twenty nine out of the six said sea have now been granted bail as a court in st petersburg decided the fate of the last of them most of the group have already been released and only one will stay detained until february and he is say with more. it's been a roller coaster ride for the thirty acting activists who were arrested for trying to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic now the thirty that's twenty eight of them were greenpeace activists and two of them who are journalists to where charged with trying to receive for trying to scale that article oil rig the russian authorities said they put everybody on that oil rig in danger as well as themselves and other charges of piracy were later reduced to holligan ism charges which carry up to a seven year maximum sentence at this point they will move from merman's good to st petersburg there was an early in november where they'd be able to get diplomatic help as well as be near to their families with this environmental case has certainly caused a rift between russia as well as the netherlands of the arctic sunrise vessel which the activis

the very greenpeace activists indeed arrived in st petersburg on a train from they arrived at twelve eleven local time upon arrival to st petersburg the train station where they were the carriage was one of the carriages was separated from of the actual train away believe we believe that that is the carries that it was indeed a holding the thirty activists we know that moment had said that they were moving the thirty activists because of the fact that the charges now we're out of the jurisdiction we also know that you know moving them to st petersburg means that they'll be able to see their family far more easily the weather is in petersburg is a little bit better as one moment it's cold it gets dark very early in petersburg it's still a little bit of life even though winter is a arrive so indeed they have arrived so it will say we definitely know for sure that that train arrived in st petersburg this morning right and kind of give us some background here so how did we get all together. well twenty eight to greenpeace activists including two journalists who were on board the arctic s

berlinski court here in st petersburg they won you can see behind me has ruled today to release the sunrise ship doctor a young russian woman on two million ruble all sixty thousand dollars bail and we've attended the hearings over her case today and we saw the woman in a courtroom she started crying when for the first time in two months of the tension she saw her husband i think that this is the solution oh off the judge was could be explained by the fact that she was not a greenpeace activist but a doctor working at the earlier today and not the coach also here in st petersburg has decided that greenpeace activists another member of so-called politic thirty to fifty nine year old men are most really a we'll have to spend three more months in russia's jail but all these hearings have started here in st petersburg after russia's investigative committee applauds for the extension of the pretrial detention for the arctic thirty say they need more time to complete the probe and just to remind you here's a little bit of the stories background in september the green crease arctic sunrise ship ap

yes and did kalinski court change st petersburg the tell hope you can see behind me has ruled on monday to release on a two million ruble or sixty thousand dollar bail to russian citizens and two members of the so-called arctic thirty the arctic sunrise ship dr hans forth a journalist both detainees will be freed as soon as the bail is put up and experts say it will not take more than two days well this is a very good news for them especially given the fact that both detainees are very young people their husband and wife have both attended today's hearings and we saw them and these were very touching moments and of course we can say that family reunion is a very is a long awaited thing well that was a very good day for dan but it was not as this day was not as good as it was for them for all protesters because another court also here in st petersburg pretty more ski court has decided to extend the pretrial detention for another activist greenpeace activist fifty nine year old man from australia till february which means for three months that i have to say that the hearings here in st pe

will remain in a detention center in st petersburg until their fate is decided later on today twenty seven of those activists have now been granted bail out of those twenty seven fifteen have now been able to pay out of the sixty one thousand dollars that's needed to one more activist and australian actor of his is said to be going to stay in the detention until next year february now this environmental protest has caused so quite a stir we know that the thirty activists on board that arctic sunrise vessel back in september will arrested because they were trying to board an oil rig in the arctic that is owned russia by russia. has said that they jeopardize everybody's security as well as their own in terms of trying to board that netherlands and russia have been add all of that adherents to each other even the netherlands going as far as taking russia to the international married to him tribunals saying that russia needs to release those activists now as well as them by leaving the country that's not yet established they've just been accepted as the just been given bail and that's al

of his following the high level meeting in st petersburg. this is the most important economic annual meeting between the two countries but as you well know with these kinds of gatherings often it's the unofficial agenda that dominates in this case it's going to be syria what to do about that conflict and of course iran as international countries meet to discuss the fate of iran's nuclear program now on syria turkey and russia haven't exactly seen eye to eye for the law. part the last time the prime minister erdogan was here in st petersburg a very heated atmosphere turkey had been pushing for international intervention in that conflict they had largely come out on the side of the rebels the syrian national coalition forces headquartered in turkey at the moment but since then we've seen a little bit of a closer movement together between russia and turkey both both countries do publicly support for instance the gathering of the syrian government and the rebels in the diplomatic talks known as the geneva two conference. about the time for that

