that goes and one other accidents of that year was a democratic president cops know being a democrat a bum is different he has 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 if he cuts. no 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 it 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 will support worth arguing for sure your store 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 i was shocked it always comes as a shock taking in news of this kind you feel shocked and sorry for the p. . all who were killed and this time to add that it was the entire polish political

elite because it happened at that spot too 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 i mean when 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 can use the whole thing at a sort of. how do you feel about polish prime minister donald tusk call in the interest aviation committee report an acceptable neighborhood till it's all luggage that's what i would rather think that his evaluation was emotional and the result of occurrences in poland's internal politics poland is shattered the 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 and she should use 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 annoyed by networking you've. made over a. 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 we have

a 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. spite of putting a bit about her cough 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 to harden these people would you think about that as a lawyer and as a person would we include. but here let me tell you what i think as 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 someone that much can push 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 and 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 he once mentioned that al political system is showing signs of signees how should we deal with this while you can. 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 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 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've 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 well they are famous to such famous politicians as mr christiane of just in and sort of mr lamont of mystic is 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 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 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 for police response is enough in a situation like this. after the cheerio. 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 with the 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've forgotten about that will be brought back into existence but this kind of politics should also be of a different character or else. 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 allow them is a territory of the russian federation the president is allowed to visit them you know 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

carolinas 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 there he's still working and we will send other officials to the colonel's but this doesn't mean we're not ready to cooperate with japan we'd welcome any initiatives on joint economic projects taking into account the historical events that took place there you can manage we're ready to work. with that but this doesn't mean that we will give up the could territory our partners have to understand that. are we to meet a new person. in the global media have made we can leaks the main brand of the year there's no doubt about that how do you feel about it. but as some 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 is 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 you know 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 us we don't understand the general attitude of the media and the public we get that information from television and newspapers 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 her 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 unwell. thank you for this in-depth conversation

we should a happy new year on behalf of our audience it would be naive to see we hope the next year will be better we just wish you a happy new year you think number of years roll. thank you very much i would like to say that i wish you happy new year to i promise this i will do it again. you know when that will happen. short of time as an eighth grader. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms of. the future are covered. discoveries.

communicate with the wind. and become free. nature's can give you. the week's news here on our team that is stored arms reduction deal between russia and the u.s. goes ahead and both countries the lower house of russia's parliament votes to give a vishal approval to the agreement friday after being approved for ratification by the u.s. senate a few days earlier. tensions high on the korean peninsula as pyongyang threatens a secret nuclear war of seoul carries out wallboard speaking on state t.v. the north groups have accused the south of provoking indictment with tacking yongpyong island last month. and warsaw questions russia's findings on

a plane crash that killed the former polish president and ninety five others the leaders brother claims the body buried in krakow doesn't belong to like a chance to but experts say moscow conducted a thorough investigation. with the news in fifteen minutes and your farmers up next though with the sports update stay with us. hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up. the latest from the kontinental hockey league where atlanta had a full straight win. last in england a busy festive period begins and chelsea prepared to face arsenal in the big. boss alone up unveiled their latest signing the national with fuel that you put him

after they. start their with the kontinental hockey league. good form continues beating western conference leaders dinar moscow three nil for their fourth way in a row a fiddle to the world over the break of the hosts elsewhere service tell the top leader to one for their fourth win in five and there were no problems along the line to see. nothing twice in their six no thrashing go. through the worst record in the twenty two defeats in thirty five games this season. but still into 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 mandeville and anderson have recovered from the illness is the united topic christmas for the first time in four years and could go five points clear of arsenal you play chelsea on monday sunderland who is six face a number of selection problems they'll be without danny welbeck who's on loan from

united and is not allowed to face his parent club while leave them already suspended and john 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 and play away newcastle but the city boss says he feels his captain collis tevis should say sorry to the club's fans the argentine 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 in other games on sunday spurs travel to vello wolves take on we're going to both love biting to get out of the relegation zone bottom inside west face for them their only for everton who beat city last time i mean table teams blackburn instead head to head the prize package so far this season bolton and west brom face each other at the bolton boss owen call saying that seventh place in the table is twelve as

a. start 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 kind of. game my thinks in this period. but i am happy to play this game because. we move on after the moment we are able to come back to play

