reform agenda i think that the russians that would return to the pre-crisis time when oil prices were increasing by double digits i think that we have seen a number of reform structurally recently and i'm afraid that if returned to the series of double digit increase in oil prices these positive elements that we have seen in the structural reform agenda might die. all right jonathan or in about twenty minutes.

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a human voice face to face with the news makers. it's four thirty pm in moscow good to have you with us here on our team here headlines russia slams the e.u. and us for attempting to influence the trial of. former oil tycoon awaits sentence after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars. passenger frustration grows as moscow's ice covered the airport struggle to cope with the flow of holiday travelers officials say they're doing their best to ensure that the flights take off on schedule. and two years after israel launched a large scale assault on gaza killing more than a thousand palestinians survivors say they're still living in a cage the strip remains blocked off by israel with tight control or ever

everything going in and coming out. russia's deputy foreign minister has recently returned from a visit to the middle east up next he tells r.t. it's time for the world community to step up and get the peace process between israelis and palestinians back on track. like some of the luggage in the midst of sultan of you recently visited syria and lebanon who you met the leaders of these two countries you also met how it must show in damascus when you said to israel since mint policy in the ok i did lens was the main stumbling point so the resumption of palestinian israeli talks does russia have a clear vision of how to get out of this situation. it's true that israel sitzman policy in the blonds has become an obstacle to the resumption of direct palestinian is really talks. i should say that the present

situation is shown the need for the international community to step up its participation and assistance in the solution of the palestinian problem it has become obvious that the way this problem used to be solved until recently and the means in the methods that we have turned out to be insufficient that is why russia is calling for a more active international effort or does it all about it's about increasing a collective contribution to the peace process first and foremost it's necessary to increase the significance and raise the effectiveness of the international quartet of peace brokers that's exactly why we have called for the earliest convocation of a new ministerial meeting of the international quartet with the aim of not only discussing the start of school but also for pondering jointly i'm profoundly involved should do to prevent the peace process from entering a critical stage we should see how we can make the quartet are more effectively in

what ways and to what means. to overcome the arising obstacles and prevent the settlement from being frustrated i think this meets the interests of all sides of israel and the palestinians in particular in the long run we are talking about the final settlement a settlement that would lead to the creation of an independent palestinian state naturally the security of israel and all the other countries in the region should be provided but time is required in this type of mobilization for us if the aspirations of the palestinian people are to come true. ok mr sultan of russia has recently proposed convening a meeting of the international quartet do you think it's really going to take place or are you expecting any problems that the plane. as we can see from our contacts with special envoys who are members of this quartet

everybody is determined to hold such a meeting and have a serious discussion at the moment our task is to set the date and choose the venue for this gathering. which russia seems to be greatly concerned with this problem do you think that the quartet should play a more profound role in the settlement in fact this means that weakening of the us stance after the latter refused to exert pressure on israel and make it stop its policy of building new settlements in the arab territories do you think that the quartet will be able to find a way out of the situation. to go to the whole situation is proving that the sole efforts by the united states are not enough to make progress russia's permanent approach in fact is that it's easier to find a solution to complex international problems through a collective approach who should be unbiased and should take account of the interests of all the parties involved in very sort of conflict.

do you think that the united states of america has exhausted its done potential. you. know we don't think the united states has exhausted its potential simply speaking i have already said that the us possibilities should be complete with the possibilities of other key players outside the middle east region such as russia the united nations and the european union these should be combined in coordinated steps but we should think how to work the whole thing out and what kind of proposals we should make. that i think you know how effective and you have you have been the recent calls of the russian leadership on the international community so you know actually recognize a palestinian state within the boundaries of nine hundred sixty seven. but there are those who would that that would agree first of all the main objection of the middle east settlement is to create an independent palestinian state within the

boundaries of one nine hundred sixty seven with possible territorial swaps this is a solution a formula which is accepted by the entire international community the fact that calls for the recognition of such a state have recently become more active is on the one hand indicative that a number of countries are dissatisfied with the current situation. on the other hand it underscores the inevitability of this ultimate goal of achieving peace and resuming the negotiating process. as you know shortly after the palestinians are names the creation of a palestinian state russia recognize the fact of this announcement and the palestinian state itself. the embassy of the state of palestine is located in moscow the russian embassy operates in the palestinian territories this makes it evident that russia and the palestinian side of a common view of the fight the palestinian people should have their own state which

should be recognized by the international community. but he. is really prime minister netanyahu issued instructions to all israeli diplomatic missions to exert pressure on all countries that are planning to recognize the palestinian state do you think that this will further aggravate the situation the nation with the. you know every state has a sovereign right to make its own decisions if a country decides to recognize a palestinian state it's a reality that should be reckoned with at the. as far as i know president medvedev is planning to visit israel and the palestinian territories in the near future many think it's going to be a historic visit to the palestinian lands will the russian president make any proposals to the middle east region. but if they should visit definitely he will dimitri medvedev is forthcoming visit to palestine israel and jordan is a major political event. it will have great importance both for the region and for

