hello again awoke to spotlight. on r t i'm not today my guest in the studio is alexander. the first to the north caucasus. plans to turn the area into development how is he going to make the promising but currently unprofitable. verity is it possible at all paris the deputy prime minister and presidential envoy. to. the ministry of regional development says it's going to make precious north caucasus a successful and cost effective region in just fifteen years vicious project proposed by alexander club poignant plans to develop crippled budding other culture it also says great possibilities put through the region the project should be

inspired and driven by the north caucasus institute for development which is yet to be created presently the region is an economic and has problems with security but the country's political elite is resolute implementing the promise changes. and welcome to our show hello. well to begin with here's one of the latest citations and rather controversial one. from president. concerning his not being pleased with the work of some north caucasus officials and here i quote unless someone can't shouldn't work there and i will decide accordingly and quote. i believe concerns regional officials from north caucasus why did he give you some particular time to get things done and what else did you talk about when the cameras were switched off of the kaci. well let me first comment

on the president's words it's unrewarding anyway. today. agencies have been actively terrorism and extremism in the north caucasus area. and it's safe to say this work has been a success. with results tangible indeed. in other words we have become stronger. at the same time using only force in addressing terrorism in the. next two employ. and this should be. very important component to be surely dealt with by regional leaders including the heads of federal power structure. attention should be focused on the fact that terrorism is

a disease. problem. unfortunately we have to admit it. has accumulated a huge layer of social problems we face and have to address on the one hand it's about very deep poverty and high unemployment. with the background of a very good demographic situation we have an ever growing number of young men who eventually can't find ways. and become potential candidates for terrorists and extremists recruited through ideology. and the decision adopted on a strategy of social and economic development. is meant. to some extent the issues of economic development. less poverty. creating new technologies. so what the president meant is

that we don't have too much time to get ourselves moving and that it's necessary to start accelerating starting from next year we want to see real results. secondly we have a lot of young people needing attention and. we need an appropriate policy for them in the. it which is exclusively. authorities in the forests which we have to review educational standards which is how we teach and train young people. and how they should work we should also consider. the demographic equilibrium in the caucuses including cross border situations migration and the refugee issues each of which need

attention. in this respect regional authorities have a lot to consider. when speaking about the information war blockade from the. story. the pirates who do you mean they are. countries or maybe organizations or regions. well we could delve into this subject too deeply but i am not representing the security forces here. i can only say that there are obviously certain people claiming to be a kind of leaders of the united caucasus and even forming a shadow government of the caucasus that is actually backed by some special services from abroad. with an obvious goal to disturb the situation in the region. inside the country. i mean the. great man said we are destroying ourselves

with our own hands we have to solve our problems on our own. they have been many assertions in the media recently that the creation of the north caucasus federal district is a kind of assault against the independence of the regions in the caucasus area and there are such fears there war does moscow feel. what it has created. i believe that the creation of the north caucasus federal district means to draw the attention of the federal authorities to the problems in the caucasus. it means the concentrated attention of the federal authorities towards bringing instability in the region let's take a closer look at this region here is this report from spotlight.

one of the most beautiful places in russia with hardly the most peaceful news of shootings in question coming from there on a regular basis the lack of safety in the region is often blamed on its economic instability to get the territory move under control it was singled out into a separate federal district it includes stopper polk right and the republics of courage. korea north said in chechnya and dagestan the district is home to dozens of ethnic groups and languages relationships between neighbors are not always perfect which is also an obstacle to development there are signs of progress with grozny the cutoff to undergo an intensive rebuilding and neighboring. he's considering being turned into a special we can all. zone with tax breaks for local businesses in north caucasus

possesses economic potential as it is reaching natural resources however trapped vestment down stable region is a challenge and the federal district remains much choice subsidized by the state it's a place where people have become used to relying on themselves so experts know we cannot make progress is possible without changing public attitudes and the development of a civil society. we know that a new body is being established in the north caucasus area names the social council of the north caucasus federal district what is it and what authorities are going to have. it's apparent that it's impossible to solve many questions without the close cooperation with the population yourselves in what is this we set ourselves a priority of creating civil society institutions as conduits of

a dialogue between the populations and the store it seems. so the city council affiliated to that plenty potentially envoy the president is a public body including prominent and authoritative figures also men of faith who enjoy great respect from the people. within the. course we discuss topics and sensitive issues. and see good ways of solving them. this is a board which will include representatives from non-governmental human rights organizations such as the elders peoples youths see them journalists. including those from free media. will you stick your for just i believe the council will be formed very soon and will consist of three major parts.

one to be all fourteen representatives from the federal authorities. it will be up to the russian federation's public chamber to address the problem. of another fourteen people will be delegated from the federal district mainly from numb governmental organization it's a stone a prominent figures we have been in dialogue with from the elites every republic every day and the since and those include representatives from human rights groups and the remaining fourteen members will come from every single republican as a whole forty two will constitute this social council but this is only the first step which will be followed by the creation of youth organizations through which we will have direct dialogue with the population of the city says deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the north caucasus federal district alex out of the. spotlight will be back shortly after

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welcome back to spotlight i'm just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is alexander deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the north caucasus federal district talking about the situation in the north caucasus russia. the uk tobar attack on the parliament has shown that a terrorist underground still exists in the caucasus does it mean that the counterterrorist strategy adopted for the north caucasus does not work and should be have be revised or should be implemented with great effort.

