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from moscow this is our t. top stories now much ado about something that's france is paralyzed by riots over atomic age increase and more angry protests are expected in the u.k. which is just announced it's big it's social spending cuts since world war two experts say the massive public outrage is an overreaction. believed to be behind the attack on the chechen parliament may have been a regional militant leader keen to demonstrate his strength to al qaida. and weak human trafficking laws in india shattered lives as village girls come to the big city by promises of a better life and end up. i'll be back with another update for you in the next fifteen minutes and meantime do we have a fully fledged dialogue with the european union or are there too many obstacles between us well that's a question that has been asking

a top russian diplomat and these questions and he gave his overview of the areas of the country's foreign policy what's coming up right now here on r.t. . hi mr barak cough it's good to have you with us today. the image of modern russia the fear in many europeans where does all the prejudice come from. indeed i sometimes notice that russia in the eyes of europeans is a country that in essence continues the tradition the settled by the soviet union or something like that but i don't think this approach is entirely correct russia is a completely new country it has a new foreign policy it has gone through substantial reform. and there is no longer

any difference in ideology between russia and the rest of the world the reason for all this prejudice as i see it is the fact that we still bear the legacy of the cold war we can't get rid of it. my generation grew up in a time when it was absolutely obvious that the world is split into there was the world of the warsaw pact and the nato world a western world in an eastern world so this dogma still lives on in the mind of some people especially in the west it's very difficult to reshape the human mind so i guess it will take us all some time to get rid of these cold war complexes. how close is the link between e.u. russia relations and the new strategic concept that will be put up for approval in the van but is it possible that the nature of our cooperation will change. as for russia e.u. and russia nato relations we see them as two different vectors of our foreign

policy but you see the european union is a conglomerate of countries that are united first and foremost by the fact that they face the same economic problems nato is an organization that's aimed at resolving military and political stability problems this is an entirely different field of work that is why our dialogue with nato is self contained and it is of course aimed primarily at resolving issues related to strategic military and political stability in the euro atlantic space taking this into account it would be a bit far fetched to talk about a connection to our relations with the e.u. so we have a full fledged dialogue with nato especially so after the creation of the russian nato council in two thousand and two there have been certain unpleasant incidents of course but today we have a common understanding of the fact that we have to move forward we are currently working on a list of threats and challenges in order to make our cooperation more specific to begin battling against specific threats we are interested in developing practical cooperation we live on the same continent so we've been facing up to the same

threats and challenges for quite some time now these threats are terrorism drug trafficking and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction we and our nato partners have some things to work on but i think that nato is new strategic concept should be free from such atavistic concepts as perceiving russia as a possible threat or hints about nato as global role in circumvention of international laws these things are unacceptable for us and attempts to bring them into the new strategic concept will hardly help improve our relations with nato. before but. russia is actively promoting a collective security system for here where does europe need this system and how should it work. but it was. our initiative which was filed under the name president medvedev is initiative is very simple the essence of our suggestion is to devise a legally binding agreement that would be signed by fifty six zero a c e states including the u.s. canada european states and the russian federation be agreement would restrict each

of the countries that signed it from using military means except when sanctioned by the un security council no country would be allowed to strengthen its security at the expense of the security of any other state it is a very simple method and it's very effective a similar legally binding agreement is currently in effect between nato states but between east asia and european countries outside of nato disagreement is not legally binding but purely political we want to make it legal bring it into the judiciary room doesn't imply a different degree of responsibility for those that would violate this order. i have to say that the overall reaction of our partners in the west to president medvedev initiative was positive that our concepts of how to achieve universal security on a parity basis are different of course nevertheless we are having a very intense discussion on this question. you know that n o s e session is planned for this year the first one after nine eleven year recess this was also brought about by president david's initiative the summit will focus among other

