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extradition proceedings. and while britain's leading coalition party gets together to talk money troubles the conference french sounds the alarm over a loss of civil rights and i'm domineering. now leading french historian says europe is struggling to stay in the international arena and won't be able to hold on without help from russia and then calls has been telling r.t. 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 core structure of history and humanity and secretary of the french science academy and the woman who predicted the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight in her book the collapse of an empire is here with us today by super bowls for them cause thank you very much my dumb cost

for your time. in your recent book two walls you talk about russia can we presume from the title that you think russia still hasn't found its place in the world media. the new use of since was looking east was not exactly what the looks as though certain russia has made this kind of decisions over the past ten years that have been pursuing to different parts rather than one which i've been trying to explain is that after the soviet union does integrated russian turned to europe because europe did not offer well welcome since the beginning of the century russia's foreign policy has been focusing on two directions rather than one on the one hand it focuses on the west of brazil on the other hand because of mr graef or her position it's decided to place itself as an asian country gives a greater pre-stage and influence in the world that's been pursuing this wallasey for more than ten years now and it's brought great success at the end of the

twentieth century russia's international reputation around the world was very good but now after the last decade of ideas that it's being reckoned with it's a big change russia has taken a very important step you've almost and in my opinion is that of this process is irreversible russia has become a world power. within you in your introduction you raised the question of whether russia should be feared do you mean that the imperial russia and the soviet union which europe used to be afraid of are still alive. not only in europe. the collapse of the soviet union was not anticipated it happened overnight many countries primarily those who were under soviet influence basing european countries and the countries that used to be part of the soviet union but are now independent states did not understand russia and were afraid of it as eastern european countries have become e.u. members they have showed their fares and passed them on to the e.u.

saying that russia used to be an empire so why should it cease being an empire and can we trust it now it's in peril past has been forgotten by now people have already understood russia is pursuing its own path but time has shown that georgia for example fear that russia will dominate is again that's why it wanted to access nato i think that such fears originate from some kind of misunderstanding of the breakup of the soviet union because it was so certain no one could adjust themselves to it immediately all the european empires have collapsed but they have collapsed after decades of preparation even russia itself was not ready. so you don't believe in russia's imperial ambitions just right i don't believe it i'd rather say there is some kind of a style but that's completely different thing what country can forget overnight that it used to be a powerful empire but still washing people and specifically those in power of

common sense and they understand too well that it's aver and it's russia's future is not to be an empire but rather to build up its reputation and influence via soft power rather than by force. what are the main types russia faces today. russia has the legacy of the soviet union and it will be marked by this stigma for a long time i come from a country in which the collapse of the empire was a difficult one the bloodshed in the fifty's and sixty's yeltsin sat take as much independence as you can swallow and another day he sent you off free get out of here many things about russia were forgotten people forgot that the soviet system was dominating and instilled fear and then got scared of the country that neither the power nor the ability to speak as poignantly with other countries all this was forgotten and this new russia was not understood as i see it and in your country

are people suspicious of russia i don't know what to say to that. your current president nicolas sarkozy said in his election campaign it's better to shake hands with bush than with putin who would you shake hands with but. first of all i feel uncomfortable talking about my president he's changed a great deal he was in love with america it was an example for him he did not know russia is of gary nor engine and hungary was affected by the soviet union to a certain extent even by russia has come a long way and he. and i agree with him it's in europe's interest and fronts. his interests. and why has the course changed what is these change really to to. it simply because he realized what's right is a very smart guy really i should not be calling my president a guy but he's a very smart person is very active when he thinks something over he comes to

understand things correctly he took a look at the world and he has realized a lot of things over two years he realized first that russia wasn't a terrible country it was a country to be spoken to not lecture it established close relations with the russian president and prime minister he realized that dialogue for a european countries 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 falling out of the history of global relations it would have if it was cut from russia his current position which i think is very smart is not that russia should be part of europe russia is divorced for europe it would not adapt what we need he thinks is a model for relations. why does europe need russia now. russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving

away from europe it's played out in asia even the us a pacific country is we're focusing its foreign policy on asia where each country is 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 is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe are not a hope but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia although i'm not sure if russia needs erupt. 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 until very recently sent like a crazy idea when now reconciliation between russia and poland has actually

happened i think however that some politicians smart politicians who saw this even prime minister donald tusk it was bringing poland closer to russia before the plane crash poland has always been the final frontier of europe russia began after that front here it's also in close contact with ukraine the question of ukraine is very delicate giving it e.u. a session without accepting russia would anger moscow poland is a bridge of sorts between russia and europe it's a bridge to russia because it is at the same time a slavic and a european country which could surf for bringing countries closer russia in europe poland and russia and ukraine and russia so poland could play you circle role if it understands the situation it's in one of them on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia.

that's the you know i don't make forecasts when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't even see it as a forecast i looked at the country and saw many negative elements i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule i'm historian 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 which is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy to introduce democracy or capitalism it took western europe centuries to do that doing it within twenty years isn't so easy i think russia is following. che's nine hundred ninety one there have been ups and downs but i don't see any problems so i think we can be calm about russia's future it's don't seem to look more and more like a normal country as it was before if somebody asked you to describe just three what's what would those words be. the first one would be mighty which was

intended as a the second important aspect is that more than russian makes multi nationality actually work multiple nationalities was what killed the soviet union that would be dynamic but might have been going very much thank you. showbiz entertainment of sensel trade presentation high production. let's. see. all of this is a way to settle this people's attention by using take. a look at steve now during

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a new. up next all the latest sports with the union o'neal keep coming to us now hi there you're not understand it was quite a finale in the ryder cup yeah i just finished up around twenty minutes ago guess what it is europe team usa more coming up in nice in just a moment. i have your company this is sports today i'm going to these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. wonder team europe produced another stunning performance to recapture the ryder cup beating the u.s. in a nail biter on monday. another season another trophy in a row russian basketball champions. kick off the new season with victory in the. king of kuala lumpur. his second a.t.p.

title of the season the middle east. europe are once again on top of world golf hosts doing what they had to in an absolute belter of a final ryder cup draw and on monday in south wales it really doesn't get any more tense than this momentum shifting from continent to continent as the day went on in newport the hosts entered monday on top with a three point lead but as the final singles match up went to the eighteenth hole it was absolutely nothing between the teams the score thirteen and a half to thirteen. goal the northern irishman winning an absolute belcher against . the american. chip europe take their fourth ryder cup triumph in the previous five attempts. that brings us onto the hardwood where russian squads are busy gearing up for the start of the season before the off though the on your alexander cup always takes center stage for the country's top team who is no usual

c.s.k. moscow constantine to top off was up the closing day of the international competition for us. despite the friendly status of the alex undergo a mosquito in the host. to grip the title in a final determined face just give us a few three any and the winner of the inaugural cup. man to the initiative from the teeth of much. needed from the three point one helping his team to take the lead just minutes in and john langdon is a usual shilled impressive moves on the court sinking a few great shots the man's experience of that is gust would give them an inch and the morning was increasing twenty six ten after the first quarter of the second period so the team's exchange rules came under pressure and the ball just couldn't find the basket and the risk came to the fore to reducing the red and blues advantage to just

a point to is confused when after the resumption lillith through an inside wins in front. of. the more black jugglers started to play in a very offensive manner and there was a mistake as the reading blues banished them with their quick attacks to the main powerhouse of russian basket put some rukus to the test and jammu and gordon in two minute twenty one money an image didn't disappoint the army man fans for the head coach to his car got a six point lead and once again joe lewis resurrected and it was all square just five minutes before the final nevertheless the more experienced moscow side close to victory dominating the last minutes of play. adding several points to his stilly and as a result he got the m.v.p. poise of the tournament. more.

