citizens and conspiring to cooperate with farka group that steam terrorists in the united states victor boot is looking at a minimum term of twenty five years but we have to keep in mind that the prosecution is asking for as much as a life sentence behind bars boot himself continues to maintain his innocence to this moment his defense team has called the fact that the prosecution is asking for a life sentence a disgrace but we're going to have to wait and see how events unravel like we mentioned in that case with so much build up to this case with so much negative attitudes towards him including in the courtroom you know to the extent that the judge had to ban the term merchant of death inside the courtroom in order to not influence the jury the outcome looks quite quite negative for victor boot today and he has been the merchant of death here in america but he has been so infamous abroad. well the point that's quite interesting though you bring that up because the term the merchants of death was the name of a book written allegedly about victor boot the lord of war was a movie needs alleged

it's judgment day for victor boot the russian man convicted of arms trafficking and terrorism conspiracy the judge is expected to hand down a verdict any moment now and we will give you a live report from new york. plus bloodshed continues in syria despite these promises from both sides of the u.s. increasing involvement in the conflict will anything and the violence at this point we're following the crisis we'll bring you the latest. and keep your friends close and your enemies closer these days it seems the u.s. has taken that longit a hard especially when it comes to dealing with china but how long can this tap dance continue before one steps on the other's toes or question war. it's thursday april fifth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching artsy. well he has been the big merchant of death in the u.s. russian arms dealer viktor booth is set to be handed a sentence in federal court in new york at the moment the sentencing hearing began a poor thirty this afternoon still no word from the court but was found guilty back in november for selling millions of doll

rushing places meant victor boot is given a minimum sentence of twenty five years in a new york court conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists the judge ruled groups would never have actually committed the crimes. even the security council he says it's tough a statement getting syria calling on the authorities on the opposition to lay down arms unconditionally in a week. french president nicolas sarkozy winds up in support of his crackdowns on a radical he says the great young muslims say they feel checked it by their own country. around the world around the clock you're watching r t a u.s. court has given a russian businessman to fit to boot a minimum sentence of twenty five years for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists and kill americans as our teams report on explains that was immense pressure from washington to convict the russian. the u.s. government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the russian citizen to twenty five years behind bars and that is for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of wea

moscow denounces victor boot sentencing in the u.s. as politically motivated as the russian businessman gets trying to five years behind bars. reports of ongoing violence in syria despite if you want to make up that both sides must reach a complete ceasefire next week. and french muslims say they're being scapegoated in the wake of the deadly shooting from terrorists as the country cracks down on religious radicals. from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's four pm here in the russian capital eight am in new york and moscow has condemned victor boot sentencing in the us as unacceptable and politically motivated russian's foreign minister said the country would help to to ensure his rights are protected the russian businessman was convicted of conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists and kill americans are jews were an important is in new york and now the . the u.s. government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the ru

at moscow valves to secure the return of victor boot that's after a u.s. judge sentenced the russian businessman to twenty five years behind bars for conspiring to think of conspiring rather to kill americans. for the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly with me rory soon shy the u.n. backed peace plan for syria could be in that block just days ahead of a ceasefire deadline the rebels have refused to give the mask loose any guarantees they will lay down arms when the government troops withdraw our middle east correspondent paula slayer house the latest. the commander of the rebel free syrian army has indicated that he will not give any kind of guarantees that he plans to mate on arms and this is just always after the syrians look forward at a crazed force such explanations what the syrian regime is often for is written confirmation that the rebels when they down on speak with cool they tense and the troops some population centers now this does placement to derail the peace process just two days before the cease fire and that was

moscow sounds the sentencing of russian businessman victor boot u.s. court is unacceptable biased and politically motivated received trying to five years for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists. the u.n. security council issues its tougher statement yet on syria calling on the government and the opposition to lay down arms within a week as seen in coffee on its peace plan. french president nicolas sarkozy wins a public support for his crackdown on islamic radicals but loses the faith of young muslims who say they feel rejected by their own country. because three pm here in moscow this is archie coming to you live on the need to now wait with our top story the moscow has criticized the sentencing of victor boot in america as politically motivated and says he will seek his return home the businessman was found guilty of conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists and kill americans but the judge ruled there was no proof he would ever have committed the crimes if it wasn't for the u.s. sting operation snared him. how smart. the u.s. government wanted vi

