of ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that selection of course a country millions of dollars yulia timoshenko faces up to ten and he is behind bars if convicted. all next to the moscow team explores the divisive figure of the father of the russian revolution of love to stay with us. hello and welcome to the show in this week's program i'll be exploring that is life in moscow of all straight leaders change the course of the straits of starting off the red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin tony martin andreas as we take a look at his i think journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life and that. is one of the main names associated

prize a couple years ago tended up in a crisis when she left europe freezing the then prime minister yulia timoshenko managed to strike a deal with russia the deal kiev now calls a ball and chain ukraine is the biggest russian natural gas important it doesn't want to pay more than germany also back yet and with the gas market price approaching four hundred dollars a thousand cubic meter it's logical teves looking for a discount. stores or a pillow and thank you for running this interview below. first of all let me congratulate you on. it's another round of talks with prime minister putin which as far as i can judge was a success and generally are you pleased with how the process goes on yes of course we're generally the relations between russia and ukraine have been developing with the dynamically the fact alone that trade has grown by seventeen percent is a record it is not with every country that tree grows at this rate to get that we're going to through it was considerable even before bracing entire segment so

former prime minister yulia.losing millions of dollars in gas revenue she maintains her innocence in the cases of politically motivated to discredit her. coming your way or brings you all the latest high tech gadgets and state of the art developments in russian science technology update is coming up next. welcome to technology update and welcome to tomes a city carved over four centuries ago out of the endless forests and swamps of siberia already an established center for some of russia's whiz kid students and their smart ideas today toast is transforming itself into an incubator for an expanding cluster of innovative businesses since our last episode. two thousand and eleven forum it's fourteen to any will gathering of business research and administration innovators this year drawing some three thousand participants from nineteen countries and forty seven russian regions. and by thousands more the event featured brainstorming sessions with time specialists and market makers consciously forward looking hot topic

plus in the trial of ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko and the latest judicial moves against ukraine's iron leading. egyptian officials have ordered a probe into fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo hundreds of people have been injured as more riots sweep the country are angry with the interim government saying that there have been no improvements since hosni mubarak was toppled in february while leader far as from the national defense university in washington says egypt may just be swapping one tough regime for another youth movements a woman's movement the minorities in egypt labor you win students are not very happy with what they see right now and they thought that they would get rid of the authoritarian regime and that the those in charge of the military council would help them and be neutral on political affairs and would open the path for fair and

you with see now ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko is in court to face charges for abuse of power she's accused of losing ukraine hundreds of millions of dollars in a gas deal with russia. outside the court in kiev for us. the atmosphere inside the courtroom and around the court building is absolutely electrifying around fifteen hundred supporters of unity much i can see here gathered in central kiev to protest what they describe as a farcical hearing as a farcical case against their leader against you too much ankle now the i really give you credit politics herself started this child with a little bit of controversy she refused to stand up when the judge entered the room and then she said that this judge was completely unqualified for the case and that it needed to be dismissed clearly the tension is rising as this case and is its final stage for you to assemble has been summoned to the prosecutor's office for months now for questioning now this case has been taking tools to the courtroom and we will be hearing some developments in the next several weeks or so the crane'

of ukraine has gone on trial for abusing power during her time in office in two thousand and nine yulia timoshenko secured a gas deal with russia which is claimed to have robbed the ukrainian economy of millions of dollars she's dismissed the case as fabricated but faces up to ten years in jail if convicted. he reports from. the atmosphere inside the courtroom and around the court building is absolutely elektra finding around fifteen hundred supporters of you too much i can see here gathered in central kiev to protest what they describe as a farcical hearing as a farcical case against their leader against you too much angle now the i really give you credit politics herself started this child with a little bit of controversy she refused to stand up when the judge entered the room and then she said that this judge was completely unqualified for the case and that it needed to be dismissed clearly the tension is rising as this case and as its final stage due to assemble has been summoned to the prosecutor's office for months now for questioning now this case has been taking to the courtroom

charges of abuse of power allegedly losing the country hundreds of millions of dollars in energy deals yulia timoshenko called the hearing a political farce staged by her rivals as thousands rally to support her outside the court. and families in india accuse the government of allowing the use of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children victim the group's claim applying the chemicals is causing a generation of deformed children who don't live to see their twenty's. are what are the headlines here are we explore the divisive figure of the father of the russian revolution i have. to stay with us. hello and welcome to the show in this week's program of exploring that is life in moscow of australia to change the course of the straits of starting off the red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin tony martin andrews as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life as . many as one of the main names associated with russia fully eight hundred seventy is let me in she choses to join a live in nineteen i want as one of the lea

