alleged russian gun runner victor borge is awaiting a decision on his extradition from thailand to the us some media reports suggest it could be just a matter of days and with an american aircraft carrier docked in a local poor books relatives fear for his future ria novosti is bangkok bureau chief again a bell and he has the details. as a thai court ruling clears the way for victor boots possible extradition to the united states of america the relatives and lawyers here for his life roots wife believes that washington is planning to force a confession out of him stumbled into that it's quite possible there are links to dine him and just look him up on some eve craft carrier and force him to give whatever testimony the u.s. one seem to give i think he'll go as far as it takes to get it and i'm sure everyone understands there are plaintiff ways to do these days starting with chemical sense psychological pressure and we know that there is an american aircraft carrier the u.s.s. george washington and a port in the type or near bangkok right now and it is probably there standing by to take

and alleged russian gun runner victor borge is awaiting a decision on his extradition to the u.s. after a thai court in the way for the handover the family of the so-called merchant of death fear for his life and say he may be forced into a confession. is a euro on the brink of collapse and should the strong countries of the eurozone ditch the weaker ones are his lore and it puts these questions to a member of the european parliament. i'm talking to roger helmer who's a you're a skeptic member of the european parliament he's very eminent he opposed to further integration with the european union and also supports renegotiating many of the u.k.'s treaties with the right to have a thank you very much for talking to r.t. festival how would you characterize the u.k.'s relationship with the. there's a big question we have always been reluctant members of the european union when we joined it we were told that it was merely a trading operation we had a referendum i voted in favor if i'd known then what i know now i would have voted against. but we have this unfortunate feeling that on the

here is a reminder of the top stories alleged russian gun runner victor borge is awaiting a decision on his extradition to the u.s. after a time for cleared the way for the handover the family of the so cold a merchant of death fear for his life and say you may be forced into a confession. european parliament's divided over washington's demands to provide more personal data of citizens so they can root out potential terrorists traveling to the u.s. for requirements including fingerprints and d.n.a. samples and cross border payments. and the u.s. sees a spike in islam a full week rather rican hate crimes as american society prostrated bike anomic hardships is also split by racial tensions many fear of the country previously known as the biggest feature of tolerance in the world is now swapping patriotism for nationalism. so we have lines here in our team is continues at the top of the hour time now though for our special report where we meet those getting back to basics find out why people are turning their backs on the bright lights of the city to be of one with nature. out in the co

can alleged russian gun runner victor borge is waiting in the station on his extradition to the u.s. after a thai court cleared the way for the handover the family of a so-called merchant of death fear for his life and safety may be forced to a confession. so they have lines here in our back at the top of the hour with more meantime let's give away the sports news. great to have you with us this is sports today i mean these are headlines this hour rivalry revived tradition which halted with the soviet union the north american and russian clubs doing battle back. setting up their stall the all shorten a little on new england winning the first super bowl of the new decade after they go to town on miami in week four of the n.f.l. season. and take your pick we've got each and every strike that was banged in this past weekend in the russian premier league get your fill of gold score in a few minutes time. let's get underway with ice hockey where it's taken some twenty years but the stars of the n.h.l. eastern european game are again facing off against each other their current hurricanes a

delicious irony of the thai prime minister hold the americans are saying is actually working for the victor borge is actually working for the americans because he's not only is a british war but also all of british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british american interest and with the power of american banking some say the incentive is right for thailand to play ball but america has promised thailand's fighter jets and cheap oil if the decision goes their way if he's next trade to america and stands trial an american south. i think than ever they will be on public property but might happen is that they would like to extradite him but not have a face trial in america but to be in a prison another country as they have done with other people so that we don't know and people don't really know what's going on and there are questions about the legality of the extradition process and of the motives of the united states but those who are close to victor boot say they are more concerned about his welfare and safety that make up and it's quite possible they like sudan team and just l

a lawyer for victor borge says there's no evidence against him and insists the judge hears statements from witnesses but with no indication of whether the court will accept this appeal but with relatives fear for his future on the other was a very unstable it's quite possible the extradite him and just look him up on some aircraft carrier and force him to give whatever testimony the u.s. wants him to give i think they'll go as far as it takes to get it and i'm sure everyone understands they're playing to face to do these days starting with chemical sense psychological pressure. on tuesday the thai criminal court cleared the way for books possible extradition after dismissing charges of money laundering and fraud citing insufficient evidence those claims have delayed his handover following in august ruling foreign control i mean he was to be sent to the us a so-called merchant of death and isaac is ations of terrorism and supplying arms to colombian rebels he was arrested in an american led sting operation in march two thousand and eight in bangkok a former u.n. arms trafficking expert