title. it's. the phrase russian buddhism may sound strange but it has been one of the traditional religions of the country since the eighteenth century. here dad sounds of being considered a funds of wisdom in days gone by. studied buddhist philosophy medicine and astrology. the university where anton and i totally study in accordance with the same traditions of centuries passed. through studying is to achieve enlightenment. existence and to reach nirvana. even though the republican is part of russia it is a world of its own local traditions different from those typical of th

nonfunctional dictatorship of course his case has been like a hollywood blockbuster which of buddhism russianair cargo business man in his forty's he's been dubbed the merchant of death in the united states the u.s. has spent years and tens of millions of dollars in an operation to hunt this man down of course we know that u.s. agents posing as far members met with victor boot and then arrested him in thailand in two thousand and eight two years later regardless of the fact that thai courts found him not guilty twice in what was called arm twisting by the united states victor boot was extradited into u.s. territory to face charges of international arms trafficking victim but himself has always maintained his innocence and believes his case to be political realities also asked him if he has a message for the president of the united states as well as a u.s. official in general who are behind the operation in luring in victor boot. which will use. these products. for some of the. i'm afraid we're going to ram a crime this will not only not help america really solve the problem of the drug war an

bill buddhism russian businessman air cargo businessman in his forty's who was basically lured in by u.s. agents in thailand in two thousand and eight and later even though thai courts found him not guilty of international arms trafficking twice he would still extradited to the u.s. and the reason this case is controversial in the tory is because many say the united states basically arm twisted thailand into extraditing boot and of course he is at this point spent four years behind bars he is serving a twenty five year sentence the man has always maintained his innocence russia has called his extradition to the united states illegal and meanwhile in this operation conducted entirely by drug enforcement agency agents who believes that he is a victim of a political case and continues fighting for his release whether or not that's going to happen we're going to have to wait and see but he's definitely made it clear that he has no plans of giving up certainly interesting to give an interview and started chatting and thanks very much indeed for that reporting live from new york . going to