will be hearing some developments in the next several weeks or so the krays former prime minister yulia timoshenko is being charged with many different financial crimes including the amateur or professional as described by the prosecution gas deal with russia in two thousand and nine the prosecution claims that due to those deals ukraine lost more than four hundred million u.s. dollars and this is clearly the main charge against the country's former prime minister it is something of a fall from grace for the woman who was once one of the most powerful and prominent politicians in the world several magazines described huge machine glass as one of the most important female politicians on the planet now she she could become a convict and if convicted she could face up to ten years in prison even if this is that this would be suspended for her then still she would be unable to run for president for the next presidential election in twenty to fifteen this according to its most sankoh makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president because

former prime minister yulia timoshenko trial for abuse of power resulting. politically motivated. if convicted he faces up to ten years behind bars. the long term mayor of chicago richard daley has climbing city into an attractive place for life finds out if he has some advice for moscow spotlight coming up next . hello again and welcome to spotlight the shelf. today my guest is richard daley. the longest serving mayor of chicago has left office twenty two years and the trip he managed to turn the declining the best city into a distillation city pushed through immigration reform and masterfully dealt with racism issues poor winning support of the black chicago these problems are characteristic for many big cities so what advice does the scariest mayor have for moscow my guest today is a veteran u.s. political war horse and the longest serving mayor of chicago richard daley. richard daley was the patriarch of a very influential political family often compared to the kennedys he was billed as the best mayor out of the cities are you asked for making chicago a business friendly city

the serbian shirking off an early break to see of germany's yulia which is straight to sixty or sixty three standing in the way next the elder williams sister venus who's playing in her first tournament since the street. were number two kim clijsters she said tied for the build in the belgian again hurting her uncle in the second round defeat of the unicef open in the netherlands clijsters there reeling us on a strictly an open champion rushing yards in straight sets to italian qualifier i mean run the apparently the second in the world has never won wimbledon. now after finishing fourth out the terrain winter olympics in two thousand and six russia slipped to a low point of thirteenth at the last games following a disappointing lighting in vancouver however according to russia's sports minister for telly mco the situation is heading for a huge turn this season versus winter sports have already had a major overhaul since the country's dreadful this plane calendar in the run up. for the next olympics in the room resort of sochi and twenty fourteen eight eleven heads of various sporting

former world number one on the eve of each the serbian shrugging off an early break to see of germany's yulia which is in straight sets six four six three standing in the way next is the elder williams sister that's venus who's playing in her first tournament since these trillion open last. were number two kim clijsters meanwhile is a diet for wimbledon the belgian again hurting her ankle in a second round defeat of the unique set up and in the netherlands clijsters the reigning us under strain open champ crushing a straight sets to italian qualifier for mina run the appearing to be the second in the world has never won wimbledon. now after finishing fourth at the chair in the winter olympics in two thousand and six russia have slipped to the low point of thirteenth in the winter sport rankings that was after a disappointing display at last year's vancouver games however according to russia's sports minister for telly the situation is heading for a u. turn this season is winter sports have already had a major overhaul since the country's dreadful displaying calendar in the run up to the next

and in the ukrainian capital kiev the former prime minister yulia timoshenko stands trial for abuse of power the result in the country losing millions of dollars in gas revenues . and broadcasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r t i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us let's take a look at our top stories a majority of vote in the lower house of the u.s. congress has turned down a motion to cut funding for the american military action in libya but this came directly after the very same lawmakers refused to grant president obama approval to carry on the campaign. has more from washington. the resolution adopted by the house of representatives is seen more like a message of rebuke to president obama rather than an actual war stopper because when it came to voting on cutting funds for that war the majority voted no so some analysts see elements of a showing the behavior of the u.s. congress saying that many lawmakers don't miss a chance to snub the president yet knowing that the snobs won't change much at the end of the day as capitol hill observers say when

former prime minister yulia timoshenko stands trial for abuse of power that resulted in the country losing millions of dollars in gas revenue she maintains her innocence claiming the case is politically motivated to discredit her if convicted faces up to ten years behind bars. now and peter lavelle and his crosstalk guests discuss why president obama's announcement to withdraw thirty three thousand u.s. troops from afghanistan wasn't welcomed by either anti-war activists or military officials. ok. welcome to crossfire computor all about exit strategy obama's long awaited plan to start drawing down troops levels in afghanistan is in play but is it a real drawdown or just a reduction of the so-called surge of eighteen months ago did obama capitulate to public opinion over military needs and will american and nato troops ever completely leave afghanistan to afghans. cross-talk u.s. afghan strategy i'm joined by gareth porter in washington he's an investigative historian and journalist also in washington we have sam side by he is senior director of iran programs at nonviolence international an