things on individual security and of the modernization of europe's security structure you know i think the forums participants will carefully consider the suggestions we've made on the subject and in time take them into account because we will not be able to move on until the cold war ideas are dropped or more of them and you know. the us is quite sensitive about this initiatives that originate from russia while the e.u. take up on precious suggestions without regard for possible repercussions in the nato just over the new year of i'll be honest with you i have not seen the u.s. get sensitive president obama was the first or should i say one of the first people to respond to president medvedev is initiative to create a new european security treaty he reacted positively saying the u.s. side was ready to discuss this and we've been discussing it for some time now i am rather optimistic about the outcome of this discussion. or. is it possible that a successful resetting go fresh air hewas relations may become less important in

the russia america e.u. triangle. you know i would have stained from using megalomaniac metaphors such as this triangle but there are things to consider like for instance the g.d.p. value the role and share of the g.d.p. in an economy russia's g.d.p. share is six percent of that of the us it looks a bit better if we compare it to the e.u. that's why picturing these relations as a triangle is somewhat megalomaniac on russia's part i'd rather say that we could form a triangle together with the european union. but. if you insist on using a triangular shape to depict international relations in our case the corners would be the u.s. russia and the e.u. and china. that would truly be a global triangle but we should not much ourselves against any of the other colors of the triangle. or more but we need more harmony and a better understanding of how those global triangles are formed that would give us

a chance to acquire certain advantages to this i think the triangle configuration will in time begin to play a more important role in global politics than it does now with. some experts believe russia relations need to be reset as well do you think that's necessary. could have come up. well we are constantly resetting our relations first of all two thousand and ten will be the fourth consecutive year of our negotiations on a new framework agreement that i think will be implemented in the near future if the agreement is signed and certain things indicated this might happen it will give a new quality to russia e.u. relations for the next ten to fifteen years ago that would fit the definition of a recess but even without the intensity of our political dialogue is very high it is unique in a way it stands out even of the global picture we have to russia e.u. so much every year we have a nonstop dialogue between foreign minister lavrov and catherine ashton the head of e.u. foreign policy or with this indicates that our relations have reached

a qualitatively new level that allows for rapid reproach it allows us to find new points of contact if this doesn't mean of course that russia will become part of the european union in the foreseeable future but i have no doubts that we will find some new forms of integration for. you. because the e.u. view russia as an equal partner in all areas of its work. or. org i've told you about the dialogue the intensity of the dialogue implies that it is a dialogue between equal partners it gets difficult at times due to the fact that the e.u. has passed toward unification was long and troublesome with the things you are of has learned as it was with. our partners in the e.u. whether they represent the union as a whole or individual states they are very proud of these ideas but this pride is already starting to turn into self admiration and even selfishness or this is why it is sometimes hard for us to negotiate this is why we often see the position of

we've negotiated on it within the e.u. and your only option is to agree with us if this makes life difficult of course it makes it difficult to bring our states closer together since diplomacy is the art of the possible it is the art of mutual concessions that make it possible for each side to find solutions to their specific problems and imbalance and in cooperation with the partner side for coordinate this but you know. there is another aspect to the e.u. has its own vision of how russia needs to be modernized how well does this vision correlate with russia's own plants. russia and the european union have done a lot of work to identify the areas of our economy were cooperative work within the framework of the partnership or modernization program would bring us proportional profits but we were talking first and foremost about exchanging experience and high tech we have also plans to cooperate on innovation in the energy sphere for energy efficiency raising the share of green energy in our overall consumption and

promoting green energy on both sides in order to correspond with the eaves regulations on environmental protection we're discussing an exchange of scientific knowledge that would benefit both sides by raising our competitiveness on the market that would allow us to become more competitive on a global level that is why we are planning to keep developing this program and i think that the next russia e.u. summit scheduled to take place in brussels on december the first and second will see the approval of a new action plan which we are current. working on one thing sarah people wanted here in russia by the law have been known to us here as a safe haven problems related to the persecution of certain individuals affect the overall state of russia your relations was going to this is a very sensitive issue you probably know that the problem here is the shortcomings of russia the relations in the sphere of observing international law i put it more plainly russia and the e.u. probably have a long way to go before they begin following certain legal principles concerning the fulfillment of court rulings made in russia and the e.u. situation concerning akhmed zakayev is

