high is on the lows of the passing years sitting down with the country's leading t.v. channels here are some of those highlights for you. it's . mr president but a 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 a new start through the senate eight why did you have a conversation with him so late yesterday was he still great in their education and all that if you cut. 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. 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 support worth arguing for sure your store with my father when it. had 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 when 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 if it happened at that spot to think 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 voting as the. how do you feel about

polish prime minister donald tusk calling the interested every nation can meet to report an acceptable neighborhood till it's a luggage the 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 did hear. 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 no equal spine it working for you when you negotiate 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 they have a legal service or not they are 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 whether cough ski i see him as the portrait of during grief or oh 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 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 we deal with some on the much can push him 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. 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 at 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 she's. well what he once mentioned it our political system is showing signs of stigma how should we deal with this while you can. but it was michel 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 had in a few of them but it is scary isn't it 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 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 duma some may say they're prominent and others may not well they are famous too but such famous politicians as mr has yano of mist 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 so they would buy 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. after the cerium. 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 it will be brought back into existence but this kind of politics should also be of a different character or of us. 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 what they called 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 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 kaleido is 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 could it was our territory our partners have to understand that. our way to meet new presses. 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 of the 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 issues 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 now 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 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 and 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 diplomat 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 were very involved. thank you for this in-depth conversation we shared 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. be short of time as an eighth grader.

this is our teacher of view of the week top stories washington give start the green light throwing the ball to russia moscow has already given its initial approval to a treaty which will see nuclear arsenal slashed by a third the deal was signed earlier this year by president. has been hailed as a major diplomatic breakthrough. threads and accusations between north and south korea souls ongoing war games close to the border provokes pyongyang to threats of a sacred nuclear war and soldiers who reportedly took part in the shelling of

a south korean island last month said their actions were the response to provocation. opened fire in aviation experts back moscow's report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but poland refuses to accept the findings over one hundred fifty pages have reportedly been sent to moscow detailing where walsall believes the investigation was full. of a story happening right now freezing rain causing major delays and flight cancellations at one of moscow's main airports as the russian capital is covered in a sheet of ice the first few domestic flights are taken off to spite of major power cuts. ok it's out of school now it's a wintry old world out there andrew is no measure to see those trees the bending of the ice and the way let's not talk about us talk about the sports talk teams ending the year in style yes yeah that's right of course cruising the ice in russia shall we say while many united states controller in the english premier league i go to

all the scores i'm results just after this. hello day you're watching the sport and this is what is coming. high flying magnetic course to keep their incredible december run getting in the can. russia could be called for and rebuilding the national side could take years after a disappointing twenty ten. months do you know if you keep hold of top spot in england after a victory over something. you start though with the continental hockey league where informatic magnitogorsk of got wind number six this month left him in three to a magnet schools could now only last one in seven games in the whole of december and the early game today measured numbers because next week are more for two defending champions and guys that you try to store their forty's with so you sell

about a live came back from behind and scored for an ounce of gold to be to mobilise five to twenty iscar got a second win in a row with victory over the baddies haven't got a good win on the road of the denominator for the nama riga got the better if you grow over time. will stay with their ice hockey because twenty ten was a year to forget for russia's national hockey team there was the shock seven three defeat to canada the lympics while a star studded lineup failed to bring home gold at the world championships. caught up with head coach who just love because he says the next few years will be a rebuilding process for russian hockey. what's been a very difficult year for the russian national team the loss in the quarter finals of the lympics to the canadians and then the defeat in the final of the world championships how difficult has it been for you personally is by the way it is difficult not to lose not just in sport but as a rule in life in general that 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 at the world championships we try to play more attacking hockey and finishing second isn't the worst result in the world 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 can do so but again sometimes it's important to lose in order to move forward. when you a little surprised that of course i was surprised that what happened 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

here one must never start to show their emotions it's imperative to stay calm to try and give yourself a chance but unfortunately this didn't happen and psychologically we weren't able to compete with the canadians more and more russian veterans are 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 is one of them on the list as the 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 who are involved at the moment at the world junior championships in buffalo who i will be interested in having a look at once they get back and call them up to the national scored. on the other hand these veterans can give these russian youngsters a wealth of experience. to play alongside experienced and talented players 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 part of their job to try and teach the new generation just like how they were taught by more experienced players when they were starting out their careers this has been a long time since russia's produced a player of the caliber of alexander ovechkin or and guinea mark in every other players out there but moments who could perhaps become as good as one of these three players which i mentioned largest years. we 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 a star is only born when a player is ready to become a star and one that will get them ok shells now in his first season is just the toughest year of competition in your opinion at the 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 teams in the care channel are developing and it's getting tougher and tougher to win the going cup figure ever so much for your time. well let's turn to the football now in manchester united states top of the english premier league after two know when i was suddenly and on boxing day berbatov going to twice at all to ensure they stay two points clear of rivals manchester city. have a score twice for them as they've been newcastle three one i think james's park was meanwhile prop up the table after they lost to wigan and west ham being fallen away stoke got a signal when a black person and bolton got the better west from their villa have just kicked off against spurs its goal this there after about twenty minutes and a couple of games were the stones because of the way that evidence game against called off ice was blackpool says liverpool. well that win by united puts the pressure on arsenal to get a result against chelsea on monday at the emirates the gunners are five points off

