boot in the past you know joins us live from madrid then you know is the u.s. jumping the gun by sending a plane for when according to thai law he must stay in the country while the new charges are investigated or i don't think. he may with a little bit of time unfortunately get so for groups or is going to start the united states. so you think that that plane will take him back to the u.s. within the next couple of hours is that correct i hope not i hope you know another plane will come from russia with you know with a russian star on take him back to moscow unfortunately doesn't doesn't seem logical if the united states spent two enough years trying to extradite victor would now with a new charge is just simply to make sure that of the if the court actually agreed with victor boot and sided with the defense that the new charges will keep him in jail but now that the actually lost the case the americans have the right to withdraw the charges just a matter of i think you're a critic procedure of what and how quickly they can do that so you don't think the

commandos had arrived in bangkok where victor boot is being held our correspondent . has been following the latest developments in the case there's finally been some clarity in the case it is very unlikely that it will be thailand today that is according to the country's prime minister who said that according to tile laws because the united states already have filed a new set of charges against me that aboard those include money laundering he will not be extradited until those charges are actually heard for of course the united states realizing that they've basically set a spoke in their own will by now trying to do their best to withdraw those charges in order to be able to proceed with the extradition process but for now the board remains in solitary confinement in the infamous bank called hilton the thai prison in the capital gang called the. the united states authorities are doing everything they can to extradite the man to the u.s. as quickly as possible according to some rumors there's already a charge it is a special chartered plane stationed at an air force ba

still ahead this hour on r t we look at why alleged russian arms dealer victor boot is wanted so badly by the u.s. plus artes close up team takes to the high seas. now on a four hour journey by an island that's accessible during the summer months on this i'm visiting a village obligated by the more people the more meaning well it's the exploring the lives the want people to distance and their culture last. before we get to those stories one of the suspected organizers of the moscow metro bombings in which forty people died has been killed in a shootout with russian security forces four other alleged militants were also shot dead during the special operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan artie's sean thomas reports from one of the metro stations hit by the deadly blast in march . officials are telling us that the mouth i'll leave you has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of dagestan along with four others now this is important because he has been wanted on the federal and international most wanted list for more than two hears he's also thought to have ties

a thai court rules that the alleged russian arms dealer victor boot is to be extradited to the us within three months but russia's foreign minister described the decision as political and founds to bring him back home. power on stand by a pair of long term first nuclear plant on saturday under the observation of the un energy watchdog. the debate over the building of a mosque around new york's ground zero site up as a campaign seen by many as an anti muslim is posted on bounces around the city. and our close up team takes you want to turn you back in time to town in northern iraq with the way of life for residents has stayed much the same for hundreds of years. it's five pm in moscow and this is our team coming to you live with me a nice and now way our top story he's been labeled the merchant of death now suspected russian arms smuggler victor boot will be tried in the u.s. where he faces a life sentence a thai appeals court has decided that boat will be extradited to america overruling an earlier verdict by a lower court to reject the bit that's why bureau chief of russia's ria novosti

how do we are in the other eleven and his allegedly a life prototype russian businessman victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. to a very sort of formulas cage when the to play this sort of law for this very silly and i feel. it's a bad move on his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hilton but that did not stop the thai appeals court from ordering his extradition to the united states despite the fact that the country's criminal court earlier refused to do just that the ruling has outraged not only his family but his native country as well so that he was sorry that a thai appeals court has made this political decision but according to the information we have this ruling was made under very strong outside pressure and this is i'm sitting with him as for the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for all these months we've been in touch with his lawyers in this family and will continue to do our best to get him returned to his homeland and now the qu

how do we arm the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessmen victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. resulting from nicholas cage to play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel. it's a bad move on his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hilton he was arrested in thailand in march two thousand and eight in a joint sting operation by the local and u.s. authorities he was apprehended in the final stages of arranging the sale of millions of dollars of high powered weapons to people he believed to represent a known terrorist organization the far not many people were willing to give that type of credit given to him by american prosecutors he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't. going around quite a lot. and i would think that ninety five percent of his frauds were all going to commercial goods are naive through television washing powder all sorts of things so we're only talking about five percent of the cargoes possibly being.

