without them the town has lost the local spirit that made it so unique you can't feel it anymore there were just a few local families left. before this syria was like a mantle with so many people know it's like a museum but the spy the criticisms the government adamant that they aren't going to stop. we want to do even more criticism is not always acceptable but if it's a liberal as we accept it meanwhile we're not going to stop the implementation of our projects because of it. that project is attempting to turn to bill e.c. into a modern european style capital but as the old makes way to the new many feel that the town's historical heritage is being which eased to rubble so if r.t. georgia. and we'll be discussing russia's image abroad with a leading french historian that's coming your way in just a few moments together with a recap of the week's top stories. in

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theories some say science is struggling to come up with. asylum policies under fire last year's string of terror arrests. for the spread of an extremist threat. and we report on how people driven from their homes by the war make. their livelihood despite the billions the u.s. is pumping into the country's reconstruction. leading french story and who predicted the break up so as europe will struggle to keep its place in the international arena without russia's help next she tells r t why russia is so misunderstood by the west. everyone got out of the course doctrove history and here man it tastes permanent

secretary of the french science academy and the woman who predicted the breakup of the soviet union in ninety and seventy eight in her book pickle laps of an empire is here with us today bicycle. thank you very much my dumbed down course for your time. in your recent book between two walls you talk of russia can we presume from the title that you think russia still hasn't found its place in the world. of sims was looking is not exactly what the book says is that russia has made these kind of decision but over the past ten years it's been pursuing two different paths rather than one what i've been trying to explain is that after the soviet union disintegrated russia rushed to europe but as you have did not offer a while come since the beginning of this century a russia's foreign policy has been focusing on two directions rather than on one on

the one hand it fall courses on the west on the other hand because it was joe graphical position and decided to position itself as an asian country gives a greater risk and influence in the world has been pursuing this policy for more than ten years now and has broad great success as out of the twentieth century russia's international reputation around the world was not very good but now after the past decade it's obvious that it's been reckoned ver's it's a big change russia has taken a very important step forward and in my pin in this process is irreversible russia has become a world power for voice. in your introduction you raised the question of whether russia should be feared do you mean that the imperial russia and then the soviet union which. europe used to be afraid of are still alive. i think that people in the not only in europe the collapse of the solitude and was not

anticipated it happened overnight many countries primarily those who are to solve it influence the eastern european countries and countries that used to be part of the soviet union but are now independent states did not understand russia and are afraid of it as eastern european countries have become e.u. members they have showed a few years and passed them on to the you say let's russia used to be an empire so why should it seize being an empire and can't be trusted now that is imperial past has been forgotten by now people have already understood that russia is missing its own path but time has shown that georgia for example which has always been saying that it wants to save itself from russia that's why it wanted to access nato it feels that russia will dominate georgia again and look i think it's a few years originate from some kind of misunderstanding of the break up of the soviet union because it was so sudden that no one could adjust themselves to

immediately all the european and priors have collapsed but they collapsed after decades of preparation you were in russia itself was not ready but there was no you don't believe in russia's imperial ambitions to write i don't believe it or i'd rather say there is some kind of an astrologer but that's a completely different saying ok what country can forget overnight that it's used to be a powerful empire but russia has common sense despite the fact that some russians say used to be so good and that is a shame is forgotten about a still russian people and specifically is those in power have common sense and they're to stand too well that it's over and it's russia's future is not to be an empire but rather to build up its reputation and via satellite our rather than. by force. this will be sky king as well there is still a lot of the main access to or types out russian places today. on earth in

accidents because russia has the legacy of the solve it here in industry and it will be marred by this stigma for a long time i come from a country in which the collapse of the empire was a difficult one with bloodshed in the fifty's and sixty's yeltsin sad to take as much as you can swallow and another day he said you're free get out of here many things about fashion haven't gotten the people from godly saboteurs to was dominating under still fear and then got scared of the country or what it was or how or another ability to speak is positively with erlich and try as all this was forgotten it and these new russia was not interested i see it what engine your country are people suspicious of russia i don't know what to say to that or the thoughts of your current president nicolas sarkozy said in his election campaign it's better to shake hands with push than with putin who would you shake hands with . and then you have to all i feel uncomfortable talking about my president

is changed a great deal in he was in love with america was an example of where a believer were that he did not know russia has a hunger and origin and hungary it was a factor but the soviet union to a certain extent and even by russia this is come a long way he chose russia's and i agree with him but it's in europe's interests and in france's interests for cross has always held its interest in relations with russia. and why has the course changed what is these changes related to. answer simply because he realized what's right he's a very smart guy really i should not be calling my president a guy well he's a very smart person or chairman he's very active and he thinks something over he got a. understand things correctly and he took a look at the world and has realized a lot of things over two years with your realize trust that russia wasn't

a terrible clint's we it was a country to be spoken to not let the georgian president help him to he stablished close relations with the russian president and prime minister he realized the dialo our european country is the most important thing to build relations with russia he also realized russia was a european country or at least he didn't understand very well it for us he also realized that europe was no longer strong it was falling out of the history of global relations always going to fall out of it was to be completely cv it from russia his current position which i think is very smart is not the trash it should be part of europe or russia to vast for europe it would not adapt what we need he thinks is a model for all asians but for what why does europe yet russia now. or russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from

