identity here in kind of the canadian identity means the charter of rights and the policy of multiculturalism. european identity is. a legal construct that is you know all the things that come with citizenship and it is also political construct it is the policy of european integration do you think that is your opinion may be eroded its the concept of national identity by bringing all those member states so close together and by raising all the borders between them no the process if you would be an integration has done its refined national identity in the good old days of the battle days you know long before. identifying themselves you know position to the. sword so that so many reasons for having so many wars in europe. it is them and we can cooperate mix and travel and still retain our national identity so you don't think that the

modern globalized war has played to the advantage of national patrick system where you see i mean those two probably have very little relation to each other really well nobody's ation is. trading more. knowing more and therefore about the child the learning more about the child what is happening that we simply learn more about each team and what is what constitute the constituent elements of the identity so we simply learn more about each other but i think it doesn't really change one identity how do you see the row with the easy in the next twenty years oh boy that is a question that i don't think anyone has any answer for including the people who run to see the players some can say is that. well you are referring to this old old

question that many have asked about the finale to the final form of the e.u. . well it can probably go in three different directions it can become a federal state and i. guess a big federal state but unusual because it would have three levels of government rather than two that's one possible direction and there could be just a union of. states. kind of maintaining. along the the traditional type just like it is now. right moral that's already to. a third. state. that we can keep and we can even think about because it hasn't happened yet do you think. all the europeans are happy with the concept

of the european european union i know what it means to be happy if i can kind of turn your question around and ask are there many europeans who are unhappy with the e.u. and i would say yes there are some but not because it would have been reflected in the national policies of the governments of the member states the euro skeptics are usually on the margins of political life and they are not even close to decent minority if they think about the new as a political force what does depend on it's easy to become a real political force on the world areana be told that it will force and of of significance it it's a bit unusual because he doesn't have a nod to me he doesn't have a new it doesn't have all the usual requirements that are assigned to a state because it's. the state but it is such quite influential and it has.

its presence is felt in many corners of the world you know latin america for example. so it is a force to be reckoned with but its its significance is not based on its military power or the threat of using military power it's not a. political force that can be conceived in purely realistic terms real this is partially a political build through to the nature of. right now it's experiencing crisis like any other organisation country or. its political force does it depend on its handling of the current crisis and how it's handled the problems with greece and with the euro while our problems are difficulties and. they have

to be dealt with unresolved but you see judging by the history of do you. it has had many crises or what was perceived to be crisis at the time for instance around the ratification of the maastricht treaty for for example the europe paralysis for example and every time a things like that happened what what emerged afterwards is accelerate the process of integration so if you hear right now about. the european monetary fund finance ministry for the euro zone countries. that is probably what is quite likely to emerge after the problems with greece and with t. deficits are dealt with to prevent a crisis like that to happen again they will probably take all the steps. they can

think of to make this less likely what do you think will happen to the hero or whatever you may think. they fall the hero will be catastrophic for us as well what do you think is the real danger that something may happen to iraq that would not be just catastrophic for russia it would have been catastrophic for europe had it happened and the rest of the world would have been affected i mean again a lot of strain. it is the votes of many central banks around the world and that is something that would affect. europe and beyond and if for no other reason than that reason alone is probably going to assume that it was less likely that the euro would. look at your opinion. where are they in their relationship well as far as russia concerned to russia has sown the. in the early stages of learning what do you being

a union is it really started when mr yeltsin was our this is the first time when you know people in the kremlin. comprehended the idea of dealing with the. direct through the leaders of the member states. then it became quite clear what the power within the e.u. when it came to the problem of the visa mr putin trying to arrange that with then. german. chancellor and the french president and well it didn't work. so. it is i think it is probably accepted in. probably a good idea to do with the director and that's how it started. well you. no if for no other reason than the reasons of geography the two have to

have a relationship and it's better of course for both sides at this place where it is based on call peroration and not based on facility now the problem is that the process of integration with the even those who have been you know from the very beginning are most integrated joint are less than those who have joined to recently have with a few problems with russia right because the former soviet bloc countries and of course their impact on the policies of the e.u. moscow is present and it is at least for now a bit of an obstacle i would still want to emphasize on the relationship between russia and as you've sat younger members of the european union for instance poland take place my last tragedy which is huge. ships had been there passed before that could you say that maybe this tragedy fortunately or unfortunately it brought us

together i think actually also it's one of the results of the small things that. both science have become more willing to take another look at the charter. and kind of started the relationship mr putin was more than forthcoming in helping and you know attending the needs and i think you know the poles do appreciate that maybe not each and every one of them but many of them and that is certainly a reflection of the changed tone between the two governments. and that is i guess the one of the good things that has emerged from something that. everyone has been saying in the west that russia needs to get away from its. it's an oil and gas now for the past two years me that's it has been

saying that as well that russian economy should be depending on that what should russia do to really move away from its economic dependence from oil and gas what russia really needs is to make sure to create circumstances conditions that hold that would actually make investment in russia attractive. and that means that investors will come only when and if. they are. convinced that other than taking economic risks. there will be no political risks to take they also have to have an assurance that if there is a say contractual dispute. that there is someone who can adjudicate that in an objective way following the law and nothing else so that means that russia needs a independent judiciary russia doesn't have one at the same time.

