you know as the bad times are over russia nato relations and the grease to help. drug action in afghanistan. russian businessman rick to boot to charges of weapons smuggling and terrorism. moscow calls for a fair trial and washington for pressuring the legal process. across the continent communities of victims by european governments their. health care system into this. brutal mass murder

in southern russia. his private arrested for the friends and relatives frame the officials for corruption and negligence. you're watching and this is our weekly news review welcome to the program president bush says the hostile period between russia and nato is over he told the bloc gathering in portugal this weekend that he's agreeing to boost collaboration on one of the most dividing issues missile defense the summit smooth was decidedly more cooperative but there are still issues which they are yet to see eye to eye on the list of reports. nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at

the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea. cooperate with us let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic today marks a true fresh starts in nato russia relations of the willing here it spells out our desire to pursue strategic partnerships that in its means would have overcome the difficulties of the past missile defense plans under the bush white house provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold war well now the alliance wants russia to join in its plans compute russia wants more than just sweet words of the good body we have agreed with our nato partners that's what we'll pursue dialogue of the european a.b.m. our main guide here should be that our birth dissipation ought to be equal and i

will stress this it can only be as partners no other form of participation for the sake of appearance is acceptable either we participate fully we exchange information take part in decision making or we do not participate atoll the u.s. reset of relations with russia has brought nato to moscow once the great enemy but now courted as a key potential ally together we've worked hard to reset the relations between the united states and russia which has led to concrete benefits for both our nations now we're also resetting the nato russia relationship we see russia as a partner not an adversary russia and nato have reiterated common challenges to be fought from the spread of weapons of mass destruction to terrorism what's most significant is what's not on the list.

each other. russia has pledged more help to nato in afghanistan with transport access and more resources to fight narcotics there and for the first time in pakistan despite all the warm words there are still differences notably over the south as such in conflict over two years ago nato backed georgia which russian forces were forced to fight after the civilian population came under attack and while nato seeks new purpose and allies others say the alliance belongs in the past and that it's to cross this consubstantial to nato has existed certainly since the fall of the burden of war how this was for use and against whom the major problem from nature and of course what it does politically and militarily is that it reinforces a peaceful the time being the imbalance between the us continues to spend a lot of the military and european nato member states some of which have become to cut back very drastically crowd there's no greater example of the discontent with

nato it's called think and we think here on the states at least based on what these people thousands of i mean you are protesting the alliance and it got me. going to we don't think it's necessary it's for example for us and so a country in crisis is spending so much money on something it's cold war what we have is a very powerful military alliance with no democratic accountability the leaders announcing this statements no part of it is going to get a child to vote on it and as a result everyone's military expenditure is going to go up the message is entirely wrong nato is out of date now out of time we need a world of peace and justice not one of preparing for yet more wars and after introducing a new strategic concept to high hopes at the summit nato is challenge now is to turn concept into reality or top on the list is forging a lasting partnership with russia lauren lyster r.t.

lisbon portugal. russia's nato envoy believes a renewal in relations between moscow and the. guarantee greater security on the country's western borders. now after we have lived through the conflict in south ossetia on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a test on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were provoking such an adequate resumes motorcycles really one to blow the actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of which doesn't know what the right handers doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there will be no trouble to toll i think the americans are finally

heard as well as nato strategy is shifting politics expert dr agent pabst told r.t. that even the baltic states which have been traditionally hostile to moscow feel the alliance can't exist without russia's support the europeans have been arguing for a long time behind the scenes that russia needs to be brought on board that nato can not function properly without stronger russian involvement that required a different attitude in moscow which was seen with present together but also a new openness on the parts of all the nato partners and even countries traditionally more critical and perhaps even hostile towards russia such as poland in the baltic states have recently acknowledged that greater dialogue and more cooperation with moscow are good thing for everyone involved and nato secretary general also brought up the importance of the nuclear adoption treaty between russia and the us and as for rasmussen told

a business summit that any deal they invited by would damage the security of europe and the entire atlanta region. mr and barbara says there's no good reason why the deal can't be passed by the u.s. congress the treaty would see the two countries that nuclear arsenal slashed by a third but it's being stalled in washington as newly elected republicans now outweigh bombers democrats british and campaigning kate hudson says the prospect of a world without atomic weapons is far too important to be sacrificed for one party's short term political ambitions. we were amongst the many people around the world who really welcomed president obama's speech in prague where he outlined his vision of a world without nuclear weapons and of course a vision which president medvedev shares and i think it's absolutely reprehensible if senators in the u.s.

