lawyers of alleged russian arms trafficker viktor boot said to challenge the u.s. government attempt to charge the businessman the merchant of death. protests in oslo as norwegians lend their support to a russian born immigrant about to be deported despite being brought up in the country and voted model citizen. six party talks in istanbul and in disappointment over iran's nuclear program. no deal and no deadline set for further talks but 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 thank you for joining us here on r.t.i. matras it's six am in moscow our top story viktor 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 but 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 out of stock future h

russian businessman and a large arms dealer viktor bood has made his second appearance in a u.s. court for a pretrial hearing he faces charges of conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorists while boo maintains his innocence the media continues to label him the merchant of death or he's out of stocks you're going to 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 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 viktor boots case among them is what they call the unlawful extradition of him to the united states of course a very big issue since as we know victor boot was arrested in t

lawyers for alleged russian arms trafficker viktor booth set to challenge u.s. government attempt to prosecute the man dubbed the merchant of death the defense claims who was extradited from thailand to the u.s. illegally against established procedures if found guilty who plays life in prison. protests in oslo was no regions lend their support to a russian born immigrant about to be deported despite being brought up in the country and voted a model citizen l'oreal these cases drawn calls for human from human rights groups for norway to change its immigration policy despite public outcry authorities are set on deporting her original use next. six party talks in istanbul and in disappointment over iran's nuclear program tehran insist side its right to enrich uranium while negotiators pushed for a fuel swap led to the process of broad no future date has been set for further talks and. italia is up next with sports stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome to the sports news that he calls without top stories world number two a bit of the night obama launches int

the wife of alleged russian arms dealer viktor boot says that she and her family were detained for hours and questioned on arrival in the u.s. it's family came to join him in new york where he's being held in custody r.t. spoke to outside j.f.k. airport after she was released. most learned through travel. they've clearly been waiting for us that we have spent two hours in some strange premises they turned our luggage upside down and took away all the personal things from my bag they told me just switched off my cell phone and didn't allow me to get in touch with the russian consul in till this interrogation or question in session whatever you call it was a that there was a person that who introduced himself as a special anti terror agent he told me he wanted to talk to me about the purpose of my visit and my plans and intentions he had a long list of questions that she wanted to ask however i told him that i was waiting for a russian embassy representative my lawyer and an interpreter that i would talk to him only in my presence an immigration officer i think also asked me whether i knew

ukrainian city of havana from calls for an alleged assassination attempt of the crimean president viktor yanukovych which these men identified themselves as members of the radical nationalist organization called the local police reports that in the house which these men were renting just ten kilometers from the airport they managed to find a whole stockpile of weaponry including explosives grenades kalashnikov assault rifles guns and never gave systems and even make up for disguise this according to the local authorities makes them believe that these men were plotting an assassination attempt of the president viktor yanukovych who is now on visit in the west of ukraine along with the parliament speaker of the libyan who was also threatened to be assassinated according to the local authorities experts are now speculating as to whether it was possible for the man to gun down the airplane from the ground because they had no rocket launchers in the stockpile of weaponry only sniper rifles and this is now being discussed whether it was possible to gun a plane down but obviously these threats

the defense team presented to the judge that they're planning to file several motions concerning viktor boots case among them is what they call the unlawful extradition of him to the united states of course a very big issue since picture was arrested in thailand two years ago decided that he was not guilty twice and then all of a sudden he gets extradited to the united states and issue which technically with many of his papers remaining in thailand which means the court is that the case is still going on there that's something the defense team is planning to address as well as issues of whether or not the recordings that were made of thailand that are now being used against picture boot by the prosecution whether or not they were made legally under law this case is no joke for him if found guilty in the united states because of the charges he's facing that include conspiring to kill american citizens conspiring to support groups that the united states deems terrorists international arms trafficking that he's being accused of he's facing from twenty five years to a lifetime in jail there