well indeed we have one good news today indeed kalinski court here in st petersburg they want you can see behind me has ruled today to release the. doctor a young russian woman on two million group of all sixty thousand dollar bail and we've attended the hearings over her case today and we saw the woman in a courtroom she started crying when for the first time in two months of the tension she saw her husband so we can imagine how happy she now because she will be free as soon as the bail is put up which experts say will not take more than two days i think that this the situation all of the judge was could be explained by the fact that she was not a greenpeace activist but a doctor working at the ship so but i actually it's very hard to say why the judge decided to make this particular decision because earlier today and not the cold also here in st petersburg but more skewed court has decided that greenpeace activists another member or so called out to thirty or fifty nine year old men are most really are we'll have to spend three more months in russia is jail and we can't explain why.

greenpeace activists are on the move in russia and they have been sent to st petersburg to stand trial for trying to board a russian oil rig in the arctic and allegedly putting the crew at risk our correspondent has followed their trials the details are ahead. adoptive parents in the you are so we hoping and want to trigger an online investigation has exposed an underground market which organizes bypassing any government oversight vulnerable kids one hundred over two people who have been refused to chance the chance to adopt. and i found out the majority of foreign children back. animal owners may be familiar with the term private re homey typically it refers to those seeking to give their pet away but today the practice is reportedly being used by parents looking to give away the child they adopted from overseas and no longer wants an investigation conducted by reuters found that this type of child trafficking is happening largely in cyberspace where parents allegedly advertise their unwanted children through yahoo and facebook groups the lawless atmosphere allows internationally adop

berlinski court here in st petersburg they want you can see behind me has ruled today to release the sunrise she doctor a young russian woman on two million brutal all sixty thousand dollar bail and we've attended the hearings over her case today and we saw the woman in a courtroom she started crying when for the first time in two months of the tension she saw her husband's i think that this the station oh off the judge was could be explained by the fact that she was not a greenpeace activist but a doctor working at the earlier today and not the code also here in st petersburg has decided that greenpeace activists another member of so-called politic thirty to fifty nine year old men are most really are we'll have to spend three more months in russia's jail but all these hearings have started here in st petersburg after russia's investigative committee applaud for the extension of the pretrial detention for the arctic thirty say they need more time to complete the probe and just to remind you here's a little bit of the story's background in september the green crease arctic sunrise sh

berlinski court here in st petersburg they want you can see behind me has ruled today to release. six hundred sheep doctor a young russian woman on two million grubel all sixty thousand dollars bail and we've attended the hearings over her case today and we saw the woman in a courtroom she started crying when for the first time in two months of the tension she saw her husband earlier today and not the code also here in st petersburg has decided that greenpeace activists another member of so-called thirty to fifty nine year old men are most surely a we will have to spend three more months in russia's jail but all these hearings have started here in st petersburg after russia's investigative committee applied for the extension of the pretrial detention for the arctic thirty say they need more time to complete the propane september the green crease arctic sunrise ship approach provides lol now offshore all drilling platform in russia's northern pretoria see it's owned by russia's energy giant gazprom and then a group of activists attempted to hold themselves on the platform as they s

petersburg. coming up from bits to lot calling this a record breaking weekend it's got washington worried coming up that we take a look at why lawmakers want to clip the digital currency is playing. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world of the r.p. interview intriguing story for you. to find out visit. the french president sending a message of support to israel speaking to parliament in jerusalem francois hollande said paris wouldn't back down on the sanctions regime against iran until the country gives up its nuclear program meanwhile a british newspaper claims israel may join forces with saudi arabia in a military campaign against iran if they don't approve a whatever atomic agreement is reached and in another development russia's president putin a spoken to iran's leader ahead of wednesday's global talks. the russian president vladimir putin held a telephone conversation with his iranian counterpart rouhani and in that conversation

one member of st petersburg sledges. of assembly is trying to get child beauty pageants banned in russia starting with his hometown you know i couldn't agree more with this gent on this issue these kids beauty pageants not only put a ton of pressure on children to achieve something absolutely pointless but they're also a pedophile's dream come true and are well very very creepy but why are they creepy that's because with the a like it or not human beauty is related to sex so when you try to make children beautiful and wear bathing suits let's just say active poses yeah that's called sexualizing children and it's disgusting although adult beauty pageants are also sort of stupid at least the participants are all adults so i say it because beauty pageants are obviously related to sexuality should be able to participate in them until you reach the age of consent in your country otherwise it is just a pedophile buffet but that's just my opinion. hello and welcome to technology updates on today's show we learn about the techno