congress are obstructing the passing of this very important treaty the new start treaty for party political point scoring reasons i think this is far too important on a global scale for them to stand in the way like this many people globally including i should say former cold warriors faithful like henry kissinger and george schultz many other leaders across the world now believe that it is just too jane shuras to have nuclear weapons and that is the trend that is taking place in the world towards disarmament and away from nuclear weapons and that is the trend which the u.s. senate and the u.s. congress should be going along with and following the leadership of their president . and while the u.s. and russia work on cutting their atomic stockpiles he takes a look at what iran will do next with its. just who's playing bad cold nuclear triangle between russia iran and the u.s. you have expert opinion coming up later this hour. and the countdown to

collapse on the next trouble becomes europe's biggest headache global money bosses descend on dublin to fix its troubled banks. russian businessmen and the ledge the arms smuggler big to boot has pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism and arms trafficking he was hastily extradited to the u.s. from bangkok earlier this week and is now in solitary confinement in new york moscow is demanding a fair trial and says it will continue to provide consular assistance when a point right takes up the story. a two and a half year campaign to get one russian citizen accused arm dealer victor boot begins to face american justice victor boot came into u.s. custody on tuesday set to stand trial on arms smuggling and terrorism 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 fark meantime the u.s. to stands accused of breaking laws to grab the russian businessman organizing a swift extradition from thailand involving some fifty federal agents and u.s. marshals keeping the operation a secret from boots lawyer family and russian officials. despite two rulings in thailand's criminal court saying victor boots guilt was not proven and the thai government has still decided to hand him over to the u.s. i consider this unprecedented political pressure on the legal process and on thailand's government. moscow has dubbed the extradition of their citizen are striking injustice boot a former army officer was arrested in bangkok in march two thousand and eight in a sting operation involving american law enforcement officials all aboot who didn't

get a chance to say goodbye to her husband in thailand accuses the u.s. of kidnapping as a political form of a court up when you are short of your age this operation was illegal it was done after lobbying from the u.s. blood was shipped to the united states if he was just a thing without his documents and without the russian embassy being informed. and during his transfer to new york who claims that u.s. officials attempted to force a confession from him as part of a possible plea bargain. according to victor boot during the extradition there were attempts to convince him to make a confession of the crimes he had never committed promising some privileges in return but mr boot rejected these offers in new york federal court on wednesday the forty three year old cargo dealer denied all charges but is being held in solitary confinement at a federal prison in lower manhattan with legal assistance from the russian consul

a top kremlin official stressed that moscow is demanding fair treatment for its citizens while not getting involved in the allegations but faces like your picture which i want to stress to the u.s. authorities of bulls and very serious and profound charges against this russian citizen we have nothing to conceal we don't consider this case to stay secret or anything of the kind that we want to see this investigation finalists has to answer all the questions raised by the u.s. he will be given protection in consular assistance however that doesn't mean we are claiming he's innocent it will give you know. while many have speculated as to why washington wants but so badly opinions have very populous monopoly this is a question of principle they've spent ten years of spending money taxpayer money on trying to root out gun runners so they have to have someone to show for a little and they chose victim of course and i understand that there were

significant amount of political pressure by the us but on the tar government but i assure you that will be nothing. compared to the pressure that the united states is going to put on mr boot to cooperate with the u.s. law enforcement already is against others the chances of a fair trial for victor boot are already in question with u.s. media and the prosecutor portraying him as a villain the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate there all those seeking to provide some cold comfort victor boot is of course presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty the fate of victor boots future will be sealed in this new york federal courthouse his next hearing is scheduled to take place in january if convicted the russian citizen faces twenty five years to life behind bars burning up or not artsy new york.