the top of the hoping to beat the blues for the first time since two thousand and eight we have mixed feelings because we came out of both games. and united but it was possible. there was not the difference between the teams and so we have a great opportunity to show got in the coming months and sure is where i believe over room for improvement is bigger. than your the team because we are very young side and so it's a whole room we respond to what happened to us. and united chelsea meanwhile are trying to get back to winning ways they've drawn the last three games in a slip to fourth place in the table but a relishing the chance to put things right on monday night is important because.

in the fight for the title i'm really one who think the team can remain. i would 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 moment we are able to come back to play our football and to try to do everything to him staying with what might have started the pre-season early this year with new coach should he get us nyan saying reinforcements are needed for the next campaign he replaces u.t. szymon he was sacked at the end of the season i think guiding the railway men to fifth spot and europa league place last night here and took spot and i was at the same place in the same season and it's been casting is i over the squad the worst in absentees during the latest crisis including most of the foreigners and first choice strikes me psyche of a cousin of john has made it clear he wants to bring in some new faces. when

without question the team needs somewhere enforcements they can come from the outside as well as from the inside and the internal structure is the main thing we're focused on right now as well as getting players physically ready for the training camp. plenty of big match ups in the n.b.a. on christmas day with the first of them tipping off a madison square garden where all five starters for the new york knicks finished in double figures as they held off the chicago bulls we pick it up in the second quarter one of raymond felton who's twelve assist the n.b.a. second leading scorer my stoudamire but the bulls would have than they that right there is rose finding colors. by some base the buzzer to put them ahead by two he had twenty nine and nineteen you'd get a straightforward nineteen late in the fourth quarter the next on top by six runs thinking give and go with her thomas but that from big man clearly not on the same page with his point guard the costly turnover for the bulls while at the other end chandler ice is the gang with the drive to the real one hundred ninety five the

final school as in weeks continue to look solid. elsewhere both of last season's finest going down on this christmas day extravaganza boston's fourteen game winning streak coming to an end in orlando followed from james's triple double lifted the heat over the lake is in los angeles a season high forty four by kevin durant's held i go home to city to home when i would go back to back games for the first time since november the tend to fall to. the n.f.l. how was weak sixteen and that continued in arizona where the cardinals hosted the dallas cowboys both teams having had a disappointing season in the right in the playoffs but the game turned into quite a contest jon kitna has been doing it decent job replacing injured quarterback tony romo for the cowboys but this was a gang rather forget the veteran pick not once but twice a year for both interceptions return for touchdowns by the cardinals in this case greg going all the way to make forty nothing and it would get worse for

a kid he took plenty of his and eventually went down with an injury so lucky quarterback steve mcgee guess what he let the boys back into it thirty seven yard touchdown delivery the mavs are still giving dallas their third straight with under two minutes left however. they somehow managed to miss the extra point to make the three point lead among believable mistake and prove costly because arizona march back and put themselves in a field goal position jay feely from forty eight yards for the win no problem on the cardinals to my own top twenty seven twenty six. and finally the cricket were england have taken a massive step towards retaining the ashes they destroyed iraq for just ninety eight runs on the first day of the fourth test in melbourne and then replying them stormed to one hundred fifty seven without loss at stumps christian private and james anderson getting four with his to put the torch in control and then with the captain and the straps finished the day on sixty four and i was to put it in the big runs in the series start at one zero victory in melbourne in retain the ashes i

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top stories mark t. his review of the week starts the greenlight throwing the ball now to russia. given its initial approval to a treaty which will see. threats of accusations between north and south korea so. close to the border provokes pyongyang into threats of a sacred nuclear war. open and thought of aviation experts back.

into the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others poland refuses to accept the findings. and happening right now freezing rain causes major delays at one of. the russian capitals covered in a sheet of ice. for the domestic flights up and running that. mean that the number of people still being affected. welcome this is r t it's no nine pm here in moscow. with our top stories from the week for you and after months of delay a landmark nuclear cut steel 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 was approved by both russian.