our correspondent sent us this story from st. petersburg. >> just a face among the crowd in st. petersburg, enjoying the relative freedom of bail after two months in a russian prison. exclusiveng, in an interview, she recalls her worst fears inside herself -- her cell. >> i'm sure the outside world never believed we could get 15 years for this. but when you are alone in your cell, you never believed you would be spending two months in prison. this could happen. panic.just like 15 years for something i didn't do? the best years of your life. can't even have children anymore. , she her arctic prison spends 23 hours a day alone in her cell but found ways of communicating. >> there was a radiator pipe that ran through the prison. so we got a pen or a spoon and tapped on it. one tap was a, two was b, three was c. sometimes it would take 10 minutes to say something and they would say, sorry, please repeat. >> it seems greenpeace completely underestimated the russian reaction to a protest that it's only offshore oil rig in the strategically important arctic. perhaps they should have pa

jailed greenpeace activists are on the move in russia being sent to st petersburg to stand trial for trying to board a russian oil rig in the heart and allegedly putting the crew at risk while our correspondent followed their transfer the details ahead this hour. the first to leak afghan security reports as the country's intelligence services abandoned an investigation into the alleged murder of civilians after the u.s. refused to cooperate and detained by american forces were found near a u.s. base while more were reportedly killed in other operations what is going to come has more. first of all where the accusations come from the afghan translator who had worked with the u.s. army special forces said the soldiers were involved in the killing of the group of afghan civilians detained in u.s. raids in the wardak province between it's over twenty twelve unfed very twenty thirteen and bodies of ten of the men were found by residence in shallow graves near a u.s. base which hosted the special forces unit the afghan authorities have repeatedly asked the u.s. to allow them to question the

greenpeace activists are on the move in russia they have been sent to st petersburg to stand trial for trying to board a russian oil rig in the arctic and allegedly putting the trip our correspondent has followed their trials for the details are ahead. a lead to our going security report says the country's intelligence services have abandoned and investigation into the alleged murder of civilians after the u.s. refused to cooperate seventeen man disappeared after being detained by american forces the bodies of ten were later discovered near a u.s. base that's now crossed live to. live there in washington d.c. hi there guys so what more can you tell us about this this story behind this leaked report that. right well first of all where the accusations come from the afghan translator who worked with u.s. special forces said the soldiers were involved in the killing of the group of afghan civilians seventeen men disappeared after being detained in u.s. raids in wardak in the wardak province between twenty twelve and february two thousand and thirteen bodies of ten of the men were found by

upon arrival to st petersburg the train station where they were at the carriage was one of the carriages was separated from the actual train a we believe we believe that that is the carries that it was indeed to holding the thirty activists we know that moment had said that they were moving the thirty activists because of the fact that the charges now we're out of the jurisdiction we also know that for you know moving them to st petersburg means that they'll be able to see their family far more easily the weather is in petersburg is a little bit better as well moments it's cold it gets dark very early in petersburg it's still a little bit of life now even though winter is a ride well twenty eight to greenpeace activists including two journalists away on board the arctic sunrise a vessel that's the vessel led itself would shoot with the team to be added to the waters of the russia now that's where the oil rig of russia is based they were then asked not to to go on board to the oil rig up on that so they continue to go ahead they were then arrested and the vessel was seized we know that th

the geology of kalinski could change st petersburg so i hope you can see behind me is a vote to decide today whether to keep the so-called off takes on roy's detainees in jail for three more months old to release them and that's off to russia's investigative committee to apply for the extension saying they need more time to complete the probe by monday morning as far as we know at least six applications happen filed but we expect more to come later today this particular court is in charge of examining the cases of the ship's doctor from russia policeman from canada and russia as journalist this week marks two months since thirteen men and women from nineteen different countries greenpeace activists journalist and the ship's crew were detained and just to remind you here's a little bit of the stories bag wrong in september the greenpeace ship approached. all offshore oil drilling platform in russia's no than pretrial receipt it's owned by russia's energy giant gas prom and then a group of activists attempted to hold themselves on the platform for a protest over the danger is that the dr

