then usa within a year they'll start withdrawing their troops from afghanistan despite almost there are reports of attacks there an increasing number of victims in this country how do you think is government able to control the situation without foreign support. it's obvious that cause i's administration is a puppet government managed by occupation forces that this administration is corrupted but it isn't supported by the local population as for the withdrawal two dates were sent twenty eleven and the end of twenty fourteen and initially those dates were determined after president obama's so-called afghan strategic policy was announced it included several points greasing the presence of u.s. armed forces and that is the u.k. in afghanistan implementing programs for winning members of taliban over to their side and building up afghan forces we see today however that these programs aren't

working with the taliban movement has been seizing more control over the territory afghan armed forces remain in official american and allied forces keep losing more so we wonder whether this policy would result in stabilizing the situation. how does the situation afghanistan in fact stability in central asia are used. there are two factors which strongly affect the situation in the region drug trafficking and terrorism through a number of politicians in the west and in russia also have until recently seriously believe that the presence of the u.s. and allied troops in afghanistan is good including for russia because the united states and their allies are fighting drug trafficking and terrorism i always prefer giving concrete facts in october two thousand and nine the united nation states in a very professional and comprehensive report absolutely clearly that the time u.s. troops went to afghanistan no drugs were cultivated in the taliban can. larry is an

absolute wreck already in this respect eight thousand two hundred tons was set in two thousand and seven after the us troops had rived in afghanistan if you'd like to hear a second in that report mr costa the deputy special representative to the united nations secretary general who's also the head of the un office on drugs and crime said the drugs were not the biggest problem can you imagine it given the fact that thirty or forty thousand russians were nearly dying of drug abuse today these figures a much higher europe also has a high death toll from drugs terrorism well before the u.s. troops came to afghanistan we had absolutely no trustworthy information about the taliban participation in raids in the territories or central asian states. in one thousand nine. thousand tickets on the country we know that those militants infiltrated from the territory. into where they've come from northern afghanistan which at that time was being controlled by the northern alliance and the u.s.

and the taliban regime. in july and august on another central asian country was hit by massive ethnic clashes with hundred stat is there any danger that we could could see a repeat. of the you know back in april i warned about this kind of scenario for southern style which arrestable the situation in southern kyrgyzstan had been intensively destabilized the second into ethnic tensions are also high in that region and southern regions of open to that part of. it which borders on afghanistan and that is also open war with so those who want to stage provocations and heats up the situation can easily attract militants. so they will all preconditions for the outbreak of violence but the world community it was pretty much passive now we're talking about a death toll of two thousand and huge number of injured simply presented all been destroyed the worst is that. conditions for the tension remain but they haven't

vanished into ethnic tension remains and still there are people interested in kindling ethnic tension preconditions should be eliminated now there are plans to send fifield to placement. who are supposed to do something that will but what can fifty two unarmed men do but stand is not if anything happens to the police when orders will be given to bring in armed units to start if he's going to send military units there of course it's nato as a u.s. military base in a french air base and a one hundred fifty four thousand nato military contingent in afghanistan with more of the problem if that happens we will witness a very interesting situation that will resemble the one in kosovo by the way at the end of last year the u.s. senate held hearings on the situation in central asia of course five of that report described as a failed state which might disintegrate and the threat of active western

interference according to the cost of a scenario is realistic but many in congress stand don't want to that to happen they would be welcomed russian troops and meet them with bread and salt but in no way the western ones this is a very serious contradiction which may lead to serious consequences. does days ago thousands of secret pentagon documents were leaked to the public why it happened to think. obviously there are political groups who raise the question of the ineffectiveness of u.s. troops intelligence and other services in afghanistan and right now they deliberately dwelling on the war in afghanistan in detail to explain that it's useless they've spent over four hundred billion dollars one american soldier costs one million dollars a year so they spend one hundred billion dollars directly on soldiers apart from other expenses which are high as well and the result is actually nothing you think that's why they start raising such questions and giving publicist to eat. various

documents relating to the issue. that probably the secret services. if so why hasn't he been captured or killed. he's a person who knows a lot. together with the cia with saudi arabian intelligence that was acquainted with the head of saudi arabian intelligence that. he has a great knowledge of many contacts going back into agency intelligence closely works with the u.s. intelligence if we might be so that somebody is interested in his presence in this place americans say that they fight against al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan but the u.n. reports that in afghanistan there are less than three hundred al qaeda members in comparison with the one hundred fifty four thousand u.s. personnel and according to our information they are no more than one hundred people even less you understand what this means when there are one hundred or three

hundred terrorists against the one hundred fifty four thousand on me that the symbol should remain otherwise there's a question are they doing with. one of the major political global events was signing a new start treaty between russia and the u.s. how do you think how will. an american senate. for all parts that have been hearings in the state duma and the foreign affairs committee of the united russia and the fair russia party support the treaty the liberal democratic party is against it they have a weak argument it's their choice the communists are in doubts and tend to be against it too but all the same we're gathering votes but in the end it depends on the outcome in america of course there are opponents of this treaty who is sure that it does not comply with the u.s. interests let's now turn to another part of the planet north korea which. between

