he did a really good job i agree with you under rather difficult conditions he managed to get this important treaty approved in the senate. like i said our security for the next few years will be based on this treaty and in general i can say that it's easy for me to work with president obama because he can really listen and hear he's not impeded by stereotypes what's probably the most important thing for a politician so he keeps his promises he's kept his promises as regards to the new start as regards the w.t.f. and as regards the ratification of a very important treaty on nuclear cooperation and as regards various international issues so i hope he gets a good rest he did a good job and i told him so yesterday i said barack have some rational. level with . people rarely remember what a past event pluto smelled sounded like the year two thousand and ten so one event that i will remember i think it was even more vivid for year how did you find out about the crash of the polish air force one near smolensk and how did you react we

will support for worth arguing for share your story with my. hand. it was a difficult day i was in some petersburg at the time it was a saturday and i was planning to have a break then my aide told me about what happened or i was shot it always comes as a shock taking in news of this kind you feel shocked and sorry for the people who were killed and this time to add that it was the entire polish political elite gosh it happened at that spot to think it seemed mystical and hard to believe that it turned out to be true nonetheless our relations with poland have gone a long way since then i mean while things were very complicated i think that our relationship is less complex and i paid an official visit to poland we talked with the investigation still has to be concluded of course it can't be politicized to serve as a reason to stop blaming each other we have to listen to all parties involved and accept the conclusions made by international agencies then there is the internal

investigation of them we can use looking at us a little. how do you feel about polish prime minister of. coal in the interest aviation committee report and acceptable. i would rather think that his evaluation was emotional and the result of occurrences in poland's internal politics of poland he shouted that communal mentality is shattered which is understandable because it was a real tragedy but it can't affect our relations and it can't lead to the results of the intergovernmental committee and the investigation into the incident being politicized and if you. just feel why did the government in spite of a tradition that has been going since soviet times admit that spies court working for russia the incident made it clear to me that russia has no legal spine it working and there are a few switches. anyone working for our special services is first and foremost

a russian citizen they're not cannon fodder or heroes that the state is willing to sacrifice if the soviet union or perhaps even russia has not talked about them before then it was a mistake on the government's policy our main goal in that situation was to get our people out and we did that because as i said they were russian citizens i recently met with intelligence officers and i told them that we will continue doing the same thing in the future if anyone from the intelligence service be at the legal service or not or in a difficult position if these people defend our interests as for the service it can be different legal or illegal if a country claims that it doesn't have an illegal intelligence service it's usually a lie either that or the country in question is very small and doesn't have any serious geo political interest or. spite of putting a bit about her cough skiing i see him as the portrait of during grief road business community every businessman does what he is accused of but how tough skin

alone takes the blame he and his associates maybe do you think our judicial system may have been too hard in these people would you think about that as a lawyer and as a person food we included. but here let me tell you what i think is the president with no government official and this includes the president has the right to state their position on this or any other case until the verdict be it an acquittal or a guilty verdict has been voiced with this is perfectly obvious that would deal with some on the much can push around at him on the most tragic events this year was the massacre of civilians in a village near the investigation into which highlighted the deep corruption between the police the authorities and criminals there were similar a cure in says elsewhere how can this be tackled mr medvedev down there. but it's an important subject and i'm glad you brought it up there is crime yes and there is. option but i believe we've cut off the people who were obviously

criminals the situation is different to the level of regional and municipal authorities there are people who still live by their own code that's why we need purges not the same purges as those which took place in the one nine hundred thirty s. but we need to cut off those people from power some of them are members of the ruling party but that does not mean the ruling party or any other party should turn a blind eye to it on the contrary we need to bring them out into the light expel them from the party to strengthen the parties or thorazine she sed. he once mentioned it our political system not showing signs of stigma how should we deal with this while. but it wasn't just with us parties must feel responsibility for the authorities they've received a major political party united russia should not just rain but also show intelligence tact and power it should appoint the right people pushing back the corrupt ones and those not willing to work at all or punish them other party should also participate in the discussion at all the issue was the fact that they

