well you know victor wood won the first case in the. in occur in a court of first instance back in two thousand and nine then he lost the second case in the court of appeal because the extradition cases for foreigners drug go to the supreme court on fortunately this is where it ended and unfortunately for victor the second case of the court of appeal had a lot more precedence a lot more power of a weight than the court of force is the soul of the picture on the first case he did lose the second that's why he was extradited it is a relevant at this point in time where the extradition was legal or illegal. it's obviously absolutely illegal because there is not one person in thailand who's actually signed a document war stays the victim who is to be extradited to the united states but at this point in time i think it's all b.s. the united states government with everything of they have done illegally over the past decade of the war in iraq in the war in afghanistan missing weapons of mass destruction obviously there are going to hand big tr

considering as we mentioned in that report that victor boot. case legally and technically continues to remain in thailand also things like the defense has been saying that the recording some of the recordings that the prosecution is presenting to the judge are quite questionable because they want to see whether or not it was even legal according to tie laws to carry out these recordings which the prosecution of course is using against victor boot so some of the interesting things there we saw a very quick exchange between picture put on his wife when he walked in he sort of winked at her and gave her a smile he seemed pretty confident he is the man of course he speaks nine languages and yet he did still have an interpreter interpreter for him just to make sure he gets every single detail of what's being said now i know that you've been able to to speak to is why you've been able to interview her why. that you know that they still haven't been able to even speak to or until this pretrial hearing today. well known that legally he has a right to o

the spouse of the alleged arms trader victor boot faces interrogation ahead of her husband's trial. card she speaks with all of that in an exclusive interview all the details from new york ahead in the program. and despite billions of u.s. reconstruction dollars flooding into iraq some families are still left on the rubbish heap. broadcasting live from our studios in the heart of moscow this is our team and we're certainly glad to have you with us for the millions of immigrants that dream of a better life in america the green card symbolizes entrance to a land of opportunity but winning the lottery for the right to work is not always all it seems that's why qualified doctors and teachers often end up driving cabs or cleaning floors if they're lucky lauren lyster reports. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and train for a chance to win or you can be a mega million dollar fantasy and believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them ten for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people a

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars. or t. new york are to contribute or wayne madsen says it has information that could prove damaging to u.s. officials. i think if victor boot was allowed to write his memoirs and it was made into a movie it would be a blockbuster because he knows enough to maybe point a finger at a lot of u.s. officials and especially in the bush cheney administration he says he's getting a lot of bad press of course he's getting bad press from the wall street journal from fox news you know the same people who have interests with war toward books that merchants of death and washington post reporters and whatnot is going to get a fair trial here a lot of people question whether the rule of law actually even applies to the united states anymore since we have federal judges and prosecutors probably feel more at home trying cases than equitorial guinea or me and maher and i doubt he's going to get a fair trial here still ahead this hour the ex russian spy who is a cold and. chapman lends her lands her own show f

the wife of alleged russian arms dealer victor who faces tough questioning by new york immigration her husband is awaiting trial. and the holy day has come to russia believe us celebrate the birth of christ with family and fun outside. world wide news live from moscow this is artsy for the millions of immigrants that dream of a better life in america the green card symbolizes entrance to a. and of opportunity but winning the lottery for the right to work is not always all it seems that's why qualified doctors and teachers often end up driving cabs or cleaning floors if they're lucky long list of reports. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and train for a chance to win or a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them to and for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when i meet one of them my name is owen gemini and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigran

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and forty new york. let's go back to our top story now the presidents of russia and afghanistan are holding a joint news conference right now after that meeting here in moscow where that's listening to that. most of the colleagues ladies and gentlemen of the press. but it really should be to go what if we had our talks we get with the new president of these latin pretty public of afghanistan that question the russian side dish of course this is not the first time we meet we had the war met more than once prior to that both in russia and abroad. but this is the first official visit by mr karzai to our country and this is a very important event to us and i mentioned this at the deer beginning of our talks to mr president i expect that these talks that are not over yet russia will help us bring our relationship to a whole new level. today we had an exchange of views on our bilateral relations. we discussed the situation in afghanistan and in some other neighboring countries. we also discussed how we can add

