the once very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. apprentice state some would say vessel state of the usa and why do you think that sweden took those kind of policy moves i think a lot of it is admiration for the united states among the foreign policy of lead to in sweden many of whom whose members have studied at top universities in the us and spent time there and have. a good network of personal friendships in the us. that and then now with the conservative government since two thousand and six those ties have become even stronger the motto of one of the young people's divisions of the conservative party over many years was. we would like things to be like in the usa reveal how it is so mean. so and open and wish to see a more americanized tweet in which is exactly what we're seeing thank you very much for being with us my pleasure. downplayed the official t. application on the phone i pod touch for me choose jumps to. enjoy life on the go. so. video on demand all cheesemonger old posts and streets now in the palm of your. question

sarge is extradited to sweden but it will be very easy for the u.s. to get him into custody do you agree with that i think that's quite right that it would be easier to get him to the u.s. from sweden then from britain the swedish government has shown itself to be more pliant then the british surprisingly given the so-called special relationship of trust between britain and the usa and the swedish press has been and swedish public intellectuals have been less vocal in defending we could leaks than many people and many papers in britain so i think he's safe there why do you think the media has been reluctant to. secretly openly. cover it in a way that looks like the sun shines a fair chance there's been a lot of coverage of wiki leaks and sweden but he doesn't have that many high profile champions it's partly because allegations of sexual misconduct away so heavily here that it is sick country where feminist ideals i may be stronger than anywhere else on earth and one wishes that that no one would be judged in a case and until they've been tried but th

he came to sweden to advise them and. and he's been back and before the election two thousand and six and and even more recently he himself has some swedish roots and i think it may be partly initiated from his side that he wants to be involved in politics here and then what see the moderates accomplished before the two thousand and six election had something in common with bush's electoral victory in two thousand the problem for both george bush and fredrik reinfeldt was to win the votes of groups who wouldn't necessarily benefit from having a right wing tax cutting regime in power bush succeeded so well in wooleen working class votes that in the two thousand and six election. sorry that two thousand and four election. bush won the white working class by a twenty three percent margin so working class voters were really the backbone of his victory. reinfeldt acknowledged that he was impressed by bush's campaign. and yet his struggle was also to get working class voters to support his party which they hadn't done in the pa

is a far cry from the sweden of the one nine hundred seventy s. and early eighty's when all of palm a was prime minister and when the most important relations were often with developing nations with south africa which is south african freedom movement with india with the nonaligned movement so that. the the once very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. apprentice state some would say vessel state of the usa and why do you think that sweden took those kind of policy moves i think a lot of it is admiration for the united states among the foreign policy elite in sweden many of whom whose members have studied at top universities in the us and spent time there and have. a good network of personal friendships in the us. that and then now with the conservative government sense two thousand and six those ties have become even stronger the motto of one of the young people's divisions of the conservative party over many years. we would like things to be like in the usa viva la it is so me us in swedish so and i hope in wish to see a more

in sweden. i think quite right that it would be easier to get into the us from sweden then from britain the swedish government has has shown itself to be more pliant then the british surprisingly given the so-called special relationship of trust between britain and the usa and the swedish press has been and swedish public intellectuals have been less vocal in defending we can leaks than many people and many papers in britain so i think he's safe the the once very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. apprentice state some would say vassal state of the usa. but you can watch the full interview with dr brian palmer in twenty minutes time. well also ahead here naughty and not so neutral switzerland or done better than in any other european country pretty swiss i wonder if it's time to finally say that well towards. one specially farmed animals like rabbits making their contribution towards the treatment of diabetes and cancer. egypt's new cabinet is increasing pay and pensions for

then if he comes to sweden. most. the legal people that i know here in sweden when they look at what is known so far about the charges against the sons think that there are absurd he won't be convicted on the failed evidence so if he is convicted of something here it will most likely be something very minor like then he will be you there in jail for a while or released having suffered enough so to say and then it will be up to us to issue its request for extradition. and then i feel that will be largely a question public opinion if they are indifferent and if the media here succeed in their apparent efforts to give. a son a bad name to give them a bad reputation then the government will have a lot of political freedom to. submit to the us request sweden is regarded as a neutral and independent country do you agree with that you can say. with some accuracy that when sweden joined the e.u. it ceased to be an independent nation. so it's a simple course politicians in order to justify. the entry claim just the opposite bu

well it prosecutors in sweden say that's. protected under the new law from transfers to the united states is strictly you wrote rules that prohibit that they say that just because sweden gets hold of him it doesn't mean that from then on sweden can do whatever it likes with him they would have to apply to the u.k. for permission to extradite him but certainly. came and washington have a very close relationship and that may mean that it's easier for politicians to get involved and extradite ourselves to america although again the prosecutor's office says that politicians are not involved in the legal process in sweden but my colleague i need to now a has filed a report on relationship with washington so let's see what that says. so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states of the country that gave us our flat pack furniture for dollar meatballs top model and one bombshell may not be so neutral after all american inf