u.s. and south kareen wynter forces and has threatened to respond how do you think how dangerous is the situation on the korean peninsula so if. north korea would have been destroyed long ago if they did not have ten or twelve warheads nobody knows whether they have them or not for sure but it's enough for military containment for both south korea and america that's why they're holding the exercise there i know little about the north korean regime but i definitely know that it's very archaic dangerous his sort of mixture of the middle ages with the pseudo marxist slogans of this regime is dangerous for the entire world and in my opinion that's the regime we should take for all kinds of sanctions against makes dangerous to threaten them with weapons because we cannot predict their reaction and they also have a several million strong army which can cross the border and this may lead to any number of consequences as an empire mauna kea power which could collapse at any moment the world economy is slowly recovering in

a state due to the economic growth in asia and especially in china how big do you think is the genes for all politics today the third of the work i want to join is said to be the locomotive for the world economy this is why there are a lot of things that depend on china we should give the chinese credit for having created over the last few decades a powerful economy that in addition to everything else is just around the corner from where we are politically i think the chinese are aimed at strengthening their economic might they're pursuing a very aggressive economic policy everywhere central asia africa and god knows where else even in afghanistan it's a case of expansion directed at grabbing raw material resources china is building up its power base to presumably they have one hundred nuclear warheads more than we believe they had it's a powerful army perspectively it's a very dangerous expansion prone state all of this is pointing to a possibility that sooner or later they're going to embark on a policy of. active expansion it's dangerous for us to say that china is all

strategic planner and it is one but in relation to that we should also have powerful forces of all right with a powerful economy and be ready for a show of strength and the question many russians and europeans have worried about how real is. the free regime between the i think the e.u. is concerned of us having a visa free regime with certain central asian states by drugs and the terrorist threat coming from this is why the europeans are wary but basically we should of course seek a visa free regime it's realistic but we're realistic in the short term is anyone's guess and if you look at the discovery thank you very much simone for talking to us . vote for bush. by one vote for kerry for

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live a. real life stories from world war. one nine hundred forty five. every month we give you the future you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us knology update on our. top stories this tuesday up in smoke a military base in the moscow region falls victim to deadly wildfires raging in central russia triggered by the intense heat with. jewish homeland israel's government stands accused of blatant racism and possibly increasingly discriminatory. throwing

a lifeline the russian government's much needed. medical facilities to help the seriously ill caucuses. now top stories tonight sports next with. hello and welcome to the sports news here from r.t. in moscow these are the top stories moving around spar to keep likely koso joins tottenham boss celtic's mcgeady could be going the other way to moscow. plus goals goal or we have a net busting round up from week fifteen of the russian premier league. and the ukrainian versus the nightmare nigerian samuel peters is aiming to take revenge of bloody munich it's called frankfurt next month. let's start with football and spartak moscow goalkeeper steve by politico story set to join english side tottenham on a yearlong mundial the croatia shot stopper has been run by me weakside over the

past few seasons but the thirty one year old has finally made the move to losing his number one spot to spot track to set off tottenham manager harry redknapp phipps but a closer provide competition to erode your gomez. may not spot are aiming to bring in another player on tuesday celtic an island winger aiden mcgeady is in moscow to discuss a possible transfer it's believed the twenty four year old could cross the muscovite side needed fifteen million us dollars the gate is currently sidelined with a coffin during this wednesday's champions league qualifier celtic this broader manager neil lennon in this new t.v. was his last game for the glasgow side. meanwhile sabera bottom of the russian premier league after their three two defeat at ten man tomsk on monday but it's in it to still top the table with that unbeaten record intact as the season reaches its half way stage and with a round up of all the action week fifteen this goes. they used to.

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. now in europe on tuesday night's belgian side and let her take another step towards qualifying for the champions league they host. st in the second leg of their qualifying round the belgian side has a three wanted vantage from the first leg and barring a big upset should make it through to the playoff round which will determine the

group stages also playing tonight to how well they have to overturn a one nil deficit and. see toby meanwhile to strike at me last class which could be moving from the red and blues to a city this summer the twenty five year old serbia wing that held talks with you by earlier in the sun up but they soon broke down opening the door for a potential move to manage the city however his agent diane york sin of which has revealed that talks about going with the cheering club and to move to the serious side could not be imminent. may want is understood liverpool are considering as many as six different offers to buy the english premier league club the latest is from chinese businessman kenny he wants a deal to be done within two weeks liverpool unveiled roy hodgson as their new manager last month and crying is often took a little pulls debts and give hearts and funds to buy more players before the transfer deadline at the end of the month also wants to build a new stadium for liverpool and values the club that's around five hundred twenty million dollars americans tom hicks and george gillette. it took the club up to

