the fall of the berlin wall. aught on camera: revolution" continues. >>> the iron curtain begins to collapse, and nbc news anchor tom brokaw has a front row seat to history. >> you're seeing the destruction of the berlin wall. >> 1989 is a year of seismic change as political revolution spreads across communist-controlled europe. in early november tom brokaw travels to berlin to report on the political situation. >> i went because it was a good story. it was this kind of percolating situation. it was simmering. and you could feel it was going to boil over. >> the giant imposing berlin wall splits the city in two. >> the wall was this sinister symbol of the division between east and west. when you went to see it in person, i'd been there several times before, you could never adequately convey the coldness of it on camera. it was this ominous piece of slab of concrete. and we knew obviously about all the people who had paid for their lives trying to get over it. >> the day after arriving in berlin brokaw attends a pr

>> welcome to the "journal" coming to you live from dw here in berlin. >> here's what's coming up on the show -- doctors report signs of slight improvement in formula one legend michael schumacher's condition. >> israel releases 26 palestinian prisoners as the u.s. readies another push on peace talks. >> celebrations kickoff as the world starts to ring in 2014. >> he's a man who has overcome the odds many times in his life, and now there are at least tentative signs that michael schumacher may be doing it again. >> doctors say that the retired formula one champion is showing some slight improvement following a brain injury. they are still monitoring his condition closely. the next few hours will be critical. >> our correspondent is in france where he's being treated. we will get the latest from her fter this report. >> michael schumacher has undergone further surgery as doctors tried to save his life. the motor racing legend's condition is more controlled now, but it is still too early to say what will happen. >> late in the evening, a new brain scan was carried out after a temporary

>> hello, and a warm welcome to the "journal," coming to you from dw in berlin. the tributes continue for nelson mandela as preparations get underway for his memorial service and funeral. after 12 years of negotiations, the world trade organization has its first global trade agreement. and awards night in berlin for the european film industry. south africa continues to mourn the death of nelson mandela, who died thursday at age of 95. the government is preparing a more more ale service -- as per pairing a memorial service in johannesburg on thursday that will be attended by leaders from around the world followed by a smaller funeral on december 15. >> with song and dance, south africans commemorate the life of one of the great leaders of modern times. thousands have traveled to nelson mandela's former residents to pay their last respects to the father of the nation. up, we were not allowed to do this or we would get arrested. >> he was so great. he liberated my grandmother. he liberated my grandfather. he made them sing. of the named enemy state, nelson mandela be

well we all be waiting to find out what he has to say when he gives that press conference out the berlin wall museum slightly unusual venue for a press conference to be given here in the german capital perhaps symbolic of the changes in mr hart a company's own life peter just remind us how he actually ended up in berlin. well it has been a whirlwind tour really on thursday president vladimir putin said that yes because of course he would be pardoned would be released from prison at that point we didn't know just how quickly things would take place on friday he was released from the prison the pardon was signed he was immediately released he picked up a russian passport as he was leaving the prison service then we were trying to find out where he was going to go next there were rumors he was going to moscow rumors he was going to st petersburg then it emerged that he was leaving on a private jet heading here to berlin now that private jet was put on by the the former foreign minister of germany hans dietrich genscher and it seems that mr genscher has been instrumental in making sure that

well the press conference that we are waiting for is taking place at the berlin wall museum near checkpoint charlie here in the german capital and perhaps that's symbolic of new changes and new beginnings in the life of me of course the choice of that location a piece of just to remind us how he actually ended up in bad then. well it all has moved it will wind pace on thursday there was we heard from president putin that he would be signing the release document for me cohort of course ski on friday he just started it was immediately with immediate effect because of course he was released that they led us to well where would he go would he do his room if he was going to moscow there was rumors he was going to st petersburg and then it all came out that he was was going to st petersburg but from there he was getting on a private jet and flying here to berlin now the man behind organizing that plane i'm guessing in the visa does seem to be the former german foreign minister. now missed the game show it seems has been instrumental in this and has petitioned for for many years to try to get you