represent opposition does not mean that they're isolated from societies life only or they should be speaking openly about all the issues we have to identify what are the reason i see the. russia's political life is dominated by you and mr putin what do you think we have any other promise in politicians if yes then probably you would like to see one is your ally and maybe you see serious rival in somebody else who don't want to be your city or who. or in the culture there are such politicians in our country you even know some of those names i cannot but mention such distinguished people as heads of the factions of our state duma indeed they are well known politicians and there's no irony in my words these are people who have worked in russian politics for more than a decade they're also renowned politicians outside the state do anything some may say they're prominent and others may not yet but well they are famous to me but. that famous politicians of mystic as young as ten and software still amount of

mystical spot of their well known politicians are usually people have different attitudes towards them they have so to say their own electorate but they're also public figures but the greatest resource is the resource we don't talk about but i think as a talented people from our country that's where future presidents prime ministers and deputies are now our country has a lot of time for their political. still say things in official political system is one thing but at the same time street politics is being promoted having most disastrous consequences as we have recently seen you said that we must not allow such a mass happening on the streets and on the whole it worked could you tell me if a police response is enough in a situation like this. there that she may have. the answer is obvious of course not the police must work precisely quickly and effectively in some cases acting harshly and according to the law i think that

today are going to see here soon to be known as the police who have demonstrated those qualities in a number of cases despite heavy criticism regarding the work of our interior ministry but if it's obvious that we cannot use only the police or a system that we should come up with a comprehensive response politics should not move on to the streets but that you politic should have its own channels of expression that may also be street politics i only if it complies with the existing laws we have rallies demonstrations and picketing for that one too there should be certain permissions there is direct democracy which in all of that i said it many times that we're moving towards direct democracy in some cases the procedures we've forgotten about that will be brought back into existed somewhere but this kind of politics should also be of a different character. to us. i wanted to ask you how you felt about japan's reaction to your visit to the curial islands. well what about making sure nothing. changed for me the japanese seemed to him. what they called back then

pass a dirty work. well i'm sincerely sorry that i was the reason for a break in his political career that was not what we aim for i'm not sure now what he will do but let me remind you that all of the south could use the territory of the russian federation the president is allowed to visit them you can quickly get the why has no president gone there before he you know well it's a remote place that's true but it's our land nonetheless and we have to develop a good ally that is to ensure that the people there live well i promise that to the locals i told them nothing about and then said deputy prime minister should go out of the work that he's still working on and we will send other officials to the curls of the boat but this doesn't mean we're not ready to cooperate with japan but we welcome any initiatives on joint economic projects and of them and taking into account the historical events that took place there and you can manage we are ready to work with them but this doesn't mean that we will give up the corals are terra trade each our partners have to understand that. our mere our way to meet new birth

or the global media have made wiki leaks the main brand of the year there's no doubt about dead how do you feel about it. and. a sort of what's been revealed is interesting some things were quite surprising you know you're afraid of wiki leaks why would i be afraid of the department of state might be offering with not me but they might try to box here well if i was scared of what people might write about me i would never go into the internet or want to television some other person who achieves this kind of responsibility has to understand that people don't praise the authorities too often and probably for a good reason taurus's have to work efficiently which is what no i'm not afraid of what people might write about i mean the voice as for the consequences of the publication might have an effect on other countries really but not on our relationship with the rest we don't understand the general attitude of the media or the public we get that information from television and newspaper open source is the enemy at the end so we saw nothing new let's see if this reminds me of the story that happened to. soviet diplomat he served as ambassador in a european country and had been granted an audience with the queen after the

audience he sent a cable back home saying the queen asked me about dissidents i had to bring her down a peg that's what happened to diplomats of all they show each other how tough they are moving labels on it later every profession has its own rules our diplomats write to each other to everyone's entitled to their minute of things including ambassadors and diplomats. thank you for this in-depth conversation we sure have been you here on behalf of our audience it would be naive to see we hope the next year will be better but we just wish you had been you year . thank you very much i would like to say that i wish you a happy new year to a promise this of will do it again you know when that will. you have to say he showed us. the. right thank you you thank.

