next is an interview with dr brian palmer a social anthropologist from uppsala university he says the u.s. is playing a key role behind the scenes all that you've been a staunch case. dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r t it's a pleasure to be on your program sweden has been in the spotlight.

dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r.t. it's a pleasure to be on your program sweden has been in the spotlight quite a bit lately with the wiki leaks scandal and the spy and sex probes into doing a song why does sweden want julian of songs to be extradited is it just for.

dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r t it's a pleasure to be on your program sweden has been in the spotlight quite a.

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 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 could leaks than many people and many papers in britain so i think he's 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. that you can watch the full interview with dr brian palmer in about twenty five minutes here up to. now egypt's new cabinet is increasing pay and pensions for public sector workers in attempt to quell two weeks of unrest but protesters are still refusing to back down until hosni mubarak quits the country's vice president who is leading talk to create a new government has been courted by the u.s.

dr brian palmer from uppsala university believes that it's a dream that soldiers say for the u.k. 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 p

dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala a university thank you very much for sitting down with us today are to you.

dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r.t. it's a pleasure to be on your program sweden has been in the spotlight quite a bit lately with the wiki leaks scandal and the spy and sex probes into doing a song and why does sweden want julian of so much to be extradited is it just for to be questioned rather for the sex crimes alleged against him. it's hard to say certainly. sexual misconduct is taken seriously in sweden but few cases gets anywhere near the kind of judicial energy behind them as it is this had some of it there's seems to also be other factors at play it may be partly the prosecutors and lawyers involved and issues of their communities it may also be that there's. pressure from the. foreign policy establishment in sweden and even from the united states that it's playing a role do you think that eventually we'll in fact be extradited to sweden it wouldn't surprise me if he is in the end. but i would say that he and his lawyers have a fighting chance of keeping him there and and suggesting t