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so there you would are the headlines now a presidential election in one of the world's fastest emerging powers heads for a second round brazil's ruling party candidates are preparing for a brit hume who said failed to secure the fifty percent needed outright victory. president medvedev goes on to condemn the recent m t question of rhetoric when abuse latest video broke russian media stresses that young founded accusations must not affect relations between the two names. and britain is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the news and with their influence that's according to the freedoms that the largest and on the fringe of the conservative party conference. on europe is struggling to stay in the international arena and won't be able to hold on without help from russia that's the view of french historian author and

then qur'an course she spoke to r.t.c. about russia's role in today's world politics and why the country is so often misunderstood in the west. everyone got out of the course doctor of history and humanitarian permanent secretary of the french science academy and the woman who predicted the breakup of the soviet union in nineteen seventy eight in her book pickle laps of an empire is here with us today by super bowl sure thank you very much my dum-dum course for your time. in your recent book between two walls you talk about russia can we presume from the title that you think russia still hasn't found its place in the wall. the use of since was looking east was not exactly like the book says is that russia has made this kind of decision but over the past ten years it's been

pursuing two different paths rather than the one what i've been trying to explain is that after the soviet union disintegrated russia rushed to you are rules but as europe did not offer a warm welcome since the beginning of this century russia's foreign policy has been focusing on two directions rather than the one on the one hand it locus is on the west while on the other hand because of its geographic opposition is decided to position itself as an asian countries that gives a greater prestige and influence in the world and it's been pursuing this policy for more than ten years now and has broad great success at the end of the twentieth century russia's international reputation around the world is not very good but now after the past decade it's obvious it's been reckoned with it's a big change from russia has taken a very important step forward in my opinion this process is irreversible russia has become a world power were discussed on the b. then you in your introduction you raised the question of whether russia should be

fear which do you mean that the imperial russia and then the soviet union which you were used to be afraid of and are still alive. to think that gave up on this there . not only new or of the collapse of the soviet union was not interested and it happened overnight many countries primarily those who were under soviet influence the eastern european countries in countries that used to be the heart of the soviet union but are now independent states did not understand russia and the word friend of it as eastern european countries have become e.u. members they have showed their fears and passed them onto the e.u. saying that russia used to be an empire so why should it seize being an empire and can we trust that now that it's imperial past has been forgotten by now people have already understood that russia is pursuing its own path but time has shown that georgia for example which has always been saying that it wants to save itself from russia that's what it wanted to access nato it feared that russia will dominate

georgia again i think that such fears originate from some kind of misunderstanding of the breakup of the soviet union because it was so sudden no one could adjust themselves to it immediately all the european empires have collapsed but they collapsed after decades of preparation even russia itself was not ready. to throw you don't believe in russia's imperial ambitions you're right i don't live it i'd rather say there is some kind of nostalgia but that's a completely different thing you know what country can forget overnight that used to be a powerful empire but russia has common sense despite the fact that some russians say it used to be so good and it's a shame it's forgotten about but still russian people and specifically those in power have common sense and they understand too well that it's over and that russia's future is not to be an empire but rather to build up its are pretty sure and influence by a soft power rather than force. us to live with it what are the main us to europe

types of russian faces today. and that's next and it's because there are you sure that's of sadness. so you. when you would get older discover at the stigmata. boy's name clearly you get a career which employs know as a valueless that. the cup with a sip in you is all that is the rest of the reserve that the subway to a prison will look at he she is a very progressive consequence of the british losses at that of them you know look at that of the girl. riverkeeper gazza from work at twenty minutes said of the seals that it's because they're using it as water see what her engine your country are people suspicious of russia he's not a program at it's. north or south because some of your current president nicolas sarkozy said in his election campaign it's better to shake hands with than with

putin who would you shake hands with but. then you left and you got enough of it in the. school for which you have meals. on you be limited at the believer with it. let's go for risking you don't just know that you are at an industry court and you get the call or the sit and you can just for the votes as closely. as more of a procedure. on which for there was. one of course yeah but you israel and why has the course changed what is these changes related to prosper from france also is not it simply because he realized what's right he's a very smart guy really i should not be calling my present a guy well he's a very smart person he's very active when he thinks something over he comes to understand things correctly that owns and he took a look at the world and his realised

a lot of things over two years he realised first that russia wasn't a terrible country it was a country to be spoken to not lectured because he said which close relations with the russian president and prime min. he realized that dialogue for a european country is the most important thing to build relations with russia he also realized russia was a european country which he didn't understand very well at first he also realized that europe was no longer strong it was fallen out of the history of global of relations and it would have if it was severed from russia his current position which i think is very smart is not that russia should be part of europe russia is too vast for europe it would not adapt what we need he thinks is a model for relations. for why does your of not russian know. of them a fresh is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the u.s.