a clear example of this obviously took part in terrorist activity on the territory of the russian federation despite this fact he's granted political asylum by an e.u. state he is free to move from one european country to another obviously there is no way we can put up with the situation and of course things like that do have an influence on the character and atmosphere of our diplomatic relations that's why i'd like to call on our european partners to be more responsible because if they continue to act as they do now it will have a negative effect on the development of our relations thank you very much for this interview but you're welcome.

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top stories this hour on r.t.e. much ado about something as france is paralyzed by riots over a retirement age increase and more angry protests are expected in the u.k. . biggest social spending cuts since world war two experts say the massive public outrage is an overreaction. the man believed to be behind the attack on the chechen parliament may have been a regional militant leader came to demonstrate his strength to al-qaeda. and we human trafficking laws in india need to thousands of shattered lives as village girls come to the big city lured by promises of a better life and. i'll be back with more on those stories in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we get an update from the wall the sport with the.

hello welcome to the sports here's an r.t.s. we begin with the headlines too much day four of the champions league group stages with man united hosting both of those for at old trafford meanwhile united striker wayne rooney said as he wants to leave the devils. briggs mates meeting in a hamburg hospital to show he is still full of optimism despite taking a severe beating from the go. and also we continue profiling kontinental hockey league clubs this week it's time for one of the known russian teams in the cage. and let's get started with the champions league where to be in goes on are aiming to secure their first win of the campaign this evening the russian champions taking on panel tonight courts who are still pointless after two games for being however just a point above them even table and the bad news for them is that defend their own will miss the rest of the save them when they meet injury in group c.

as barcelona aim to leapfrog copenhagen. in group c. manchester united face to side with rangers aiming to handball and set this second straight elsewhere they all get make it three wins from three as they have been fico while shell favored to keep top loyal zero points those two matches are in group b. and twenty and game must play second fiddle to the top and hems meeting with reigning champions in group a all matches have just started across the continent. meanwhile england's biggest star wayne rooney has confirmed his intent of leaving manchester united the twenty four year old saying he will not sign a new contract at old trafford a meeting with chief executive david jailed rudi is main concern is the club's unwilling. to make big investments in the school the rumors were suggesting a possible reunion with carlos stepaside to united's rivals. to much he was quick

to dismiss those talks meanwhile real madrid coach. rooney will stay bought he would be interested in available. meanwhile and. open the match the chapters make much stay three defeats of the campaign the visiting chelsea leaving moscow with a two neil victory remain the only unbeaten schooling group after following a couple of goals from and on the cup. i spoke to the team with. some players were scared of. there were some who were good most were. in the first half was like. we want to arrive in the first place this is the. possibility.

that. the. opposition. and the rest of tuesday's school is out there on the screens as well real madrid won the clash of the big guns against ac milan of the. level with a long things to. small safeword some pressure on spartak moscow in group. to claim their points in group perfect also three games while basel of. roma away from home finally also in the fresh. group h. web braga along the basement battle against autism. and staying with a group of twenty four men will select which they show as host the twenty eighteen and twenty eight twenty two world cups but allegations in the sunday times of selling by to a fee for officials have overshadowed the build up to that schedule decision on

december second no money changed hands. enough to ignite a storm of controversy over the organization nigerian almost adama was filmed telling reporters in london that he wanted eight hundred thousand dollars to build for artificial soccer fields well. tomorrow he was also a fee for vice president and the president all the o'shane a regional call federation wanted to point three million to follow a new zealand people has provisionally suspended both of them while the investigation continues. to boxing now and shannon briggs talked to the media on wednesday quelling rumors regarding the stand all of the injuries he sustained in his defeat and the hands of gold briggs was beaten by a ukrainian incentive days w.b.c. in hamburg. i look forward to fighting not suppose that i live for the coming back to six week first of all and as you can see i looked really great you know i'm ugly