making asylum seekers in sweden. available to the cia buddies is particularly strong now with a red leaning government in sweden and with the u.s. wanting him for spying and sweden wanting him for sex crimes julian a song is wanted by quite a team and the songe wiki leaks case seems to be just the next continuation of this very old intelligence relationship here's some other relationships we dug up julian assange just ticks off the us with fierce reaction from one of the country's most notorious neo cons is not a particularly credible source unloveable and he is a you know tamil in my mind as it is a clearly ought to be hunted down and grabbed and put on trial for war used earlier these words from karl rove who claims he's part swedish and just happens to be advising the country's pm while before maher swedish minister of justice is a partner in the firm who filed charges against a songe for sex crimes with another link to the us thomas von stroheim is claimed to have handed the cia asylum seekers from sweden who wer

the leader of sweden's pirate party rick fox says wiretapping by sweden has dealt a tremendous blow to the country's reputation as a human rights campaigner. has done tremendous damage to sweden's reputation as an opp holder of human rights it's quite potentially the most egregious violation of human rights in western europe in terms of wiretapping i mean it's every human being have human rights and here comes the government saying no no no no we're not going to wiretap any swedes well it so happens that all humans have human rights including particularly for some reason the government so the target of those is going to be russia primarily like swedes wouldn't care about . russia will not tolerate japan's radical approach towards the far east and could alliance which tokyo claims as its own moscow's official stance comes as the japanese foreign minister is in the russian capital at the moment for talks the items were handed to russia as part of a capitulation agreement at the end of the second world war as a new peace deal has ever been signed between the two countries. has the details

stockholm sweden. let's get some more details on this with journalist or on our right now or joins me now live from copenhagen to discuss this julian assange. as we've seen sweden has a lot of interest in working with the united states but how strong in your view is washington's influence in the country and particularly with its very case. well i believe it's unfortunately extremely strong the foreign minister has long been an advocate of u.s. wars all the way back to vietnam the former minister of justice who is the one of the two women's is lawyer was connected with him with the cia in sending people to egypt to be tortured. we have we have had reveal that the cia has put pressure on the secret police there the seppo that if if who at one time wanted to come to sweden and have cooperation with the media and cia threatened them that if they did so they would cut off. intelligence ties with them and for the government of sweden the intelligence ties with the cia is extremely necessary are so what you'r

and sweden have. will the swedish prosecution has come out today and said that even if sweden did manage to get hold of us soldiers then they wouldn't just be able to do what they liked with him that wouldn't be a case of getting hold of the u.s. requesting him in sweden sending him without without to squeak what what would have to happen is that sweden would have to get approval under the e.u. rules from the u.k. to the end extradite him to on to the states prosecutor also made very clear that politicians in sweden aren't involved in the legal process is a decision purely for judges so stepping away from that political influence that everyone is accusing accusing sweden of having but many many say that sweden's friendship with the u.s. is such that sweden would try everything in its power to kowtow to what the u.s. wants if you like in fact the u.s. and sweden have worked together on previous cases of rendition ones. ific case where someone was illegally from sweden and then egypt where he was tortur

however sweden may be just a short stop for a staunch linked tables on cover an american i've jammed up behind of the swedish wire tapping along that might allow washington to press me on those charges on the whistleblower. and egypt bracing itself of a hard as a protest against the government on the rest began two weeks ago president mubarak has reiterated he won't step down until september when the country's military has vowed to support. nor has improved its fall for it to buy back twenty percent of its own shares from out of many i'm joined to sell find out more and twenty minutes time. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he's now away it's six pm here in the russian capital three pm in london where the verdict in the high profile case of the wiki leaks founder has been adjourned for two weeks julian assange appeared in court in london on friday as he continues his battle against that extradition to sweden where your face is questioning over sex crime allegations he claims the case was fabricated so the u.s. can use sweden to hand him over on e

sweden a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states of the country that gave us our flat pack furniture for dollar meatballs top models and from on bombshells may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be. supersized just the other day the deerhunter film was shown again on swedish t.v. for simply sixtieth time it's an awful film it's the worst propaganda of politics through the back door like sweden's times with nato you have the military and some politicians cross-breeding intensively with the united states and with nato and the large mass of the population being totally unaware of all the stuff going on but it's not just what swedes are taking in it's also what their leaders are ready to give from julian a son to terrorist suspects to nato support when america wants something they get it but why and what's in it for this so-called neutral nation they get. all the benefits of being an intelligence part

extradition fate it follows the adjournment told the latest hearing into whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short stop for a song leaked cables on the cover an american agenda behind us swedish wiretapping wall that might allow washington to press ethanol's charges on the whistleblower. and as anti-government protests rage on in egypt denmark prime minister issues an outright call on hosni mubarak to resign becoming the first european figure of power to openly intervene. at seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live with me and you said no way first stop the verdict in the high profile case of the wiki leaks founder has been adjourned for two weeks doing a song or appeared in court in london on friday as he continues his battle against extradition to sweden where he faces questioning over sex crime allegations he claims the case was fabricated so the u.s. can use sweden to hand him over on espionage charges argues laura emmett has been keeping track of developments from outside the court. all waiting for now is the verdict and that i