petersburg to tell you i hope you can see behind me has ruled on monday to release on a two million ruble or sixty thousand dollar bail to russian citizens and two members of the so-called arctic thirty the arctic sunrise ship doctor had a local journalist both detainees will be freed as soon as the bail is put up and experts say it will not take more than two days but this is a very good news for them especially given the fact that both detainees are very young people their husband and wife have both attended today's hearings and we saw them and these were very touching moments this day was not as good as it was for them for all protestors because another court also here in nursing three more skilled court has decided to extend the pretrial detention for another activist greenpeace activist a fifty nine year old man from australia till february but all these hearings have started here in st petersburg after russia's investigative committee applied for the extension of the pretrial detention for the arctic thirty say they need more time to complete the propane september the green cr

upon arrival to st petersburg the train station they were at the carriage was one of the carriages was separated from of the actual train away believe we believe that that is the carries that it was indeed the holding the thirty activists we know that moments had said that they were moving the thirty activists because of the fact that the charges now we're out of the jurisdiction we also know that you know moving them to st petersburg means that they'll be able to see their family far more easily the weather's in petersburg is a little bit better as well moments it's cold it gets dark very early in petersburg it's still a little bit of life now even though winter is a ride well twenty eight to greenpeace activists including two journalists away on board the sunrise a vessel that's the vessel lend itself to with the team or oil rig of russia if they were then asked not to to go on board to the oil rig up on that so they continue to go ahead they would then arrested and the vessel was seized we know that they were charged with piracy which holds a minimum of fifteen years in prison but t

upon arrival to st petersburg the train station where they were at the carriage was one of the carriages was separated from of the actual train a we believe we believe that that is the carries that it was indeed the holding the thirty activists we know that moments had said that they were moving the thirty activists because of the fact that the charges now we're out of the jurisdiction we also know that you know moving them to st petersburg means that they'll be able to see their family far more easily the weather is in petersburg is a little bit better as one moment it's cold it gets dark very early in petersburg it's still a little bit of life now even though winter is a ride well twenty eight to greenpeace activists including two journalists away on board the arctic sunrise a vessel that's the vessel let itself would shoot with the team of the oil rig of russia if they were then asked not to to go on board to the oil rig up on that so they continue to go ahead they were then arrested and the vessel was seized we know that they would charge you with piracy which holds a minimum of fift

or if an ocean a line from st petersburg maria thank you very much indeed for that update i appreciate it. and up next here on our quiz. philippa torch is on its epic journey to such. one hundred and twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand killings. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limp dick torch relay. on r t r g dot com. if you are targeting only one scapegoat that would be responsible five with you say that you think the banks the commercial banks then what about the non banks what about the highly leveraged institutions nor a responsible old school what about the rights so what about all the special so you see it's more. you know you seem banks are the main reason the bad banking system is the main reason that triggered the banks part of the whole. as responsibility including the us computing the account to the accounting rules. of all soldiers of the rating agencies of course you know the anti bank and non-banks and the naive belief that we were you know

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the twenty nine that the word granted bail out still in st petersburg they're not allowed to leave the country all even the city until that free trial date has happened and that date has not been given algy had only one activist it still remains in the detention center until next year february his lawyers have said that they will appeal that decision initially they were charged with the piracy they were then changed to pull it is them which carry a maximum of seven years that in a prison they were in the moments detention center upon the arrest in september then they were moved to st petersburg in early november now of course of this environmental protests started off as an environmental approaches that it has now become a diplomatic spat between at the netherlands as well as russia the arctic sunrise vessel which the activists were on board was a flying of the dutch flag the netherlands had taken russia to the international law of the sea tribunals and asked them to release of the vessel as well as the activities of russia has said it will not do so as of the point everybody who is on

well indeed the geology of the limits to cool today in st petersburg so i hope you can see behind me is about to decide today whether to keep the so-called arctic sunrise detainees in jail for three more months or to release them and that's after russia's investigative committee applied for the extension saying they need more time to complete the probe by monday morning as far as we know at least six application. it's happening filed but we expect more to come late to today this particular court is in charge of examining the case of the she's a doctor from russia. and from canada and russia is journalist this week marks two months since thirty men and women from nineteen different countries greenpeace activists cheering waste and the ship crew were detained and just to remind you here's a little bit of the stories background greenpeace chief approached. all offshore oil drilling platform in russia's no than pretrial receipt it's owned by russia's energy giant gazprom and then a group of activists attempted to hold themselves on the platform for a protests over the danger is that the