ukraine it goes on trial for abuse of power that's alleged to have cost our country millions of dollars yulia timoshenko faces up to ten years behind bars if convicted. right now it's time for the sports with natasha. this is life for sneers and r.t.m. and here are the headlines this hour of world cup worries russian media reports four regions are sad to lose the right to health matches have a twenty eight team turn and then. moving on up defending champion serena williams joins a whole slew of russians are stage of global down where both second and third round action continues on friday. and russia's only driver in the truck racing championship fails to make the podium at a later stage in france but is sad to catch up with the rivals at his home event next month. football fans are locals alike and for russian regions could be in for a massive disappointment ahead of the twenty world cup according to media reports in the country fourteen of the planned host areas may be cup to ten most to region some are answer on those in the spotlight russian dailies based is stated they've sourced a minist

plus the long fall from grace find out why ukraine's iron lady yulia timoshenko was found herself and more in-depth coverage waiting for you on the line also there a fairy tale gone bad russia's rags to riches model natalia. from her arrest a crowded house of. egypt's former finance minister sentenced to thirty years in prison is living openly in london despite being wanted by cairo use a galley was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after january's revolution as artie's lawyer emmett reports this isn't the first time london has played host to rich foreign fugitives. when egypt abrupt it into violence at the start of the year the u.k. was among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept aside but many running in fear for their lives ran straight to a new die in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed some of them calling. because it is a long time now with the british government being allowed people running oil not just from egypt from all ov

network in europe before that there will take a look what's happening in the world of business with yulia. hello that's right time for your business update good to have a company russia has resumed electricity supplies to better routes apology and rater into rather has reported a resumed all power transmission after the troubled country promised to pay the fifty million dollars owed by the fifth of july although belarus is the transit countries supplies to the ports of countries were not affected. but there was the still facing one of the steepest economic crises in decades inflation is spiraling out of control and is expected to reach forty percent this year alone but russia and its c.i.s. neighbors have come to the rescue with a three billion dollars the head of the eurasian anti-crisis fund explains who is contributing what. the fund now has eight and the how billion dollars slightly more than eight about how billion dollars six countries in questions are remaining kazakhstan kyrgyzstan russia and start brushing sport in seven point five billion dollars has put in one billion dollars i

well ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko is in court to face charges for abuse of power she's accused of losing ukraine hundreds of millions of dollars in a gas deal with russia. is outside the court and for. all the atmosphere in the side the courtroom and around the court building in central kiev is absolutely electrifying fifteen hundred supporters of unix machines were gathered here since early morning to protest what they describe as a farcical trial and. i related ukrainian politics to to much of the former prime minister herself already started some controversy in this trial now when the judge entered the room the courtroom she refused to stand up and then said that this judge this judge must be dismissed because she believes the judge has a very low qualification to handle this very important case now the case is clearly the biggest one in ukraine along with that case of the country's former interior minister udall tent it is being televised live by the local t.v. stations and clearly this is causing a lot of control we see here with the former prime minister her

of ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that selection of course a country millions of dollars yulia timoshenko faces up to ten and he is behind bars if convicted. all next to the moscow team explores the divisive figure of the father of the russian revolution of love to stay with us. hello and welcome to the show in this week's program i'll be exploring that is life in moscow of all straight leaders change the course of the straits of starting off the red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin tony martin andreas as we take a look at his i think journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life and that. is one of the main names associated with russia. eight hundred seventy s. let me in she chose a pseudo name living in nineteen i want as one of the leading political figures and revolutionary think of the twentieth century it changed the world for most of money will she take over power in russia in nineteen seventeen the communist party manage and what's it cost free equal life for an attempted form of marxism but what is the soviet leaders legacy today. we heard e

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investment firm interoffice owned by russian billionaires for more details i'm joined by our teams yulia bulk of the visit the a.g.m. how you live to tell us what's happened what's really at stake in today's meeting. wellbutrin is the main intrigue of the day hasn't been installed yet formally it's still not known whether the former president you can stop listening to the ocean has been rejected our chairman of the board and after the speech you the main question was whether the longstanding dispute between the world must make those two main shareholders themselves and each of us will continue to make stumbling block between them was the world's peoples corporate governance until now resolved is just that's just fine but that's seven i'll just let you know because board members have to say no lines against it while the head of meat. stull that would be a deterrent to where two major shareholders are equally substantially represented represented to teach where that control which rests with independent directors whether today's music there was twenty five percent of his searches fees and t