a world full blown to try to do or do things to him as for the gunners they have struggled against chelsea in the past couple of years having not beaten him 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 fiberglass percy. we have mixed feelings because we came out of boys' games against sergey and man united but it was possible and back. 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 and i believe our room for improvement is bigger than any other team because we are very young side and so it's a whole room where respond to what happened to us in the end in man united. in other football unusually in our day with the new manager it into milan after rafael

benitez was sacked leonardo has had two stints 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 one hundred goals in rio de six seven in the table . also back on familiar turf is former locomotive manager u.t. szymon 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 walk a mighty sherman was sacked by the railway men at the end of last season and is signed a three year deal with nominal replacement. transfer now in spain barcelona have officially unveiled their latest signing twenty four year old dutchman feel that. the form appears to be. the cattle lands on a four and a half the deal for an estimated three million euros it 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. blues a plea. for the. blues the blue. and told me to. globe in the world and. no one. from you dream. was staying in spain because it was a case of past meeting the clubs present and all for a noble cause top former and current galactica stars in action in the spanish capital raising money for charity well cup winners. and the things that down were an action along with portugal's most. go down them for you have been enjoying retirement but the two thirty eight year. teamed up to show that competitive spirit is still intact current goalie cassius unable to hold down the four against the

better as his team lost by four real winners though for the place chats and. who came out here today to help the efforts of luis 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 because some. first of a k one tournament has been held in the range explaining all the dang. years often dissipate and was rewarded when one of the world's major mixed martial arts brands came one one and made it to russia most the region host of the first ever international event the king of kings tournament no wrestling no grappling just the ultimate or if kicking and punching ok one is where different standup pointing to freaks like to book seem karada and white tie collide in one ring. me up oh this guy who wants

to. make very good but still not modified at a tournament style that i like i want a mouse. in him a living legend for tuncay one world champ and that's the hoost was cool man for dutch for other youngsters money but a legend in your corner was no no to a two ton korean champ in one min mood who won by decision. pressure. i thought after all the war from the start that it would reza. but it was stepping back over time and had the boy. but he got back. with remove quarterfinals on the night it was raining will keep books and chant then. of those around real clean breast there is next who's the most the crane in was quick

to set the record straight against prince a leap to no downs forced the referee to stop the full length of the bout between japan's hero go holy and russian a loaf recalled the epic battle between david and goliath in this case says merit in their lives mask 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 spader it bubbles around health place a big heap of trouble in a lot of the green and probably the only tactics that could have given him the edge loci kes and he's been worked for singer love to give of the fight in the first round the longest it would have been very silly of me to trade punches with all of 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 type books and jen pan alexy couldn't prove he's cleansed by knocking out to the end moments later and putting war back in the ring for the final rumble concentrated in coach's best describe the first round. had a slight edge in the second although the more powerful look feat and aggressive and third of the two x. or around judges and crowd belted the american bells. but it was bundles are all real funny try the king's crown on the not just it's great that russia finally hosted a k. one event as i always feel at home 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 possibly gorge for a bit for now on r t. in my tough sport now it is the season to be jolly and

a bit silly saying hey raise some bring the reg see actually in a way they take it quite seriously hosting the annual norwegian rabia racing championship and they can move to a reindeer pountney reaching speeds of sixty kilometers an hour and see who was crowned champion for twenty ten and says they'll definitely be back next year the fan is titled. congratulations to him that is all sport. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world

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he. and the democrats republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty. reduction deal between russia and the u.s. goes ahead both countries after washington's political gains had threatened to stall the agreement. in the weeks other top stories tensions high on the korean peninsula as pyongyang threatens a secret nuclear war if seoul continues to provoke it with more war games near the disputed seaboard of. warsaw questions russia's findings on the april plane crash

that killed the former polish president but experts say moscow conducted a thorough investigation. three pm in moscow i match reza giving you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t this week the new nuclear cuts deal between moscow and washington was given the nod in both countries the lower house of russia's parliament voted friday to give initial approval to the agreement that would slash the sides nuclear arsenals by up to 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 their debate into the new year over ratification documents produced by the senators these committee washington to a missile defense system and modernizing its nuclear arsenal but do.