the vote. on this matter on this sort of resolution are seventy one days twenty six nays two thirds of the senate president having voted in the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed to. and with this approval russian the us will start the new year with a treaty that has become a symbol of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers i am glad that democrats and republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and it will make us safer and reduce our nuclear arsenals along with russia. both states have some very significant reductions underway over the next ten years the countries will cut their nuclear arsenals by a third down to some fifteen hundred fifty deployed warheads on each side the deal also limits the number of delivery vehicles and launchers but even with those cuts

both russia and the u.s. will still hold more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the new arms reduction treaty is not just in reductions but i think it's also important to say that the significance of the treaty is much larger than the implications for arms control it really does give a lot of momentum and boost to the broader u.s. russia reset and i think puts obama and medvedev on course to cooperate more closely on a whole host of issues and it may well be that this is seen as a turning point in which the russia u.s. rivalry of the past is finally laid to rest for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of his administration the military all living former secretary of state and of defense were calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for us who are sure relations and the message did resonate with many senators every senator knows when you're trying to get things done relationships

matter and the relationship between the united states and russia has been critical since we fought together in world war two and will be contin and will continue to be so this is an on parallelled opportunity to enhance that relationship and to say by signature and by ratification of this treaty that yes the united states of america wants to work with russia despite the huge support the treaty had received on many levels a number of republican senators nearly sabotaged it their actions provoked an avalanche of criticism from the country's top six. already experts who feared that the treaty could become a victim of political games on capitol hill the arguments the treaty adversaries brought up on the hearings ranged from there's no earthly way to do all of this within the time that we have to even more unsubstantial ones like we don't have to have this treaty if we don't have a nuclear treaty with the u.k.

anglin we don't have one with france in the final days of debates on start some republican senators trying to rewrite the deal which would have actually killed it they wanted to take out the line in the preamble which makes the connection between offensive and defensive weapons stuart straight jackets the united states missile defense capabilities but all of those from the military who testified before the senate said the connection between offensive and defensive weapons is obvious they also maintained it's not start that would make the us weaker the treaty itself explicitly says either side can pull out of it if at some point they deem it threatens their national security for russians this new start is about balance and equality and they will be in it as long as the us respects that balance. through the established basis of the contract the principles of equality parity in the

equal and indivisible security of both parties this becomes the new gold standard for the conclusion of our agreements the agreement not only strengthens the security of russia in the united states but has beneficial effects for international stability and security in general in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s. senate has been well come from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now opening a new page of cooperation russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty and would pass it as soon as the u.s. did advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably if you were weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand two nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking toward ending hands to provide their security get a check on our team washington d.c. . and i haven't even the political analysts from the independent institute think

tank in washington says the nucleic steel is a landmark in post cold will relations. they arms control has always been sort of the central. pillar of the relationship ever since the cold war is on and that's still the case because the most important thing in the world is these two huge arsenal which door for any other countries arsenals the treaty does allow russians and the us to cooperate war and i think the general. better relationship is good if there's a potential nuclear accident or something like that as we had in one thousand nine hundred five we had good relations back then and i think that really prevented an accidental nuclear war i think this happens on many senate votes is that they dig in their heels they try to build up the price on what the administration has to pay to get the treaty not in physical cash. but in programs handed out to their constituents and everything they pretend to be on the wind so they can get more

playing hard to get and then when the treaty comes they don't want to be seen as having missed a chance for a historic vote on a major treaty. and you can get much more details on this story on our website ask you doc home plus hundreds of jailed after the president look at those that actually train better he's got more on what's been happening on the streets of the council and more like. now and it's down to the last eleven to become the winning mascot for the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi everything from fans to flying creatures vying to represent russia take a look at some of that team. russia's most famous former agent is making