lawyers for alleged russian arms trafficker viktor booth set to challenge the u.s. government attempt to prosecute them and by the western media the merchant of death . it's three am in moscow i'm mad treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our t russia is promising to stay should tournaments like no other what it hosts the fifo world cup in twenty eighteen earlier fifo presidents president officially handed over the biggest sporting event on the planet to the country sports minister or he's peter all of our reports from st petersburg where the ceremony happens. it's all official now they signed today a specially a three headed contract between the russian football union and the russian government well essentially that means is the first say that they will guarantee that the world cup will be held in russia in twenty eighteen the russian government say that they will provide the russian football union with all of the required help that they need to be able to put it on and those your football union say that they will put it

viktor boots lawyers say they're ready to challenge the u.s. government decision to prosecute the alleged russian arms dealer in september if found guilty but faces a minimum twenty five years in prison his defense also argues the legal grounds of his extradition from thailand to the u.s. in november are he's honest has more. i want to fire every twelve people. i require. only on 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 of presumption of innocence out the window all these nicknames exist for one man. has not committed any criminal activity and has not been fo

force that's a date for the alleged russian arms dealer viktor group but his lawyers cry foul saying the government's breaking the law will tell you more. snapshots from throwing more money into the economic bailout fund we hear what that means for struggling eurozone countries. so israel has rolled out the military raid on a gaza aid flotilla last may was legal nightmarish activists died when israeli commandos raided a ship sparking strong international condemnation the panel looking into it was made up of four israelis in two foreign observers turkey's prime minister has criticized the inquiry saying it has you know value or credibility sorry about she from the legal center that protects the freedom of movement of palestinians tells r.t. the main concern is that the report fails to criticize the blockade that she says is stifling life in gaza. no commission of inquiry in the world can justify deliberately restricting the passage of people and goods in order to paralyze the economy and prevent normal life from taking place in gaza and i'm sorry to say that's exactly what the israeli

see your headlines lawyers for alleged russian arms dealer viktor booth set to challenge the u.s. government's attempt to prosecute the man dubbed the merchant of death the defense claims who was extradited from thailand to the u.s. illegally against established procedures if that is guilty he could face life behind bars. protests in oslo as norwegians lend their support to a russian born immigrant about to be deported despite being brought up in the country and voted a model citizen. case has drawn calls from human rights groups for norway to change its immigration policy despite the public outcry authorities are set to deport her as early as next week. six party talks in istanbul and in disappointment over iran's nuclear program terror ron insists on his right to enrich uranium want to go she has pushed for a fuel swap plan to take the process of broad no future date has been set for further talks. next the story of israelis desperate for their country to work towards peace with palestinians but find themselves facing condemnation for their nonmilitary stance stay with us here o

prime minister viktor orban is under fire for a slate of nationalist cause. them are the new media guidelines that call for tight government oversight of public and private media and a new economic crisis pact that some companies claimed unfairly targets corporations. the governing party is becoming increasingly populist and has started using the trappings of nationalism to secure its hold on power. items that have not been discussed publicly in decades have been tabled. hungary lost 2/3 of its territory years ago. older borders on official maps are raising eyebrows. >> hungary has caused a stir at the headquarters of the european council in brussels with its historical display. some politicians are taking offense at a map showing the country's borders of 1848, when several neighbors were under and gary and rule. -- were under a hungarian rule. it is a reminder of a more authoritarian past. many e.u. journalists and politicians feel budapest is drifting back in that direction with a new media law limiting freedom of the press. >> it is necessary to register w

russian businessman viktor booted set for a new york pretrial hearing on charges of smuggling weapons with the alleged arms dealer says he broke media hate campaign has convicted him before he said chance to step foot in court. the family of six and two staff members the slaughtered in their home in russia's south two infants survived the attack police and staff report suspected violence was between rival criminal gangs. it's twenty two forty six let's get some sports these here and you know life's never predictable is it particularly in your world of sports and i'm not going to. have an a i want some surprises old from melbourne in the tennis plus the last minute when i'm in football's asian cup and take it all. hello there you're watching the sporting this is what is coming. up sets down under because now it's about justin and the open. while injury ends the dream for venus williams. a game away from the super bowl we take a look at the teams in this weekend's conference final. but first what a performance from. the twenty three seed beating last year's runner up justin and then the