victor boot is being held in a new york prison even though victor boots trial date has not even beenset yet the man has spent almost two months in this jail in downtown manhattan in solitary confinement his only contact with the outside world consists of meetings with his defense team as well as once a week check ups from the russian consulate having arrived to the u.s. to support their relative family has already received a far from warm welcome in the states his wife paula was held at the airport for almost three hours with the immigration officer asked me if i knew my husband was a terrorist while accusations are flying case oh. legally remains in thailand. according to boots thai and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court meaning there was no official decision of an extradition this has been reason the question of whether the us broke laws in whisking him away onto its soil . has not committed any criminal activity and has not been found guilty neither in the us nor in any other country victor boot has said he's the victim of a propaganda war launched in

victor boots defense team says they're ready to challenge a u.s. government move to prosecute the alleged russian arms dealer he's being held in new york pending trial on terrorism charges now for september if found guilty boot faces a minimum of twenty five years in prison russian government releases extradition to the u.s. from thailand was politically motivated and it's essential. i want a firearm for every twelve people. every question. how we arm the other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing businessman victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of war or simply a victim of propaganda u.s. prosecutors are not thinking twice about which label to pick the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate the american media months ahead of trial also have their mind made up this is the lord of war. the merchant of death right and you've got him in your hands right he's in custody it's a great feeling with presumption of innocence out the window all these nicknames exist f

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and parties. hundreds of norwegians have been showing their anger against war based. treatment of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants it's been highlighted by the thread to deport a russian born olfa who's lived there since she was a child and was even awarded no wage and the year of the. cases the country facing up to issues has been reluctant to touch before. the clock is ticking for many as her supporters gather in central oslo for what may be the last time to protest her deportation from the country she's learnt to call home as things stand i merely could be sent to russia within days leaving behind her friends the land she grew up in but this is no longer just about money with her book illegal norwegian and her activism she's managed to draw attention to the plight of all people struggling to stay in norway those without papers have no access to work education or health care and can't even get married before i may leave very few talks about it but they are now i receive every. i would have

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and. you.ake a quick look now it's on today's top stories across the globe you know ireland the green party leader has quit the coalition government and called for the march general election he brought forward john gormley says his party's patience had run out after weeks of political turmoil in the country but promised to support next week's finance bill from opposition benches the latest resignation comes a day after prime minister brian cowen stepped down as leader of his party i mean pressure due to the country's economic crisis. at least ten people have been killed in a series of bombings across the iraqi capital baghdad more than thirty others were injured. car bombs appear to be part of a warden even attacked that targeted police and shia pilgrims in your busy roads in the city officials say the attacks were designed to show that iraq is unable to provide security ahead of an arab league summit in march last week more than one hundred fifty people were killed in a wave of explosions cost

back to the show victor victor when you started talking about your current interests to suit you i know that to. hey you're interested in celtic music it's amazing that when we were young generation of those rock musicians tended to turn to indian music george harrison john mcloughlin many many others are today's rock musicians there's into ritchie blackmore ritchie blackmore and many others play celtic music what brought it to celtic music. you know stairway to how many by led zeppelin was influenced by celtic ballots all english ballots originated from there yes that is so i realize that to be able to play this music really well once you know celtic music simply bought a ticket to arlen and flew there i came back with two bags of discs and musical instruments in then i started studying it you know there are a lot of young people in russia who not only imitate their looks by wearing kilts their soul to clubs where they dance and learn about celtic use tree it was very interesting for me to learn about caroline and european harpers we have boards in russia but the bharti tradition actua

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and parties. on the way nuclear talks and stalemate. the latest round of the. rounds atomic program have you had no breakthrough and why russia still thinks progress can be made. protesters took to the streets of the day is norwegians lend support to a russian born in legal immigrant to the ballots to be deported when i am let me who was once a name norwegian of the year has lived in the country for decades but failed in her bid for asylum and as more and it reports a case has drawn cool from human rights groups to norway to change its immigration policy. the clock is ticking for many as her supporters gather in central oslo for what may be the last time to protest her deportation from the country she's learnt to call home as things stand i merely could be sent to russia within days leaving behind her friends the land she grew up in but this is no longer just about money with her book illegal norwegian and her activism she's managed to draw attention to the plight of all people struggling to stay

very hard with all the propaganda against victor and the american media. and professionalism in court on a difficult fight with the kind of image of victor that has been created here and i doubt the court will be unbiased told us that she intends to remain in the united states in new york until she gets a meeting with her husband something that really doesn't seem like possible at the moment since he's in solitary confinement and needs to be moved to another cell for that to happen for now he's only meeting with members of his defense team as well as members of the russian consulate. this is coming july from the russian capital still ahead for you this hour on the scrapheap we follow the plight of the poorest iraqis stuck at the bottom of the pile. in the last christmas day probably feeling like in the memory already looking telling you what. is the day of the rest of celebrate the. story still to come but first one of the three vessel stuck in ice off the russia's far eastern coast is now free but the two others are still awaiting rescue the icebreaker i'