how is the berlin fill harmon mick today? >> wonderful, .. it is a totally different orchestra than the one i started out with. and. >> rose: how is it different other than the fact it will be different because the experience of the -- >> the players. >> rose: different players in the orchestra? >> yes, different players but in an orchestra, it is just an on going tradition, that nothing is really ever lost because the tradition this which they were trained, you carry on, it is something which the players pass on to the new generation, so you still have this pizzas, this incredible forceful play but it is sensitivity so yes, they have changed, they have enlarged the repertoire to what is more contemporary music but still, they are still holding the traditional values of what we believe the berlin philharmonic makes so special. >> rose: you once said mozart is one of the most difficult composers to play. >> yes there is so little he has written, it is like haiku, every word has 100 meanings, every note is a jewel, so if one goes wrong, the enti

at the upper class hotel the and along the hotel not far from the the brandenburg gate in central berlin though the reason we believe that he's there is because former german foreign minister hans dietrich again sure was seen leaving that hotel to go and give a statement to german television now missed again sure has it seems been instrumental in bringing mikhail khodorkovsky here to win he has to have done a lot of work prior to him arriving here in fact he met at the airport and help him achieve they helped him receive a visa for one year to allow him to stay inside the shamed end zone now the fact that we saw just again she leaving the hotel and he was in the same convoy of cars well that leads us to believe that mr hart of course he remains inside that central berlin hotel now in that interview that mr gaines you give to german television station he said that. he was very grateful to the mercy of blood amir putin for granting him his pardon now that echo statements that had been released by one of mr holocaust the spokespeople through a an open letter and which he thanked president p

one of these is the berlin wall. it is the side that faced freedom these are real pieces of the berlin wall and behind it guard tower that stood there checkpoint charlie the guards had to pull themselves up by ladders they didn't have it to for security reasons so there is a system of ladders that they would use to get up to the top so this whole thing was filled with. trenches and razor wire and you know this wall was the only wall ever built to keep people in not to keep people out and the story right on this side of the because it faced the west but if you see the other side completely blank because it faced depression and the story of this gallery is that news still was able to to get through the wall and help topple tyranny we've got it right over here gorbachev's pen that he used to scientists signal the end of the soviet era. so there are fifteen permanent exhibits area and then there's three visiting temporary exhibits for always changing up exhibits and adding new things to the mix this whole building is so i

>> welcome to the journal live from berlin. , reunitedon the show with his family in berlin and they are thrilled to be together again. hints heident obama might rein in the nsa spying program in a bid to restore public trust before leaving for his vacation on hawaii. and an uncertain christmas after yet again dropping points at home. man has former richest been reunited with members of his family here in berlin. it is the first time he has seen them outside prison in a decade. the reunion follows blood may or putin's surprised pardon of the kremlin critic last friday. aroundographers crowded the front door of one of berlin's most exclusive hotels, hoping to get a photograph of a prominent guest. only two days ago, he was behind bars in a siberian prison. so far, there are few images of russia's most famous orange -- famous former prisoner. experienceribed the is unbelievable. he spent most of his first day as a free man with his family. he met his ailing mother and father. his oldest son arrived from new york for the reunion. >> my family is finally reunited and we are very, very hap

the x. tycoon is. and how to close he spent his first full day of freedom in ten years here in berlin and the out alone hotel just behind me now he met with his son pavol who flew from new york in order to in order to be with his father i'm thrilled to be here in berlin germany the day because my father is free. my family is finally going to see it and we're very very happy with us here and anything you can you hear people say to me how to cause he's mother and father had flown here from moscow now his mother has been here in berlin quite a quite a lot in the recent past she has been receiving cancer treatments here and a bill in city hospital in such a shock to me as didn't come believe i'm going to see him now i feel like it's one of my regular the things we hear the whole reason behind because of course he being granted the presidential pardon on humanitarian grounds was the the ill health of his mother so they have been reunited here the press secretary of the russian president dmitry peskov now he said that because of course the remains of a russian citizen he is a russian citizen he's free to ret

wall the berlin crisis of one nine hundred sixty one two brought us to the edge to the brink of war eisenhower's secretary of state dollars had called it brinksmanship going against the soviet union going to roll back containment that is a far more aggressive policy in that scene we've had five or six nuclear threats we made against the chinese and against the soviet you kennedy inherited this office as a young man. and he was suspected by the military leaders the hardliners of the us that he did not have the faith that the wherewithal to really continue the eisenhower policy he had failed to do so in laos to go in to send.