felt safer with the taliban than the us plus a long haul from grace i know why ukraine's iron lady yulia timoshenko as proud of herself for our in-depth coverage waiting for you why call so there a fairy tale gone bad russia's rags to riches model that's how you avoid splits from her aristocratic husband. egypt's former finance minister sentenced to thirty years behind bars is living openly in london despite being wanted by cairo. he was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after january's revolution or added reports this isn't the first time london has played host to rich foreign fugitives . when egypt to drop it into violence and still set the year the u.k. with among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old college was swept but many running in fear for their lives ran straight to a new die in london and that little clip gyptian community is horrifying angry disappointed it's some of them call it shame when england. because it is a long time now that the british government we have had peop

they felt safer with the taliban in the us plus the cost and grace find out why ukraine's iron lady yulia timoshenko was found herself in court in-depth coverage waiting for you on line also was lined up every tel gone bad russia's rags to riches model to tell you about yon of us what's from her wrist a crowded house but. egypt's former finance minister a sense to thirty years in prison is living openly in london despite being wanted by cairo use a scholar he was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after january's revolution as r.t. story editor reports this isn't the first time london has played host to rich foreign fugitives. when egypt and prompted into violence and still said the year the u.k. with among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept to sayit but many running in fear for their lives ran straight to a new life in london and the community is horrified. and it's some of them calling she want to go and. because it is a long time now that the british government be al

felt safer with the taliban than the us plus a lot of fall from grace by that war ukraine's iron lady yulia timoshenko is proud of herself and for in-depth coverage we've got a website. plus a fairy tale gone bad russia's rags to riches model that's how you avoid out of us words from her aristocratic house with. egypt's former finance minister said mr thirty years in prison is living openly in london despite being wanted by cairo you separate rows gali was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after the january revolution was our future and reports this isn't the first time london has played host to rich foreign futurists. when egypt abrupt into violence at the store said the year the u.k. with among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept aside but many running in fear for their lives ran straight to a new die in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed some of them calling she wanting glints. because it is a long climb though the british governmen

the assets of former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko have been frozen by prosecutors she stands accused of abuses of power expressed here is accused of stealing highly unprofitable gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine these are said to have a horse ukraine around four hundred million dollars investigators claim she had no authority to find the contracts and that she did not secure cabinet approval to a striker claims the case has been fabricated by her political rival president victory and of corbett's it sound guilty to most and go could face up to ten years in jail. a look now at some world news in brief for you this hour and the gyptian court has ordered a probe into the case against two policemen accused of brutally killing a man that helped trigger the country's uprising the slow pace of legal action against police sparked a riot in karl rove earlier this week which left over a thousand people injured activists are angry at the country's interim government saying there have been no improvements in the country for president hosni mubarak resigned in february. rival

roussel an investment firm into ross owned by russian billionaires for more details i'm joined by ati's yulia bok of our visit the a.g.m. how you're going to tell me what's happened what's really at stake at today's meeting. well katrina the main intrigue of the day hasn't been solved yet formally it's still not known whether the former brother in chief of stubbornness on the ocean has been reelected as chairman of the board and head of this meeting with the main question was whether the longstanding dispute between the old stick those two main shareholders themselves and interest will continue but the main stumbling block between them was the world's deepest corporate governance until now result was just such a slide that the seven i'll just let you know because board members in the line against it was ahead of me to solve this do you want to direct us where to major shareholders are equally substantially represented we represented to teach the way that control which rests with independent directors whether today's meeting there were twenty five candidates the search in fees and to the insti

a long fall from grace find out why ukraine's iron lady yulia timoshenko as found herself in court in-depth coverage i don't see dot com. plus a very telling gone bad russia's rags to riches model didn't tell you about the art of a split from her aristocratic husband. egypt's former finance minister said this to thirty years in prison is living openly in the london despite being wanted by cairo you said he was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after the revolution in january i met reports from london this isn't the first time the u.k. has played host to rich foreign fugitives. when egypt to drop kid into violence at the store said the year the u.k. was among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept to site but many running in fear for their lives ran straight to a new die in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed some of them call it shame when england. because it is a long time now that the british government we had people in the oil not just

ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko is in court on charges of abuse of power she's accused of stealing a highly profitable gas deal with russia in two thousand and nine which allegedly lost ukraine around four hundred million dollars investigators say the x. premier had no authority to sign such contracts without cabinet approval to a chunk of calls a trial a farce claiming it's orchestrated by her political rival president viktor yana college if convicted she faces up to ten years in jail. it's cheap effective and highly toxic and a cell phone as a pesticide banned in most countries but still widely embraced by farmers in india however its use carries grave consequences with a whole generation of children suffering devastating health problems and while the government claims there is no affordable alternative to the chemical ordinary families are paying the price well you might find some of the images i'm pretty sure there's reports disturbing. this girl's body is the size of a baby but in reality she's five years old in her short life syria has endured an operation to redu