government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the russian citizen to twenty five years behind bars the knot is for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons and surface to air missiles to colombian for rebels those rebels were really agents that were posing undercover the u.s. federal judge delivered her sentence in manhattan. thursday afternoon that was the mandatory minimum sentence that she could give mr boot the u.s. federal judge has said that mr hasn't been an active arms dealer since two thousand and three and believes that there is no proof that mr bush was looking for opportunities to deal with terrorists kill americans victor boot through the first time stood up and addressed the courtroom he said that he never intended to kill anyone or sell arms to anyone he said that is the truth and then he turned around and pointed his finger at the d e agents that testified against him saying that they know that what he's saying is the truth yes he expected the sentence because i believe the jud

russian businessmen victor boot is given a minimum sentence of twenty five years by a new york court for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists. the u.n. security council issues its toughest statement yet on syria calling on the authorities of the opposition to lay down arms unconditionally in a weak. french president sarkozy wins a public support for his crackdown on islamic radicals but loses the faith of young muslims who say they feel rejected by their own country. twelve news and comments twenty four hours a day this is r.t. a us court has given russian businessmen the boot a minimum sentence of twenty five years for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists and kill americans but the judge ruled there was no proof he would ever have committed crimes if it wasn't for the u.s. sting operation that's near him. reporting live has more now from outside the courthouse in new york. the u.s. government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the russian citizen to twenty five years behind bars and that is for co

the sentencing of russian businessman victor boot by u.s. courts is unacceptable biased and politically motivated me to cvs twenty five years for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists. the un security council he sees it's tough a statement yet on syria calling on the forty's and the opposition to lay down arms unconditionally within a week. french president nicolas sarkozy wins public support for his crackdown on islamic radicals loses the faith of young muslims who say they feel rejected by their own country. the rason market opens up about the slightly in the red despite the high oil price. think it's. world news and much more twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . has criticised the sentencing of it to boot in america as politically motivated and says it will seek his return home but this isn't it was found guilty of conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists and kill americans the judge ruled there was no proof he would ever have committed the crimes if it wasn't for the u.s. sting operation that's near him or to report not as more. the

sentence of twenty five years in federal court just a short time ago business russian businessman victor boot was found guilty back in november for selling millions of dollars worth of weapons to terrorists and while he has become infamous in the u.s. his supporters say he is a victim of entrapment and never stood a chance at fair trial. for further update on the court verdict r.t. correspondent on a. is in new york with the latest so i understand tell us about what went on the courtroom today twenty five years was what he was handed was that was expected. it was kind of a battle between twenty five years behind bars versus a life sentence we do know that the twenty five years was a minimum term that was being considered considering the charges that were that guilt was the route was found guilty of including conspiring to kill u.s. citizens and conspiring to cooperate with the fark a group that's deemed a terrorist in the united states but not by the united nations and other countries and the life in sentence was the term the prosecution had been pushing for intently until the last minute so

is no proof that mr putin was looking for opportunities to deal with terrorists kill americans victor boot for the first time stood up and addressed the courtroom he said that he never intended to kill anyone or sell arms to anyone he said that is the truth and then he turned around and pointed his finger at the d e agents that testified against him saying that they know that what he's saying is the truth yeah he will expect to be sentenced because i believe the judge is very intelligent very professional it's an acknowledgment of the invalidity of stations made with prosecutors i think that the judge was much constrained by gould you should have chosen to close the case. and mr booth in a recent interview said he was the victim of a us propaganda and mainstream media narrative that was bestowed upon him without any truth there was a movie made about him but word of war and he said u.s. press him the merchant of death and that he is just a legitimate businessman since the very. beginning mr boot has named teams his innocence he continues to do so his defense attorney following the sentenci

and moscow bows to secure the return of victor boot after u.s. judge said this is the russian businessman to twenty five years behind bars for conspiring to kill americans. nine pm in moscow i mattress or bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t you run back peace plan for syria could be in deadlock days ahead of a ceasefire deadline rebels refuse to give damascus any guarantees they'll lay down arms before the government troops withdraw our middle east correspondent policy or has the latest. the commander of the rebel free syrian army has indicated that he will not give any kind of written guarantees that he plans to lay down arms and this is just hours after the syrian forward of a crazed force such explanations what the syrian regime is awesome for is written confirmation that the rebels will lay down arms before with tool of a tense and the troops some population centers now this does threaten to derail the peace process just two days before the peace plan that was put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi

and moscow bows to secure the return of victor boot saying the case is politically motivated this after a u.s. judge sentences the russian businessman to twenty five years in prison for conspiring to kill americans. next we asked the former head of the european central bank john claude tree shea how crisis hit europe can escape the vicious circle of cuts and bailouts stay with us. well today we're joined by shea and he's the chairman of the group of thirty a panel of a former central bankers finance ministers and academics i think is no stranger to weaving through financial crises having served as the chief of the european central bank from two thousand and three to two thousand and eleven leaving the post in october last year thanks very much to mr xi for joining us today. in first question you'd like to know you said at the federal reserve a conference very recently that you think we're still in a crisis but your successor mayor draggy of the e.c.b. said that the worst of the euro crisis is over is the worst really over there i was alluding to the fact that in my order still you know

our new top story russian businessman victor boot await sentencing in the u.s. after being convicted of armed terrorists and conspiring to kill americans he could get my prime bars but insists he is innocent and the case is a property. crime and drugs in greece found her distraught elderly victim of the government contents his own money outside parliament retired from a suicide note said he had no more mean for the survivors after his pension was drafted we fly. and damascus so it's withdrawing troops in line with the u.s. sponsored peace plan by the opposition claims it's still under attack and. i've maxed out on the latest sports kate. thank you for joining me on to other sports headlines. lou chelsea beat benfica to wanting to set up a repeat of the two thousand and nine champions league semifinal against all those boss alive. i'll be by munich. relying on. aim to overturn a forty deficit against bilbao as the foremost playing striker returns home very crucial you won't believe it was a final. masterstroke sports on when tiger woods and world number two rory

live from moscow where it's four thirty pm our top stories for russian business men victor boot awaits sentencing in the u.s. after being convicted of arming terrorists in conspiring to kill americans he could get vice prime bars but insists he's innocent and that his case is fabricated. violence erupts in greece after a distraught elderly victim of the government cuts takes his own life outside part of the mets retired pharmacist suicide note said he had no more means left to survive after his tension was drastically stockist. and damascus says it's withdrawing troops in line with the u.n. sponsored peace plan but the opposition claims it's still under attack the security council is to consider more pressure on both sides to confine with an april twelfth ceasefire down on its next a former f.b.i. informant tells us why he thinks the war on terror is actually a war on islam. what it means craig montane who once recruited might be out behind to take part in the agency's most controversial tactics he was a confidential informant to infiltrate college for indian mosques throughout radical

russian businessman victor boot awaits sentencing in the us in cases of wife behind bars for alleged gun running but insists he's innocent. a potent symbol of their struggle there's islands in greece for the strong elderly victim of the government contacts it's own life outside part of the network. and their mascot says it's withdrawing troops in line with the u.n. sponsored peace fund but the opposition claims it's still under attack. from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital ten am in new york where american prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for russian business and victor boot who's convicted of arming terrorists and conspire conspiring to kill u.s. citizens the court will announce a sentence later on thursday groups attorneys stress that he's innocent and that the case is fabricated as the last they see it now reports. here is spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dea

hello broadcasting live from moscow this is r t our top stories tonight moscow denounces victor boot sentencing in the united states is politically motivated as the russian businessman gets twenty five years behind bars who was convicted of conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists and kill americans. reports of ongoing violence in syria despite e.u. an ultimatum that both sides must reach a complete ceasefire next week president assad saying he's already withdrawing troops from certain areas. and french muslims claim they're being scapegoated in the wake of the deadly shootings in to lose they say they're bearing the brunt of the heavy crackdown the extremism ahead of the presidential election. next the most promise to enjoy a perfect of the past present let's this week's moscow. hello and welcome to the cell in this week's moscow opposite will be taking a look at the subject of sense and if you could only smell through television this week's episode promises to deliver sensory overload and from restaurants international name we take a look at the history of fragrance and the west im

taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer victor boot was handcuffed whom should the u.s. and police in solitary confinement for months before trial found him guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees through. conspiring to use and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the shark the forty four year old russian air cargo business man fascinated hollywood one of our every twelve. requests. and only on the other eleven who lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns of the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death right and you've got him in your hands spread he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing a spark members a colombian group terrorist in the u.s. but not by ninety other countries

prepares to sentence russian businessmen victor boot for conspiring to smoke alarms and kill americans protests innocence and vows to appeal. violence erupts in central athens after a seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament plenty austerity cuts with decimating his pension. plus defense contractors lined up for business as india makes sense to modernize the military hit by corruption scandals and crumbling weaponry. well these are much more twenty four seven this is r.t. it's judgment day for russian businessmen to boot found guilty in american courts of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars but the sentence g. later on thursday of boots defense maintains his innocence and will appeal but also the case has been swayed by the u.s. media as artie's in situ reports from new york. hears by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer victor boot was handcuffed to the u.s. and police in solitary confinement for mo