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and parties. well the powers involved in the latest talks with iran over its nuclear program say they're disappointed with the outcome foreign policy chief baroness ashton says iran isn't cooperating enough to remain under u.n. sanctions to further talks of plant. green wouldn't just include its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes remain international consider trying to develop nuclear weapons charge the country denies russia's deputy foreign minister sergei minister says while on a deal. to turn to face. those are not. i wouldn't agree that these talks failed i think there was an important opportunity that was used by both parties to move dialogue forward i would say i am encouraged by the outcome but to put it that i am squarely disappointed would be no worse statement my hope is that after the stumble around. the rainy and part the will consider in a very serious manner. his eight years on specific proposals that have been put forward as a russia sells as i believe many in the world.

as russian businessman victor boot faces a pretrial hearing in the u.s. says a bank to media has convicted him before he stepped foot in court. hello this is the r.t. news channel it's one of the morning here in moscow. and our top story russia is promising to support afghanistan after western forces withdraw from the troubled region in three years time president medvedev pledged came of talks with homemade karzai here in moscow the leaders also promise to clamp down on the vast flow of afghan drugs from which russia suffers the most are these innocent now as details of this high level meeting. on the first official visit of an afghan leader to moscow in two decades russia promises to lend a hand after western forces leave the war torn country. russia would like to see afghanistan as an independent and prosperous state with an effective government that's able to provide the development of afghanistan for decades to come. u.s. led coalition forces have been in the country since two thousand and one and are planning to withdraw combat forces in three years

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and. you. for a long running story this one if you want to find out more about it with the wealth of. the whole story on our web site. america's left scratching his head there is they're expensive popular afghanistan continues and while india may not be as much cash to the cause it seems its contribution to the nation is leaving a. new report. on the cost of ukraine. more than he or she could choose after swallowing a mobile phone pull. through. but you can find out more. world powers could mask the disappointment of the outcome of the latest talks over iran's controversial nuclear program negotiations in istanbul failed to reach any agreement or even set a deadline for future discussions the east foreign policy chief says iran isn't cooperating enough on the whole. the strict u.n. sanctions but iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad says he expects positive results from any further talks to run insists it will not freeze its uranium enrichment program saying every country has a right to peaceful

the wife of alleged russian arms dealer victor bruton faces tough questioning by new york immigration her husband is awaiting trial. and the holy day has come to russia as orthodox believers celebrate the birth of christ with family. fun. and in our business program find out whether the north stream gas pipeline is on its way to becoming the longest subsidy pipeline in the world i'll have more on that in our business program in about twenty minutes time. live from moscow this is r.t. welcome to the program. for the millions of immigrants that dream of a better life in america the green card symbolizes entrance to a land of opportunity but winning the lottery for the right to work is not always all it seems that's why qualified doctors and teachers often end up driving cabs or cleaning floors if they're lucky lauren lyster reports. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and touring for a chance to win. a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them so for the life of a ticket that could change their live

officials victor boot was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after two years of fighting for freedom in a thai court and found not guilty twice was snatched up by american officials and taken to the u.s. with sirens and an airplane in the middle of the night building all the hype of a hollywood blockbuster but curiously boots case technically remains in thailand according to russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court meaning there was no official decision of an extradition meanwhile dubbed an international arms trafficker by america if your boot is in solitary confinement in a manhattan prison his wife who was held at the airport for almost three hours upon her arrival to the big apple got the first glimpse of victor i friday's technical hearings i don't think he's in the best state i'm worried about his health both physical and mental the family believes the case against it was fabricated and calls what happened to him by kidnapping the full sky i can accept the possibility that victor boot might have some information that might be of interest to som