victor boot is a walking intelligence treasure trove has it phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several reasons that's why u.s. intelligence community or so keen on getting him to the united states first they try to recruit him the cia made several approaches to recruit him refuse him all village sticks of legal and illegal arms supplies all around the world and because too much he is more dangerous than we kill except for the u s smuggling role not only in africa and latin american but all over the world. it turned out as some other stories making headlines across the globe prosecutors in sweden have dropped a rape charges against the founder of the wiki leaks website giuliana songe but he could yet face charges of molestation the website says the allegations were without basis and that they had previously been warned to expect dirty tricks assad was in sweden last week where he announced the whistleblower site will publish a final batch of secret documents on the war in afghanistan. australia is heading for a hung parliament in the tightest general election in th

bid to extradite russian businessman victor boot held for more than two years over allegations he supplied arms to colombian rebels. and the true pioneers of its fifty years since two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel paving the way for future exploration. and good morning you are watching our t.v. where it is six o'clock in moscow and now look at your top stories this hour pharmaceutical companies are accused of using the people in india as guinea pigs to test a new drugs without their consent human rights groups say even those people who are on the test and who are allergic to them do not know the possible dangers and are not told the full story meanwhile india's health ministry says the number of deaths linked to clinical trials has risen this year alone more people have died than in two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight combined archies consing investigates. any india government run hospitals provide low cost treatment to the poor but there are increasing claims that being made guinea pigs in drug trials for western pharma

well victor boots life story and alleged arms dealings have inspired writers and filmmakers but he's always denied all the accusations and says he's never done anything wrong artie's covering a star of a delves into his mysterious past people how the woods lord of reward there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in the world wide circulation. that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessman victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. to play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel pity for it's been moved on his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hilton he was arrested in thailand in march two thousand and eight in a joint sting operation by the local and u.s. authorities he was apprehended in the final stages of arranging the sale of millions of dollars of high powered weapons to people he believed to represent a known terrorist organizatio

boot know to make the americans want him this badly victor bored is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and because what knows too much he is more dangerous than we kill wigs for the u s smuggling role in weapons in not only in africa and latin america but all over the world but not many people are willing to give booth the type of credit given to him by the u.s. he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't the man the u.s. made you would call them merchant of death or. around quite a large a lot of operation in maine you know and i would think that ninety five percent of his flights were ordinary commercial goods i know you through television was he from washing powder all sorts of things so we're only talking about five percent of the call goes possibly being. even just not legal in a long and drawn out extradition hearing that took over two years the united states changed added and modify their charges against mr boot to include violating international treaty laws as well as arms trafficking his family believes at

is trying to speed up the process of extraditing alleged russian arms dealer victor boot from bangkok and it's already dispensed a special plane to coopt to new charges the u.s. brought before the extradition was approved could now delay his departure. women rights campaigners sound the alarm over the rise in the number of female circumcision circumcision cases in the u.k. of all the practice is the legal in the contrary no one's ever been convicted of the crime and thousands are considered to be at risk here. plus the old russian warships could save the unique underwater world of the black sea in ukraine hopes to sink decommissioned vessels in order to create artificial reefs in the crimea. the us constitution is violated daily and the main perpetrators are the president and top federal government officials that's according to former arizona sheriff richard mack he's now advocating state sovereignty is the only way to keep constitution abiding america intact our exclusive interview with him is up next. party sitting down with richard knapp a retired sheriff from arizona who made nati

boot and maybe have even made the criminal court which earlier refused boots extradition to swing the case their way and i actually believe the. it's that they have so the fact that this evidence has just appeared when the united states are clearly facing difficulties with the extradition process this elsley of this is leading many to wonder what kind of evidence this is what whom what kind of sources. is the thai television channel actually relying on and why this information is surfacing just now of course victor boot is waiting for a decision from the thai authorities about his extradition date the united states wanting to extradite him as quickly as possible following the decision on august twentieth allegedly an especially chartered plane traveled all the way to thailand and it is currently stationed at a u.s. air force base in the country waiting specifically to transfer mr booth back to the united states however thai authorities do say that because the united states filed new charges against the russian businessman those charges now have to be processed criminally in order for

boot know to make the americans want him this badly victor board is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several reasons why a u.s. intelligence community or so keen on getting him to the united states first they try to recruit him they say i made several approaches to recruit here we few years all villages sticks of legal and illegal arms supplies all around the world and because what knows too much he is more dangerous than we kill eggs for the u s. smuggling role in weapons in not only in africa and latin america but all over the world but not many people are willing to give booth the type of credit given to him by the u.s. he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't the man the u.s. made you would call them merchant. i mean around quite a large airline operation and you know and i would think that ninety five percent of his flights were ordinary commercial goods i know you through television was he from washing powder all sorts of things so we're talking about five percent of the cargoes possibly be