forward to seeing what he has to say in eagerly anticipated press conference will be taking place at the berlin wall museum here in the german capital perhaps symbolic of the changes in. life if people might be curious peter as to why he's in berlin at the moment the media he has only been released for a couple of days can you explain to us briefly the sort of the run up to this. well it's really been a whirlwind of a story from starting on thursday after a. after the long press briefing from putin he. as he was leaving the auditorium said yes he confirmed that among those that would be receiving presidential pardons was mikhail khodorkovsky this set. in motion we saw for respondants going to the prison camp where. he was being held the most recent compete being held in a but we didn't know where he was going to go it seemed on friday that he was perhaps going to moscow was he going to say petersburg then it all came out that he was flying here to lynn now as i mentioned it seems that the former foreign minister of germany. has been instrumental in that decision to bring him the people the coax

as he wanders aimlessly through the streets of berlin. and our films correspondent scott rock star is on the red carpet here in berlin. scott the essays are referred to as the european oscars. how big is this night for the european film industry it's a pretty tight i mean that it really is the only truly europe in the ward you've got the baptism for a new god that the seasons of france got the journey to lola's ikea which celebrate the local film industries but the if is the only ones that are only words that are voted on by the entire european commission european film academy votes the if awards just like the us academy does for the oscars and if you win here it is something special. it's basically tells you that this is a film that wins here is a film that gnarly peels in berlin or in in london or paris but really across the cotton so it really is something special to take home a trophy at the atf is tonight. that's what films are expected to come away as minor snag. yet that's a difficult one usually there's the update front runner in l

wall the berlin crisis of one nine hundred sixty one two brought us to the edge to the brink of war eisenhower as secretary of state dollars had called it brinksmanship going against the soviet union going to rollback containment but is a far more aggressive policy in that scene we've had five or six nuclear threats we made against the chinese and against the soviet you kennedy inherited this office as a young man. and he was suspected by the military leaders the hardliners of the us that he did not have the the wherewithal to really continue the eisenhower policy he had failed to do so in laos to go in to send ground troops he failed in cuba at the bay of pigs to give it to suit the air support that it needed when he failed in the vietnam to really carry through a a much more in gauged process with the vietnamese he said non-combat advisors but not combat people so if this was going on that he was fighting and this is known now this is all come out now not when the film came behind the scenes tremendous civil war. and fifty years later right now if irrefutable evidence came out tha

this olympic medal was won by track star jesse owen in the 1936 games in berlin. the medal is being auctioned online. owens won gold in the 100 and 200 meters, 400 relay as well as the long jump. >>> the 85-year-old american being held in nort north korea n good condition. merrill newman was arrested more than a month ago just as he was about to take leave on an airline liner. he served in the korean war and they are holding him to investigate war crimes. they show him reading what they say is an apology. the u.s. is calling for his immediate release. >> why a new distillery opened up shot in detroit. that and much more when al jazeera america returns. power of the people until we restore our freedoms and r >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are today's headlines. thousands of new york city commuters had to find other ways to get to new york this morning after a train derailed just outside of manhattan. investigators have recovered the train's data recorders to determine the cause of the accident that left four people dead and others injured. the obama adm

in 1990, the berlin wall came down. these photographs are the ransacked offices of the stasi, the secret police. as east germany began to fall apart, protesters went into these offices and ransacked the files. two years later, the unified democratic germany declassified all of the files. people could for the first time find out who had been spying on them for all of those years. people found out that neighbors, colleagues, sometimes lovers, symptoms spouses, sometimes parents or children were informing on them to the secret police. it was very traumatic. forward to 2009. the unified democratic berlin. exercisesolitician his right under german law to request data from his phone on allr deutsche telekom of his movements over a six- month. -- over a six-month period. takes is doing newspaper in a create an interactive graphic. you can still visit it online. it has an entire log of all of his movements throughout that entire six-month period. stasi's wet dream. neighbors anduire lovers to betray anybody. --s kind of digital

