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

victor boot is being held in a new york prison even though viktor 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 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 social he will place 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 raising the question of whether the u.s. 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

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. r.t. you. know hundreds of no wages have been showing against what they say is the unfair treatment of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants it's been highlighted by the threats to support a russian born all for his lift this since she was a child and was even awarded norwegian of the year as war and that reports. of these cases the country facing up to it's 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 mean leave very few talks about it but they are now

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

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

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

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

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

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

officials victor boot was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after two years of fightingfor freedom in a thai court and found not guilty twice who 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 he was placed according to boots tie and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains a. court would you mean there was no official decision of an extradition meanwhile dubbed an international arms trafficker by america picture booth 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 viktor at 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 because what happened to him kidnapping yeah. i can accept the possibility that victor boot might have some information that might

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and parties. while the power is involved in the latest tolls for the ram lavery its nuclear program say they just appointed but the u.s. foreign policy chief barrenness says iran isn't cooperating enough from where were made on the u.n. sanctions on iran in president within a shot hit back saying he expects anything today casey ations to haue positive results they remain international concerns to around trying to develop a nuclear weapon a chance the country denies russia's deputy foreign minister sergei area call says want to deal reached the negotiations were total faith. i wouldn't agree that these talks failed i think it was an important. that was used by both parties to move. forward i would say i'm encouraged by the outcome but. i'm squarely disappointed would be you know we're statement my hope is that after the. party will consider it very soon. this man there. is eighty years and specific proposals that have been put forward as the russia says and as i believe many in the world. equally.

i can accept the possibility that victor boot might have some information that might be. interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those governments just drag those people on to their territory defense team such a file motions questioning how and why the man was brought to the us as well as whether or not the recordings used against picture were obtained in accordance with the thai law richard boots stands confident that he is the victim of a propaganda war launched in america and maintains his innocence the defense team now has forty five days to present for motions to the judge the i'm awful most i'll be a traditional big tribute to the united states is one of the key elements among them a trial date for now has been set for september twelfth if found guilty by the u.s. federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and forty year we have a wealth of valid ground and analysis on the story along websites and this bunch of other stor

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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.

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

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

that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing business men victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of more or simply the 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 all right and you've got him in your hands when he's in custody it's a great feeling with presumption of innocence out the window all these nicknames exist for one man. who has not committed any criminal activity and has not been found guilty neither in the us nor in any other country in america however he faces four charges. one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the far the united states has been eager to lay hands on for almost a decade there is no osama bin ladin no al qaida

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and. new york. victims story for acquaint yourself with more on our website. as well as the story . america left scratching its head as the expensive but i'm gonna start mission continues in the air we've been reporting by not contributing as much cash to her contribution. is. to find out more about. well the story is the adopting. a much lighter note this call for the ukrainians no more than it could chew it's full of female visitors mobile phone the creature became depressed lost its appetite and refused to return the call its true calms the place to find out more about that too. hundreds of norwegians have been showing their anger against what they see as the unfair treatment of asylum seekers an illegal immigrants it's been highlighted by the threat to deport a russian born author who's lived since she was a child it was even awarded for being a model citizen as lauren that reports from oslo maria emily's case as the country facing up to issues it's been reluctant to touch before. the clock is t

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federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and parties.more of aleisha is from wiki leaks this week criticized the opposition groups in russia for its incompetence and whistleblower published diplomatic cables in which the us ambassador to moscow brands the anti kremlin movement says unsustainable and immature files also show that opposition groups look beyond russia regularly seeking washington's help secret cables are just american embassy staff in moscow have grown tired of frequent frequent pleas for cash and political aid investigative journalist webster tarpley says the leader of one anti-government movement has already made a bad name for himself. what we see in these papers is the russia director of the national security council michael mcfaul who is interested in grooming boris nemtsov as a candidate to stop putin from becoming president again in two thousand and twelve which but powell obviously thinks this is what's going to happen and it seems to me the gaggle of people that they have working for them are are not going to be ad

federal court victor boot could face up to a life sentence behind bars and thirty year. you for interested in that story one of quite yourself or more the background we've got a lot of it on our web site plus plenty of analysis as well about the whole of the affairs of our tivo also there tonight americans left scratching his head a very expensive but on a popular afghanistan mission. as we report on lloyd while india may not be contributing as much cash to the cause its contribution to the. nation is really leaving a bitter taste in u.s. mouths right more about that on line also on a much lighter note one of the profit outlook a crock of ukrainian zoos bitten off more than it could chew after swallowing a female but it is the creature became lost its appetite refused to return because . i say that. hundreds of norwegians are really showing their anger against what very see as the treatment of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants has been highlighted by the threat to deport a russian born or things like this and she was a child was even awarded for being a model citizen

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 alibi was questioned 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 turned our luggage upside down and took her still 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 asked me whether

it's seven am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t 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 new york jail pending trial on terrorism charges now scheduled for september if found guilty buthe faces a minimum quarter century in prison his lawyers are also arguing the legal grounds of his extradition from thailand to the u.s. in november are he's honest has more. 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 he 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 concerning victor groups case