the parliament building in. sixty from usually. leads to final target in a major offensive from the army. its country became the symbol on the form of functions shouldn't. the victory only were nazi germany. hello again a welcome to spotlight. on r t i'm not today my guest in the studio is alexander. the first to the north caucasus fostering

plans to turn the area into a development how is he going to make the promising but currently unprofitable. 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 russia small caucasus a successful and cost effective for region in just fifteen years them vicious project proposed by the club one plans to develop crippled budding other culture it also says great possibilities put through the region the project should be inspired and driven by last caucasus institute for development which is yet to be created presently the region is on economic and has problems with security but the country's political elite is resolute in implementing the promise changes.

welcome to our show hello. to begin with and here's one of the latest citations and rather controversial one. concerning his not being pleased with the work of some north caucasus officials and here i quote unless someone count shouldn't work there and i will decide accordingly and quote. i believe concerns regional officials from north caucasus. some particular time to get things done what else did you talk about when the cameras were switched off of the machine . well let me first comment on the president's words although it's a rewarding anyway. today but the law enforcement agencies have been actively combating 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 components to be dealt with by regional leaders including the heads of federal power structure attention should be focused on the fact that terrorism is a disease. and rather social problem. unfortunately we have to admit. this has accumulated a huge layer of social problems we face and have to him. 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 to self-realization and become potential candidates for terrorists and extremists recruited through full ideology. and the decision adopted on a strategy of social and economic development over the caucuses is meant. to some extent the issues of economic development. less poverty creating new technologies and. so. 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. 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. inclusion cross 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. stories that. we.

but it's who do you mean they are. the countries or maybe organizations or regions or what's. 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. as well you mean abroad. inside the country. i mean the. great man said we are destroying selves with our own hands we have to solve our problems on our own. that 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 north caucasus area and there are such fears there war rather 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 because 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 spotlights. one of the most beautiful places in russia when caught in the most peaceful news of shootings in questions coming from there on a regular basis the lack of safety in the region. on its economic instability to

get the territory more under control it was singled out into a separate federal district it includes ripple cry and the republics of korra change your case here. 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 cut off to undergo an intensive rebuilding and neighboring. he's considering being turned into a special economic zone with tax breaks for local businesses in north caucasus possesses economic potential as it is reaching natural resources however attracting investment to ground stable region is a challenge and the federal district remains much oil is subsidized by the state it's a place where people have become used to relying on themselves so experts believe

no we cannot make progress is possible without a change in public attitudes and the development of a civil society. that a new body is being established in the north caucasus area name is a social council of the north caucuses 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 is the. conduit of a dialogue between the populations and the storage fees. so the city council affiliated to that plenipotentiary envoy of the president is a public body including prominent and authoritative figures should also may. a

faith. great respect from the people who see. within the. course we discussed. issues. and good ways of solving the mothership. and this is a board which will include representatives from governmental human rights organizations elders peoples youths and journalists scores the. perception including those from free media. it will not be used to 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 as well to students sure it will be up to the russian federation's public chamber to adjust the problem. another fourteen people will be delegated from the federal district

but mainly from non-governmental organization it's still no more 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 a break so we'll continue the stench if you stay with us. wealthy british style. that's not on.

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welcome back to spotlight i'll hear of in just a reminder of my guest in the studio today is alexander a poignant devotee prime minister and presidential envoy to the north caucasus federal district we're talking about the situation in the north caucasus russia. the a tobar attack on the change and parliament has shown that a terrorist underground still exists in the caucasus actually it doesn't mean that the counterterrorist strategy adopted for the north caucasus does not work and should be has been revised or it should be implemented with greater effort with.

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. 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. this disease is no not only in russia this is a plague spreading all over the world now if the terrorist attacks do happen. some success will come. here i accept your clarification but i meant only that when we were talking about a terrorist threat from outside. the organization or from the 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. 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. its own people abroad for whom the north caucasus is a place where one can gain a reputation 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 think about the situation and the spotlight's. try to find out. hi there well not caucuses is often identified in people's mind in the place of terror and tense situations in the region let's try to find out what has this place became a breeding ground for extremists. there's a number of issues it has to do with history religion economy etc there are many problems and not marry. 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 people who live there however i also think there's somebody behind those conflicts these conflicts are a result of forty minute palatial. has got a question. i think it's inference from abroad and result of special services work what do you think mr. excessively. that's what you just speak to. that gentleman i must have seen you on t.v. saying western secret services and some promise 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 forgotten 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 current. and peculiar traditions its territory giving birth so outstandingly talented people. we have somehow forgotten that prominent think is. 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 then. well 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 us. 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 is of a planet potentially and one of the present or are the issues of secondary importance. or is it because you are on television and you begin with these issues . frankly today i have a function now a messenger from the caucasus with a mission to proclaim it as our territory of russia unique in its beauty nature.

and it's time to face the turmoil. 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 forth 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. for any support from the west part of the world. system 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 apply 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'm ready to be devoted to this 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. this problem. and let's return to where we started it's true that the caucasus is

a region we used to go to for. to. get acquainted with this marvelous culture present terms on could derail went as far as to call chechnya and switzerland. at the same time it's curious that when a project of creating a north caucasus tourist region was presented at the st petersburg economic forum. i was not mentioned there. of course the. 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 the. in. i guess i'm by. no dumb but he is in the

area. man is in the set. in. 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 the state is ready to invest into their infrastructure and grant tax breaks 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 them can deal of and myself have already been involved in developing ski resorts in the czech republic which are when i was a super 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. court and that's it for now from all

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up. the. live from moscow this is r.t. welcome to the program after failing to find a remedy for currency maneuvering and trade troubles at the g. twenty some of the world leaders have headed for japan and while economic strife tops the list of the summit of pacific rim nations as well the leaders also have some territorial disputes which need their attention. the apec meeting well they're here in the yokohama japan where the asia pacific economic cooperation forum is currently going on it's going to be a two day summit today has.