you know russia is should be quite attractive because potentially it is a fabulous new rich country so russia has the makings the foundation for for economic development it's just that first and foremost the political infrastructure for that to happen as long as oil and gas are high price then the money is flowing and that kind of makes everybody. satisfied but what if the prices go down and since it's a market they may and probably will then what. death is something that. the political leaders of russia. should be concerned about. thank you very much for being too near thank you.

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sports that's straight joins us now the big night of european football with some russian interests minus the yes off as it success in the champions league last night's russian side could reach the you write the play off tonight on the us that's next. hello welcome to the sports thank you for joining us and here are the top stories. european dreams didn't go through to the champions league playoffs off and now repeating remain inside anyway out. while no turkish delight big boys spend abaci on knocked out by the young boris in switzerland. and under pressure tiger woods fights to keep his number one status in place on the u.s. ryder cup team. but we kick off with local wasn't simply just virgo one step away from the champions league group stage they remain inside one nil at the pitofsky

stadium on wednesday night to win the qualifying round tie off of the first leg and finish this balance by the home side ahead after thirty three minutes and they clung on to the lead to win one nil on the night and when i get and i got into friday's draw for the champions league playoffs a good day visit who also completed the signing portugal defended through the wildest the twenty two million euros. so i was in it avoided and early exit but turkish giants fenerbahce out they suffered a shock one no home defeat to swiss side young boys in istanbul cameroon striker only young the new with a strike that saw his side in the top three soon and i get. that from matters worse within about three and also had to stop stop sent off for stock until it got out of this dive. i aks to get through against pap salonica but only just on the way it goes rule. the areana protein powder ahead in greece but three goals in seven minutes at the start of the second coffee seemed to one the tie for my x.

ray suarez making it one one. then seemed the young adding another from close range. i. think it's three won the free kick. however dimitri south india just got one back for the greek side i. wasn't even then missed a penalty for them but he scored an injury time to make it three three that made it full for an aggregate but my ex went through the way they. did of against celtic fell to make it into the playoffs despite a two one second that can win against braga the glasgow side lost four to aggregate buckskin amik yet have no problems at identity ukrainian side kind of three one

victory in the second leg to make it six one on aggregate spot of prague also secured their playoff spots after beating like poznan away in the second game one of them. meanwhile in the europa league russian premier league side severe have a great chance to make it into the playoffs as they take on a poland nima so so be it coach india crushing case this side can hang on to that one the lead from the first leg of the third qualifying round in siberia which was their first ever game in european competition. elsewhere in the quarter preparing for the second leg of their year a play qualify as they called a comfortable two male lead going into thursday second leg of home to macedonian side. meanwhile coach will hodgson has made sure his star striker fernando torres will remain that on field spain for what had been strongly linked to match to city and chelsea which should fancied stay with liverpool off the hutch and free to say him. meanwhile christiane or another scored and played a part in each goal as well madrid beat mexican side club america three two in san

francisco one of numerous pre-season friendly this week richard opened thirty four minutes in having ben's a mark they want it now though some suggest that as the nineteen year old to score his debut bots eight minutes after the restart that came the mexican side a great loss in a dive for the skater who did the u.s. . another eight minutes later america grabbed a lead a costly error in midfield and the dolphin again provided the assist with the classic finish wasn't essential. but the need to pass on both just two minutes later or not i found on solid ground saddam equaliser. and then eight minutes in time approachable stocks took a trademark go from the second place right out of three to victory in two days in rio happy man. bring your spirits up english premier league side chelsea look set to bolster their squad which is signing of brazil midfielder

ramirez from benfica the clubs have agreed a price of just under twenty nine million dollars subject to the player causing a medical the twenty three year old would be the second pre-season signing for the blues in the us the venues for music. and the could be some movement in the russian premier league to deny moscow a leading the chase for by munich midfielder management to shirk form an escape that hasn't played much on the coach knew van call that moscow still waiting for celtic's aiden mcgeady to make up his mind about a switch to russian capital the window has been the thing is these apartments and the stoke has been tempted by weight as a million dollars a year and that's off the tax. meanwhile the captain of defending champions rubin so grace imac has moved to russian premier league leaders in some petersburg sinnott have been looking to strengthen the position of defensive midfielder during some of the training targets we've seen that. trying to measure thirty four year old so much as played for a taste i resign from my absolute most as well as rubin has played more than four