hello my name is kevin and with the news headlines tonight the lawyer of alleged russian arms dealer viktor boot his vying to challenge the galaxy of his us trial from on the west is to some describe as the merchant of death inside his court now whole september. mass demonstrations are expected in norway to stop the deportation of a russian born immigrant to protest to say is an asset to society they're demanding the government reviews the country's immigration. and world powers failed to generate a solution to the iran nuclear stalemate in istanbul the latest round of talks failed to come up with an agreement also the date for any future negotiations. next model bounders expose a corner of london that definitely reflects russia. hello and welcome to the program of exploring different cities around you are taking a look at russian history and culture meeting russian experts ex-pats exploring russian life outside of russia and we begin this week's show in the diesel city of london for centuries russia has influence culture all over the world today that fusion continues in arts and entertainm

the noir of the leisure russian arms dealer viktor have. to prove his client's innocence sunday in the galaxy of his prosecution in the us trial date is set the charges include conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorists claims he's being used to feed us political propaganda. outrage and mass demonstrations are expected in norway used human rights groups are prepared to hit the streets in protest against the impending deportation of our russian border illegal immigrants marianna li move that from north and says yes c.t.'s asylum but i case was rejected some allegiance of the government eases immigration bill. and surround is resisting trasher from global but in school heavyweights to justify its atomic program as nuclear talks and to the final day in istanbul the us and other western countries say iran is using it as an excuse to develop new weapon it's humans up next the latest from the world of sports. great to have with us this is sports the day i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. second co

wife off alleged russian arms dealer viktor bhutto faces a tough questioning by new york immigration on her arrival in the u.s. . travel to new york where he's being held in custody while awaiting trial. on the holy day has come to russia asshole photogs believe us celebrate the birth of christ with family dinners and winter fun outside of the russian church mogs christmas thirteen days later than most christians according to the old julian calendar. and time now for the sports with you don. good to have you with us this is sports today i'm you know these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. bottle of moscow sparks secure the capital bragging rights early in twenty eleven after a full thriller with. top of the pile khimki continue their impressive form on the v t v league hardwood with a closely will win over the three new. supreme in sydney in germany against australia once again to wrap up the ashes on us. but we begin with ice hockey where we didn't have to wait too long for the first big darby of twenty eleven in the kontinental hockey league sports consigning moscow

lawyers of alleged russian arms trafficker viktor bood set to challenge the u.s. government attempt to prosecute the man dubbed the merchant of death defense claims but was extradited from taiwan to the u.s. illegally against established procedures if found guilty you could face life in prison. protests in oslo as norwegians lend their support to a russian born immigrant about to be deported despite being brought up in the country and voted a model citizen cases drawn calls from human rights groups for norway to change its immigration policy despite the public outcry authorities are set on the boarding her as early as next week. and six party talks in istanbul and in disappointment over iran's nuclear program terror on insists on its right to enrich uranium on the goes here is push for a fuel swap plan take the process abroad no future date set for further talks with . italian joins us next with the sports outlook where there is no shortage of russian women lining up for a place in the australian open stay with us for the. welcome to the sports news that he calls