a new foray into politics as in these old the ruling united russia party he's movement and chapman shot to fame during this summit in the u.s. as one of a number of agents a small between moscow and washington after the f.b.i. and covered every spiraling. out of washed i should say called her new role. it was at this meeting of the young guards organization which was filled with a young audience looking towards a political future in russia that chapman turned up and gave her blessing to the she was elected to the public council of the organization and when she was given the microphone she gave them some words of encouragement. you know so many people who are sunni power fame and money but does all this make us happy probably simply need a positive human emotion is he would be less negativity in society if each of us woke up with a smile now he sees alarmed our close is what matters most if you dream the ability

to use well that might seem a little bit rich coming from the chairman who has pursued quite ruthlessly the goals of publisher to fame and fortune but if we say. do it she says no what she does she may not be the best spokesman ever but as one of the organizers here joked to was wherever she goes she's brilliant for publicity because she's followed by a massive pack of cameras she's certainly very notorious aspiring supposedly uncovered in the us and it was on the chapman being deported back to russia as part of a swap since then you would have thought her coming home with her tail between her legs that she would have been really put into obscurity quite the opposite has happened she's turned into a huge celebrity since then she has been appointed as advisor to one of the one of the russian banks she's traveled to baikonur to see

a space rocket fly up to the to the international space station and perhaps most notoriously of all she says she has been in a number of photo shoots the most raunchy of all being for the russian edition of maxim magazine and her firm fertile figure carrying a reputation before her. so the question really is is she going into politics well who knows but if this organization wanted a p.r. figure they could have chosen a far worse one and a less attractive one than mr chapman. and still to come on the program because for russia's deaf community to back. so it's a sign of the times as the country's millions of hearing impaired people pledge to get that language right now. russian football fans that finding themselves caught in the middle of extreme nationalist notoriety and it's after

ethnic riots were sparked by the death of a spartak moscow son thought to have been killed by a cajun man earlier this month prime minister vladimir putin has been meeting there leading football fan clubs calling on them to resist the influence of the far right . history lesson for an unlikely audience talking to football fans still fuming after the recent clashes with ethnic minorities led to me pushing carefully navigated between giving a pap talk and showing yellow cards but should wish that you throughout its history russia has always had a strong immunity to nationalism and jennifer but now it seems this community has started disliking and you can see that in the activities of the fan movement to nationalistic calls are sometimes heard of the stadiums for the killing of a football fan in moscow allegedly by a caucus this man and his subsequent rallies by seemingly bright policeman prompted days of after nick riots the violence left dozens injured and took the authorities

by surprise it clearly revealed the tensions between slavic nationalists and the north caucasus minorities used to be the czech authority but you know i wouldn't bet ten cents on a russian man who would show disrespect to the qur'an in the north caucasus i don't think his health would stay intact but people from the north caucasus when they move to central russia also have to respect local traditions customs and laws only this way by respecting each other can we fully utilize the multicultural strength of our country. like in any multinational country hate crimes in a forby are nothing new for russia but never before had the situation spun out of control so quickly but groups hounding darker skinned passers by just steps away from the kremlin all the more embarrassing for russia so soon after securing the right to host the two thousand and eighteen world cup. is working very hard to mobilize football. into different nationalist. groups.

doing a lot of progress with a lot of success not to me putin struck a similar note praising fan clubs for their free spirit he called them down to retain their ideological independence and avoid being swayed by nationalism and he sent to score in this particular goal these fans from the same region where the fan suspected murderer came from said that regard most of that in the city football fans in russia have the same event to look forward to for most of the children we waited for the world cup to come to russia for so long put so much effort but there are still some forces who want to prevent the championship from coming to our country hence all the murders and other provocations. while police didn't confirm any such conspiracy theories after intense public pressure rearrested the suspected murderer and opened a fresh investigation while the prime minister criticized the fans for and