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and. you're. a wealth of background and analysis on the story on our web site of course there's plenty of new. equipment but what else is online now america is left scratching its head as they're expensive but all popular gallops down the mission. may not be contributing as a lot to the for its contribution to the rule. that takes us down. and it could be the coolest day ever visit no one there is tons of value used to create the fairy tale cultures that kept solve a zero temperatures find out more about this winter wonderland on our website so. now will power is could the disappointment of the latest talks over iran's controversial nuclear program negotiations in istanbul failed to reach any agreement or even set a deadline for future discussions these foreign policy chief says iran isn't call poor. singha now and will remain under strict u.n. sanctions but a round president must without with either says he expects positive results from any further talks insists it will not freeze its uranium enr

the family of victor boot arrived to new york for the first time since his extradition from thailand took place two months ago and we did speak exclusively with his wife all aboot outside the airport after they were held inside the airport for over two and a half hours and she did really seem quite traumatized by the experience she was telling us how her self her teenage daughter and victor boots mother who is over seventy years old were held by u.s. officials and al the boot was questioned and they were scooped up by officials as soon as they stepped off the airplane and really asked calculus questions take a listen to how she described this situation to us. we had to spend two hours in some strange room they turned our luggage upside down and took personal things from my bag they told me to switch off my cell phone and didn't allow me to get in touch with the russian consul until the interrogation or questioning was over one person introduced himself as a special and to terry agent he said he wanted to talk to me about the purpose of my visit an immigration officer i think also ask

when you pull of the came across victor's story she tried to help her and. we offered victor a house which here accepted at first it was a warm gas heater of house with a power supply and then return he did help out with manual labor but he decided not to stay i think he just had been urged to be back in the forest. conventional living just doesn't suit fix he's clearly extremely self-sufficient but he does rely on healthy and equipment supplies and you know you know for the first time in my life i have a home my own home i feel happy here i'm a lone wolf if you like. here amongst the trees and the snow you pick has found a way of life that he enjoys he any asked that now other people respect. so if there are to a legion. while our website is just a click away to keep you up to date here's a taste of what waiting for you online right now. georgia sends over one hundred policeman to disperse some twenty. veterans on the hunger strike and what they claim is neglect by the government. not rock n roll the u.s. army is under fire but using their soldiers music fo

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and as. you. and i want to catch up with a background of the story we have a wealth of it and analysis to all about the whole rather long running big. website . also plenty more lined up as well as we came for you americans left scratching its head as their explosive put unpopular afghanistan mission continues we report while india may not be contributing as much cash to the cause its contribution to the war struck nation is leaving a bitter taste right now in u.s. my. life plus being a provocative crazy and zero has bitten off more than he could chew after swallowing a female visitor creech became depressed last refused to call r t dot com. hundreds of norwegians will be showing their anger against what they see as the unfair treatment of asylum seekers an illegal immigrants it's been highlighted by a threat to deport a russian born author who's lived there since she was a child and was even awarded for being a model citizen. reports from oslo case has the country facing up to issues it's been re

five am in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on our team our top story victor boots defense team says they're ready to challenge the u.s. government move to prosecute the alleged russian arms dealer he's being held in a new york jail pending trial on terrorism charges now scheduled for september if found guilty boot faces a minimum twenty five years in prison his lawyers are also arguing the legal grounds of his extradition from thailand to the u.s. in november are he's not a stasi a target of reports. it was definitely an interesting and interesting hearing we saw a picture of good he seems to have lost quite a lot of weight his hair has grown longer his wife his daughter and his mother were also present in the courtroom because this was the first time they got to see a glimpse of him in a very very long time and essentially what was going on inside the courtroom were several technical questions were being decided such as setting a trial date and also of course importantly the defense team presented to the judge that they're planning to file several motions concerni

when you pull of the look you know came across victor's story she tried to help pen. we offered victor a house which here accepted at first it was a warm gas he did house with a power supply and then returned he did help out with manual labor but he decided not to stay i think he just had been urged to be back in the forest. conventional living just doesn't see he's clearly extremely self-sufficient but he does rely on healthy and equipment supplies and you you know for the first time in my life i have a home my own home i feel happy here i'm a lone wolf if you like. your lungs the trees in the snow you think he's found a way of life that he and julie. here only ask that now other people respect. so if they are to. america's most popular mountain resort of aspen could soon be welcoming a high profile pair of skiers president dmitri medvedev has agreed to hit the slopes with now former california governor arnold schwarzenegger the two exchanged messages on the social networking site twitter and decided to fix the time to go skiing together dimitri medvedev is known as

victor boot is a russian cargo dealing businessman chased by the u.s. for a decade upon the request of america he was arrested in thailand two years ago after thai courts twice found him not guilty of any crimes he was still extradited to the u.s. this november to face one conspiring to kill united states nationals to conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the far already dubbed and international arms trafficker by the u.s. victor boot is being held in a new york prison even though the two boots trial date has not even been set yet the man has spent almost two months in this jail in downtown manhattan in solitary confinement his only contact with the outside world consists of meetings with his defense team as well as once a week check ups from the russian consulate having arrived to the u.s. to support their relative the family has already received a far from warm welcome in the states his wife was held at the airport for almost