tournaments. to be reported and his teammates morticia ended with a game of twenty one points. it's great that we won the cup for the first time this was important for us and our new head coach we finished the preseason very good and everyone is looking forward to the coming season seventeen million seven to three hundred dramatically finished with. the trophy to be a cabinet senior team for us. ok let's move on to football for a look at the state of play in the russian premier league at the moment with week twenty three dollar and dusted it still isn't it's an petersburg who are looking down on the rest of them it would have been somewhat tighter at the top though had to overcome rock bottom said beer at the weekend champions only drawing meetings and he told

a full six point two game advantage over the side of football remaining this season though with even third still in with a shot of taking the crown on the other end though it's. beer will remain the prime candidates to end the year in the automatic drops. temperatures have been dropping quite dramatically here in moscow of late so it's not surprising recent tennis tournaments in sunny south east asia being packing in the russians one of them has returned home with more than a ton the world number eight so will he claim the malaysian open title following victory over the bath it was anything but easy for the higher rank you go by the first said by a hybrid the mistakes cost his. in the early in the next one the goal of being long on numerous occasions including a set point. a more even match up in the third with

a tie breaker again needed but this time the last say was with tuesday six zero six two seven six the final score youzhny being the title to the b.m.w. open crown he won in me. to move garcia lopez meanwhile topped off a great week at the thailand open this sponsored following up with a shot semifinal win over rafael nadal. the side that broke even in a surprise final all in all with two players drawing to the top fifty of the tournament contesting it. to secure the opening said finn even then should his appearance in the final two was no blip storming to the second set courtesy of some great net play. their third was a to and fro a for with long rallies the order of play but the winning point will sit in its simplicity lopez with a brilliant cross court hits and nothing twenty seven year old potential second career a.t.p. crown. another hard hitting nights in the n.f.l.

washington are tied for first in the n.f.c. east with donovan mcnabb leading the redskins against his former eagles squad but it wasn't such a great outing for a philadelphia signal caller michael vick evolves of course in our reports. mcnabb receiving a standing ovation from the new tory asleep saw philadelphia fans after is eleven year run with the eagles it was the redskins ground game which made those spectators worried early on however ryan saw rainmaking its seven nothing in the first it didn't take thirty three year old mcnabb long to remind the crowd just how good he is a perfect through a with the middle called by chris cooley who helps extend the advantage to fourteen nothing now philadelphia seemed to have found the answer quarterback in michael vick until displays the signal caller sandwiched between defenders three more than just former team a danger the whole suffer you ribbed and chest injuries vick's long run right

before the injury also negated by a holding penalty. philadelphia called the lead to seventeen six with a pair of field goals before vick's replacement kevin card found brant celek in the fourth the ensuing two point conversion field making the score seventeen twelve kolb unable to deliver in crunch time so still remain winless at home this year but so of day for quarterback jay cutler at the new meadowlands with his bears leaving the undefeated rinks after a loss to the giants new york registering nine six in the first half alone aaron ross introducing himself to call there late in the second. water the twenty seven year old forced out of the game in the opening half with a concussion the giants utilizing an old school style with good defense and a strong running game to complement it i'm odd bradshaw making it ten nothing to new york in the third chicago answered with

a field goal to cut the deficit to ten three the prove overmatched in the final quarter the giants leaving plenty of devastation in their wake couplers replacement todd collins getting blindsided by michael boley the veteran headed to the sideline after a bad one with a stinger which means third string quarterback callup haney was sent out to try and finish the game the twenty five year old suffering a similar fate to his teammates though justin talk to dishing out punishment giving his team their tenth sack seventeen three the final score with the bears bruised and battered in that one and in the other games mad bryant's late field goal held the falcons prevail over the winless forty niners dainian tomlinson meanwhile with one hundred thirty three yards on the ground as the jets thrashed the bills kyle orton amassing three hundred forty one passing yards and nashville helping the broncos beat the titans the latest round in the classic heavyweight fight between

baltimore and pittsburgh goes to the ravens last year's runners up indianapolis meanwhile off to an uncharacteristically slow start the jaguars cohen out a thirty one to twenty eight win from the colts the chargers trashed the cardinals while houston continued to be on the rise area and foster running wild for one hundred thirty one yards helping the texans beat the raiders. gorski r t. is your sports fella for this hour i'll see you soon there were weather's coming up in just a tick. question is that so much of a given to each musician or the person trying to drive the market for new settlements that israel is again building settlements produced only in the office west bank putting any kind of peace process in serious doubt.

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