hundred matches in russian premier league and ninety seven goals so mark was also captain of russia when they finished semifinalists you are two thousand and eight. that's down to golf now because the heat is back on tiger woods this week his world number one ranking and place on the u.s. ryder cup team are under threat as he heads to the world golf championships in ohio by gets underway at the firestone country club on thursday and phil mickelson and lee westwood have a chance of playing in the number one spot what is how for the last five years but tiger has won the last four times he's played at this course and another win would also boost his chances of qualifying for the u.s. ryder cup team however his form has not been great since returning to the game following scandals in his private life but i would says the victories will come as be patient keep working keep building i've been through periods like this before. and just gotta keep being patient people working keep building and you know keep

putting the pieces together and when they do come and they do fall the place. to show you what i will when the future much now to white water rafting and although russia saying its aim failed to claim a medal at the recent world championships they use team did them proud to claim in gold in their events proving the still strong future for russia in the sport with the action is constantly but out of. this year's world drafting championships and a history as the first event of its kind ever to be held on an artificial course the three hundred meter i'll do what i want to run a track to fifty teams for over twenty five countries to compete in the world greatest rafting event which also saw the first youth championships being held five starlit teams from brazil germany saw their kid japan and russia tried their best to tackle in towns caren's with plenty of spectators watching the impressive showdown there are four disciplines this brain to simple who have

a completes the run quickest wins that see if they can avoid getting thrown out there were a few flips and some of the rafters ended up swimming one of the most spectacular disciplines is the head to head two teams trying not just checking the trick it turns but also bet all it out on their way to the finish line it's an ideal chance for the competitors to show they're really skilled and calm with maneuvers the next challenge is the slow and looking for rafting disciplines the course consists of twelve games hanging over the river and the rafters have to draw on their best technical abilities to complete the route the final discipline is the physically demanding don't really cruise have to run down the route but then have to run uphill back to the top and would be the last several times russia's national team is always among the hold favorites in all rusting tournaments but this time the russians failed to get enough medals to get on top ending up in the fifth place.

it was the first world championships held on marjah fishel course and we don't have such facilities in russia as we train on real whitewater nevertheless when you our opponents very well and we knew what we could expect our men's team got to hold in sprint but then we didn't succeed in other disciplines however we had some trouble as one crew member broke a leg and we couldn't perform at full strength. japan's rafters have showed swift progress in past years and this time they grabbed their first ever title in both the man's and woman's divisions however russia absolutely dominated the youth championship collecting medals in all four disciplines in the men's division and becoming do all girl champions when he would be actually we initiated holding the world youth championships i would have been developing a raft among young people since two thousand and four every year we all lots of competitions across the country so i would say that i would try out in the world championships as

a result and it's not only about results and the sport helps children and their personal unhandsome and we sometimes act like a character in the catcher in the right now latin then fall down and of course we try to make it more popular to attract more kids there up it's may have been manufactured but the stamina control and strength shown by the world's rafting elite was more than real concern about above. and finally one stage of the european truck racing championship will be held in russia for the first time this weekend the race will take place near the western city of smolensk while some muscovites already getting a head start in checking out the competition i'll go a truck racing showed off their vehicles in red square championships so russian dried up alex on the fourth was busy answering questions from curious tourists yet the race organizers seem to be the drivers main concern is he'd love to make russia a permit stage for european truck racing. three years ago we started with the russian driver to give all the russian drivers assurance in the european drag race

and i started three years ago as i said before. we are very successful with team we work very good together with the russian journals and the russian t.v. we promote europeans right there is also here in russia and alexander is very helpful in this side and his a very very nice guy all the team members love him and they like to work together with him. and that's all for now i have more support and just in the two hours until. every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and want to bring the best in sign gen technology from across russia and around the world to join technology updates on r g.

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high alert across russia as the country battles the biggest heatwave on record with hundreds of wildfires and at least fifty people dead. taken by surprise former cia officials warned of a planned israeli led attack on the run and demanded president obama publicly denounce the move before he was forced to join him. also coming up in the business update as a severe drought legs russians will tavis the government imposes a temporary ban on grain and will join us in about twenty minutes time.

it's seven pm in moscow and this is our to you coming to you live with me a new way first this hour police in kyrgyzstan have used my browns and tear gas to break up and to government protesters just outside the capital bishkek riot police who have been on standby opened fire after being attacked with stones twenty seven people are said to have been arrested accused of being responsible for the violence our correspondent. with the latest. following a very tense few hours just outside at a checkpoint by the city of where there were just a few dozen meters separating riot police and a few thousand of protesters who demanded their requests be heard and met basically they were calling for us out the by the end.