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars just as you sure can or r.t. your. iranian president ahmadinejad says he expects any future negotiations with foreign powers over his country's nuclear program to have a positive results it comes off to world powers involved in the latest talks say they were disappointed with the out for the talks are planned tehran says any agreement must include its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes only international concerns it's trying to develop a nuclear weapon charge the country denies russia's deputy foreign minister sergei volkov won a deal wasn't reached. went to total failure. i wouldn't agree that these talks failed i think that there was an important opportunity that was used by both parties to move dialogue forward i would say i'm encouraged by the outcome but to put it better i'm squarely disappointed would be in overstatement my hope is that after the stumble around. the ring in part he will consider in a very serious manner these eighty years and specific proposals that have been put forward as well

when you pull of the look you know came across victor's story she tried to help her and. we offered victor a house which here accepted at first it was a warm gas you do have house with a power supply and then return he did help out with manual labor but he decided not to stay and i think he just had been urged to be back in the forest. conventional living just doesn't see he's clearly extremely self-sufficient but he does rely on help to feed and equipment supplies. you know for the first time in my life i have a home my own home if you happy here i'm a lone wolf if you like. the monks the trees and the snow has found a way of life that he enjoys. he any of that now other people respect the. surf. and find out why some experts think the world health organization is downplaying the magnitude of india's malaria problem to. have been killed and a counter terror operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan. sorry for this mismatch while the man refused to surrender when special forces encircled the private house they were hiding in on the outskirts of the capital maha

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars. on the way a nuclear talks end in stone mates. latest round. of progress have yielded no breakthrough to think progress toward a. demonstrator took to the streets of norway on saturday protesting against the deportation of illegal immigrants. was once named yes president in the country for almost a decade but failed in a bid for asylum despite huge support among locals it seems she's losing the battle to stay in the place she calls home reports from. the clock is ticking for many as her supporters gather in central oslo for what may be the last time to protest her deportation from the country she's learnt to call home as things stand i merely could be sent to russia within days leaving behind her friends the land she grew up in but this is no longer just about money with her book illegal norwegian and her activism she's managed to draw attention to the plight of all people struggling to stay in norway those without papers have no access to work education or health care and can't even

when little of the canal came across victor's story she tried to help him and. offered victor a house which here accepted at first it was a warm gas he did house with a power supply and then returned he did help out with manual labor but he decided not to stay because i think he just had been urged to be back in the forest. conventional living just doesn't suit he's clearly extremely self-sufficient but he does rely on healthy and equipment supplies and you're going to need you know for the first time in my life i have a home my own home i feel happy here i'm a lone wolf if you like. your lungs the trees and the snow you picked is found a way of life that he enjoying. the ne i ask that now other people respect that. so if there was a legion. i'll be back with the headlines shortly but first a bit for e.u. membership and bridging relations with. top twenty seven down with the country's president boris tadic to him more about belgrade's road towards europe the challenges the nation faces. but is that the church serbian president thank you very much for being with

lawyers of alleged russian arms trafficker victor set to challenge a u.s. government attempt to charge the businessman dubbed the merchant of death. protests in oslo as norwegians lend their support to a russian woman about to be deported despite being caught up in the country being brought up in the country and voted a model citizen. six party talks in istanbul and in disappointment over iran's nuclear program. no deal and no deadline set for further talks and we see there's still a faint glimmer of hope joining us for more later in the program. news around the clock from around the world i'm at treasury you're watching our t.v. good to have you with us our top story victor boots defense team say they're ready to challenge the u.s. government move to prosecute the alleged russian arms dealer he's being held in a new york jail pending trial on terrorism charges now scheduled for september if guilty bood faces a minimum twenty five years behind bars his lawyers are also arguing the legal grounds of his extradition from thailand to the u.s. in november are he