by investigative journalist daniel a student says the u.s. will use a pick to be its trial for its own interests. i can't possibly see how it would be a fair trial because i get americans i've spent ten years actually trying to get out there trouble they spent two years and a half trying to get him out of prison in thailand to the united states and now actually when they have him in their grasp in the united states if they actually put him on fair trial and he wins this case imagine what's going to happen to the united states they're going to turn into a lobbying stock of the entire world so no the trial is not going to be a fair trial but again victor boot simply has no secrets to tell so in a fair trial he would go a hole but again he won't go home i mean the whole idea of victor buddhism merchant of death is a hollywood phenomenon is not an arms merchant he was you know he's a cargo merchant he was he was a transporter so if americans think you can actually get secrets out of him they're very very very wrong but you know the russians know there's the americans know this there's two ways to look at this or we're going to have a show trial of a bit of a closed door trial i think probably they're going to go for the show trial because

again is a very useful piece of the mantel piece because as i said before it's a big target is just a pawn of this global game where the end game is to get out russia any way and any means possible. now the euro has again come perilously close to sinking as hundreds of kone teeters on the brink of collapse either is another korea ways of saving the irish banking system to see investors fleet doubling that repeatedly denied it was in serious trouble insisting it had enough cash to nost into the next year portugal and spain one time to accept the monkey billion euro bailout i'm a storm come to the markets well critics say arland is being forced into a corner or trained for cost such and so then take for ticks the small countries with mentioning these the us. this is the beginning of the end of the euro and the euro was built it saw it came in at a time of high expectations it was

a time of economic euphoria as though growth would never end and growth does and this is more than a domino effect in europe this is a global economic crisis and nothing is changed since the crisis began in two thousand and seven other than the central banks dumping trillions of dollars in trying to save a failing system it's you cannot have a currency that's going to cover all the bases of all economies equally you look at ireland the biggest problem right now until days news next week it might be spain what we're seeing the beginning of are going to be currency wars and trade war and when you equal trade wars plus currency wars you start looking at real wars it's happened before and it's unfolding in front of us

again we see we see italy we can see portugal's pain greece. the smaller company countries opting out of the euro route look everybody that it's a lie day that remembers when the your row came on back in the late ninety's and early two thousand is how inflation skyrocketed in those countries this is a game that could never have worked from the beginning we dated. when it had been. europe's roma communities are among the most persecuted in the world and for those who live in bulgaria the situations especially grim but the homes destroyed in a desperate act of basic health care and schooling. discount it. seems like we could become common across europe the mayor of this town in southern

belle garrett told r.t. he had to tear down this block of flats because the room the residents who turned it into a slum this pile of rubble is all that's left of the housing estate what all sorts of called a public health hazard infested with rats cockroaches and fleas thousands of roma home. some have moved to this wasteland no shelter health care or education for the children. well where citizens where there's a treatise like this schools won't take my son because he has lice and disease people here ask is this what the e.u.'s become with winter approaching they'll be sleeping in the cold. first you politicians bury their heads in the sea and only we can solve their own problems of. france to send tens of thousands of rumor back to bulgaria sweden it's a leader mark in germany had similar policies used justice commissioner says it

reminds her of world will two one of the evicted told me he picks pockets to feed his family member countries report rumor offenses are shooting up pushing rising numbers into angry and she gypsy groups the biggest problem. is the crime already like a civil war stealing or else. risk the life of the people campaign is more the most rumor said by russians and other states can't integrate because there aren't enough jobs for them and paul gearing up with education opportunities limited music remains one of the few past success. a racy gypsy style of pop cool child talks the chops but campaigners say conflicts are set to surge until the e.u. learns to live and work with roma not just enjoy their music in the nightclubs. arty saffir. but coming up next our reaction to sarah palin's hint that she's not

up for another stab at running for the white house. if she does become president al you feel oh i'm movin england yeah i'm off to spain. when president asks people in new york what would happen if pain becomes the next president of the usa. also novels silent danger as a donor card in the south side is expired a tension deadly toxins that could leak out. for the first time since russia backed the u.n. sanctions against iran president has met with iranian. then within a jet they were at the caspian sea power summit in azerbaijan this week where five nations discuss the area's legal status and its energy deposits global security tehran read to repair their salaries by moving on with the peaceful use of atomic energy with iran's russian built nuclear plant to go online soon of the new job