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market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report on. the top stories russia's approval of the nuclear treaty with america waits while lawmakers spend the holidays while they go the conflicting points of the u.s. senate resolution. give each other a christmas roasting with a squabble over. the festive decorated tree. season's greetings across the atlantic and encourages russia's opposition parties to show some competition as he wraps up being quizzed by leading to check. on kevin i would more world news for me in fifteen minutes but it's got to cross that friday

night sport. hello and welcome to our sports update a look at the top stories. and familiar face looking as the most school coach the sermon returns to the nama keep you up to signing a three year contract. playing for pride moscow region claim a tough year early various which could help them qualify for the last sixteen states. and the steelers are just a win away from clinching the a.f.c. north division title and the first round playoff by pressuring be found first. let's start with some football news though coming from the sun cereal well not the we'll be taking over managerial do you do is at intimate along the controversial move follows the highly publicized second. needless forty one year old then out of

the house had to stand so with. a civil law and during his playing days and also managed the side last season but now the brazilian is back and sincere old is going to help these fellows and all still trouble with us find their rhythm and to sit seventh in the table and are thirteen points adrift of an argos full my club in the hands of the sciri the contract officially begins on december twenty ninth and runs through to june twentieth twelve. men will be back on familiar turf as well after signing with do not like key of the sixty three year old returns to the club he worked at from may two thousand and seven through to december last year so men led denominate to the ukrainian league title and the u.a.e. fuck up sammies before joining russian premier league side look much for a couple of years they finished fifth on to his charge in twenty ten seven was sacked at the end of the season and is now back to ukraine on a three year deal replacing by lady gaga. the former manager of another moscow side

says scott. now over in england chelsea and arsenal are preparing for monday's dubay of emirates some of both teams aiming to end their respective bad runs the blues have drawn the last three games while winning just won within two months something they are planning to change as important game on views late because. both both the mario involving in the fight for the title everyone i think the team can win this game will be excited game my things in this period. but i am happy to play this game because i think that. we move on after the bad moment and we are able to come back to play our football and to try to do everything to him the gunnels men while have struggled against chelsea in the past couple of yaz having not beaten them since two thousand and eight so they will be

looking to break that record on monday with several key players be fabregas salmon per se man them returning from injuries we have mixed feelings because we came out of both games against sergey and man united but it was possible and. it was not the difference between the teams and so we have a great opportunity to show that in the coming months and to show as well i believe our room for improvement is bigger than any other team because we are very young side and so it's how we respond to what happened to us. and that man united. transfer news now and in spain barcelona have officially unveiled their latest signing twenty four year old dutch midfielder abraham affably the form of p.s.v. eindhoven player joins the catalans on the for the hof here deal for an estimated

three million euros twenty four year old underwent medicals on thursday and put pen to paper on his deal on friday after lay has won thirty one international caps with another one's scoring two goals for the orange. and staying in spain was a case of real madrid spacek meeting the club's president and all for a noble cause took former and current galactica stars in action in the spanish capital raising money for their respective charitable foundations world cup winners he cared to see a sounds in addition saddam were all in next and along with portugal's most capped player allusion to go sit down and figure out how been enjoying retirement the two thirty eight year olds teamed up to show their competitive spirit still intact reales current goalie can see us unable to hold down the fort against the veterans stephen lost five for their real winners where they play as charity organizations though will raise funds for the last privileged. the we came out here today to help

the efforts of lewis and the kim this match was for the children and i believe we have to host these types of events as often as we can get them on the hardwood him key were able to salvage some pride as they defeated zol gary said overtime in the euro league the moscow region man were already mathematically out of the top sixteen contention but ground out a tough ninety three eighty nine victory flank for having a huge day for the home team scoring thirty five points grabbing eight rebounds while drawing fifteen fouls from the opposition man to us tell me it is going to be the biggest scoring contributed for the visitors the guard added twenty four points and was one of only two players in double figures who when i could not be decided in regulation with the game going into the extra session tied at eighteen one langford keeping his star shining with late heroics including a three which shield the game ninety three to eighty nine sell greece lives to

fight another day though staying on course for the top sixteen. elsewhere he told us three does claimed the last available top sixteen spot with a road win against to borna a basketball arena named after the late local legend dr batch of it stung. yes the house which that early lead slip away it's obama could not stop right assassin school turned up the pressure in the last quarter for a ninety four to seventy seven victory show lamb lost a fenerbahce the other game winning rate us advanced due to a superior had to had records. no surprises stay side and then a foul as the base broke steelers dominated the struggling carolina panthers across the board think two thousand and eight champions are now just one win away from securing a fast round playoff bye and are closing in on a.f.c. north divisional title if he has more goods were closing in on the a.f.c. north divisional title but the steelers needed