several more greenpeace activists have just been granted bail by courts in st petersburg bringing the total number to twenty six eleven have already walked free ahead of their trial for hooliganism and the others will too once their bail money is posted on reports now from the city. the saga over the greenpeace activists detained for their protest against arctic oil drilling does continue new developments thursday as russia's president vladimir putin weighed in again on the issue reiterating his position now he actually praised the greenpeace group's goals which he called noble but he condemned the environmental group for its tactics on the use of when the platform was being created an emergency situation this could have led to one mistake by operators that. they should not have been distracted from their work. can be accomplished by any means but at the same time the state should be leading the u.n. secretary general meanwhile ban ki-moon also spoke out on thursday he urged russia for more leniency towards the activist saying that environmentalists also have a key role to play in soc

live from st petersburg thank you very much indeed for that. with or without the prime minister greenpeace auction this won't be leaving russia just yet twenty nine . fish have now been granted as a court in st it has been decided the fate of the last of them most of the group have already been released and only one will stay detained until february and his little. it's been a roller coaster ride for the thirtieth to activists you were arrested for trying to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic now the thirty that's twenty eight of them were greenpeace activists and two of them who are journalists to where charged with piracy for trying to scale that are take a while regular the russian authorities said they put everybody on that oil rig in danger as well as themselves and of those charges of piracy were later reduced to whole again with them charges which carry up to a seven year maximum sentence at this point they will move from merman's good to st petersburg there was an early in november where they'd be able to get diplomatic help as well

petersburg. thank you. 32 people were killed when a super market roof collapsed in latvia. >> this is left of a busy super market in the cab toll riga and they have been working into the morning to find anyone who may be still trapped under the rubble. >> translator: i have a wife there. there is no information about her. whether she is alive or dead, wherever i call there is no information. >> reporter: it was crashing, most people started crying and screaming as it was sure those left inside after the first collapse would not be alive after the second fall. >> reporter: it happened during the busy evening shopping hours on thursday, it was the roof of the super market that first came crashing down and the impact was so strong it brought most of the high walls of the building. >> it is a huge building and the space when you have to work is pretty limited. we know foreign governments offered some heft but latino authorities are saying thank you but no thank you because we have all the treatment a

. >> reporter: it's reported snowdon is starting a new job in st. petersburg this month as a technical adviser to russia's version of facebook. but security in moscow has now been given new powers to intercept telecommunications. >> it was a very warm meeting with the german m.p. it was held at snowdon's own initiative. >> it's going to be very serious. especially in next year's winter leaderships in russia, talking not just telecommunications but wi-fi, laptops, and smart phones. 90% of all your passwords will be broken. >> reporter: it's been alleged that september's g20 summit in st. petersburg the russians handed out free gifts to spy on cell phone and computer summations. a spokesman for vladimir putin dismissed the reports as an attempt to divert the attention away from the more serious allegations of espionage being levy against washington. al jazeera, moscow. ♪ you >> meteorologist: it's turning out to be a decent day over much of our nation's midsection. we're rain free at this hour. we're seeing mostly clear conditions from the dakotas d

the courts here in st petersburg will continue to hear the bail hearing so the story does still continue there thanks very much indeed. in the u.k. new figures have revealed the country's total personal debt has reached an all time high the rising cost of energy and other household bills are pushing people over the edge with many even facing the risk of losing their homes or is laura smith investigates. heroine london's main shopping dried christmas has already begun with all the exhausting spending that entails but millions of households across britain will be entering the festive season already saddled with unmanageable debts a new report says personal debt has hit one point four trillion pounds as the rising costs of living forces people to borrow to make ends meet debts they ultimately wouldn't be able to repay that one point four trillion is an average of fifty four thousand pounds per household that's almost double what it was ten years ago and almost as much as the country's entire economic output that figure includes mortgages secured debts but the report warns that owns secured

petersburg will continue to hear the bail hearing so the story does still continue there. the e.u. is considering a generalized guidance to fracking the controversial technology which has been raising major concerns among environmental experts and activists across the globe let's take a closer look now at the practice and its risks well the method involves breaking up rock at least one kilometer below ground opponents say there could be grave environmental consequences warning the use of explosives in chemicals contaminates water supplies pollutes both the ground and the air but advocates of the technique say it will help to solve the energy crisis and create more jobs e.u. members are deeply divided on the issue while energy giants are pushing for widespread exploration and he's probably boyd has been following the resistance of europeans to fracking in their countries. a number of european countries have had large scale anti fracking protests take place recently as sort of the prospect of more drilling has been rolled out across europe but one of the largest anti frackin

