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has reportedly arrived in poland where a foreigner to use had threatened to arrest him moscow wants to extradite off meds a car you have to stand trial in russia but for the last two years he has had political side of them in the u.k. . russian and canadian foreign ministers meet in moscow to hammer out an agreement over a slice of the arctic the two countries have competing claims for the region hold massive mineral reserves. and the u.s. senate panel decides on whether to approve the start treaty if indorse the nuclear arms reduction deal can go on to a full opera house vote and achieve ratification. of the headlines up next are to talks to harvard professor and russia expert timothy colton about historical dilemmas facing the country resetting relations with the us and the power sharing challenges the kremlin is experiencing.

tim of the colton professor and chairman of the department of government at harvard university and an expert on russia says all questions today thank you very much for joining us mr colton you're a regular participant of the discussions club this serious topic is russia's history and future development why do you think russia is so interested in history today twenty ten more than it was say ten years ago i think it reflects a trend which is not just russian but a think this whole part of the world. history has come back so to say you know after the collapse of the old system of the soviet system there was of course much ferment about history at that time understandably but then as the post the transition period developed it seemed more practical concerns about economic hard

times and social issues and that russia had the chain on all sorts of burning questions and history was kind of moved to the back burner there were other things that seemed more pressing. but it didn't stay that way to history kind of came back and partly it's the effect of. your neighbors in the neighborhood the trim is full of countries that also have historical delenn dilemma's many of which are about their relationship with russia and so even if russians wanted to leave history alone. you're ukrainian and polish in the stone in another neighbors don't want that and so they press you in a sense on the historical questions you mention three countries russia poland and ukraine which of the three do you think have problems with self or didn't if it cajun i'm not sure it's sort of the problem of the supper dedication but if you think of it that way then it the ukrainians for sure because it's not not as homogeneous as point or stony as so in ukraine. maybe

a little bit like russia. history is very divisive whereas in poland this would be perhaps less the case but just to go back to what i said a moment ago it's not just about these external pressures on you i think russians themselves and not everybody by any means but more than ten years ago let's say find themselves drifting back to history your bookstores now have more history books than ever before and specifically twentieth century history this was where communism started. and communism had its good points but it also obviously had its many very bad points and it is in analyzing them you're looking at yourselves so it's not to the poles can say that the russians did this to us but you can say that it forces you to look carefully and sometimes very painfully at the losses of the soviet period so a lot of it's just about that i think communism is has rather unexpectedly returned

to the agenda and you see europe your leaders talking about putin with his prime minister putin with his interventions on cotton. and relations with poland of course majed of maybe has been less active but he's made one very dramatic statements in october two thousand and eight and it seems as if he takes this very seriously how would you assess the effectiveness of russia's current ruling tandem with president dmitry medvedev and prime minister vladimir putin sharing power well power sharing is not a unique phenomenon to russia that's prompted many other countries. and presidential constitutions that also have a prime minister as a separate senior leader are found now in many parts of the world fifty or sixty countries. but what's unusual here i think is that it's the former president the dominant. leader for. years who became the junior partner so to say under the

constitution that's very unusual maybe almost unique so imagine a president former president of france becoming prime minister later this is almost unheard of so that's what makes this all a bit of a mystery and they don't really tell us much about how it really works mr putin. in fact i think is tired of answering questions about this but i think they've said what they're going to say they say it works well that they have a trust for a relationship but they're in regular contact one has his job the other one has another job and up to a point i believe that i mean i think you know they it's lasted. almost three years and. clearly they have managed to cooperate on many many issues president medvedev has now carrying out a well publicized drive for him with their new zation and diversification of russia's economy what was else have you seen so far i've seen very few and most of

my russian friends say they've seen very few as well. and you know his call for modernization was not just about the economy but it's even broader so it's a very grand idea it's not a new idea because most of russia's leaders including yeltsin and putin before him also thought they had a program for modernization although they didn't necessarily use the word as much as he does but some sources of russia's. economic problems i think live very deep in the including corruption we can surprise the rights well i think it requires a more fundamental reform of the legal system of the institutions it requires greater openness it requires a more competitive political system you have seems to me in many ways a very dynamic and admirable society and a great culture but you have a very backward state and you have to fix this. and how do you think russia did in

humbling the financial crisis and you know i think i would give them a pretty good grade of foreign russian terms you see here the effects of some rather smart things that the putin people did saving this money putting it away in a. fund that could be used to get over hard times so i think you have to give them pretty good marks for managing the crisis but what the crisis has done it seems to me is revealed at a deeper level the underlying structural problems that were not necessarily the result of the crisis it just showed you know in a way how bad things are in the auto industry for example now you have. industries that are more dependent on government support than ever mr putin the other day mention tariffs for the auto industry and that's that's sort of a twentieth century solution. and did might provide some protection but the future for all of us is i think more open economies where you can compete apart from the