willie brand, the mayor of berlin, and kennedy, it's a wonderful progression of things. when kennedy was determined, and he made it clear that unless there was a colossal catastrophe he wasn't going to plunge the world into war. over berlin. he just wasn't going to do. cuban missile in something else. and now the berlin wall. and willy brandt writes in the letter i just going to sit there? are you going to let us be divided like this? are you going to let our freedom be taken? kennedy writes a very brilliant albeit wishy-washy noncommittal letter in which he is telling him that we will increase the troops, we will go into deeper negotiations, blah, blah, blah. but we ain't going to war, very clear. willy brandt is not amused, and then kennedy goes to berlin and he stands there and it may be as greatest speech of all. there is no way to measure the impact of that speech around the world. kennedy -- no way to measure the impact on them. he finishes his speech, he turns to bobby and he says, we would never have a better day in our lives than this one. you know? thank god, th

on the how to cause he's first full day of freedom was a day of reunification with family here in berlin his son told us the son pavel who'd flown from new york told us that the whole family had been reunited as they were only very happy now means his mother and father. mother and father was flown he. has been here in berlin quite a quite a lot in the recent past she has been receiving cancer treatment here and a bill in city hospital. they were that was a fact the whole reason behind because of course he'd been granted the presidential pardon on humanitarian grounds was the the ill health of his mother's press secretary of the russian president dmitry peskov who is the the spokesperson for the timea food and now he said that khodorkovsky remains a russian citizen he is a russian citizen he's free to return to russia whenever he would like and live there should he want to also you said that he's he's free to stay here in germany should he want to as well it is pretty much as simple as that and no peskov also outlined the letters that were written by her to call ski to vladimir putin he s

another factor was full of th fall of the berlin wall, and the collapse of communism.hat has always been one of south africa's main strategic concerns. this all came together in the 19 1980s, and it opened the window for f.w. de clec. and they jump there had. >> we've spent so much time talking about the change of heart inside the south african government of the day, was there also a great difference of opinion among others in south africa about what the future would look like? were there some people who looked at post colonial countries in the rest of the continent and said we got to do our own thing. we have to break the grip that white south africans have on our economy, our government, our educational system, and do our own black thing. while there were people on the other side who said no, no, after 300 years we all have a stake in whatever country this is going to become. you cannot have an afro-centric, a black- centric future? >> there were those who felt there we should have a non-racial society, bring people in different walks of life and different political

a papal visit ahead of the orthodox christian church in berlin. and a stormy start to the festive season for western europe with severe weather and flooding. the conflict is escalating in south sudan. the united nations says it fears thousands of people have died in over a week of fighting between rival groups. >> the violence has spread through half the country displacing up to 80,000 people. there are also reports of a mass grave with 75 bodies in the rebel held town. >> they are expected to vote on boosting the number of peacekeepers on the ground as the fighting spirals out of control. >> 7000 troops are in south sudan to protect the civilian population. >> the united states is one of many council members that fully supports this proposal. we are eager to work with contributing countries to make sure the mission has the assets and resources it needs to fulfill its mandate. >> the former vice president says he is open to talks. a power struggle has divided the country. the sectarian violence has uprooted more than 80,000 people. 20,000 of them h