petersburg to stand trial now this environmental protest is now causing a lot of diplomatic tension between all of the all those involved we know that the netherlands had demanded that russia release that vessel together with the thirty activists russia had said that it wouldn't do so because it had told the hague that those people were coming to towards the read in the arctic so far we know that the hague has gone to the merry time international tribunals to put the case she wants them and they said that they'll come up with the answer as soon as probably the end of the day we'll be waiting for that so it's all it's good news but not all good news for everyone at this point so we'll have to see if this bail grants indeed get them to be able to travel outside of the country as of now those details have not come out yet. thank you. for many more international stories coming your way in just a couple of minutes here on our t.v. we report on the controversial fracking technology and sweeping many in europe very worried about how it affects the environment back in just a moment. mission

the geology of kalinski could change st petersburg so i hope you can see behind me is a vote to decide today whether to keep the so-called off tick songwriter's detainees in jail for three more months old to release them and that's off to russia's investigative committee to apply for the extension saying they need more time to complete the probe by monday morning as far as we know at least six applications happen filed but we expect more to come later to die this particular court is in charge of examining the cases of the ship's doctor from russia from canada and russia as journalist this week marks ten months since thirteen men and women from nineteen different countries greenpeace activists cheering waste and the ship's crew were detained and just to remind you here's a little bit of the stories bag wrong in september the greenpeace chief approached clear as long. all offshore oil drilling platform in russia is not and pretrial receipt it's owned by russia's energy giant gas crunch and then a group of activists attempted to hold themselves on the platform for a protest over the dange

two more british greenpeace activists among others have been granted bail by a court in st petersburg trying to five people have been let out since monday after paying roughly sixty thousand dollars one was refused place trying to scale a russian oil platform in september respond and. still all of them are being accused of hooliganism because this whole scandal the whole incident happened. when this group of greenpeace activists which eventually became known as the arctic thirty they approached a russian oil platform in the north a small group of them a van came even closer to the platform on a rubber boat right scaling it all of them were arrested brought to the mainland first to movements to then delivered to st petersburg accused of piracy of thirst first then these charges were reduced to hooliganism but the penalty for that could still be up to seven years behind bars if they are found guilty greenpeace itself has been strongly criticizing russian officials for these accusations saying that it was a peaceful act of protest and the incident also caused a huge scandal in the relati

russian investigators have applied to court here in st petersburg to prolong the pretrial detention for all so called arctic thirty. saying they need more time at least three more months to complete their probe this week marks two months since thirty men and women from nineteen different countries mostly greenpeace activists but also the arctic sunrise icebreaker crew and two journalists were detained on monday the first hearing started and the georgia has already decided to keep in the russia's jail one till february one activist from australia while released on bail to a three other participants of russian citizen ship but there are a total of thirty applications and all of them have to be started and examined by the judges this is why we will see definitely more hearings and more court rulings this week they arrest of these people has already sparked worldwide criticism with people in more than forty countries taking to the streets to express their solidarity to protest against this decision over russia's court these people were arrested in september when they arrived to russia's nor

st petersburg mayor your game all to take a set of business forum today that he like to see a city anasta not introducing business clusters the two cities already are working together on business efforts. energy efficiency in housing and utilities medicine and drugs to austin based healthcare institutions because a russian medical never stay at a treatment center of the international institute of biological systems signed a memorandum of cooperation. i believe our task is to cooperate to ensure the availability of high tech medical care and quality of medicine. let's multiply our efforts and cooperation. when we work together were able to fight against diseases we stand guard for health. the mayor he msg ali khan's my helmet off and buy to russian companies to build businesses and the awesome new city special economic zone another agreement signed at the forum was a pledge to cooperate in economics and trade science and technology cultural endeavors and humanitarian efforts. this agreement is an additional opportunity for russian cause it's time to cooperate together populations more pros

the twenty nine that the word granted bail are still in st petersburg they are not allowed to leave the country or even the city until that three trial of the heirs happens and that date has not been given algea the only one to activists is still remains in the detention center until next year february is lawyers have said that they will appeal that decision initially they were charged with apply receive those charges were then changed to pull it in as them which carry a maximum of seven years in a prison they were in a moment's detention center upon the arrests in september then they would move to st petersburg in early november now of course of this environmental protests started out as an environmental protest that in the has now become a diplomatic spat between at the netherlands as well as russia the arctic sunrise vessel which the activists were on board was a flying of the does flag the netherlands had taken russia to the international law of the sea tribunals and asked them to release of the vessel as well as the activities of russia has said it will not do so as of the point ev