congress sent a letter to the thai government saying that victor boots release would be a threat to both thailand and the united states there was immense pressure applied prior to his extradition what's really behind washington's vilification though is the question and there are several different analyses for this one analysis that has come out is that bruce simply knew too much and could really embarrass the united states with the information that. he had he was arrested in the thai capital bangkok in march two thousand and eight. mile by the us government using him of international arms trafficking and specifically selling and delivering weapons to build terrorist organizations and george bush in two thousand and four that a president. of the united states government from having any kind of contract with big that it would and his companies but despite that request despite that order by the president the pentagon actually extended his contract to two thousand and six so for two years the pentagon operated with it and these companies basically outside of the law he was taken down and tha

boot a bangkok court had ruled that he was to be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and illegal weapons dealing. plus this week the world football governing body visitor to russia to assess the country's potential in hosting the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia has pledged visa free travel and purpose built stadiums if it wins the bid. up next as russia recovers from a record breaking heat wave followed by fierce storms we talked we do ya'll just to find out what it all means and if it has anything to do with global warming the interview coming your way next. thanks very much for talking to us now we've seen the devastating heat which has caused widespread wildfires in rust save the summer this year did you see that coming yes a long road for cause for europe western part of russia predicted a heat wave in most of europe especially east europe and western russia also predicted when it was going to end and ended when we see what's in your opinion of course that it was caused by. dramatic changes in solar activity. whic

victor boot is a walking intelligence treasure trove has it phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several reasons that's why the u.s. intelligence community or so keen on getting him to the united states first they try to recruit him the cia made several approaches to recruit him refuse him all the sticks of legal and illegal arms supplies all around the world and because look now it's too much heat ease more dangerous than we kill leaks for the u s smuggling role not only in africa and latin american but all over the world. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe australia is heading for a hung parliament in the tightest general election in the country for more than forty years with more than seventy five percent of the votes counted neither the ruling labor party nor the opposition coalition appears likely to get enough votes to win outright prime minister julia gald says it could be days before the result is known but she still hopes to form the next government opposition leader tony abbott said it's clear the ruling party had lost both

victor boot was arrested here in bangkok in march two thousand and eight italia four it is then acted on an official request from the united states containing an indictment in which the former russian military interpreter was accused of a conspiracy to kill u.s. servicemen by attempting to sell andy aircraft missiles to colombian leftist guerrillas for the united states is calling victor boot a major supplier of forms that fueled civil wars in south america the middle east and in africa the american side however failed to convince of the judges of the evidence against mr root and so in august two thousand mind the criminal court of pile on the decided to turn down the u.s. extradition request them to the thai prosecutors working on behalf of washington pealed that decision since march two thousand and eight since the day of his arrest has been kept. their way to a verdict he maintains that he is innocent he denies all accusations and says that the business of that he used to upgrade in the past his air cargo business was completely legitimate. you get the billing for russia today from

well russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has vowed to continue offering help victor boot and criticize the motivations behind the court's ruling says it. was sorry that a thai appeals court has made this political decision but according to the information we have this ruling was made under very strong outside pressure and this is upsetting as for the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for all these months we've been in touch with his lawyers and his family and will continue to do our best to get him returned to his homeland. we worked our butts life story an alleged arms dealing have inspired writers and filmmakers but he has always denied all the accusations and says he's never done anything wrong marty's got three nazar of adele's into his mysterious past people on the planet hollywood florida where there are over five hundred fifty million firearms and worldwide circulation that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessman dictabelt nicknamed t

coming to you live with me nice and now way first stop the suspected russian arms baron victor boot will be extradited from thailand to the u.s. a thai appeals court delivered the verdict after a lower court rejected washington's extradition bit the ruling says boot will be sent to american soil within three months he was arrested two and a half years ago in bangkok and in the operation led by u.s. agents washington wants brut on charges of terrorism and supplying arms to colombian rebels allegations he denies that he nazar of a house more. how the woods lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in the world wide circulation. that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessmen victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. to play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel pity for it's been moved on his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hil