prepares to sentence russian businessman victor boot for conspiring to smuggle arms and kill americans as he protests in this sense and vows to appeal. violence robson central athens after a seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament claiming austerity costs for decimating his pension. because defense contractors of lined up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military hit by corruption scandals and crumbling what great. it's three pm here in moscow the society coming to you live on the nice now way with our top story and it's judgment day for russian business when victor boot found guilty by an american court of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists they face life behind bars with the sentence to later on thursday but both defense maintains his innocence and will appeal but also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media sorties and stitcher cannot reports from new york. years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleg

do so his defense attorney following the sentencing came outside of the courtroom and said that victor boot is an innocent man and. i want to let you know. this is not the end we got the jury is just beginning. it all you know it was positions are clear. and he released conviction. was arrested in thailand in a sting operation in march two thousand and eight following his arrest the u.s. was pressing for him to be taken to the united states but the russian citizen was in. jail for some two years and during two different court hearings courts refused the u.s. extradition request the russian federation also said that mr boot a russian citizen and also former soviet military officer should not be extradited to the united states none the less in november two thousand and ten mr boot was taken out of thailand by a group of u.s. officials according to documents released by wiki leaks the u.s. government spent an enormous amount of time trying to get custody of viktor booth following his arrest in thailand according to u.s. cables u.s. president barack obama was personally called thailand's prime

prepares to sign tents brussel business friends victor boot for conspiring to smuggle arms and kill americans as he protests innocence and vowels to appeal. violence erupts in central our friends after a seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament claiming austerity costs for decimating his action. bus to france contractors not up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military hit by corruption scandals and crumbling weaponry. from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now it's two pm here in the russian capital six am in new york where it's judgment day for a russian businessman victor boot found guilty by an american court of conspiracy conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars and the sentence to later on thursday but defense maintains his innocence and will appeal they also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media sorts he's an associate turk and reports of years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting ope

it was an odd scene moscow is vowing to use all legal means to bring victor boot back home after the russian businessman was sentenced by a us court it was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge gave boot a minimum to twenty five years stressing there would be no evidence of crime had it not been for the american sting operation that set up his arrest. for. years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer victor boot was handcuffed flew into the u.s. and placed in solitary confinement for months before a trial found him guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two 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 fark the forty four year old russian air cargo business men fascinated hollywood that's one of our very well. requests. and we are on the other over who'

tonight on our team russian businessman victor boots await sentencing in the united states c. faces life behind bars for alleged gun running but he insists he's innocent. the u.n. security council calls on the syrian regime to pull out troops by the april tenth deadline and a full cease fire on both sides in the following forty eight hours. skepticism about whether or not a man's peace plan will work with warnings from the united nations and moscow that arming the rebels will only fuel the conflict more on this interest a few moments. and a potent symbol of the struggle of greece warns the distraught elderly victim of the government who suicide outside. clashes. this is our team name is kevin zero in our top story and eight pm from moscow american prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for a russian businessman vic to boot he was convicted of arming terrorists and conspiring to kill u.s. citizens a court will announce the simpsons later on thursday. he's innocent and that his cases fabricated result he's innocent reports. years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man

russian businessman victor boot awaits sentencing in the queue asking faces life behind bars for a gun running but insists he's in his head. a potent symbol of their struggle there is violence in greece after a strong elderly victim of a government cuts takes his own life outside parliament. and here is a curative council calling on the syrian regime to pull out troops by april the time of death mind and a full cease fire on both sides in the following forty eight hours. the cells in the u.s. come out that's an expression of the russian markets managed to win a rebound in the final minutes of trading with the obvious my stocks up three quarters of a percent more of this and so much of it's really. it's seven pm here in moscow this is r g coming to you by and i'm just now a with your top story this evening american cross accuser seeking life imprisonment for russian businessman victor boot was convicted of armed terrorists and conspiring to kill u.s. citizens a new york court will announce the sentence later on thursday but it's attorney stressed that he's innocent and that his case is