petersburg with twenty nine and been released and one colleague the first one to appear before court was denied been extended till february in prison because the he will have an appeal and we're hoping that that appeal will be successful or there's a russian problem that says the first pancake always comes out wrong and so cullen russell was the first person to appear in the survey out of the payload bay viet ng so we hope that. there is absolutely no reason for him to remain you know everybody else has been released so we are quite confident that the appeals court in st petersburg will release col and russell then the question remains about what happens to the folks because right now they cannot leave russia and we have heard statements from the presidency that. folks will be allowed to leave it within ten days or so but we've got no formal confirmation yet as to how that will happen when that will happen and so on as things fall on the stand the charges of police going to some still stand and of course there has been in development just on friday when the united nations internation

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more greenpeace activists appearing before st petersburg called to find out whether they'll be granted bail twenty three men and women have already been paying about sixty thousand dollars says she suspects trying to scale a russian oil platform in the september. brings us all still all of them are being accused of hooliganism because this whole scandal the whole incident happened. when this group of greenpeace activists which eventually became known as the arctic thirty they approached a russian oil platform in the north a small group of them then came even closer to the platform on a rubber boat right scaling it all of them were arrested brought to the mainland first to movements to then delivered to st petersburg accused of piracy of thirst first then these charges were reduced to hooliganism but the penalty for that could still be up to seven years behind bars if they are found guilty greenpeace itself has been strongly criticizing russian officials for these accusations saying that it was a peaceful act of protest and the incident also caused a huge scandal in the relations betwee

i want to go with restoring it to st petersburg where the odd now kept in the three different attention that the centers. well that we can see it or think in kenya and the intonation of the story is that on tuesday and wednesday and probably until the next week that the senate as i said that the worst investigate a skinny teenage thirty applications for roll the detainees. so we'll see mall hearing said the sweep of penrith on the things that they then from some pages done. coming up from it still looks a bit callings have the record breaking week a film about but it said go washington worried coming up that we take a local wine will make it for the click of the digital currencies way the eye. move the new the eye roo. the two language. news programs and documentaries in arabic. its goal hero of tea we'll talk. he liked the interview. intriguing story. are you today the arabic for no more visit our big old auntie don't call the new. nineteen and the french president sending a message of support to israel speaking to parliament in jerusalem from follows the parents wouldn't back down on

a total of six greenpeace members have now been released on bail after a court in st petersburg that's out of three more activists today a group of pain as were arrested two months ago in the arctic while trying to board an oil rig is more if an ocean has more. russian investigators have applied to court here in st petersburg to prolong the pretrial detention for all so called arctic thirty. saying they need more time at least three more months to complete their probe with ace week marks two months since thirty men and women from nineteen different countries mostly greenpeace activists but also the arctic sunrise icebreaker crew and two journalists were detained on monday the first hearing started and the judges already decided to keep the russians jail one till february one activist from australia while released on bail to the three other participants of russian citizen ship but there are a total of thirty applications and all of them have to be started and examined by the judges this is why you will see definitely more hearings and more court rulings this week the rest of these peopl

the twenty nine that the word granted bail are still in st petersburg they are not allowed to leave the country or even the city until the pretrial of the heirs happens and that date has not been given the only one activist is still remains in the detention center until next year february his lawyers have said that they will appeal that decision initially they were charged with the piracy those charges were then changed to polygamous them which carry a maximum of seven years in prison they were in a moment's detention center upon the arrests in september then we moved to st petersburg in early november now of course of this environmental protests started off as an environmental approaches and it has now become a diplomatic spat between at the netherlands as well as russia the netherlands the vessel that to the activists had actually used where i had taken russia to the international law of the sea tribunals and asked them to release of the vessel as well as the activities of russia has said it will not do so as of the point everybody who was on the bed all recently and in the arctic add

petersburg guarantees them a little bit of light during this winter while they await trial as well as be able to see their families and speak to their respective consulates now earlier today twelve to eleven at this. midday our local time we saw the train actually a riving in us and petersburg now the interesting part about this hour why of all was that one of the last carriages was actually cut off from of the actual main train a so it goes to show and we're all assuming at this point including the greenpeace activists who have been updating all of us via twitter as to what's going on with that train is that indeed that carriage was a holding that twenty eight activists including the two journalists who were with them so from. greenpeace activists arriving on a train to some petersburg and i do take us back if you can talk to you for from what i understand it was a it was more than two dozen people from eighteen countries who stormed the us. twenty eight greenpeace activists including two journalists who were on board the to see the vessel that was the vessel that was taking them thr