. >> a spoof accommodate, like the fall of the berlin wall. >> i guess i'd say lighten up, you know, this is an exhibit where we tell a very real story. there's a whole revolution that's happening in television news that's reflected in this exhibit. >> while the first anchorman movie took a swing at the tv news business, the dawn of cable news a decade later. from news bus, for anchorman fans, there's ron's signature burgd burgburgundy honor. >> this is an incredible honor. finally, i got angry, what took the museum so damn long to give me a call. like come on, knuckle heads. >> back to you, joie, you stay classy. >> been there, done all that. that's eigh "america tonight"'s sarah hoy reporting. for "america tonight", good night. >> you want to come first? >> not really. just go ahead and shop with these two guys here. >> lea. >> yeah, i'm all right. >> you see what? >> no. ♪ ♪ ♪

the berlin wall came down the previous november. it was a fleeting moment in history, but for a time it showed humanity around the world was headed in the right direction. andrea mitchell's chief correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports." the special contributor who spent much of her career covering mandela and the politics in africa. good morning and thank you both. let me start with you. something that you said so eloquently on nightly news. this is while we are in a mourning period, we will be celebrating a man's life and it will be a celebration in south africa. >> that's the culture of the country. you won't hear south africans talk about mandela dead or having died. they talk about transitioning. they believe that there is a spiritualness to passing on. so many of them will go to the graves of what they call their ancestors and talk about their problems and ways to be inspired to find solutions. i'm not surprised that people are dancing in the streets. i was told that the streets aside from outside of his house are v

the fall of the berlin wall was a precondition for that, taking away the peer of communism that had struck the americans. but there was nothing inevitable about the movement. he could have tried to hold on. long as have held on as he possibly could, putting the army in a position to hold onto power, and he did not, and it was because of this clever strategy to negotiate power, power-sharing. it was not a simple situation in 1990. they had worked on the constitution for a number of years and there were no recriminations. all of the torture, all of the abuses of apartheid, there was a reconciliation. that was a way for him to secure loyalty. one of the things that has come back to me in recent days, the day of his inauguration, i can very clearly remember that he had just been installed as president and the white south african defense force aircraft flew across the sky with the new south african flag coming out of the back. defense force is the absolute symbol of africana, national party apartheid power, supporting the new president. it was a question of strategy, negotiation, and determinat

next year, at the atlantic council, we will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the berlin wall's and the 15th and 10th anniversaries of nato and eu enlargements. we will have a tribute to those enlargements at our annual awards where we will be honoring secretary of defense chuck hagel, the eu commission president, and others. recent events in the ukraine have underscored how far we remain from president george h.w. bush's dream of a europe whole and free, one that ultimately could embrace russia and its closest neighbors, former elements of the soviet union, in one form or another. one of the best forms was the eastern partnership agreement of the european union. the latest news from the region underscores further that the future is unlikely to be determined by tanks and troops in this new era of global competition that we have entered. russian president vladimir putin on tuesday said he had agreed to loan ukraine $15 billion and cut the price of critical natural gas supplies. ukraine's prime minister called the deal historic. in brussels, a draft eu document indicated ukraine c

the program. he has met his son in berlin they form a oil tycoon trained to germany after being let out of the russian penal colony on friday following a presidential pardon. on of our ports now from outside the hotel where what our cost is believed to be staying i'm said just outside the hotel where we believe macau how to call spent his first night of freedom in ten years. from his own press service in a statement that they released we understand that he has already had a meeting with his son pavel who flew from new york to to be reunited with his father and that he hopes to be soon able to meet with his mother and father who are who have been in russia now his mother has spent a rather lot of time here in berlin she's been receiving treatment for cancer here at city hospital and it was that the illness and the state of the health of his mother that led to mikhail khodorkovsky having his petition for a pardon being granted on humanitarian grounds a statement from vladimir putin's. spokesperson to meet the press corps. he said that of course he remains a russian citizen and he's free to live in russi

forward to seeing what he has to say in eagerly anticipated press conference will be taking place at the berlin wall museum here in the german capital on saturday though one of those groups of people that were allowed in to see him and did get in to see him his family his son powerful and made the flight from new york in order to to be at his father's side and a little later on saturday afternoon we saw his mother and father his father boris and his mother. coming here to to be with their son now it what must have been a emotional reunion it's such a shock to me i still can't believe i'm going to see him now i feel like it's one of my regular visits. here in germany today because. it's really. my family is by going to go with it and we're very very happy with me but you know it's really been a whirlwind of a story from starting on thursday after a long press briefing from amir putin he. as he was leaving the auditorium said yes he confirmed that among those that would be receiving presidential pardons was mikhail khodorkovsky this set. in motion but we didn't know where he was going to go it th