sell around four months ago. in the meantime world cup winners spain and their opponents the netherlands have been fined by fee for that ill discipline final in south africa last month the match set a record for the most cards received in a world cup final there were eight bookings for the dutch and five displayed making a total of thirteen seven more than the previous five six yellows shown in argentina the question every three two in the one hundred eighty six final the most memorable of the bad challengers from twenty ten was nigel dion's kung-fu kicked chest english referee howard webb should anyone red card in the game sending off and join my team and spain's one victory. formula one now michael schumacher says he's sorry after his dangerous move during sunday's lingering grand prix the german blocked rubens barrichello pushing the brazilians caught within centimeters of a concrete wall on the budapest track miss a day's drive or will be penalized ten places at the next grand prix in belgium and on his website schumacher admitted his move against barack callow was too hard and

was sorry if his former teammate had felt he'd been in danger. of schumacher should have been disqualified. boxing and nigerian samuel peters says he's confident he can beat heavyweight champion that image which coach the pair will meet on september the eleventh after kitsch goes original opponent russian alexander ovechkin fell to show at a press conference but peters made sure he was at his press conference in front first idea and w.p.a. champion and he wants to avenge the defeat he suffered at the hands of the ukrainian in two thousand and five in atlantic city the nigerian not that klitschko three times before losing on points and despite the short notice with this latest contest he says he's ready jim in bed used. to belong to me. for this fight. everybody that came out to this fight. is not going to be long i don't have my to say on september eleventh

my crew would dock for me thank you. and finally russia's new speed skating coach is firing his team will win medals at the sochi olympics in four years time consenting part of yet has a job on his hands as russia picks up just two podium finishes at the thank you the games in february which reports. russia's in the middle of a heat wave but at least there's been some response of the country speed skaters if have a luxury of training in much cooler confines however has plenty of work to be done even with the start of a new season months away and especially for new head coach constantine paul diverts who's got the job of trying to make russia a force again in the sport. in my view the problems with the russian speed skating have been purely psychological we've lost that winning mentality during the soviet union and even at the turn of the millennium we were always winning but unfortunately this isn't happening anymore and i think it has a lot to do with the psychological state of our sportsman bowled over he had

certainly had some pedigree behind him he's worked with the dutch team one of the world's best and coach lympics champions like spain camera i need involved now he's turning his attention to russia and the country's top speed skater is certainly delighted at his appointment both of us years ago should get experience has experience in the best country in your first piece do you think i mean the good ones so who are of sniffed up skier if they see any problem or a young girl's young voice. and now we need to change our mind and work the new program with international college because we don't have a very strong girls playing before you need to go to bed like good medical or can you think up at six in the morning you hope to eat cereal you must be a professional so and i think you must teach us how to be professionals scoble is a prime example of how low the level of speed skating is reached in russia for twenty seven year old who won silver and bronze in vancouver trained in italy before my limbic champion enrica five bodies in the run up to the games as this

offered him a much higher level of coaching. the scope of say is he's going to come back to russia to train falling poll davia disappointment and i will follow the russian team and i will follow prosperity promises to my president the new president russia is getting united see your stuff so. i'll try to follow and then we'll try to help myself the state foster of course the freshman coalition for the russian stuff for some guys for us national team constantine full time he had to once competed for the u.s. his son has a tough job on his hands he says there's plenty of potential but now it's all about working to try and turn that potential into gold medals come to sochi lympics in four years time richmond boldly donte moscow. and that's all the sport for this person i think.

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thank you. guys so on the front line the emergency services join forces with the military battling the advancing forest fires in central russia and defending people's homes as the searing heat wave shows no sign of abating. jewish homeland israel's government stands accused of blatant racism in passing discriminatory laws . throwing a lifeline the russian government's much needed drive to update chechnya's medical

facilities to help the seriously ill in the caucasus. this is r.t. from moscow it's nine pm here now in the russian capital six pm in london one of the afternoon in new york city wherever you're watching us around the world of war welcome this hour if you just joined us is kevin owen here with the top stories and the main story of the day indeed the week forest fires spreading through central russia claiming more than forty lives now tonight the unprecedented heat wave has sparked the blazes and left moscow suffocating under a blanket of every smog artie's no telling over covers in the heart of the capital at artie's peter all of his been looking into the fire at a military air base today. we have heard from the military and they've confirmed that there was a fire however saying that this fire took place not with the the stick the suitcase

equipment was worth so much money where these airplanes were put in a place where hardware in vehicles were being stored over the stands at the moment no journalists being able to get in to actually to see what has been destroyed by those fires all around russia many places that people just can't go to try and find out what is happening because the the pie is are so severe also in central russia in the south of region there's an ongoing military firefighting operation to try and make sure that the flames don't get too close to a major new chiller facility in that area most a state of emergency has been called in seven russian regions we've seen over forty people killed so far in these and these fires across the country more than three hundred injured and two thousand homes so approximately of being destroyed by the fire is plenty being done by the government actually the house just behind me i was talking to some locals that actually caught fire on thursday and.