he's done a good job he has pushed this important document a new start through the senate why did you have a conversation with him so late yesterday was he still great in their education and all the things he cuts. know he's away on holiday it was quite late when we talked after eleven pm our time like any other person he's entitled to rest he's on his christmas holiday but i think he can rest with the realisation that his rest is well deserved 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 to you and hear you he's not impeded by stereotypes and what's probably the most important thing for a politician he keeps his promises he's kept his promises as regards to the new start as regards the w t o 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 rest now. with. people rarely remember what a past event looked smelled sounded like the year two thousand and ten so one even did 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 you'll suborder worth arguing for sure store with my. hand that the general in 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 i was shocked 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 that it happened at that spot to. it seemed mystical and hard to believe it turned out

to be true nonetheless our relations with poland have gone a long way since then anyway things were very complicated i think that our relationship is less complex now i paid an official visit to poland we talked with the investigation still has to be concluded of course it can't be politicized or 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 course them we kind of looking at us a little bit. how do you feel about polish prime minister adult call in the interest aviation committee report an acceptable neighborhood till it's all luggage therefore i would rather think that his evaluation was emotional and the result of occurrences in poland's internal politics poland is shattered their 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 but i get it. pretty useless. why did the government in spite of a tradition that has been going since soviet times admit that spies court were working for russia the incident made it clear to me that russia has an illegal spy networking very few. 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 who are out 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 geopolitical interest or. teach us by opening a bit about what are called ski 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 to blame he and his associates negative 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 we concluded. with him but he let me tell you what i think is the president 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 this is perfectly obvious that would deal with some of the markets can push us around at the time of the most tragic events this year

was the massacre of civilians in a village the investigation into which highlighted the deep corruption between the police the authorities and criminals there were similar a curan says elsewhere how can this be tackled mr medvedev on the ocean well i think the problem is 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 party of already here. well of course of course you once mentioned that al political system is showing signs of stigma how

should we deal with this while eating. bottles michel's with us parties must feel responsibility for the authorities they've received are 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 the other party should also participate in the discussion of all the issues the fact that they represent opposition does not mean that they're isolated from society's life they should be speaking openly about all the issues we have to identify what are the reason here i see the meaning of we 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. 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 and 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 duma some may say they're prominent and others may not yet well they are famous to such famous politicians as mystic as young of mr and software still a man of mystic as part of their well known politicians 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 that these are talented people from our country that's where future presidents prime ministers and deputies are now our country has a lot of talented political. by key you still say things in official political system is one thing but at the same time. street politics is being promoted have been most disastrous consequences as we have recently seen you said that we must

know no 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. they're the cerium and yes 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 tear soon to be known as the police have demonstrated those qualities in a number of cases despite heavy criticism regarding the work of our interior ministry it's obvious that we cannot use only the police force we should come up with a comprehensive response politics should not move on to the streets but that politics should have its own channels of expression and that may also be street politics only if it complies with the existing laws we have rallies demonstrations picketing for that but there should be certain permissions there is direct democracy which is normal i said it many times that we're moving towards direct democracy in some

cases the procedures we forgotten about will be brought back into existence but this kind of politic should also be of a different character. i wanted to ask you how you felt about japan's reaction to your visit to the curial islands. well what about me nothing has changed for me the japanese seem tense. a lot of take hold back then bassett are. you going. 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 lose the territory of the russian federation the president is allowed to visit them you would get why has no president gone there before well it's a remote place that's true but it's our land nonetheless we have to develop the catalogue and to ensure that the people there live well i promise that to the locals i told them that and then sent deputy prime minister chevelle off to work

that he's still working and we will send other officials to the corals but this doesn't mean we're not ready to cooperate with japan we welcome any initiatives on joint economic projects taking into account. the historical events that took place there we're ready to work with them but this doesn't mean that we will give up the corals as our territory our partners have to understand that. our way to meet a new person. in the global media have made the main brand of the year there's no doubt about that how do you feel about it. but as 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 afraid not me they might try to but you know if i was scared of what people might write about me i would never go onto the internet or watch television the person who has this kind of responsibility has to understand that people don't praise the authorities too often and probably for good reason the authorities have

