was putting a lot of pressure on thailand thailand government to get victor boot many argue that what the u.s. did was a violation of international law and nonetheless mr boot a russian businessman was tried here in the u.s. and found guilty sentenced to twenty five years in prison and all along victor boot his attorneys and his supporters believe that the cards were stacked against him because in two thousand and five many will made many may remember there was a hollywood movie put out in theaters called lord of war and nicolas cage the actor was playing a character that he said was based on victor boot. and victor boot following that movie was dubbed the merchant of death so when he went into court for his trial many believe that the stocks the chances of him getting a fair trial were unlikely because many knew him or thought of him as a villain to begin with because of hollywood because of the information the u.s. government was painting about him following his sentencing earlier this year our team did speak exclusively with victor boot and he said that his his his his circumstance

still managed to extradite victor boot to the united states at the end of two thousand and ten without notifying russia without notifying victor good attorney without notifying victor boot family and according to documents that were released by wiki leaks some time ago if there was indications that the u.s. was putting a lot of pressure on thailand the thailand government to get victor boot many argue that what the u.s. did was a violation of international law in two thousand and five many may remember there was a hollywood movie called lord of war and nicolas cage the actor was playing a character that he said was based on victor boot and victor boot following that movie was dubbed the merchant of death so when he went into court for his trial many believe that the chances of him getting a fair trial were unlikely because many thought of him as a villain to begin with r.t. does speak exclusively with victor boot and he said he has been used as a political pawn. purely a political marker of. the american. government repeatedly. it still has not been clear or indicated by any u.s. offic

to hand over business victor boot has been jailed for twenty five years for conspiring to kill americans but maintains he's the victim of a political witch. this is r.t. live from moscow welcome if you just joined us this kevin now in our top story at nine pm here it's crunch time for greece right now the german leader and french president are working out whether to grant our fans the breathing space it needs to sort out its finances the country's been relying on international loans for over two years but is struggling to meet its bailout conditions meanwhile chancellor merkel's allies in berlin say a greek exit would have a great impact on the peter all of a is what would not have a great impact on the euro zone let me get that the right way around for you peter oliver is there for. the to have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to a very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before t

and victor boot following that movie was dubbed the merchant of death so when he went into courtfor his trial many believe that the chances of him getting a fair trial were unlikely because many thought of him as a villain to begin with r.t. does speak exclusively with victor boot and he said he has been used as a political pawn broker recurs purely political marker of. american government repeatedly. it still has not been clear or indicated by any u.s. officials how they believe they have the legal right to extradite victor boot a russian citizen from thailand to the u.s. which is one of many reasons why russia saying that this is a russian citizen and is asking for him to be extradited to russia to serve out his twenty five year sentence that was delivered by a u.s. court. oakwood all standing by his decision to grant asylum to german us songs for an indefinite period ignoring the threats by britain to storm its and the same london in an interview to ask the spanish channel the country's president to a file called rare that his choice is fully supported across latin america. we