petersburg with twenty nine and been released and one colleague the first one to appear before court was denied been extended till february in prison has the he will have an appeal and we are hoping that that appeal will be successful as a russian problem that says the first pancake always comes out wrong and so cullen russell was the first person to appear in this round of pay of the baby adding so we hope that. there is absolutely no reason for him to remain you know everybody else has been released so we are quite confident that the appeals court in st petersburg would release col and russell then the question remains about what happens to the folks because right now they cannot leave russia and we have heard statements from the presidency that. folks will be allowed to leave within ten days or so but we've got no formal confirmation yet as to how that will happen when that will happen and so on as things go on the stand the charges of only going to some still stand and of course there has been in development just on friday when the united nations international tribunal on the las

petersburg russia deciding whether to extend the custody of a group of protesters who are trying to board a russian oil rig. has more. looks like at least one greenpeace activist a member of the so-called arctic sunrise group thirty detainees will have to spend three more months in russia's jail fifty nine year old men from a stroll and that's after the cooled remorse because here in central israel decided to hold russia's investigative committee application that the investigators applied for the extension saying they need more time to complete the probe we know that the hearings over five other applications are at this moment undergo in three more skilled court and kalinski called here in st petersburg they want you can see behind me and we know that here they jog examines the cases of the two members of the sunrise arctic sunrise ship crew a doctor a russian citizen. from canada and russia as photo journalist this week marks two months since thirteen men and women from nineteen different countries greenpeace activists journalists and crew members were detained in just a little bit

a total of ten greenpeace members have now been released on bail after a court in st petersburg lets out seven more acts of this today a group of assertive complainants were arrested two months ago out in the arctic while trying to board and all over aig archies murray if an ocean or possible. russian investigators have applied to court here in st petersburg to prolong the pretrial detention for all so called arctic thirty. saying they need more time at least three more months to complete their probe this week marks two months since thirty million women from nineteen different countries mostly greenpeace activists but also the arctic sunrise icebreaker crew and two journalists were detained on monday the first hearing started and the judges already decided to keep the russians jail one till february one activist from australia while released on bail to a three other participants of russian citizen ship but there are a total of thirty applications and all of them have to be started and examined by the judges this is why you will see definitely more hearings and more court rulings this

court hearings on thursday at two courts in st petersburg already twenty activist out of the arctic thirty have been released on bail which is around sixty one thousand u.s. dollars including the captain of the arctic sunrise and the russian. photographer who also got caught up in this whole story although several activists their detention was prolonged for another three months but those who have been released on bail they are still going to have to attend the actual trial and when they do this bail is going to be returned to them just to remind you still all of them are being accused of going to them because this whole scandal the whole incident happened. when this group of greenpeace activists which eventually became known as the arctic thirty they approached a russian oil platform in the north a small group of them event came even closer to the platform on the rubber board right scaling it all of them were arrested brought to the mainland then first to move then delivered to st petersburg accused of piracy of thirst first then these charges were reduced to hooliganism but the penalty fo

petersburg with twenty nine and been released and one colleague the first one to appear before court who has denied being an extended till february in prison as the he will have an appeal and we're hoping that that appeal will be successful there's a russian problem that says the first pancake always comes out wrong and so cullen russell was the first person to appear in this round of paoli baby adding so we hope that. is absolutely no reason for him to remain you know everybody else has been released so we are quite confident that the appeals court in st petersburg will release col and russell then the question remains about what happens to the folks because right now they cannot leave russia and we have heard statements from the presidency that. folks will be allowed to leave within ten days or so but we've got no formal confirmation yet as to how that will happen when that will happen and so on as things fall on the stand the charges of police going to some still stand and of course there has been in development just on friday when the united nations international tribunal on the

petersburg with twenty nine have been released and one colleague the first one to appear before court who has denied being an extended till february in prison as the he will have an appeal and we are hoping that that appeal will be successful as a russian proverb that says the first pancake always comes out wrong and so cullen russell was the first person to appear in this round of pay of the baby adding so we hope that. there is absolutely no reason for him to remain you know everybody else has been released so we are quite confident that the appeals court in st petersburg will release col and russell then to kristen remains about what happens to the folks because right now they cannot leave russia and we have heard statements from the presidency that. folks will be allowed to leave it within ten days or so but we've got no formal confirmation yet as to how that will happen when that will happen and so on as things go on the stand the charges of police going to some still stand and of course there has been in development just on friday when the united nations international tribunal o