supporting behavior he also admitted that the clashes may have never flared up for it wasn't for the corruption and consumer ship involved that the only way to avoid such clashes in the period here is to create a level playing field for every one of a kind of worker or three moscow. news and reefer you tonight for all of its citizens to leave i require political quietism the african state erupted into deadly violence here because you are secretary-general and i won't the situation. becoming increasingly volatile and reese ever turned to civil bunky moon said un peacekeepers were being forced out by the incumbent president after he recognized his rivals election victory more than fifty people have reportedly died to save the ballot. students across italy have marched against university budget cuts are expected to be approved by parliament thousands demonstrated a long road highways causing gridlock saying the reforms would need education would

need education standards will suffer there was some violence and a logo to most marches were peaceful. last with last week's riots we saw several of arrests and one hundred injuries after prime minister berlusconi survived a no confidence vote. on president obama has had a successful day in the u.s. senate on other fronts aside from approving the new start treaty senators boxer a bill to cover the cost of medical care and rescue workers only does made ill by toxic fumes after the nine eleven terror attacks and a long standing provision syncing gays and lesbians serving in the u.s. military to keep their sexuality secret was also repealed approval of the measures a mock significant u. turns for the republican policy which had threatened to block them. you might accept back expect language used by around ten million people to be very well supported but for people in russia communication gets no further than their

own community sign language is still not officially recognized pushkov reports now on their side and struggle. alex econ hear the song. from the family. he had he sings it with his hands or something like. that but it. was. he tells me he speaks the most beautiful language in the world. and so despite living in the world of silence aleksey and his fellow performers put on a show full of life and music. the audience appreciates this theatre of the deaf actors is an exception in the world mostly hostile to those speaking

with their hands. even though language doesn't officially exist all previous attempts to pass a law giving official recognition to the russian side language have failed the problem dates back more than seventy years when sign language was banned from soviet schools in one nine hundred fifty stalin made the situation even worse by calling it not even a sorry gate language unlike what some might think it's not a primitive way of conveying basic information it's a fully fledged language capable of expressing just about anything. you wish. you. the head of the old russian federation of the deaf believes there are more than ten

million hard of hearing people in the country but no interpreters no t.v. channels almost nothing to ease their interaction with the world that's. on is one of four children the only deaf one in the family. this is the thousand beauty shop for the hard of hearing and has stopped interpreter. they may not hear but they're not commute and they love talking.

to. us. i. i after all those who call and hear all the same people it may be just that the music of their hearts and souls is loud but still not loud enough to be officially recognized. as you. are to moscow. flag's george's opposition leader talks to me no burjanadze i was in moscow recently to turns the unveiling of a monument to world war two soldiers listed georgia destroyed a memorial to make way for government buildings despite protests and she's been

telling oksana boyko that whole country has a mission of democracy. just that with the. often one interesting rallies you say your mission is to introduce democracy to draw region to make it more democratic because conflicts with the image of your country in the west georgia is often presented as a beacon of democracy what don't you like about the current version of the children

chrissie. was like. the myth of georgia as a democratic country really exist to a certain extent but it's based on the fact that soon after the rose revolution we really began to bring about serious democratic reforms reformed the bureaucratic apparatus past me was supposed to bring the country on a democratic beeline however unfortunately even when i was in power i was talking about the problems that then existed including independence of judicial power and of the media notions that were already gaining momentum there was also concerned about the issue of decision making when more often than not decisions were taken by a certain circles. people by two thousand and seven and in january two thousand and eight when president saakashvili was reelected for the second term there had been a chance that the saakashvili government and the team would realize the problems

and mistakes they had made in which tried to fix them the credibly though i could see that all the promises they had given about reinforcing democracy were implemented just in a contrarian way i saw the country go towards a bigger monopoly of power more control over the media which i don't like including constitutional changes the situation with business and ministration of justice that does not infer a democratic state because you have been an acquisition for several years for a stroll is the georgian opposition know in your opinion it was like there it's hard to be strong in a nearly totalitarian state program nearly the whole business is under governmental control it's next to impossible to find ways to finance political parties when the media is under state control it's really hard to have my voice heard and convey my arguments to the people when there is no administration of justice it's very hard to protect oneself from slender constantly being dished out board not only from the

