to wiki leaks dimitri medvedev looked at the highs and lows of the passing year sitting down in an interview with the country's leading t.v. channels here's some of what he said. mr president but in question on the new start i like one phrase in our henry short story 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 the new start through the senate why did you have a conversation with him so late yesterday was he celebrated their education and all that if you got to. 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 some of the with of course but many. people really 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. to roll again 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 if it happened at that spot to say 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 of them we can use the voting at us and. how do you feel

about polish prime minister adult call in the interest aviation committee report an acceptable neighborhood till it's all luggage the 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 give you a pretty useless and she said 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 are you. made of a thin duty. 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 of 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. spite of being 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 did cops get 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 would we include. them 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 there much can push us around at the time of 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 there. is a problem 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 party of already just. well what he once mentioned it our 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 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 who. or in the whole russia 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 their prominent and others may not well they are famous to both such famous politicians as mystic as young of mr and so of mr lamont 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. and they would like e.u. still says 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 no 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 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 that i said it many times that we're moving towards direct democracy and in some cases the procedures we forgotten about 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. author of

a cold back then bastard 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 the territory of the russian federation the president is allowed to visit them you will get why has no president gone there before well it's a remote place that's true but it's our land nonetheless and 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 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 and 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 new presses deal of. the global media have made the main brand of the year there's no

doubt about that how do you feel about it. but 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 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 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. would be very unwise. 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 a promise that i will do it again. you know when that will happen. short of time is an eighth grader.

recapping the week's top stories here on our team washington give stark the green light throwing the ball to russia moscow has already given its initial approval to a treaty which will see nuclear arsenals slashed by a third the deal was signed earlier this year by presidents president of an obama has been hailed as a major diplomatic breakthrough. wright said i can say asians between north and south korea souls on go in the war games close to the border provokes pyongyang into threats of a secret nuclear war soldiers who reportedly took part in

a show in the south korean island last month said their actions were a response to quote provocation. open and thorough aviation experts back moscow's reported to be a plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but hold refuses to accept the findings more than one hundred fifty pages are reportedly been sent to moscow to tell the world warsaw believes the investigation was flawed . and happening right now freezing rain leads to major delays at flight flight cancellations one of moscow's main airports as the russian capital lies covered in a sheet of ice the first few domestic flights have reportedly taken off though check ins luggage transport and customs are still working manually with no power available. to get the very latest from the world of sports with andrew farmer and i understand there's no stopping a russia's top ice hockey team yeah that's right mentally it might be the coolest have the best record in the challenges just go better with another victory to see more on that plus the latest but will schools from the english premier.

hello there thanks for watching the sports and this is what is coming. high flying magnitogorsk in their incredible december run going in the k.h. . wall like a coach the cold war and rebuilding a national strike could take years after a disappointing twenty ten. plus the boxing day finishes kick off in the english premier league is leaders manchester united. we start there with the continental hockey league we're in for much of the magnitogorsk got we're number six this month they be reaching for this three hundred seven matches that of course could last only once in the whole of. the year the game is next for defending

champions aged over track or to be all about you live came back from behind in school for non-citizens. mobilise five and t. is hoping to start a winning streak at the moment. the one up. to the two new lead at the moment and no goal scored yet between the reader and hugh grant. now twenty ten was a year to figure out for russia's national hockey team there was the shock seven three defeat to canada lympics while a star studded lineup failed to bring home gold at the world championships caught up with head coach we just called him says the next few years will be a rebuilding process for russian hockey. it's been a very difficult year for the russian national team the loss in the quarter finals a billion bucks to the canadians and the feats in the final of the world championships how difficult has it been for you personally is by doing the floor is difficult not to lose not just in sport but as

a rule in life in general it with the most important thing is to make the right moves and to pick your head up and start moving forward again it's a necessary fact of life in order to improve one must also experience what it's like to lose of course the defeat to canada in the olympics was difficult to swallow not just for us but also the team's fans and the country as a whole the world championships we tried to play new attacking hockey and finishing second isn't the worst result in the world and you always want to finish first but that isn't always possible as at the moment there are five or six teams who also want to win gold and count to serve as again sometimes it's important to lose in order to move forward. you a little surprised that the core of course i was surprised that would happen and i would never have expected us to lose seven three in a quarter final against canada when you're in a situation like this when you go behind quickly it's very important to make quick decisions to try and turn the game back in your favor when things are going against

to you one must never start to show their emotions it's imperative to stay calm to try and give yourself a chance but unfortunately it just didn't happen and psychologically we weren't able to compete with the canadians more and more russian veterans returning to play in a cage from the n.h.l. does this mean it's much harder for russian youngsters to break into the national team as one of them on the list is returning to build a national team around the best russian players whether they're old or young or that there are two or three youngsters going volved at the moment at the world junior championships and buffalo you limit your eye will be interested in having a look at once they get back and call them out to the national school. on the other hand these veterans can give these russian youngsters a wealth of experience a great togetherness or put me to play alongside experienced and talented players and it is an invaluable source of support as they're able to teach youngsters so much about the game both on and off the ice after returning to play in russia i