pacific country is refocusing its foreign policy on asia where are the huge countries that will play the big roles located in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe was of no interest to asia but if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe are not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance then we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia with them i'm not sure if russia needs europe but europe at the moment needs russia. what we want that we have got the way to not only or in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations. door that. until very recently it seemed like

a crazy idea but now with reproach men between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians smart politicians to foresaw this even prime minister donald. he was really pull and closer to russia before the plane crash in poland has always been the final frontier of europe russia began after that frontier it's also in close contact with ukraine the question of ukraine is very delicate given it a u.s. ocean without exception russia would upset russia poland is a bridge of sorts between russia and europe it's a bridge to russia because it's the same time slavic and the european countries which could serve for bringing countries closer of lashing euro poland and russia and ukraine and russia so poland could play a historical role if it understands the situation it is in one of them cause so if my comment on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union any new forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear. was

a new deal or no i don't make forecasts for when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't even see it as a forecast i looked at the country and saw so many negative elements so that i couldn't help but ask myself of the whole long will it last or i don't make forecasts as a rule i'm a historian if i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy to introduce democracy or capitalism with people if you question europe centuries to do that is doing it within twenty years is not so easy i think russia is following the path of chosen one thousand nine hundred one but there have been ups and downs but i don't see any discontinuity so i think we can be calm about russia's future with you it's starting to look more and more like a normal country or so. it was before if somebody asked you to describe morgan

rushing just three words what would those words be. the first one would be mighty of which it wasn't ten years ago the second the portman. aspect of it is that more than russia makes small to nationality actually work multiple nationalities was what killed the soviet union the third word. thank you very much thank you. it's. a sense of. presentation.

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to have you with this this is. these are some of the stories we're covering. can only draw in sunday's opening premier league clash with. leaders and meet record yet another when. another day rain pushes singles action at the ryder cup to monday with europe gaining the upper hand on sunday. and eastern promise r.t. the revival of sports. stunning. part of our report coming your way in short. the hopes of recording a russian premier league title suffered a blow on sunday. only mustering a draw against rock bottom sabir it has to be said though that the first goal of the game came against the play. right before. it was really second half before the visitors could. salvatore.

greenfeld in the. rest. julie believes bush. hopes of all three points were dashed just two minutes later. picking up the scraps from the tree rushes free to then. so it's still very much championship. only inside russia extending their summit to a dozen points with two games and second seeded routine following victory over. elsewhere all the teams in action on the day. now and the alexander. reason is that it's had in russia it can mean only one thing

the domestic basketball league season is just around the corner constantine to top off took up a seat for the opening night of the tournament. the c.m.o. school basketball fans can enjoy the third tournament named just two legendary coach alex on the armistice but isn't it is better to make a stand says got a booking for the title this week when it was judged years from me to any and it surprised everyone when he got two years ago and the green words were ready to repeat that success they faced the greek side and if you like our skin the first semifinal game was tight slowly but surely increase their lead and won nine points atop chad and the last quarter they had a comfortable building for institution managing rankest made several desperate efforts to come back into the game the time date seventy six seventy two judges thankfully the final and of course the delicious did it but it was still do second match with this guy in that torch is it the last season the red and least triumphed

against the serbs the bruins manchu of the euro league final four with dushku you should at the helm of the build rates however this season the syrup who spearheaded the blacks and whites for nine years and the bill it says cabbage the hosts haven't won a trophy yet and there are many fans who hope they will manage to be ready to see where at the third attempt so they've reduced electric sword and broken way home favorite try juggling that during several lies to be froze and as a result he coined a game high for takeaways just one point behind with says guys new sanny. he tried to impress the fans in a new coach the twenty three year old shooting guard is still getting to know his new teammates and it seems he enjoys playing with them. the love it player would love to make the all of. the professional. old respect there are beyond banks all the rhetoric on

