Legendary campervan. Russias most well known critic of the kremlin the calcutta calls he has arrived here in germany. After he was given a surprise or pardoned by President Biden include a formal oil tycoon was escorted to a waiting at croft in a hush hush alteration was down behind the scenes with the general government. Im broken into by former foreign minister constant expansion. Articles he wants challenge the power and influence of Vladimir Putin and it is unclear whether he still harbors any political ambitions mccloskey was welcomed by former German Foreign minister and steep twisty and who worked behind the scenes to secure his release russias most famous political prisoner landed at the beach on the field airport in the afternoon hours before the former oil tycoon was released from prison camp to be russias border with finland. He apparently immediately boarded a private flight to germany. But even a day after russian president Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced quarter cost was pardoned and released many questions remain. The russian said in a statement that hed asked courtney for a party citing family reasons. He also said that signing in admission of guilt was out of the question he stole from greece to expect two thousand and three the billionaire oligarchs was arrested and sentenced to long prison term for fraud and tax evasion. All the supporters at the time said the claims against him were baseless and that he was imprisoned only because he was becoming a political threat to coaching. Many western governments seem to agree. Wouldnt it be at germanys foreign minister welcomed quarter calls case with these. That is what does it not so today we would like to use to signal to continue discussions about the future of the rule of law and human rights in russia. Financially it was done by that. People on the streets of moscow also were generally positive about the development the iranian president s mission is humane side. I think everything going on in our government and all of his decisions of the anti me. The room. It should be done with it. He should have done at the moment im back. But now that its happened. Yes i am glad. Trotsky had been due for release in august of next year. But there was also speculation that the sentence could be steered. Joining us now in the studio to talk more about this is our Political Correspondent simon young boy was i mean why is critical of the cumberland nyc getting such high level support from former German Foreign minister. Was always come here to bellini its hes still not quite because we havent heard from Mr Khodorkovsky that himself according to Russian School siege. The reason that he gave to russian officials shes in gemini was that his mother and who has been a few weekends that has been receiving treatment. Here in berlin and he wanted to come the sb with her. The amazing berries that it turns out that said it was a car because his mother has no meaning domain for about a week or so i do. And shes still in moscow she said she may come here to be expected to come here very scene. Of course to meet with some of it is slightly unclear that the students to gain his role very interesting of course hence the cheek and she was the foreign minister and a helmut kohl of the time the german reunification. A lot to do with the russians was time to set the cut for opening up towards russian concerns and hes being working on to hope that mr koda costs keep trying get in free for a couple of uses in the boys to the tv legal team there. So new at this hasnt come entirely opposite to believe that sending this to gain share. She pushed against his role i think is very interesting index. We know anything about his plans apparently hes in berlin at the avalon hotel for reception right now but which he donated. Thats right will we believe these in the oven until the city with the journalists will wait seeing that to get a glimpse of him that if state and the end effect these tree by the way it would be in the store to return around monopolies and then hes come from the russians the penal can lead to a fine stone tree hotel in the western capital in the space of one day thats an exploding hegemony that in itself as to what hes been a dino will we hear that he will be meeting israel it seems that in the rain on saturday. He has a son who lives in new york and presumably hes coming here what will he do well. Of course genocide think that he will speak to the press in saying something about his experiences in prison of the lowest in years that weve also had a ring that he may be heading to switzerland so the thoughts of questions still to examine briefly the consignment was in response to the spartan from the German Government is the knowledge on olive branch from latin. The response has been very positive of course chose clinical president accountable but welcomed eat the fat but this time of the Foreign Ministers unit and said this is a cellist a toll to the russians againbouts is indeed he looks like that in a way of president putin to see to clear the decks unit on Human Rights Concerns by releasing that of course the placebo its approach to stews and other is a true gem in the last of the day said it looks like a head of the salty wind really picked president putins going to be something. What the reaction of the anti Putin Campaign is he will be will have to wait said clearing the decks is a silent thanks. Reactions to the pardon have been mixed at home and abroad inside russia many secret costly as one of the shady oligarchs that rose to power during the chaotic yeltsin years is the Old Soviet Union collapsed. Well what is clear is that he uses connections in the communist apparatus to forge a