producing a positive impact on the current extremely complex situation in the middle east and certainly it will be important for our relations with palestine israel and jordan with one of the visits main goals is undoubtedly to contribute to the creation of favorable conditions for the resumption of movement towards peace a comprehensive peace in the middle east and an atmosphere that would make this peace process irreversible. the second vital aspect of this visit will naturally consist in strengthening our bilateral relations. russia has formed and developed friendly relations with the palestinians the israelis and the jordanians cooperation in various fears is developing and we hope that the visit will give new impetus to this project. but going back to the quartet role

i would like to ask you about tony blair's role in the quartet the latest wiki leaks publications avoid him do you think he should be replaced. i think that as the quartet special envoy he's carrying out a very important mission which primarily concerns assistance in finding a solution to the economic and social aspects of the situation in the palestinian territories well i think we should assess the effectiveness of his mission by the final result and his activities and therefore said directions and the assessment should be made by all the parties in the quartet that either take part in it or have a direct interest in the quartet's work. but. what kind of the united states and the european union have recently adopted a new pact of sanctions against iran do you think that iran is in fact taking steps to bring the position closer to the u.s. special envoy george mitchell has recently made a trip to the region the members of the quartet and russia in particular i don't

form the americans about the latest progress in the region did george mitchell manage to achieve anything during his trip. unfortunately we still don't know anything and by the results of mitchell's last trip we hope that our american colleagues will brief us in greater detail on the trip and its outcome. at the company mr sultan of that my last question to you is anything going to change in the middle east and russia's view. as the saying goes hope dies last we should have an objective view of the situation we shouldn't fall into despair but we shouldn't be too optimistic the most important thing is take a scrutinizing book of the problems encountered by the peace process and work together including the parties concerned i.e. israel and the arabs towards the solution of these problems with an aim of achieving our common goal which is i repeat

a comprehensive palestinian israeli settlement. that. thank you very much for your interview.

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. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports news and here are the headlines. these on the fire chelsea suffered their first english premier league defeat against arsenal for two years as the gunners go second for the three one win at the emirates. wolli shootout defeat to deny my moscow are beaten by a top aide for the second time this season and missed the chance to go second in the k h l standings. russia's star cruiserweight denis lebedeff suffers a stunning first career defeat after a split decision against marcos. let's start with football and also have ended their poor run against chelsea and boosted their own title credentials after winning three want at home to the blues to go second in the english premier league

just two points behind leaders manchester united. alex song five began as a head on the stroke of half time lead off to fifty one minutes the old walcott student said probably guessed to make it to milk following a mistake by michael essien and alice just two minutes later it was three male florham believe it was courting possession and fabregas said i will call it but it's not evanovich quickly headed in a d.d.a. drugs a free kick to give chelsea hope but also held on for an impressive win a column i'm sure lot of sides have now picked up just six points for the last eight games and stay for six points off the top spot. meanwhile here in russia a lot of out of moscow have started their pre-season early with new coach you had a cousin saying reinforcements are needed for the next primary campaign the forty seven year old has replaced hootie sherman who was sent to the end of last season after guiding the elemental fifth spot around the right by me place took spartak now to sixth place the last campaign has been casting his eye over his new squad

most of the foreign stars including first choice strike at the need to secure for absent that has made it clear he wants to bring in some new faces. without question the team meet some reinforcements so they can come from the outside as well as from the inside and the internal so actually is the main player we're focused on right now as well as getting players physically ready for the training camp. moving to the ice and i was going to have failed to go second in the kontinental hockey league after losing three two in a shootout at the run vesting was home saw get the winning shot for the host the muscovites night had also just one no two thoughts in the previous games in other matches a locomotive had no problems in their picture at seven thousand as they beat in five goals to one in the moscow region dobby a double in size in. the pitch s k y c three nil. to american football now where the green bay packers has stayed on track for the

n.f.l. playoffs after thrashing the struggling new york giants forty five seventeen at home let's go straight to the second cool turn where the giants tied the game at fourteen holes in the line manning through and eighty five yards a touchdown pass to mario manningham but it all turned around in the next two quarters aaron rodgers back from a concussion in one yard touchdown pass to don't overly extend the packers leads to thirty one seventy five minutes left in the third period and just sealed the win the five yard t.v. party drunk you need a way through the fourth to make it thirty eight seventeen to the home side green bay eventually went on to try forty five seventeen to meet a giants clinging to fading high off hopes. there was a now about a game in chicago between the bears and the new york jets where the home side themselves in contention for a playoff bye after benchley win and end to end game thirty eight points to thirty