government but also from the media under the control nevertheless i believe the active steps that are manifested from time to time are a sign that the opposition keeps on struggling to change the topic slightly haggard to describe the current relations between our two streets russia and georgia. the holes in the globe could not be worse i guess it could have been worse only during the august events during the war indeed it was a tragic phase in tragic days not only for georgia i think today relations between russia and georgia can be described as very bad and far from normal i think the situation will hardly change for the better as long as president saakashvili is in power for a simple reason. in the wispy you has been trying to prove his indispensability through fighting against russia on the one hand he says yes it is necessary to have a dialogue with russia but on the other hand his steps and even statements validate

any normal politically correct proposals i am absolutely certain that russia georgia relations should become normal but that will be possible only when both russia and georgia have respectful lawful let me repeat this lawful interests of each other and when the relations are based on implementing the agreements that will have been achieved them most good in their over and. we have mentioned the war and before august two thousand and eight russia had often expressed concern over the growing military power of georgia what is going on now is georgia stepping up its military potential by reequipping its army or you suggest in europe but not any more just because there are currently no supplies or deliveries of armaments from our western allies i believe it should not be a priority for georgia stepped up its armed forces as an independent state georgia

surely must have its armed forces but they should conform to the standards georgia needs as a priority peaceful development of the country and an ability to defend itself and its interests by no means. should feel that what transpired in the tragic days of august two thousand and eight. they should be aware and be sure not through me or words but indeed that georgia would never use force against its own citizens in a state and no matter how complicated that might be negotiated not in the language of weapons but diplomacy and based on finding a common language. both because before the war many had an impression. i had been the darling of the west it seemed to many in the former soviet union the church it had more chances for transformation including of democracy because the west was assisting not only morally but materially do you think that now that two

years have passed since then georgia has lost its an ecumenical support from the western powers i mean benevolence and readiness to support some programs in georgia there are. a lot of ways but i georgia was kind of a favorite one my see that after the revolution both our government and myself proud because we enjoyed the support of the majority of the country and the west was loyal to us but as a matter of fact during the initial period russia had a sort of let's wait and see stance although positive unfortunately i have to say my main complaint against saakashvili is that he destroyed all that the domestic support that used to be so high in the support from the west as well well the west does back us now but it goes beyond comparison to what we have enjoyed before the war by the support from the west began to do window even before the war because the west saw clearly the democratic reforms were not as quick and right as expected i

remember very well how dubious germany was about the legal system and georgia and the war surely destroyed georgia's your application was in there not have we have mentioned the recent war of two thousand and eight i also know that today he attended a ceremony open a memorial to not the war why did you decide you had to turned the i'm ugly. it's because this war for me same is for millions of people not only in the countries of the former soviet union but also all over the world is sacred so now to destroy a monument is absolute sacrilege some members of my family died in that and the brother of my grandmother still alive in the war for those people the destruction of the soviet who. i mean were. was so painful into salting what is most amazing it was not clear what it had to be done for.

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cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut. cut again this is the headline. of the vote. on this segment on this sort of resolution are seventy one days twenty six nays two thirds the senate president having voted in the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed to. down to the bottom the past few hours the start nuclear arms const treaty was finally pause but the u.s. senate after last two minutes in terms of personal not being by president obama to

we know the republicans to swing the vital votes because welcoming the move as a cornerstone of relations with washington. and other news this hour the news days of russian patrick isn't the country's best known agent and a chaplain to start a political career movement. and as football fans groups becoming infiltrated by right wing nationalist movements prime minister putin says they need to be very to. up next here and also american veterans talk about their missions at war and the regrets they now have. special report coming up right now. there was one particular incident there are still the stories. i wish i could take . we went to an area near.