a quarter of all the oil sales are all right on with this group of guys playing with paul newman while they are men who are overconfident. isn't it going to reduce the discord in only one super region teams so there was a big thing to plea for the head of the decisive. quarter. but we pick it up it's like we plan to. play the coach. so we plan to get everybody from the same place. play pretty good play good as a team. but when we need a bass we need to be first. book. didn't have a little bit on which to continue to treat. easily seen the game tickets simply flying sixty three. the ryder cup heads into an extra day today for the first time in its eighty three year history weather

again playing havoc on sunday which seemed to suit team europe the americans had ended the previous two rounds on top but europe ended the dominance with some aplomb on sunday six points were on offer after a rain delay and start the hosts claim five and a half of them meaning they take a three point lead into monday europe are not hot favorites to reclaim team biggest draw on a bigger deficit it's been overcome before strap in for a thrilling finale. when you think sporting. are the obvious heavyweight cities fuelled include the peninsula as a beacon of world class activity but the country's furthest eastern region has been busy attempting to rediscover its soviet style sure a time when sport and success when. part two. in focus series. chatzky or the city of st peter and st paul

had its golden age of sport last century when still part of the soviet union back then people came for the higher wages. and stories of unrivalled hospitality that's why this remote became the center for solve its alpine skiing. this is ascii kingdon he see him every chance has that in store in place this. uses the same method of teaching alpine skiing to children she is the first female snow leopard a title given to mountaineers who reached the summit of the soviet union for seven thousand metre peaks she did it seven times over but her passion lies in helping future skiers develop their skills from a young age. to be the best place to raising out. the city has a lot of places a higher education as well as high schools basically and all the advantages of

a big city start kindergarten you know they can train under ten whom in the same day becoming champions and. blind skiers were far more successful than their modern day equivalent. champions like barbaro. almost all of the russian alpine skiers develop the skills right here in this unique base now why is it unique or part of the reason forty years ago this place was built by hands with the help of local administration and the people themselves now let's go and take a look at what they have accomplished so far. look i got off a long with her daughter all continue to train children and develop their coaching take make the ultimate quitting ahead this sensor was invented by her and her late husband garamond her partner in all aspects of their life's work and the simple looking devices invented a few decades ago continued to be used to develop the skills and physique of future

athletes imagine what they could do with modern equipment well that's apparently on its way. in the dance hall across the country to promote a healthy lifestyle making young people public and government involvement is vital when it comes to offering alternatives to the modern day temptations they see today she needed to develop suitable infrastructure and it is not just sort of super sport is one way to keep the youth of the streets and he supported by holding various competition throughout the year infrastructure is one area though that needs drastic improvement because it's ineffective and simply not fun to train with just fresh air we talk about problem head on is part of a government program to renew support infrastructure and continue to construct a brand new sports center just as a matter of fact we've already helped too and you will advance our new state of the art yeah florescent are. a shortage of modern training facilities has plagued the region stalling any new sporting achievements but new multi-functional sports

centers hope to make that excuse thing of the past. centuries unique to can chalk up professional and amateur athletes now have a much larger choice of sports you can actually we can hold a competition at any level here from food bullets of books and gymnastics. these young men and women are just some of the athletes who will be able to use the facilities for. karate he's among the martial arts popular after becoming widely available income chuck a twenty years ago some were students then our culture is now continuing to pastor knowledge to the next generation one problem remains the region is from mainland russia prevents athletes acquiring enough competition experience in comparison to other places in the country. seemed like competition experience because it's quite hard sometimes expensive for other clubs and federations to reach comic shops and vice versa but this year we pooled our resources along with the local sports

authority has and will hold them towards regional karate advantages hopefully we'll have one every year. there and big athletes also hold to compete more the russian team continues to impress on the world stage year after year many of them come from remote places like they come chock a region but sometimes that's where the nation's real treasures a hidden like the people who devote themselves to helping improve the lives of others that's going to have been apparent because since one thousand nine hundred sixty and has witnessed a lot of change what remains constant though is her desire to come here every day and push her students to achieve the best results they can and i think that this and that government attention to the paralympic athletes has increased since i first started i believe in just one of the reasons freshest paralympians are one of the best teams and dials to do my best so that they're not any more champions from god because if not well. that was the region sport in a nutshell if you missed it one look at the series and come chaka is online at r.t.

dot com remark all sort of artsy they come shocker region far east. that erupts up the sport for this hour i'll see you soon the world weather is coming up and just the tick.