we look at the alleged russian arms dealer victor boot is wanted so badly by the united states. the first one of the suspected organizers of march's moscow metro bombings in which forty people died has been killed in a shootout with russian security forces four other alleged militants were also shot dead during the special operation in russia's southern republican party sean thomas has more. officials are telling us that we put up a. has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of this time along with four others now this is important because he is wanted on the federal and international most wanted list more than two years he's also thought to have ties to sharif about who is one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth at lubyanka station shootout with the station and then another suspected bomber blew themselves up here at the to a metro station now in this operation we're told that firefighters had a building surrounded there was a fire inside that building they realized it was because they were shot and killed were also told that no po

boot a bangkok court has ruled that he'll be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and illegal weapons deal in. the world football governing body visited russia to assess its potential to host the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia has pledged to these are free travel and purpose built arenas if it wins the bid. and all the rest from the world of sports coming your way next with kate partridge stay with us on our. in there. alone welcome to the sports news here from marty in moscow and here are the top stories. on the rise champion's rubin go second in the past and i was scared i'm survey also i went in the russian premier league. while sunday's thrill is full and grab my last gasp drawer gets manstein i did on the car since smashed six cars aston villa in the english premier league. record breaking out kenya's david rudisha sets the first new moth in the men's eight hundred meters the thirteen years but let's start with football and the latest from the russian premier league where champions are being have moved up to

now the merchants of death victor boot he's allegedly one of the most influential and a taurus arms dealers in the world in two thousand and eight he was imprisoned in thailand on extensive arms trafficking charges and now much to his chagrin he's being extradited to the united states our chief correspondent catherine azhar of a brings us more on this story. hollywood's lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in the world wide circulation that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his alleged real life prototype russian businessman big to boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accuse the sions of arms selling and laughed off parallel. yes. very sorry for nicholas cage to play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel pity for it's been over his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hilton he was arrested in thailand in march two thousand and eight in a joint sting operation by local and u.s. authorities he was apprehended in the final stage

boot and that interview is coming up next here on r.t. . today we are joined by a mr vyacheslav nikonov he is a political scientist and he's also the founder and president of the polity foundation thank you very much for joining us push now the first question i'd like to ask is iran has now launched its first nuclear program it's a first in the middle east and russian engineers were a big part of that now what is the implication on russian earing and relationships and how can russia be sure that they're really pursuing this for peaceful purposes actually russia provided a. nuclear reactor the same to americans who are supposed to provide to north korea to prevent them from having nuclear weapons this is a light water reactor which is not capable of providing any weapons grade uranium. and all the fuel will be provided by russia and all the waste fuel will be taken away by russia so it is safe facility which is very important which is the first nuclear power station in that part of the world which i think is extremely important. as you may k

boot is wanted in the u.s. on charges including arms smuggling in terrorism. and this is spector the mastermind behind the double suicide attack on the moscow metro in march have links to international terror networks the evidence was uncovered after maggie. was killed in a special operation by russian security service. brings you a special report that takes a look inside the infamous guantanamo bay prison stay with us here on r.t. . yes. erik. sweden. a friend to feel and. pledging to. see what time of day so. we wanted it's possible. it is it is possible let me give you a different number or a u.s. air force captain off of russia. oh affairs care problem hello my name is eric and the insights from swedish. regarding visits to. face yes we have quite a quarter we go. just about every wednesday. and there and i quite get from puerto rico to guantanamo the flights are story. you will be required to pay twelve dollars a night for person. watching. and whatever extent as you occur for telephone or area and me off.

boot is wanted us on charges including arms smuggling and terrorism the delays are reportedly already additional charges of fraud and money laundering the u.s. february for now remains in the bank part of prison where he's been held for the last two years. the suspected mastermind behind the double suicide attack on the moscow metro in march had links to international terror networks. yeah evidence was found out here mega. killed in a special operation by russia's security service is insurgent band also claimed responsibility for numerous terror attacks in the caucuses. coming up next our team brings you a special report that takes a look inside the infamous guantanamo bay prison stay with us here on r.t. . tor nelson is featured as a witness in an investigation about the photos apparently he also worked at guantanamo when the request for tougher methods was sent. he agrees to meet with us and explain the methods used there. between one thousand change of scenery up and change of scenery down this is where you take the person out of the environment that they're used to and if you put