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 and 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 relatives family has already received a far from warm welcome in the states his wife was held at the airport for almost three hours. the immigration officer asked me if i knew my husband was a terrorist while accusations are flying. case illegally remains in thailand. according to boots tie and russian lawyers his case to this moment remains in a thai court would your well being there was no official decision of an extradition this has been reason 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 propaganda war launch

charlie had to play one set in the third round to advance the two thousand and eight champ misleading viktor troicki six team with the serbian davis cup teammate were tied to a stomach muscles. the other big names in action today saw six c. thomas burdick make the next round along with a nine c. that sky. now in other news the twenty eleven went to university at is taking place next week in turkey russia has a history of performing well gangs and the minister of sport battalion call sees them as a test for the national team prospects for such a lympics in twenty four to. one of the all of these but we have plenty of young promising talent on this team many of them have already made the youth national teams and of course performing well at the university aid could serve as a jumpstart for the development of their careers and some of them will be part of the two thousand and fourteen olympic team. now in football japan are the first team through to the semifinals of the asian cup and in a dramatic match they've just begun cattle three two in day who had japan having to come from behind twi. pe

children from schools and kindergartens administrative buildings were cleared the town is in president viktor yanukovych his home region of done at ukraine's security service chief said no money was paid bombs elsewhere in recent months which injured no one were dismissed by police as hooliganism rather than terrorism. the european parliament has voted for each new sanctions including travel restrictions be imposed on the regime in bellerose amy pease also on the assets to be frozen in retaliation for the conduct of presidential elections one in a landslide by president alexander lukashenko which international observers said were rigged the vote comes just before his inauguration and also in response to a brutal crackdown on protesters that followed his win european parliament doesn't have the power to impose the sanctions itself but it awaits a meeting of an e.u. leaders at the end of the month among whom support is growing for action. shango was dubbed europe's last a dictator has ordered retaliatory measures be prepared should the e.u. strike against his regime or instructions have been pl

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 by kidnapping the full sky i can accept the possibility that victor boot might have some information that might be of the. 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 onto 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 recordings used against picture were obtained in accordance with the thai law picture but 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 judge him awfulness i'll be extradition of victor boot to the united states is on

makes them believe that these men were plotting an assassination attempt of the korean president viktor yanukovych who is now on visit in the west of ukraine along with the parliament speaker of the libyan who was also threatened to be assassinated according to the local authorities experts are now speculating as to whether it was possible for the man to gun down the airplane from the ground because they had no rocket launchers in the stockpile of weaponry only sniper rifles and this is now being discussed whether it was possible to gun a plane down but obviously these threats were taken seriously by the presidential administration and he had to reschedule the flight in the west of ukraine not to suffer this attack. now a brief look at other major headlines from around the world filled with banker we can beat the bank account details of over two thousand rich and famous individuals and corporations the banker announced that he wanted to expose massive tax evasion schemes in the name of justice set to fly back to switzerland to stand trial for stealing information from a bank and is curr

this extradition was conducted has been raising quite a lot of questions including the fact that viktor boots case remains in a thai court of appeals as we speak right now so technically his court is still in thailand even though the man has been spending the last two months in solitary confinement here in new york in lower manhattan in a prison cell with closed windows while officials continue to try to figure out whether he's dangerous of course he has been charged with very serious issues such as international arms trafficking as well as conspiring to kill american citizens as well as conspire. to work with a group that is deemed terrorist in the united states and of course victor boot himself has always denied all of these allegations that are being made against him and his wife told us last night that she believes that what is her family's dealing with is a propaganda war and doesn't count on the trial here in new york to be fair to listen to what she told us about that. we came here to fight for victor's freedom and to win i hope common sense will prevail in court because it's ver

the lawyer of alleged russian arms dealer viktor buddha valves to challenge the legality of his u.s. trial is his court date is set for september. norwegians say no demonstrations planned protests to try and stop the notation of a russian born emigrants they say is an asset to society. and the atomics split gets a point with no solution in sight for the around you close down. talks over iran's nuclear program in istanbul hadfield's with tehran and the six nations accusing each other of feeling for cooperate. very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow i'm honest said that the man the west calls the merchant of death will face a new york jerry in september fifth at a boot is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism is an associate and i watched as the russian business that was committed for trial in the country which already considers him the world's most prolific arms trafficker. it was definitely an interesting and interesting hearing we saw a picture good he seems to have lost quite a lot of weight his hair has grown longer his wife his daughter and hi