corner which meets diversification obviously of what other big challenges will the russian government be facing over the next few years well it depends what you mean by challenges i mean this particular group has been in power for a decade and they are quite smart reasonable people and clearly a very high objective for them is just to her remain in control and i think that for them that probably is the biggest challenge and they have proven to be very smart at doing that but i think the long term consequences for the country of a you know a governing structure which has a monopoly and then surrounded by really political relics of the one nine hundred ninety s. communist party of journalists and so forth these are not contemporary they don't give to the ruling group competition it needs competition to innovate to thrive and to move forward and it's not getting that and what about security threats like islamic radicalism ok i'm glad you are a set of that's a serious matter of course and. the north caucasus problem generally has

clearly become. more inflamed in the last several years it's no longer just a trial but rather a whole region and your government is used to variety of approaches and sometimes they're great people one another. there is a security response of course armed forces some of which is absolutely necessary and i would support if i were russian there's an economic development program. but it seems to lack energy and coordination this year a bloody revolution unseated the ruling regime in kyrgyzstan an interim government is now in place with parliamentary elections due to toba this yet what are the most important points the current administration should remember as a tries to build a democratic future for the country maybe even deeper i mean what the kirghiz leaders now talk about is whether it can survive as a society let alone as a democracy which seems quite out of the question right now how many times can you do it the wrong way and this is the second time in five years that the overthrow of

a government but a lot of the pain about whether russia should have intervened in the events in kyrgyzstan what's your take on that i actually was surprised at the time i thought that they would have your government would would have said yes but it didn't there may be things that went on surrounding kurdistan that are secret for example there i think were a lot of communications between russia and the united states on this issue there was a proposal apparently that the two of them send peacekeepers together. but this was rejected because it would be seen as too provocative the united states and russia in a city in a situation where you have a lot of radical islam in play but i don't think this is and. gave this once and for all i think russia will be drawn into kyrgyzstan into central asia more generally kurdistan i soon will join the customs union as it seems to want to do. i

. i think russia's presence in kyrgyzstan and ca's extend is probably going to increase in the rest of central asia are probably going to decrease we've seen a real you know rather small between russia and the united states of america recent date but one of the problems the two countries have and. well we've seen progress definitely and last year when i'm not involved the new obama administration had announced this reset policy but it was still very early stages and there had been really no successes at all today we you know it looks quite different both sides of learned to i think look at the point of view of the other side and the policy has moderated we have an arms control agreement all but so many things that i had i mean there's a question of whether the united states will even ratify the agreement because we're going to have a congressional election in november where are the opposition may gain control over congress so that and that's only the beginning i mean the agenda is very wide and

very deep and there's been limited progress which is good but it's it's only the beginning we're talking here about it would take ten years to work through these things in terms of what is next i think russian admission to the w t o i mean i think that would be finally a promise that was delivered on that we know is important to russia that will have good consequences for russia like it did for trying to help modernize your economy that i think there's reason to be optimistic that finally this is going to happen and that would open up a whole other front than for interaction which i think would be very good mr colton thanks very much for your insights. and discover it.

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trial in russia but for the last two years that little slide woman in the u.k. . russian and canadian foreign ministers meet in moscow to hammer out an agreement over a slice of the arctic the two countries have claimed the region talk to old methods of mineral reserves. and a u.s. senate panel signed on whether to approve the start treaty the doors of the nuclear arms reduction deal can go on to will help the go and achieve ratification. i'll have many more details on all the stories at the top of the hour up next the time he is here with the latest from the world of sports. hello and welcome to support an r.t.a. and that seven week look at what's making headlines this hour spartak moscow start

champions league campaign on a high note upsetting must say one way in france. on the ice will take a closer look at two time consonantal hockey league champions. and it's tea time as the inaugural russian challenge opened a new course at moscow regions. and we begin with champions league football west product moscow are off to a great starting the main stage of the competition beating maul say in the opening group match muscovites how well both were helped by their opponents. and that's it and they'll go in the eighteen minutes so long will the score away in france sparta getting in the hands of the poor record in europe boasting a first victory against a french club in eleven matches elsewhere in group after english champions chelsea edged out for one with a brace in that won. over in group b. boy in the unit b.

throw mud to kneel at home with girls from villa and close it while basel one down to remain an outfit c f our clue who won. group g. now where real madrid had no problems against santiago bernabeu well the good luck to go seven out to nil winners the grain and that's in this second after a need to score the known goal in the first half and also their milan posted the same score against all south helped by double from the slot which. finally in group h. ukraine's shocked of the now defeated point to some one nail while andrea shot in five one of arsenal's six against champions league group braga as the gun has crashed into. portuguese clubs. at the emirates stadium that despite the london as well playing with out some of that key players left out injured. it's fantastic because it shows that you have a style of the everybody knows. no matter who comes in.