because she ations the controversial nuclear program should resume in december two countries fell out after russia supported un sanctions and decided not to deliver its s. three hundred missile systems to iran the peace of the union says relations between iran and russia united states now look like a good cop bad cop situation. i think iran lives in a rough neighborhood with countries around that like israel and saudi arabia that don't really care for it much so they have some legitimate security concerns but iran is probably not going to give up its nuclear weapons even if the regime became democratic tomorrow the conservatives in the united states say well gee if we just made iran democratic this would all change but really the nuclear program has society wide support in iran not only for the prestige but because it's regarded as

being a deterrent in a rough neighborhood i think russia has a good role to play in this because russia has better relations with iran than the u.s. so if nothing else the two countries can be good cop bad cop u.s. can be the bad cop pressuring iran and the russians can be the good cop saying well you know you really need to do something because otherwise the united states is going to try to press you more so i think that since the russians have a better relationship with the iranians they can be more frank with them in the iranians will listen and i think. from what was diplomatically said at the meeting they had a pretty frank discussion about the iranian nuclear program and that sort of thing at least that's what the president of russia mentioned privately that that six men have confessed to the horrific massacre of three families in russia something president out of reach and they killed eight and four children but the corrupt law enforcers are also being blamed denise for the skew appoints the governor has

several high ranking offices and is linking the mass murder to other unsolved crimes. grieving relatives and commemorative candles dup this quiet rural neighborhood it is hard to believe that this peaceful place in southern russia was the scene of considerable brutality a dozen people including children were stabbed to death in this village of. four out of twelve victims a buried here at the small cemetery everyone who knew these people is in deep shock victor used to work for their metal family they were farmers he says real hard workers. this is the head of the family sir gary and his wife elin and daughter in law elaina and her little daughter a mirror i just can't believe it happened and i don't know who could do something like this the bodies of the victims were found in this house investigators say that killers literally slaughtered everyone who got in their way the owners and their

guests there to celebrate russia's national unity day would be a met office six men have already been arrested in connection with the modus one of them said gates of poker is an influential and who is alleged to be the mastermind behind hundreds of other bloody acts of terror that wealthy landowner is also alleged to have his own private army disguised as a security firm besides many unsolved murders and rape cases the gang is also suspected of records hearing in the aftermath of the horror fear still stocks the streets here with people afraid of being the next victims of rape. only if. their neighbor was also killed not so long ago he and his son are shot right on the porch of their home someone is in someone's way investigators say it may have been city of it i'm a refusal to pay off that cost him his relatives and friends their wives some of the regional police the storm brus as well as local officials have already been

wired. to the trust and guard to go out and make it even stricter punishment. today we arrested the gang members tomorrow will continue by getting to those among law enforcement officers and local officials who are traitors despite the fact that gang leaders are under arrest some builders believe that they still may get away with their crimes by using powerful connections in the capital but that according to the governor sure will not happen. i assure you and i'm hearing often that these people have backing from someone in moscow or a new york or whatever trust me if they get away i will quit everyone will get what they deserve however many of the gang members still at large the tension remains high among the people of the southern russian village this shop community wants justice white behind bars but those responsible for truly horrific murders and clear answers of the hundreds of other unsolved crimes does

a lot ski cross in their region. well now to some other wild stories making headlines this hour there is an agonizing wait for the relatives of twenty nine miners still trapped in a museum in hungary gas levels are still too high for rescuers to attempt to head on the ground as is the risk of a second explosion there's been no contact with the workers since friday's blast which way out mission see who's in charge of the tunnels which was used by monster states but it's no longer being on site. america's yale university's agreeing to return inker batiks to peru after thousands turned out in this month to get them back items including poultry and human remains with taken by american author only just over one hundred years ago and have been the subject of a bitter battle for decades but your pitch was the center of which route before the spanish conquest in the sixteenth century. and we invite you to experience the

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