think these veterans understand that it's a part of their job to try and teach their way generational just like how they were told by more experienced players when they were starting out their careers or process has been a long time since russia's produced a player of the caliber of alexander ovechkin or and in a couple children of guinea mao can already have a players out there of the moment you could perhaps become as good as one of these three players which i mentioned last year is to. do have some talented young players the most important thing is that they want to become stars and if they are prepared to put in the necessary work in order to achieve this they've got everything at their feet in order to reach the same sort of level of the three players you've mentioned everything is in their hands the story is only born when a player is ready to become a star on some other talk at them ok shell is now in his first season is this the toughest year of competition in your opinion. it's a very interesting season as i'd say the gap between the clubs is closing i think

this shows that the league is growing in stature and the team is in the game you know development and it's getting tougher and tougher to win the going cup you figure ever so much for your time. now let's turn to the. united have the chance to increase their lead in the english premier league this afternoon they're hosting sunderland and that boxing day fixture at old trafford and they're a goal up with part time approaching witold coring their one man city. is setting up barry for the first people getting the second himself elsewhere wolves that. both clubs are fighting to get out of the relegation zone goalless between mid table things like stoke bolton have a one goal lead against west brom and early a west ham bottom of the table go through cold and cold come from behind to win three one that does mean wolves currently sit at the foot of the table while the late game sees aston villa and. a couple of games were perspiring because of the

weather evidence game against. liverpool. now monday it is chelsea against arsenal at the emirates the blues desperate to get their season back on track they have drawn the last three games but a relishing the chance to start winning again against the gun this is important because. their fight for the. rule. will be. in this period. but i am happy to play the game. we move on moment. to come back to play or were. to do or think doing well awesome have struggled against chelsea in the past couple of years having not beaten them since two thousand and eight or they'll be looking to break that record on monday night with several key players back from injury

including the fabric gas percy. we have mixed feelings because we came out of both games against sergey and man united but it was possible and vat. 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 other team because we are very young side and so it's how we were respond to what happened to our said. that man united. in basketball there were plenty of big match ups in the n.b.a. on christmas day with the first of them tipping off and madison square garden where all five new york starters finished in double figures the next held off the chicago bulls we pick it up in the second quarter one of. two n.b.a. second leading scorer in my study but the bulls would have been the at the.

founding college and pump fake some to put them ahead he had twenty nine and nineteen in the guy straight forward to the plate in the fourth quarter the next on top by six a race thinking give and it's almost but the veteran big man clinging on the saying page with his point guard a question for the bulls one at the other ran on black ice is the guy for the drive to be in one hundred ninety five upon school as a knicks teaching the sollie. elsewhere both of last season's finest going down on this christmas day extravaganza boston sporting game winning streak coming to an end in orlando while the bron james is triple double the heat in los angeles a season high forty. propelled. by wayne and golden state back to back bang for the first time since november the ten. meanwhile i run the

n.f.l. sixteen continued in arizona where the cardinals hosted the dallas cowboys both teams that had a disappointing season and arrived at the playoffs but they're going to end into quite a contest jon kitna has been doing a decent job replacing quarterback tony romo for the boys but this was i would rather forget the veteran pick not once but twice in the whole just interception return for touchdowns by the cardinals nice guy great time on the way to make it fourteen nothing and it would get worse because he took plenty of hits now benching went down with a hip injury looking quarterback steve. and. what he let the boys back into it thirty seven yard touchdown delivery to miles austin gives dallas that they were going to see minutes left however they would do or somehow managed to miss the extra point to make it a three point lead them believable mistake pretty costly because our zona march themselves back into action and field goal position jay feely from forty eight

yards for the way no problem and the cardinals on top twenty seven twenty six. and finally the cricket were england have taken a massive step towards retaining the ashes they bowled australia out for just ninety eight runs on the first day of the fourth test in melbourne and then reply even stone to one hundred fifty seven without loss at stumps chris found that in james anderson but it's getting full with the stage to put the torch in control and then with his back captain andrew strauss finished the day on sixty four now if he cooked the number eighteen runs with the series tied at one zero victory in melbourne would enjoy england retain the ashes to head up the final test. side for me for the moment i'm back with more in to ask.

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wealthy british style it's time to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on. recapping the week's top stories here on our t.v. washington gives start the green light in the hall to russia moscow has already given initial approval to a treaty that will see the nuclear arsenal slashed by a third. threats and accusations between north and south korea souls' ongoing war games close to the border provoke pyongyang into threats of a sacred nuclear war. open and thorough aviation experts back in moscow is reported to be a plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others poland

refuses to accept the findings. and happening right now freezing rain causing major delays and flight cancellations at one of moscow's main airports as the russian capital is covered as a sheet of ice. take flight running. seven pm in moscow i mattress are bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t after months of delay a landmark nuclear cuts deal between russia and the u.s. is on the verge of being brought into force this week the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start treaty was approved by both russian and u.s. lawmakers the state duma the lower house.