but i'm funny so. the nice change you know i'm ugly but i'm funny so on the other things about me i'm looking for the coming back and although klitschko going to fight i think that i'm showing the people that i'm a true champion and he visited me he i think he was quite surprised because he came to see and check on me because there was a lot of bad rumors but they were all false and he looked at me and at that point i was told he turned black and this was sunday morning. which shows how much tara do you as a champion to take time out to come to the hospital to check on me shows i was currently yasmin champion now just three races left in the formula one season will be inaugural korean grand prix coming up on friday and ferries fernando alonso is one driver with little room for error gets the job as championship title. well. he likes to be. in the next one. he is in a very. in the cape moment because.

i will say that he's just focused on the job. and finally to the ice well as dominance a mccain shell as being severely challenge this season by the over the board at school was notably did not and among course sort of takes a closer look at the last fan altitudes. since the cage shells inception have been performing on an upward scale reaching the first round of playoffs in the inaugural season and the following year they went all the way to the called for in semifinals defying all odds this year the latvian team started the season exceptionally well and they're currently one of the cage shell's leading lights that despite a distinct lack of big names on their roster most of it is that we're on the dogs

usually and. other teams are just doing all the big stars with paychecks and all that stuff is just all pride in yourself as you kind of want all played on so it's just all i think a lot of things combined in one thing and that's when you see us. as one of the only best ice hockey clubs in the post so get space established in one hundred forty six the reagan men's most memorable achievement dates back to one thousand nine hundred eighty eight when did see one silver at the u.s.s.r. championships however shortly after the breakup of the soviet union itself light hockey left a lot in capital but the game loved by millions returned along with the creation of the new cage shell league in two thousand and eight when the build. we. first was idea maybe like to be. plays there too yeah i know we call every hour like you and i shall players and build a team for visitors our players and that's why it's really important because we get

. our ball twenty twenty two national player scene in amerigo every year and that's why all the fans be very gay we get a full ice rink ghosts actually explain the sheltie gentle boss you to shoot blair is no stranger to grassroots projects having become the first head coach of newly established slovakia under his reign that team managed to climb from hockey's lowest ranks all the way to the world's elite in an amazingly short selling two years a situation which seems to be happening for him again in latvia but the coach is cautious when making such comparisons and instead prefers to focus on each upcoming match we got the laws of. expected as we got the laws or. need to do for. the first goal of i need to do it so i made playoffs thanks to first goal for our team we got a lot. of players involved with them on the. prova.

home ice arena regatta is rarely calm during home games and it's no surprise as most players are from latvia and form the majority of the country's national team that dedicated fans stormed the ticket offices buying up not just regular seats but standing room as well however it's not the locals alone who make up a winning squad to foreigners in capital is it peeling not only for its hockey and proximity to western europe riga bowls maternity and at the same time possesses a rich history reflected in its architecture multinational population and plenty of other factors of which there are too many to mention in this hockey story so for two thousand stand. whatever mark hartigan this city is not just comfortable to live in it's also become the center of family life for him you know they like it all you know they they find the people very nice they love coming to the hockey

games while the atmosphere. you know my my kids are my one daughter. here and she's already learning a lot you know just coming home and she's singing latvian songs and kind of like what he's saying but it's pretty neat you know she gets to experience the you know all around the earth you know all different experiences and so they do enjoy it the memory gets a day is a far cry from what they used to be in this league the club is not only the base of the country's national team it is also the symbol of the whole hockey which ensures the sports legacy in this country for generations to come. artsy riga latvia. that's the spot for now next. stay with us. culture is that so much i was about to faint in those eyes you know from the get

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