the same way. so it's good. to have a big score where everybody can play a part and virtue is when you look at who was out tonight. who was sitting behind. some quality players moving to the ais though and starting this week our series over ports featuring consonantal hockey league competitors and we begin with the league's reigning champions. what about but i doubt has the story. it's often hard to ridgetop but it's even hard to hold on to the summit bars the undisputed powerhouse of the continental hockey league with a third gauge else isn't underway because inside is still the only club to have

lifted the league's top trophy the gaar in cup this isn't the snow leopards received yet another boost to their roster after signing one of the league's top scorers marcel hossa you're going to play like a forever if you were rich something else will. fill this team has a. bit of experience where's it all they wanted to championship so. that's why i came here of course i want to win something in my pocket. is legal. it's very tough tough for all to get a copy of. this thing here james walsh it's pretty much same thing for years of. course the falls are going to be for history and belief. although a strong lineup is not often enough to secure a long term success. brightest stars in russian international scene moros of indonesia repeal of don't just appear out of the blue they need to be home bred

party went on a mission to the republic of their stand to find out their hokie team's best kept secret the secret of continued success first and foremost traditions followed by years of building and nurturing necessary infrastructure combined with investing into the future that's what gives the cage. the edge because of poor kids go through the local authorities deep the best to secure the most favorable environment for our club and the development of the sport in general with new venues. have been built a lot of kids are getting involved into sport so i hope we will soon get a lot of new home grown talents for russian hockey and i could bars and besides hockey worries in a new healthy generation and that is a great example to follow these balls he has already proved to be very efficient the sixth largest city of russia in two thousand and nine cars and was officially recognized as a sports capital by president medvedev the local so i do been in claim to back to

bed titles in the russian football premier league although ice hockey is still considered a number one sport into their stone yet richard got the better result back doors achieved the more people here will fall in love with the game as soon as the team want to cage shell championships many parents took their kids to ice hockey schools . got them goal of loads of ice palaces are being built in nearly every town all over tatarstan hockey figure skating every sport that deals with the ice is extremely popular here that's great. but over the two john cage chilled champions are miles away from resting on their laurels is there is hardly a team in the league that will give their all to be the champs so the names and we are two time could garden cup wins so every team will have some special motivation against us we realise it and we will like to face an ambitious opponent this is what makes us tougher as well it's just another opportunity for us to prove we are

a worthy team looks like it's going to be an extremely hard to snatch the gun club from the snow leopards named. course that's what they call this beautiful animal here and that are stun and maybe its magic power helps the cousin side to dominate the kontinental hockey league for the last three years but now it's time for us to leave form and get a gorski to find out more about him not a giant of the russian hockey. are better than they are r.t. some for russia. moving to cycling now a slow but that's a valid stigma took on as in stage seventeen of love oil tales the research done wednesday after tuesday's rest day rushes denise minshull fall they rob a bank team was the second falls to stay in the spanish town of benefield the stage itself was a four to six kilometer individual time trial world champion five and conscious favorite cycling shonar and the swiss battled his way to the top small early on bob

he was soon pushed down to second by main shelf a double lovewell to a winner of the day obviously belonged to valid sounds of the twenty five year old age to seek along there either of surprise the odds by winning his first major a stage with a time of fifty two minutes and forty seven seconds when chance a new body meanwhile regained the overall lead from north korea gets with four stages still to go. and to gold finally where some of the world's top players are in moscow region this week ready to show their best swings at the russian stage of the european challenge tour constantin but out of three boards from the opening day of the russian challenge cup. the financial crisis has manta to russia dropped off the major golf tournament map but the european challenge tour is back after a two year absence the russian challenge cup gets under way in through is the end is going to be the biggest golf an event in the country this season and why moscow is hosting the second type of professional golf tour in europe is largely down to

one man former world number one tennis player you've guinea could think of is currently the vice president of the russian goal for c. sion and it seems his fame in the sporting world still picks a mixture of in terms of influence. of course it was extremely hard to get the european challenge to return and great work was done to achieve that we had to persuade all the officials that the course was worth hosting a stage and i'm very pleased that my efforts at low being for this tournament helped. over hundreds of professionals who take part in the lucrative who rant at the stunning telly were golf and pool club sit in the outskirts of the russian capital the course just two years old is as big as its demanding and will test the gold for skill to their limits the golf course is amazing there is a golf course a jack next to design in moscow in russia that is actually the best golf course i've played in europe this year. it is long it is good conditions are amazing

and just you know a privilege to be playing. with big tournaments and good facilities were she's still missing one key ingredient in the sport homegrown goal for us withdrawal ranking sable to compete with the world's best players however international coaches are optimistic about finding the brightest young talent in turning them into stores can also find a young talent but i can count over the next few years. and they can be competed in events like this that will be great as well. i'm for everything that can help. gulf become a developed and russia. would be great for the nation great for golf worldwide meanwhile golf is returning not only in russia but to the olympics and will feature at the games in brazil in two thousand and sixteen this will give the sport huge boost in russia where much can depend on the status in sporting world golf is still

very new and needs developing but it needs encouragement. from the government to put money into the sports ground roots level the younger end of the market and it needs to be affordable for everybody the russian challenge cup is a big step forward for golf in russia it's the country's second quick to get back to top of the sport and those behind it will be hoping that the greens and farewells here will become a fixture on the shuttle of major tournament. r.t. . and that wraps up the sport for the moment coming up right after this a check on the world weather and then the main headlines of the hour don't go away . wealthy british style.