russian businessman victor boot awaits sentencing in the u.s. as he faces wife behind bars for alleged gun running but insists he's innocent. public symbol of their struggle there's violence increase after the strong elderly victim of the government constitutes his own life outside parliament. and damascus says it's withdrawing troops in line with the u.n. sponsored peace plan the opposition claims it's still under attack. it's five pm here in moscow this is r t coming to you live on the east now a with our top story american prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for russian businessman victor boot was convicted of arming terrorists and conspiring to kill u.s. citizens a new york court will announce the sentence later on thursday but it's attorneys stress that he's innocent and that his case is fabricated to see a turk and now reports. years spent fighting us to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer viktor boot was handcuffed flo

sentenced to twenty five years and federal court just a short time ago russian businessman vic victor boot was found guilty back in november for selling millions of dollars worth of weapons to south american terrorists and while he's become infamous in the u.s. his supporters say he's a victim of entrapment and he never stood a chance at a fair trial or to correspond honest aasia churkin is a new york the more. i am a saucy so what is the latest. well love liz as you say victor gooch got the minimum expected sentence twenty five years behind bars his defense was trying to get the judge to drop all charges against him the prosecution was pushing on the other hand for a life sentence behind bars considering the four charges made against him victor gooch ended up getting a quarter of a century behind bars and it's important to see that when the trial kick started today when the hearing kick started picture good seemed to be in a pretty good mood he gave a thumbs up to his wife although he was smiling and today was actually the first time here dressed the court throughout the trial he did spea

and moscow vows the six to secure the return of victor boot after a u.s. judge said this is the russian businessman to twenty five years behind bars for conspiring to kill americans. and. eleven pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.n. backed peace plan for syria could be in deadlock hours ahead of a ceasefire deadline rebels have refused to give damascus guarantees they'll lay down arms before the government troops pull back our middle east correspondent paula sneer has the latest. c'mon the role of the rebel free syrian army has indicated that he will not give any kind of guarantees that he plans to mate on arms and this is just always after the serious look forward of a crazed school such explanations what the syrian regime is awesome for is confirmation that the rebels will lay down arms before they with cool they tense and the troops from population centers and all this does threaten to derail the peace persis just two days before the peace plan that was put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan goes

russia has pledged to bring home victor boot after the businessman was sentenced to the u.s. to work twenty five years behind bars moscow says it views the case as being political he was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge stressed that there was no proof bhoot would have committed any crime but for the sting operation the seller is arrest now with more is artes and i still see a truck. here is spent fighting us to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash forward into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer victor boot was handcuffed flown to the u.s. and police in solitary confinement for months before trial found him guilty on all 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 for the forty four year old russian air cargo businessman fascinated hollywood one of our original. request. th

rosco values to return values to secure the return of victor boot after a u.s. judge sentenced the russian businessman to twenty five years behind bars for conspiring to kill americans. ten pm in moscow why not try to bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on r t the un back please a peace plan for syria could be an deadlocked hours ahead of a ceasefire deadline rebels have refused to give damascus any guarantees they'll lay down arms before the government troops pull back or if he's middle east correspondent paula sneer has the latest. c'mon the role of the rebel free syrian army has indicated that he will not give any kind of guarantees that he plans to meet on arms and this is just all was after the series of forward a request for such explanations what the syrian regime is awesome for is confirmation that the rebels will lay down arms before with cool they tense and the troops some population the same says now this does to a certain to derail the peace purse is just two days before the peace plan that was put forward by the form

come in like he said forty five year old russian air cargo businessman victor boot is expecting to learn his destiny in a manhattan federal court a little bit later today we are expecting the sentencing hearing to kick off in about an hour and a half and what victor boot is looking at here is from twenty five years to a life sentence behind bars the twenty five years is a minimum amount of time he can receive for the charges being brought against him and a life sentence is what the prosecution is demanding it's important to keep in mind that the defense and richard good himself continue to maintain his innocence they continue to say that what the prosecution is asking for is quote a disgrace and it's really something that we're going to have to wait and see what comes out of this because it's definitely two very different positions as the defense says all charges against picture good should be dropped and as you remember victor good was arrested lured in by de undercover u.s. agents in thailand in march two thousand and eight was extradited to the u.s. two years later regardless of the f

victor boot was among the prolific arms traders in history, surface-to-air missiles, machine gun, andust in colombia alone, wolf. he was prolific and as you know, for the lord of war move we nicholas cage in 2005, nicholas cage was playing victor boot. we'll thattic to a woman named kathy lynn austen and i've been talking to her during this entire trial, wolf, she has spent ten years, she's spent following victor boot through africa and through the congo under cover trying to find out what he was doing and doing deals when he wanted to buy planes to transfer weapons in and out of the congo. she's at the trial today and she'll be our guest tonight and it will be very interesting to see what the sentencing is. >> we'll be watching at 7:00 p.m. eastern. thank you. >> thanks, wolf. >>> amid fears, members of the muslim brotherhood meet with key obama administration officials at the white house and the state department. stand by.th 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doi