foothold in the oil sector which expanded to the western financing. Heres a look back at the rise fall and one of russias most ambivalent oligarchs. By the mid nineteen nineties mechanic audit kosky has built an empire. Its not much of russias Oil Production from the russian state which was setting off key assets. Using his own bank. When it comes to gain control of the Yukos Oil Company for the bargain price of three hundred million dollars. The deals to control the sea water kosky kept times times with the crime and even sent as a deputy minister under president boris yeltsin. On the corner kosky successful leadership fuel costs and a name as one of russias most transparent and well run company is backed by international investors. It became one of the countrys largest oil producers. But that soon changed when the demand putin became president in two thousand and three quarter kosky found themselves at the center of an investigation into yukos is tax cuts. He was arrested on charges of tax fraud and in two thousand and five he was sentenced to nine years in prison. He later yukos filed for bankruptcy. Yukos has broken up the government sold off its core assets including oil fields and refineries to the state and company ross naps the company was headed by contains oma deputy Prime Minister because the team well the European Union has promised russia a bruising summit meeting next month centering on their geopolitical confrontation over the legions of ukraine well as they wrapped up their latest summit in brussels eu leaders we knew too that calls on ukraine to sign a cooperation deal. Unable and moscow for applying undue pressure on the country. No smiles on the faces of the leaders they could go back to you pointing down with our Current Crisis taylor upbeat on ukraine saying that russia the countrys european future. Jim and tons of medical echoed that makes each saying the eu whose position was unchanged the tuesday off to the door is opened and is no date for two tries. We want this association tasty. Lay the groundwork and our ukraine must decide the other eu had stressed that the venue was the question of values in all financial a guy with no this isnt about whos the highest bidder. Its about a common position. We are in carpet salesman trying to outbid each other and it isnt the way its the thought that this baby. Another big issue at the summit was pushing me use Common Security and Defence Policy foliage france had its peacekeeping deployment in the Central African republic could become a test case. President francois law and failed to persuade of the latest to share the costs of the operation. It was all i did it for you. And in the interests of europe because its the best symbol one can think of to support a country that is one of the forest in the world to prevent a massacre and to allow reconciliation. People have attended a course yesterday. The latest decided to pass on the issue of joint eu funding for such military operations to a meeting of Foreign Ministers in january European Countries are still reluctant when it comes to joint Defense Operations the Common Security and Defence Policy is that for a project for the long tan heat set and consequently here at the summit in brussels mid to high into the swim age but rather small steps to the constant bought european leaders to recognize that the car and to cease making crisis is to slide in the pool collaboration is needed. Also in the field of Defence Policy. If europe is to be taken seriously as a global plan. The King Commission has criticized the decision by Ratings Agency standard and poors to strip the eu off its triple a Credit Rating agency said it was downgrading it to buy one notch from aaa to a double a plus because of tensions over the eu budget is going to say that this move does not affect the ratings of individual members. Most eu members have lower ratings than brussels just three euro zone members still have the top aaa rating from standard pores. Discussions are germany finland and love to raise asia bank has agreed to pay one point four billion euro as a result the litigation which follow this for a way to foray into Mortgage Backed securities in the us though it is one of seventeen the fun of solicitations that was suited by the federal Housing Finance agency in the us. It allegedly failed to supply enough information and residential Mortgage Backed securities which was sold student is honey mae and freddie mac between two thousand five and two thousand said. I am back to use the gym is because landon today in which shareholders took in their stride each dorothy most sense as this report. The frankfurt stock exchange. Aiden can a keen eye for christmas. This is going to be a year old billionaire flying back to assemble and to put it back that being very relieved because said dutch bank minutes at least three sold one import gt case to case and making up the stairs to pay the bill. Banks has begun to this performance the ducks also strong coming close to its latest all time high at that very successful week thanks to date the economy the job at the end of the week trade is at peace with it and surprisingly strong german prince human rights. I was doing councilors and content so i can now access the numbers are huge and he acts and its association with a slight gains of nine thousand four hundred. Heres a pic d also up three thousand forty nine the number yet. And that he ought to dutch and us troops at the moment and going strong sixteen thousand two hundred and eighty five. In currency markets the gear is trading one has gone up sixty six seventy three. On the us economy continues to gain traction. I think is still the pace of grants is the strongest in twenty years