yes. let me clarify something i would not describe the terrorist attack as having been carried out from outside unfortunately all the known terrorist attacks were on the territory of our republics which is of course the russian federation. and agencies and those directly responsible for this work i can say that there is perhaps new technology available in the world to solve the problems of the system of combating terrorism is a very complex issue so much so we'll learning from our mistakes. at the same time we have learned something and learned to preempt. many attacks have been prevented. i can't say any details. that is a good indicator of success in force but agencies. including the federal

security service. the interior ministry there's the rational antiterrorist committee and the security council. now much work is underway and each time we improve performance at the same time let me emphasize this without the support of the population it is impossible to solve the problem. one can't buy the consequences one must fight the causes disease because the causes are mostly social. but this disease is no not only in russia this is a plague spreading all over the world now if the terrorist attacks do happen but we do achieve some a success. here i accept your clarification but i meant only that when we were talking about a terrorist threat from outside. the organization or ideological. this

threat is recognized by all let's take france for example that is openly threatened by bin laden that the americans have prevented a number of attacks on the usa now the whole world is saying that al-qaeda is getting more active you feel that in the north caucasus it's been said more than once that this region is one of his targets. let me say this again this question can hardly be addressed to me but i can calmly trace the link between representatives from al qaeda and representatives from the so-called emirates of the caucasus like the kind of. it's all this there are people abroad for whom the north caucasus is a place where one can gain a repeat station and become respected among certain terrorist organizations. coming through some n.g.o.s from abroad to finance these underground bandit

activities suppose. we are preventing those attempts. not withstanding. that is the same all over the world unfortunately. i guess just said that people in russia generally don't have a clip of what's going on in the north caucasus they well let's see what people in moscow think about the situation in the north caucasus spotlights. try to find out . hi there well not caucuses is often identified in people's mind in the place of terror and tense situation in the region let's try to find out what has this place became a breeding ground for extremism but one thing there's a number of issues it has to do with history religion economy etc there are many problems in the area. well the region has

a long history of underground extremist islamic groups this experience of the past serves as a good ground for extremists. people from that region have always been unpredictable . i think it is in the blood of people who live in that region who are always conflicts there doesn't keep in so i think it has something to do with the nationality of the people who live there however i also think that there is somebody behind those conflicts these conflicts are a result of. the album does it get a question. i think it's inference from abroad and result of special services work what do you think needs to. excessive. that's what you just speak to. that gentleman i must have seen you on t.v. saying western secret services and some problem here is a keen on developing the source of the caucuses agenda. if it.

upsets me a little in that interview i had today in all those questions. is that we have let the situation slide in terms of information and blockaded the caucuses in the one nine hundred ninety s. for good reason because of the wars in chechnya. that we have that it is beautiful place we used to go to for skiing for instance it's a marvelous place where we spend leisure time with our friends. and good people it was one single the whole territory that lived within its code. and peculiar traditions its territory giving birth so outstandingly talented people. we have somehow forgotten that prominent. education come from there and bring fame to our country. for some reason the current image of the caucus is linked entirely to bombings

bloodshed and vengeance. that's really what has shown up people are saying not about family so culture. kalashnikov's. indeed this isn't the end of the. many of. regrettably it's a tragedy we faced in the caucasus. sorry for interrupting you when you came to our office the first thing you began talking about was providing information exactly is it one of your main concerns as plenty potentially and more of the present or on the issues of secondary importance. or is it because you are on television and you begin with these issues. frankly today i have the function of a messenger from the caucasus with a mission to proclaim it as our territory of russia unique in its beauty nature.

traditions. in its time to face the turmoil and war in which a huge number of citizens have died regrettably. but it does not mean we should avoid talking about it and try making it an integral part of russia. this is a territory belonging to russia a territory that we neglected in circumstances. of time and economic development education and so forth. the rebuilding of the chechen republic programs. and so on and so. now it's high time to radically change the situation in the caucasus there are brilliant people there so we should be giving them opportunities to live and work alongside us. this is what i'm trying to convey to.

les we realize that unless we make the way that it is a territory of. interesting. beautiful unique and investment attractive. i'll never be able to attract an investor who would revive the economy of this territory. we want to develop it. wait for any support from the west to preserve the. same this with such enthusiasm and concern at the same time you see we have let it slide. doesn't mean people have no wish to react in reply. do you hear the same words you are now saying from the top officials there in the caucasus to say they want likewise to work along. with russia and develop everything. is there a continent. well i don't want to pretend that there aren't any problems here i don't want to pretend that people who live in other cities outside of the federal

district are frightened by the circumstances by the tragedies that have been occurring in the caucasus but when i took an interest in talented and well educated young people from the north caucasus they asked me why is it that when i when leaving the region i get transformed into the so-called person who ethnically comes from the caucasus in terms of the police. from another state and i designed in a different way what space in my living in what do you want from. me to be proud of living in the united states that i am ready to be devoted to reach a common ground somehow with peculiarities let's never forget it's a territory of the russian federation it's a territory that belongs to you and me if there are any problems and they should be solved. and let's return to where we started it's true that the caucasus is

a region we used to go to for. the get acquainted with this marvelous culture present terms on can do went as far as to call chechnya in switzerland recently. at the same time it's curious that when a project tough creating a north caucasus tourist region was presented at the st petersburg economic forum. i was not mentioned there. well. well you see the idea was well the idea was that. we would develop the existing skiing resorts which are built which were built in the region and bring them to international standards. there are full key projects in the north caucasus. among them he is going to share in that.

in. i guess i'm by. no dumb but he is in his area. man is in north the sets. in dagestan so that's about the full major projects this does not mean though is that any project to develop scheme proposed for the chechen republic will not be completed this stage is ready to invest into their infrastructure and grant tax rates to the regions where these projects are going to be developed it means as soon as a project is ready for the chechen republic and their religious take office will be ready for them which incidentally that i'm some can deal of and myself have already been involved in developing ski resorts in the czech republic will make your borders are to where i was. spicy but thank you thank you very much for being with us and just to remind my guest in the studio today was the deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the north caucasus federal district. and

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