to work efficiently but no i'm not afraid of what people might write about me as for the consequences of the publication might have an effect on other countries relations but not on our relations with the u.s. we all understand the general attitude of the media and the public we get that information from television and newspapers you open sources so we saw nothing new this reminds me of the story that happened to a soviet diplomat he served as ambassador in a european country and had been granted an audience with the queen but after the audience he sent a cable back home saying the queen asked me about dissidents i had to bring it down a peg that's what happens with diplomats they show each other how tough they are putting labels on everybody every profession has its own rules our diplomats write to each other to everyone's entitle to their minutes of fame including ambassadors and diplomats. who are very and. thank you for these in-depth conversation we shared a happy new year on behalf of our audience it would be naive to say we hope the

next year will be better we just wish you a happy new year you three number of kids will. thank you very much i would like to say that i wish you happy new year to a promise that i will do it again. you know when that will happen short of time isn't it. wealthy british soil it's time to visit but it's. hard to. find time to find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline used to mean to cause a report.

to. brighten. some from funds to pressure in some. ways for instance on t.v. dot com. the historic arms reduction deal between russia and the u.s. goes ahead in both countries the lower house of russia's parliament voted to give initial approval to the greens on friday after it was approved for ratification by the u.s. senate a few days earlier. tensions fly high in the korean peninsula as pyongyang threatens a sacred nuclear war if seoul carries out more war games speaking on state t.v. the north troops have accused the south of provoking them into attacking the island last month. or so questions russia's findings in

a plane crash which killed the former polish president ninety five other people the way the leaders brother claims the body buried him go doesn't belong to you but experts say ask in doubt that if there are investigation. those will top stories of the week up next we bring you a sports highlights with andrey. hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up. the latest from the kontinental hockey league where atlanta defeated nama paul straight wins. last in england the busy festive period begins is chelsea prepared to face arsenal in the big guy. also low enough unveiled their latest signing dutch international with fuel that you put him after leg. start though with the

kontinental hockey league where atlanta good form continues beating western conference leaders dinar moscow three nil for their fourth way in a row fiddle to the world over the break of the hosts elsewhere service tells me talk to one for their fourth win in five and there were no problems along the line steve. lessing twice in their sixtieth rushing to. prove their worth in the twenty two defeats in thirty five games this season. let's turn to the football now where i did have the chance to increase their lead in the english premier league on sunday they host sunderland in the boxing day fixture at old trafford and expect to welcome back plays hit by flu man david h. and anderson have recovered from their illnesses the united topic christmas for the first time in four years and could go five points clear of are still in play chelsea on monday sunderland who is six face a number of selection problems they'll be without danny welbeck who is on loan from

united and is not allowed to face his parent club while cattermole be suspended and join mensa is it. meanwhile to see if he could go top themselves if united slip up roberto mancini's men are two points off the top in play away newcastle but the city boss says he feels his captain collis tevis should say sorry to the club's fans the origin time had. said he wanted to leave eastlands and then in a dramatic u. turn decided to stay and cheney says on the club's website the fans still love him but he should apologize but another games on sunday spurs travel to fellow wolves take on we're going to poke love by trying to get out of the relegation zone often inside west face following her only for everton who beat city last time i think it's same table teams blackburn in head to head the prize package so far this season bolton and west brom face each other the bolton boss owen call saying that seventh place in the table is well deserved. to see where we are where there are

a mirror because we're going to. suggest that we should probably have more points more with after this point. because his mind is what we can affect is what's in front of us and to do that we need more of the same stance against west brom books and. so on monday it is chelsea against arsenal at the emirates with both teams aiming to win their respective bad runs the blues have drawn their last three games while winning just one in two months something that desperate to change is important because. in their fight for the. team. will be excited game i think in this period. but i am happy to play this game be groovy. we move on after the moment when we are able

to come back to play our football and to try to do everything to him as for the gun as they have struggle against chelsea in the past couple of years having not beaten since two thousand and eight so they'll be looking to break that record on monday with several key players back from injury including the rb flabbergasts and van persie. we have mixed feelings because we came out of both games against. man united but it was possible. there was not a difference between the teams and so we have a good opportunity to show that in the coming months and to show as well i believe our room for improvement is bigger than any of the team because we are very young side and so it's a whole respond to what happened to us is. that man united. in other football news leonardo was the new manager it into milan after rafael benitez