the Commerce Department says that the Worlds Largest economy grew a robust annual rate of four point one percent in the Third Quarter of two thousand thirteen Business Investment and Consumer Spending also stronger than expected. Walt is such a thing as tax fraud related to the orchard welcoming days ago to try to report that german and european investigators looking into next weeks pile and gas Trading Companies to stop this sweater been guilty of so called kai was so cruel our trading newspaper based in cross border fraudulent behavior is hard for investigators and cheese and twenty people. Its a tax evasion scheme that may have cost the german state many billions of euros. She say electricity trade is apparently used cross border transactions only two vehicles in the european cars to avoid paying that you can text called carousel trading its a complex shield and basically works like these jim and companies import electricity from other eu countries. The importers have to pay ninety percent value added tax when selling on top the pie is that the tax cheats allegedly shuffled the electricity through Fake Companies until the trail became lost and allowing them to avoid paying the eighteenth. The palate ended up being sold abroad can use the stylus to claim the refund on texting at the page. They use to school billions of your rice was siphoned off the market in emissions trading the european power market that really changing units annually is ten times the size of that for emission certificates. I believe coles had since been closed and the most constant on electricity trading. But it seems too much damage has already been counted. After a short break away for it. In it. Is it. I changed it catch some saddams foreign minister says his government is negotiating with meekness and groups in a bid to calm the violence of their own money on opinion and told Reuters News Agency that president assad but she didnt want his people to return to war. It still says least five hundred people most of them soldiers have been killed since sunday ellie clashes between the two new era and think it has cost thousands of people to seek refuge in the United Nations compound. Foreign governments have told its citizens to leave the country latest reports indicate that the violence began as a fight among the president ial guards from different ethnic communities. Well one of those who manage to get out on one of the evacuation flights from south sudan joins us now in the studio on pacer is a journalist and trainer at the dw academy the academy prepares young journalists in south sudan and other african countries in the balkan region regularly since two thousand seven hundred favor much to drink and joining us this could be back in berlin. You mentioned before we went on there that youre shooting in the neighborhood at the hotel you are out and tube up the soldiers were in the hotel is the capital secure. During daytime to lowes for the tpc of the most because most of the flies were going on during the night. But the progress he is of the new teams in the already stopped it and who really make sure that this gorgeous with all of the all of us to captain the future. To experience its ruins uses to adjustments in koala hotel unprotected to it ill toss friendship a full with this stuff isnt fooled need to up to christmas come over to continue its biscuits although control of the mold is on the street dancing to an angel of the people are really really big problems can result the attack yesterday on a un compound is a real escalation. You know is there an absence of dialogue right now and in what could be holding the country together this is after all the oil rich country doesnt go looking for a lot of convincing to tony and i dont cook so this problem. As of the United Nations points which she says seriously. Um with a lot of convincing that this is all a struggle between president of the key in his home a ticket to reach moscow and the results of a kia said that this conflict is not based on the autistic the crown casino the fights going on on angel dark involving could think of people who are loyal to a sub acute in the new rule people who annoy you to read my style so that these bottle full of owning as much as the rest of the key and alston said he wants to talk with him and it would be a very good start for solving the problem with the elections in twenty sixteen was a Health Worker who sees oval the United Nations the americans who own pets in the balkans stuck in a must see that softens a very very cool country even though they only reached. But beneath the local see and understand dont smoke around the state and if this continues that way that the internationalist both federal small mall sales staff. And what does lift and on the armed soldiers than once a raft of all i mean this is a great teacher she should carry on to certain journalists and trainer at the dw academy hes been in south sudan since two thousand seven regularly undertake is very much. To the doc is tapped and yemen history of the nazis systematically them more than six million across europe sixty years ago today that i could auschwitz trial began now the defendants were made to lower level officials charge for the rolls at the auschwitz concentration camp. Many of the Senior Leaders had already been sentenced to death frankfurt december twentieth nineteen sixty three. The start of one of germanys most important trials of war criminals twenty two people were in the dock for crimes committed at auschwitz. Look at the camp commanders chief of staff was among them. See one of those i know you are saying that back then when you add to it and you did not know that the trial was being used to take people to the gas