victor boot is the man i'm talking about. a name for himself as one of the world's most notorious arms dealer, fuelling violent conflicts around the world. selling ten million rounds of a -- ammunition. he was the inspiration for "lord of war." he was convicted of conspiracy to kill americans and providing aid to a terrorist organization. kathy lynn austin has spent 15 years alone tracking boot. she was in the court for the sentencing. we had a chance to talk as you were getting ready for this case. what do you think about this sentence, 25 years, the minimum? >> erin, i'm both shocked and disappointed. i cannot believe the verdict. i think the prosecution went into this case thinking it was a slam dunk. there are a number of us investigators who wanted to bring forth evidence of his past crimes and the judge said, look, you just didn't present to me enough facts to show that this was a violent individual, that he had a lot of bloodshed on his hands, so she gave the minimum sentence. >> i'm curious to your thought on the mone

." >>> victor boot the russian known as the merchant of death was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday in new york. he was convicted of trying to sell weapons to u.s. agents posing as colombian guerillas. >>> a small town in wyoming has been sold at auction to a pair of vietnamese businessmen for $900,000. the town of buford has a gas station, a three-bedroom house and other buildings on about ten acres of land. quite a steal. >>> england's queen elizabeth handed out what's called momby money to some of her subjects including a coin marking 60 years on the throne. buckingham palace says the holy week tradition dates back to the 13th century. >>> nasa has released amazing images of a gigantic dust storm on the planet mars. a camera in orbit around the red planet captured the dust devil with a plume that goes up 12 miles into the light atmosphere of mars. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street finished up the day after trade on thursday. the dow closed at 13,060 after losing 14 points yesterday. the s&p was down a fraction. the nasdaq was up 12. >>> taking a look at overseas tra

. >> the notorious russian arms dealer victor boot has found his fate, 25 years in jail. that's the sentence he received for greag to sell guns to colombian rebels willing to kill american helicopter pilots. "it's a lie" he shouted out in court. he was snagged by a sting operation. the rebels were actually u.s. informants. >> the judge could have given him as much as life, and he is grateful to her for carefully considering the facts and circumstances of this investigation and prosecution, and he intends to move forward in the court of aappeals, and if necessary, to the united states supreme court. >> bout became infamous for using a network of cargo planes to fly weapons around the world. a u.n. envoy said by supplying arms he fueled conflict across africa. the film "lord of war" is believed to be based on bout's exploits. the case led to tensions between moscow and russia. russia claimed the u.s. pursuit of bout was politically motivated. viktor bout crilt sized the way the u.s. set up a sting oh, operation to go after him. now the man once called "the merchant of death

prepares to sentence russian businessman victor boot for conspiring to smoke alarms and kill americans as a protest his innocence and grounds to appeal and faces life behind bars in a case the defense claims was hugely influenced by biased u.s. media coverage. violence erupts in central athens where protesters clashed with riot police after a retired pension a shoots himself in front of the greek parliament in a suicide note the retired pharmacist deplaned austerity cuts introduced by the government using his pension to nothing. else defense contractors lined up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military hit by corruption scandals and crumbling weaponry. countries here now with the latest coarseness. hello there welcome to the sports and these are the headlines one win away album god closing the math the cigar and cup final after another victory over truck all. in the family's chelsea and reanimate rig charge into the last ball of the champions the. russian cruiserweight that is for sure you call defend he's going to be a title in star. first they are talking where iva

and moscow vows to secure the return of victor boot saying the case is politically motivated this after u.s. judge sentenced the russian businessman to twenty five years behind bars for conspiring to kill americans. up next we publish a plunge into the most popular extreme sports in a russian winter stay with us. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty fourteen it won't be long before the always of the world to train on russia's snow easters. thankfully you don't have to be in a limping athlete to make the most of the country's one stone. and i think it's fair to say the you haven't had the real russian experience until you've lived through one of their winter snows comes up to the knees and bone chilling temperatures that last for months at a time. if you travel around a little you'll find that one thing the russians do really well is our fun when it's freezing. but we're not just on your average trip to the peace to my children journeys going to spam in two thousand kilometers they came from racetracks of course to russia to the streets of some period. with some books i cou