lawyers for alleged russian arms trafficker viktor brood set to challenge the u.s. government attempt to prosecute the man dubbed by the western media as the merchant of death. coming your way after a short break heated debate with artie's cross talk with many americans believe in their country to be exceptional host people of his guests if this is an enduring myth or a realistic assessment of the u.s. stay with us. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. reviewed the latest in science and technology from. the future coverage. take. a long way and welcome to crossfire i'm peter lavelle just how exceptional american exceptionalism goes to the very foundation of how most americans see their country's history and place in the world is there any truth to this worldview or is it just a myth. to discuss the meaning of american exceptionalism i'm joined by david merkel in copenhagen he is a former deputy assistant secretary of state in the administration of george w. bush in oxford we go to godfrey hard to and

been raising a lot of questions in terms of how exactly was conducted among them is the fact that viktor boots case continues to remain in a thai court of appeals which technically means that he's still his case is still being considered in thailand and he should be there for that but he's here in the us a picture of himself has always denied all of these allegations that are being made against him and his wife all are told us last night that she believes that what is her family's dealing with is a propaganda war and doesn't count on the trial here in new york to be fair. we came here to fight for victor's freedom and to win i hope common sense will prevail in court because it's very hard with all the propaganda against victor in the american media but i do hope for a normal proceedings and professionalism in court because it's difficult to fight with the kind of image of victor that has been created here and i doubt the court will be unbiased also told us that she intends to remain in new york in the united states until she gets to meet with her husband to something which is out of the

alleged russian arms dealer viktor booth claims u.s. media coverage of this case is preventing any chance of justice here is for a pretrial hearing in new york to be facing charges of conspiring to kill americans and supplying weapons to terrorism but the defense argues that it was extradited illegally from the us. and public outrage in norway is a russian born woman and a former citizen of the year face deportation while recognized terrorist is allowed to stay on the lease case has drawn calls for an overture to change the regime. of the next hero of ellen has crossed the gas argue whether the tunisian crisis will cause the sand to shift across the middle east when it comes to democracy stay with us here on r.t. . and you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle shifting sands in the greater middle east events in tunisia have inspired similar demonstrations elsewhere in the region often at the risk of violent crackdowns is there now hope for more homegrown democracy in the arab world. and you can. discuss democracy in th

may be causing stress for many in the moscow region but one russian isn't worried about blackouts viktor lives in the woods and has built his own power generator and even allows him to keep an internet blog that has made him an unwitting a weapons sensation artie's sarah firth went to meet him. we've come to a freezing forest in the musky region it can be a treacherous place. but one man has taken on the elements we've tracked down victor his secret shelter here has made him an internet sensation will be walking about fifteen minutes from the main road through the forest we can see where victor staying just up ahead in the clearing so we're going to going if in the water and batteries that we bought for him. a tribute upbringing caused him to flee his home on the other side of russia. he was arrested when you bring up since the age of seven i felt i had to run away from hard life and bad luck so i came to moscow but i lost my documents i couldn't work or travel anywhere else because of this i choose to live in the mood and build the shelter inside the shelter is surprisingly k.z. it's a

easier headlines lawyers of alleged russian arms trafficker viktor boot set to challenge a u.s. government attempt to prosecute the man dubbed the merchant of death the defense claims who was extradited from thailand to the u.s. illegally against established procedures if found guilty he could face life in prison. protests in oslo as norwegians lend their support to a russian born immigrant about to be deported despite being brought up in the country and voted a model citizen maria says drawn calls from human rights groups for norway to change its immigration policy despite the public outcry authorities are set on deporting her as it really has next week. and six party talks in istanbul and in disappointment over iran's nuclear program terror and insists on its right to enrich uranium while negotiators push for a fuel swap plan to take the process abroad no future date has been set for further talks. artie's interview show spotlight up next as six party talks end in deadlock in istanbul over iran's nuclear program talks to ali asghar soltanieh iran's ambassador to the internatio