from one of russia's richest men to a high profile criminal now his bike in the lap of luxury flown on a private jet to berlin and accompanied and accommodative rather and a five star hotel that's now recall how he got to jail in the first place and back in february nine hundred ninety seven he became chairman and c.e.o. of the private corporation you cos which produced a fifth of russia's or oil or costa became one of the country's richest man about six and a half years later he was arrested on small charges around that same time linked to the privatization of state assets he was eventually found guilty in may two thousand and five and was given nine years in prison an appeal so a year knocked off that sentence in december two thousand and six there was a second case against the former tycoon who was charged with embezzling three hundred and fifty million tons of oil those proceedings also ended with a guilty verdict and a fourteen year sentence but the court countered time already towards that new prison term and a foreign affairs analyst martin save says after ten years imprisonment he has no chance of bec

high profile prisoner left jail and traveled to germany board a private jet let's get the latest now from. who is in berlin tell us peter what have you heard from the german officials who've obviously greeted khodorkovsky. well apparently received a warn your visa or on arrival to berlin shauna feld airport now he left the airport in a motorcade protected by police along with the for the german foreign minister hans dietrich genscher now it's understood that missed a game played a crucial role in negotiating the fees that it's allowed. to come here to germany now it's unknown exactly where he's heading in this motorcade at the moment it's believed to be the upmarket and along the hotel right near the center of the city here but as soon as we find out where he's gone of course we'll be bringing you pictures live from there via artie's news agency ruptly who where this is where i'm broadcasting from their headquarters here right in the center of berlin so we'll be wherever he turns up we'll have pictures of that for you straight away now. we have heard statements from various people regarding holocaust arriv

berlin now his mother marina. is still as far as we know at home. at the family home outside of moscow now german media is reporting that khodorkovsky headed to berlin thinking that his mother was was there and indeed she had recently undergone cancer treatment in germany but at the time of his really it's still here in moscow now her failing health is in fact a reason that president putin citing for considering. clemency bed and so so she plans to get to berlin as soon as possible we spoke with her earlier today about her travel plans. for i don't know when we're on which flight i still don't have the tickets i just got up i hope we will meet today you. know his daughter and also mentioned to the media how surprised she was in fact she stated in the past ten years i got used to living in a reality where my dad was in prison to realize and accept that i'll be able to see him every day is unreal that is how quickly the turn of events took place from the announcement that he would be released to his landing on german soil so for the first time in ten years h

the parents of me here how to confiscate how reportedly arrived in berlin to be reunited with his with their son after he was released from prison friday as soon as the oil tycoon was let out of a russian penal colony following a presidential pardon he flew to germany that's now getting all the details from peter oliver he's outside the hotel where holder confiscate is believed to be staying right now that pieces so there's been a long wait but the hundred family league said to be together shortly doesn't it. well we're hearing. his mother and father have landed here lin they arrived on an airliner unlike their son who we arrived here on a private jet on friday we're also understanding that. he has had a meeting with his son from his first marriage his son pavel who flew here from new york now that's according to a statement that was released by mikhail khodorkovsky spokesperson spokesperson other arriving here that said to be an emotional meeting will be the first time they've seen their son without it being in the environment of a prison visiting room and ten years his mother and fat

to terri in grounds and is now we believe just behind me in the hotel here in berlin is sent to give a press conference here in berlin at the berlin wall museum on sunday perhaps will get some more insight into what he intends to do in the future from that press conference one thing we do expect him to see. that press conference is. for the german foreign minister. should know it seems the mystic and she was instrumental in bringing. in he supply the private jet that flew him from russia to germany it seems he also played a big role in obtaining a visa for this short notice to allow him to be here german chancellor angela merkel said that she welcomed. germany and that she thanked the she trying times dietrich genscher for the work that he did in bringing a bit. german government for the work that they've done behind the scenes to ensure that because the cops he could come here to germany so that's how it stands at the moment will be waiting to find out what he says on sunday about any of his real future plans so the western wild has been debating not lines behind me. but politician