was leonardo has had two students within his arch rivals ac milan during his playing days and managed the side last season but now the brazilian is back at the san siro to help his former foes he signed an eighteen month contract into won the treble last season under good in rio de six seven in the table. also back on familiar to his former locomotive manager u.-t. schumann he returned to manage the nomic kiev after leaving them two years ago during his last time in charge he led the training league title for a cup semi before joining russian premier league side locomotive sherman was sacked by the railway men at the end of last season and is signed if you do the normal replacement. transfer news now in spain barcelona have officially unveiled their latest signing twenty four year old dutchman feel that. the form appears to be. the cattle hands on a four and a half the deal for an estimated three million euros twenty four year old underwent

medicals on thursday and put pen to paper on the deal on friday has won thirty one international caps with the netherlands scoring two goals for the orange squad. yeah speak also with a lot of players a player like. but the big. players there they play very well. and they told me that it is the. best club in the world and. one when the contest was. in the was for me a dream. i was staying in spain because it was a case of rearming traits past missing the club's present and all for a noble cause top former and current galactica stars in action in the spanish capital raising money for charity well when is justice and the things it down where an action along with portugal's my feet go down and feet go have been enjoying the time that the team thirty eight year olds teamed up to show that competitive spirit is still intact by reality current goalie cassius unable to hold down the four

against the veterans as his team lost by four real winners though for the place charity. who came out here today to help the efforts of luis and the care this match was for the children and i believe we have to host these types of events as often as we can because some martial arts now where the first of a k. one tournament has been held in the moscow region and explaining more is robert the done. years open dissipate and was rewarded when one of the world's major mixed martial arts brands he won one zero and made it to russia most diligent host of the first ever international key one event the king of kings tourism. no wrestling no grappling just the ultimate or in keeping them punching day one is where different standup wedding techniques like the books in karate and white tie collide in one ring i.

was. doing very good but. this time around and i'm a living legend for tuncay one world champ and the host was cool man. but a legend in your corner was no no to a down to time korean champ in the man mood. reza. i thought after the war from the start that it wasn't reza. but it was stepping back over time and had the. police removed quota for a night it was raining will keep books and chant then. clean breast of mr who's the

most the ukrainian was quick to set the record straight against prince a leap to no downs forced the referee to stop the flow. of the bout between japan's hero and russian a loaf recalled the epic battle between david and goliath in this case says merit in the los mess one out of to bill russian alexi who didn't have easily made his way to the semi's visitor but john still pay wait. it came down to the final four where who spade. placed a big heap of trouble in or lost the queen in twos probably the only tactics that could have given him the edge loci kes and he's been worked forcing are loath to give of the fight in the first round so it would have been very silly of me to trade punches plus it was important to finish a soon as possible three fights

a night that's exhausting i should have saved some energy for the final. meanwhile the two thousand and six world tight books and jen pan alexei couldn't prove he's cool as by knocking from men moon. out. in a moment later good and we're back in the ring with a final rumble concentrated in two shoes best described the first round. at a slight edge in the second although the most powerful looks beat and aggressive in the third of the two x. rounds both judges dealt a good marathon. but it was bundles of no one really trying to keep. the knot is great that russia finally hosted a k. one event as i always feel the hole here i had to win here and i did is just the first step on my way to the top of the world in k one. r t. a tough sport that is to say seem to be jolly and

a bit silly say hey ray some regs say actually in a way they take it quite seriously hosting the annual no we can radiate racing championship and they can move to a reindeer power in reaching speeds of sixty kilometers an hour and see which crank champion for twenty ten and says will definitely be back next year the fact this title. congratulations to him that is always spoke for. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future covered. download the official location to i phone the i pod touch from the i.q. saps to. life on the go.

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glad the democrats republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress to start treaty. storage arms reduction deal between russia and the u.s. goes ahead in both countries after washington's political games threaten to stall the agreement. and in other news this week tensions fly high on the korean peninsula as gang threatens a secret nuclear war if so continues to provoke it with war of war games near the disputed sea border. force of questions russia's

findings on april's plane crash which killed a former publisher president but afterward say moscow has conducted a thorough investigation. watching our team going to live from moscow i'm reading josh welcome to the program this week the new nuclear deal between moscow and washington was given the nod in both countries to the lower house of russia's parliament voted on friday to give initial approval to the agreement which will slash the site's nuclear arsenals by a third it was approved for ratification by the u.s. senate a few days earlier following months of political wrangling russian lawmakers will continue the debate in the new year over the graphic ation documents produced by the senators these commit washington to missile the fan system and modernizing its nuclear arsenal but did not affect the main body of the treaty the deal was signed in april bye bye.