are sweden has to ask the u.k. for permission to extradite him onward to the u.s. and they also maintain that political decisions are not involved in the legal process in sweden so any political pressure applied by washington on stockholm would not float in the lower courts in sweden however many say that sweden has an incredibly close friendship with the u.s. and said there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm now with this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. ok. paranoia t. not saying neutral switzerland with guns but in any other european country pretty swiss so i wonder if it's time to finally say i'm going to go to one of those. does absence make the heart grow fonder take a look a

it's the day that could decide whether wiki leaks founder julian assange is extradited to sweden where he's wanted on sex crime charges and i'm here at the cool to bring you all the latest. however sweden may be just a short stop for a song leaked cables on the cover an american agenda behind a swedish wiretapping law that might allow washington to press espionage charges on the whistleblower. and egypt bracing itself for the hardest protests in anti-government unrest began two weeks ago president mubarak has reiterated he won't step down until september and the country's military has vowed to support him . also russia warns japan against pushing forward its tops down from the greil islands a territory tokyo's wanted since the end of world war two. a warm welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is r.t. it's four pm here in the russian capital one pm in london where the founder of wiki leaks is back in court for the last day of his extradition hearing julian assange is wanted in sweden on sex crime charges allegations he denies he claims the high profile case wa

are sweden has to ask the u.k. for permission to extradite him onward to the u.s. and they also maintain that political efficiencies are not involved in the legal process in sweden so any political pressure applied by washington on stockholm would not float in the lower courts in sweden however many say that sweden has an incredibly close friendship with the u.s. and said there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm you know what this is the last day. this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then i saw it will be able to appeal if the decision goes against it so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. well dr brian palmer from uppsala university believes that saunders safer in the u.k. and in sweden. i think it's quite right that it would be easier to get him to the u.s. from sweden then from britain the swedish g

and the leader of sweden's pirate party rick four klinge says why a turpin by sweden has dealt a tremendous blow to the country's reputation as a human rights campaign it. has done tremendous damage to sweden's reputation as an opp holder of human rights it's quite potentially the most egregious violation of human rights in western europe in terms of wiretapping i mean it's said that every human being have human rights and here comes the swiss government saying look no no no we're not going to wiretap any swedes well it so happens that all humans have human rights including particularly for some reason the government says the target of this is going to be russia primarily like swedes wouldn't care about. russian foreign minister has great stance on the far east and korea islands in the pacific ocean wish talk here claims at the time that he was made clear during talks with the japanese foreign minister on friday in moscow before islands were handed to russia as part of a capital ation agreement at the end of the second one who however no formal peace deal has there has added been fine betwe

a defense team say that he'll not get a fair trial if you sent to sweden so how worried do they seem to be if that's actually happening. well some other evidence that we've heard over the course of these two days was about exactly that whether whether essence would get a fair trial in sweden and it was from a former swedish judge who's now retired and she gave evidence for the defense and she said that the rule of law in sweden has been deteriorating since the mid one nine hundred seventy s. she also gave her opinion on marianne the prosecutor she said that she holds a grudge against men and that she's a radical feminist and that these charges are very possibly politically motivated and she also said that public opinion in sweden is very much against us all as most people she said in sweden believe that he's a rapist before they've even heard the evidence now of course the defense is main fear is that if a soldier is extradited to sweden he will then be extradited to america we've been hearing for the last couple of months that the u.s. is preparing a request for him on the grounds o

his extradition fate if the adjournment told the lakes it's hearing into whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short stop for a falling asleep cable of want to cover an american agenda behind a swedish wiretapping law that might allow washington to press espionage charges on the whistleblower. and egypt bracing itself for the heart of protests since antigovernment andress began two weeks ago president mubarak has reiterated he won't step down until the time and the country's military has vowed to support him . although russia warns japan against pushing forward if tougher stance on the grill island territory tokyo is wanted back since the end of world war two. it's five pm in moscow this is coming to you live on the nice and not way first up this hour the verdict in the high profile case of the wiki leaks founder has been adjourned for two weeks doing the songs appeared in court in london friday as he continues his battle against extradition to sweden where he faces questioning over sex crime allegations he claims the case was fabricated so th

however sweden may be just a short stop for leaked cables uncover an american agenda behind the swedish want topping law might allow washington to press espionage charges on the whistleblower . from our studios here in central moscow this is with the twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to them in a tree according to the country's vice president it comes off to more than two weeks of mass uprisings in the country from where we're bringing you live pictures at the moment here on r.t. the uprising has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters western powers including the u.s. have been calling for a transition of power leaving its decades long ally isolated for more on this i'm now joined by our team is going to come out. and you're there in washington d.c. considering the involvement the u.s. has in egypt it's no surprise it's been fairly vocal in the past few weeks so so what's the reaction now from washington. well bill in the u.s. it's presented as a triumph of democracy