thanks very much indeed for all of the live in berlin well i will be back with more news for in just over half an hour from now in the meantime it is breaking the set stay with us r.t. to national. the parliament of yemen has put forward a motion to ban drone attacks in the country the motion is now awaiting approval by the president and it's probably impossible to enforce unless they could build a really big net or something isn't it strange that now after years of drone strikes in their country the parliament just wakes up to the fact their systems are getting blown up from the sky to be fair yemen doesn't have a ton of cash and i could see how having the well equipped and funded us military to take care of the al qaeda problem for them for free could be really enticement i mean it must be scary to be a politician with lots of power hungry terrorists about this would be the first time in history that a stronger foreign power fought a weaker states battles for them but the problem is that according to the huffington post a former u.s. state department official in yemen says that ever

well macau holocaust the first full day of freedom was a day of reunification with family here in berlin his son pavel who'd flown from new york told us that the whole family had been reunited and that they were all very happy thrilled to be here in berlin germany even today because my father is free. my family is finally going to see it and we're very very appealing because he . really can hear us and also. how to cause his mother and father had flown here from moscow now his mother has been here in berlin quite a quite a lot in the recent past she has been receiving cancer treatments here and a bill in city hospital the main function shock to me as to come myleene i'm going to see him now i feel like it's one of my regular things the whole reason behind because of course he being granted the presidential pardon on humanitarian grounds was the the ill health of his mother so they have been reunited here in the hotel just behind me the press secretary of the russian president dmitry peskov now he said that the khodorkovsky remains a russian citizen he is a russian citizen he's free to re

me how to cope ski here to germany so that's the way it stands will be will all eyes focused on the berlin wall museum a little later on sunday when we'll be hearing from the car how to cope ski as he outlines what he plans to do next well political analyst and expert on russian's human relations alexander was one of the first to greet macau horticulture ski on german soil here is what he said his face didn't change in the past ten years i haven't seen him for ten years. and i think he didn't lose his humor he still. very strong. was invited by the former german minister hans dietrich genscher to consult him in his push to release. but are doesn't think the x. or magnus will involve himself in politics in the future but if he does foreign affairs analyst martin c.f. says he has little chance of becoming as powerful as he was in the one nine hundred ninety s. what it's not going to happen is that khodorkovsky is going to be a credible figure in russia he will significant the 1980's the beginning of the twenty first century for two reasons first of all because of his us from now until well f

this batch of prominent rican is hearings will continue to excuse the berlin state the committee will begin deliberating an abbreviation of the market to buy control of the national intelligence service. aidan means the rain after railway strike in the nation and turn its second week on this monday all the while mostly only affect its freight train operations during week one it's now starting to impact passenger train services leaving some leaders and alert. this is any reports they really streak that started one week ago has now begun to have the direct effect on two meters in the capital city. the korea railroad corporation recall trail begins operations of some wailing three insult by fifteen percent on monday the line is operated by the both coal rail is all natural which also read the first and fourth lines at signaling the possibility of further scale downs in operations. the unions representing so natural and the kirby of railway workers have already notified their employers could be planted on a strike starting wednesday the number of its passenger trains. it's all for science

took that told us that it was neither a mystery nor a surprise that the one time all the dark chose to head to berlin. the reason why we came to germany is very simple because his mother is here in hospital she's very very sick and this is not a secret and asked to release him because he wants to meet his mother before it's too late and. as it happens. here. when the sunrise but she's in germany. left on to germany for russia but of course she's no. politician paul hamm poll from the euro skeptic alternative for germany party told us why he thinks joyed such a warm welcome in berlin. the people germany don't know very little about. i mean he was known as an audit guy who had been put on trial in russia and send him to jail for the last ten years that is all you know the people in the west and would have forgotten so quickly what has happened after the break of the soviet union the fall of the soviet union i mean it was in times of boris yeltsin there were the. taking over of power and where most influential in russia president putin came and you know be criticizing today the influence of the ukraine