boot a bangkok board has ruled that he be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and illegal weapons deal. was this week the world football governing body visited the russians to assess the country's potential in hosting the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia has pledged visa free travel in purpose built stadiums if it wins the bid. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico has cost billions of dollars to clean up but the true cost to the environment isn't yet known up next. looks at whether black gold is worth the high price stay with us. the explosion of one. of mexico's the entire world according to various estimates six to fifteen million liters of oil clues to the water each day for three and a half months in the soviet union underground nuclear explosions were used to deal with leaking whelps they stem the flow of oil within a short period of time. and very effective economically a different method has been used in the gulf of mexico installed a special cap on the leaking pipe the task now is to skim the oil slick wh

zero headline a thai appeals court rules to extradite alleged arms dealers victor boot to the united states following intense pressure from washington russia's foreign ministry has condemned the decision calling it political and says it has committed to doing everything possible to bring him home the russian businessman has been detained in bangkok prison since march two thousand and eight following a u.s. led sting operation. russian engineers are preparing to start up iran's first nuclear power plant on saturday the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict control of the un's nuclear watchdog the russian built plant is expected to be fully operational within a month. and the electricity supply is back on in st petersburg after a citywide power cut the outage caused rush hour traffic chaos and meters had to be evacuated from the metro intercity train services were also affected parts of the leningrad region are still without power. with the disastrous consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill r.t. takes a look at whether black gold is really worth such a high price in ou

after a local appeals court ruled in favor of his extradition has condemned the ruling on victor boot as unlawful and politically motivated and says it will do everything possible to bring him home. and youngsters across russia must step up their game in the hope of becoming football stars in the future as fifo inspectors assess the country's ability to host a world comp and eight or twelve years time presses up against the u.k. and the united states among others the decision will begin ounce this december. and the oil spill my gulf of mexico has cost billions of dollars to clean up but the true cost to the environment isn't yet known are two looks now at whether black gold is worth such a high price. the explosion of one. of mexico's done the entire world according to various estimates six to fifteen million liters of oil tuesday into the water each day for three and a half months in the soviet union underground nuclear explosions were used to deal with leaking whelps they stem the flow of oil within a short period of time. nuclear explosion is safe and very effective economically a

after a local appeals court ruled in favor of his extradition moscow has condemned the ruling on victor boot as almost full and politically motivated and says it will do everything possible to bring him home. and youngsters are step up their game in hope of becoming football stars of the future as chief inspectors assassin the country's ability to host the world cop in eight or twelve years time russia is up against the u.k. and the u.s. among others the decision will be announced in december. more on those stories coming up in thirty minutes time now for a special report on the vietnam war and what veterans have to say about wife then and now. vietnam province klavan forte was a u.s. marine in the one nine hundred sixty s. against vietnamese communist guerrillas today for mob boss or is recall the time when they could only look at one another through the cross as we got better and better at it but still never as good as that we had the means that camouflage found hiding out using the jungle for their advantage the course of the war shifted when the soviet union sent anti-aircraft missi

is trying to speed up the process of extraditing alleged russian arms trader victor boot from bangkok and it's already dispatched a special plane to collect them but new charges the u.s. brought before the extension was approved could now delay his departure. and women's rights campaigners sound the alarm over the rise in the number of female genital mutilation cases in the u.k. although the practice is illegal in the country no one's ever been convicted of the crime and thousands are considered to be at risk. up next we bring you the story of the biggest tank battle of world war two what curse that proved to be a turning point in the fight against nazi germany stay with us for that. did she ninety is a modern day take it's taken a course in combat capabilities make it one of the world's best illustrated access plant in the city of mission to kill in the urals is the only manufacturer of the t. ninety in russia each year new tanks are tried out a special proving ground. the key ninety is a descendant of the t. thirty four the legendary world war two era tank one of the last operating

congress sent a letter to the thai government saying that victor boots release would be a threat to both thailand and the united states by the way of him selling arms to governments or organizations that would target the u.s. or thailand so there was immense pressure applied prior to his extradition what's really behind washington's vilification though is the question and there are several different analyses for this one and i. this is it that has come out is that boots simply knew too much and could really embarrass the united states with the information that he had you know he was involved in governments and groups and trafficking and moving goods but also arms forty seventh's not only for governments all over the world but for the u.s. government for allies of the u.s. government also for afghanistan and iraq one analyst has come out saying that booth transported not only arms for the u.s. into iraq but he also transported arms for the taliban and that having him having worked both for the u.s. government the u.s. military as well as afghanistan prior to nine eleven who knows what kin