a spark after scoring just for our offensive touchdowns in as many games then watch this bergeron company able to remedy those issues in the second quarter mike wallace with a forty three yard touchdown kids to make it to nothing the steelers moving the ball and will against the free fall and carolina team emmanuel sanders coming up with a catch and i were showing mendenhall to power through the line from up close and increased believe shown suisham and the field goal for twenty to nothing half time lead a great connection did little to rejuvenate the panthers rafa's were getting into the end zone himself by a quarterback sneak in a good twenty seven to three the finals the steelers can tie up the if the north if the baltimore ravens lose their way to cleveland on sunday night alternatively distillers would have to beat the browns themselves on january second to give the silverware gorski are key and finally where the first of a k. wanton amount has been held in the moscow region ukraine. captured the king's crowd

while russian giant can get off was knocked down in the first round and robert for the now has more. years of him dissipated and was rewarded when one of the world's major mixed martial arts brands came one one and made it to russia mr legion post is the first ever international k. one event the king of kings tournament. no wrestling no grappling just the ultimate or if kicking and punching day one is where different standup quitting techniques like kick boxing karada in white tie and one ring. for me of the scale one style kickboxing style. was. very very good but still i think my modified style and the tournament style that i like i won the most this time around and i'm a living legend for tuncay one good champ and that's the coolest was to man the

dutch for other youngsters month. but a legend in your corner was not enough a source of money to a two ton careen champ then the man moved who won by decision. that the president of the i told him for the almost from the start that it would russia . and bust that big back over time and have the bowling ball but he got. with remove quota for on sunday night it was raining will keep books and chant then but it was a real clean breast there was next who's the most the crane in was quick to set the record straight against princely to no downs forced the referee to stop the flow. of the bowed between japan's hiroko holy and russian giant could be in your aloft recalled the epic battle between david and goliath however in this case says men

are in the los mess one out of to bill russian alexi who didn't have easily made his way to the samis last visit but john still pay wait. it came down to the final four where who spade vary but was it a little place a big heap of trouble in or lost the queen in juice probably the only tactics that could have given him the edge loci takes and he's been worked forcing a lot of to give up the fight in the first round so long he would have been very silly of me to trade punches with all of a plus it was important to finish in the soonest possible of three fights a night that's exhausting i should have saved some energy for the final. meanwhile the two thousand and six world cup tie books in kent then alexei couldn't prove he's blessed by knocking him and moon out in the in moments later including we're back in the ring for the final rumble concentrated in conscious best describe

the first round. there are enough to dislodge him. in the second although the most powerful looks feat and aggressive and fluid of the two x. rounds both judges and crowd dealt a marathon blows him but it was bundles and over no one really tried to keep ground on the not just its creed that russia finally hosted a k. one invents as i always feel the hole here i had to win here and i did and i was just the first step on my way to the top of the world in k one possibly go as well but for now on our two miscarriages. and that's all for me for now the weather forecast is coming up next stay with us. culture is that so much different and there's a huge percentage share my. feelings against christians leaving the holy land and

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hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. on our team tonight russia's approval of the nuclear cuts treaty with america waits while lawmakers spend the holidays mulling over conflicting points in the u.s. senate resolution. sending out congratulations across the atlantic and encouraging opposition leaders to be a little bit more active these are just some of the topics covered by the russian president during his wrap up off the year interview to the head of russian television channels. and despite the russian tradition of celebrating christmas eve on the sixth of january catholics here in the russian capital have gathered inside

the catholic church of immaculate conception to celebrate the birth of christ. for a good evening from moscow who just joined us my name's kevin zero in this is r t and our top story the level moscow time russia's lawmakers have launched their debate song ratifying the nuclear arms reduction treaty with america after it won backing in the u.s. senate the lower house of parliament already given its preliminary approval it said to finally sign off the deal of the new year the most being held as a diplomatic victory by presidents but veteran obama artie's katrina groucho vors across what's happening here in moscow. seems so the russian devotees a very optimistic and also along with the all the americans they've been celebrating this tremendous victory the final ready for cation of the new strategic arms reduction treaty on capita.