four chicago lead to ten mil at the end of the first quarter but squandered their advantage to travel twenty one ten for the close of the second however the bears fought back and were in front thirty eight search one at the end of the third period and they held on to edge their opponents in the seventh grade games despite the loss the jets did to conserve their playoff place to jacksonville north to washington. i would about see now where dennis never that's recent loss to reigning champion hockey still causing shock waves after russia's biggest hope and the cruiserweight division suffered his first ever defeat bust that decision rabbits that i knew on reports. the last moments of the brown belt w b o cruiserweight belt with seek funding jump in market hawk versus russia's big open division in east living not stepping back liberty is sure the title isn't he sounds not to want to force the issue but how to use the title but the judge just sleep

next to me controversial decision general feeling was that had clearly done more i . suppose but i think of w b o experts will consider the video of the whole barracks with the whip and early in the new year they will make a decision concerning a possible rematch between libby devon hug plus they will look to get explanations from the supervisor and have all three judges of the badges in written form this but it's. a major disappointment his professional record is now twenty one wins and one loss by over the thirty one year old school so fickle what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. frankly speaking we overestimated hockey right up to the end i expected him to push forward in iraq and that's why i just held myself back trying to save energy that's why i didn't hang on the ropes after the end of the fight i was still fit i wasn't exhausted at all. i was knocking at the door and the

door open but i didn't come in it's just not this fight was all about her me i could have finished it several times but i didn't go for it it was my mistake so i'm far from blaming anybody it's all up to me i was thinking over there about a lot i hope it made me stronger and more experienced i've learned much from this fight and i will do my best to become tougher. next time. got better than you might be the fact is that according to the world boxing rankings after winning this battle marco hawk who had been number one became number two. who lost still moved upwards in the rankings due to dennis is going to be true popularity since the fide we've already received one hundred seventy six letters just from germans who were totally bewildered at the judge's decision and wonder when they will see levodopa fight again. according to levitz manager but he may not be missed may soon take part in a so-called super six tournament competition between the top boxers of the

cruiserweight division including market heart and there or anywhere else a rematch between these two is a matter of time. worth more than your mark t. . now the dakar rally the most prestigious and probably toughest driving insurance race in the world will start on january the first one is aries and russia's six time we're now ready made check in now as the czar of dhaka is one of the favorites consenting but that path reports. well everybody will be recovering in new years the best cross-country drivers will be starting a sixteen day journey from boy in a circus however the commerce muster team is facing some problems before they have even started due to extreme weather conditions their plane question while landing in moscow they had a foot race press conference. he was near did some earlier while landing at a moscow airport the plane had hardly touched the runway but it was so slippery

that we slid into a field theaters thankfully no one was injured and everyone was very happy when we finally reached the ground much an emotional. however this incident hasn't affected the team's determination to win the dakar rally for the tenth time this is the thirty third edition of the legendary off road wally and the third successive time it has been held in south america with a number of participants increasing dramatically over the past three years. and in the area of hardy computer school tried to see the role of the way the russian team . had been changed in a bigger part of the wind desert on the desert country was on a par with the famous epic in the desert where they go where we used to take place . before only a few each one from us team has now added one more crew the so-called junior team which for missing twenty six year old driver did what he call it behind the wheel. go at it and i just missed a bit but it is much first of all i need not to break the track them go the

distance and get to the finish line safe and sound i have a lot to learn so i'll be keeping my eyes wide open it's my first drive. the first from my mechanic is where it is going to be extremely hard at the same time basheer interesting to look at a new generation of do i was busily tour a troll in the corner and herring in junior team is a new step for the good that has me in participating in the rally for eighteen years. frankly we've never had any competition within our own team we have one aim for the team we must perform well with as many trucks to gain as many medals and mostly if we fight each other we could allow other teams to win our tactic is to win as a team and we help each other to achieve this is the tactic we've been using through the years and we'll keep on doing it as we did in twenty tears the commerce team won the first to use race for the ninth time in the top dog cart and his colleagues are determined to make it detailed between this year and same but out of

archie. finally there's some good news for russia's athletes wrong professional after sports most of the talent announced at around one point four billion u.s. dollars were spent on sport across the country next door. the trick is that only a youngster would have had a state budget for twenty eleven forty three billion rubles will be spent on sport in general of course the bulk of it will be on a profession. sports so it was almost a third of that money will be spent on them it's a sport for that right now we have around twenty five million in russia people who do support on a regular basis is always the main goal is to increase this figure to twenty eight million. digits and that's a list sports news for this by phone or. download

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