europe it's played out in asia even the us city country is refocusing its foreign policy on asia where of the huge countries that will plays a big roles located here in asia or latin america but that's a different question now what is the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest asia if we view europe as a landmass the tweeters to pacific ocean russia and europe are not a whole but if a picture there was an alliance then we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia and i'm not sure russian is europe but europe at the moment needs for russia what i want that. for in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a break. between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations machine door until very recently it

seemed like a great idea but now represent between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians use smart politicians for soldiers and even prime minister donald to ski he was bringing poland closer to russia before the plane crashed the ball and has always been the final frontier of europe russia began after that france here is also in close contact with ukraine the question of ukraine is very delicate given its e.u. accession without exception russia would upset russian you know with poland is a bridge of sorts between russia and europe it's a bridge to russia because it is at the same time a slab it and a european country which could serve for bringing kindness closer russians europe politic russia and ukraine and russia so poland could play a historical role if it in the stance the situation send us well of course so if my

damage on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and the new forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear no i don't email forgot it's just what i was writing about to solve and i didn't even see it as a forecast i looked at the can tweet and saw so many negative and elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule historian if i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy it is to use democracy capitalism it didn't bust in europe's a choice to do that or you do. it within twenty years isn't so easy that i think russia is following the path he chose in one thousand nine hundred ninety one there

have been ups and downs but i don't see any discontinuities so i think we can become a future it started until ignoring the war like you know when the country as it was before if somebody asked you to describe more than russian just three words what would those words be. the frost fun would be mighty which it wasn't ten years ago that was a the second important aspect is that modern russia makes small time nationality actually work multiple nationalities was what killed to solve it you know. that it . would be dynamic. by the time time goes thank you very much thank you.

you are now. in the backyard i know you know a bit we were not omar oh i'm much closer to crop up and then spread all over the country. virtually all terrorists today are muslim do we have the right to make such provoking of statements then do muslim schools have the right to exist. in different or new york city on r t wealthy british style. but i think it's. market why not scandals. find out what's really have.

is struggling to come up with the six. plus europe's asylum policies under fire last years

a string of terror linked arrests mobs accusations the last check sought to play for the spread of an extremist threat. and we report on how in iraq people driven from their houses by the war make the landfill sites their homes and livelihood that's despite the billions the u.s. says it's pumping into the country's reconstruction. and time now for the sporting news with natasha. hello and welcome to the sports update here not seen thanks for watching and here is what's coming up in the next ten minutes. liverpool manager roy hodgson leaves the glove with former red star kandi dalglish replacing him at anfield until the end of the season. better as star season in style edging out of a down going because our open final to claim his first title of the year. and also

russia's junior hockey team are still winning the under twenty world championships in the us. and will begin with hockey as the newly crowned junior well champions are finally back home after spending a couple of days a buffalo airport the youngsters good to dolls their fast fly due to what was described as behavior russia claimed the under twenty well title for the first time since two thousand and three the junior red machine boasting a series of stunning comebacks which saw them beat that month and sweden on their way to the final wedding faced bitter rivals the russians were trailing by three goals at the start of the size of period but full back in style scoring five without supplies for a five three think trade when they finally made it back to the next generation of russian hockey stars received a hero's welcome at moscow's sheremetyevo airport. but all those guys are going

over every mention throughout the tournament will playing better in that it. will reach. we were losing we just all got together some of those. for everyone who loves us informed the only tremendous victory isn't else we've got a great team with great relationships between the players and the. moving on to the kontinental hockey league now well it might save all the new. overall he does despite said these loss to minsk the game and in a shootout many locos still air in the plant which was enough to replace. the table the rest of the school is out there as well scott saying it has been admitted over time for bids and. for two regions long to registered a five three one win over. and spartak moscow defeated struggling beaters by a single goal you're in the capital. now the english premier league where kenny

dalglish has replaced roy hodgson as livable manager according to the club officials the previous coach left his post by mutual called sound. as their as manager last summer but has been under pressure poor out of results recently a home defeat to wolverhampton and a loss of blood and soul the team dropped to twelfth place in the standings just points above the relegation zone fifty nine year old dalglish will take the end of the season in what will be his second spell in charge at tanfield he won eight titles as a player and manager with the reds and also led them to their last league title back in one thousand nine hundred nineteen however dalglish has been out of management for over a decade since leaving celtic in two thousand. and stay with english football where the pick of saturday's third round afaik up action so also will survive against leeds thanks to a late equaliser fabregas the birth of a spot in injury time to make it up to the gun as little league opponents open the

scoring in the fifty fourth minute with another panel they want to draw means there will be a replay to decide the winner else was still also drew the match with cardiff of birmingham where easy when i was at. fault on c. that sad thing the premier league new york city suniel with blackburn posting on their own we know about rangers while sunderland went down to want to notts county more fixtures involving top flight sides. on your screen as well. and staying with football as we had to doha where respect to stop asian cup hosts qatar in the tournament open to the first goal came in the fifty eighth minutes midfielder or do a member of taken over the bow midway inside the opponent's hof to break into the normal range africa so one meal i'm with last on a quarter of an hour left in the midfield a set of a just par with two good vantage away clumsy defensive mistake asia's player of the

year intercepting to tar's fast to deliver a confident finish. to me of course but stopped. and was saying in doha where roger federer got off to a great start to the new season claiming his third qatar open title on south to doing better on stumble on his way to victory which was also his first in two thousand and two lab on the swiss were beating russia's defending champion nikolay davydenko in straight sets six three six four but actually great form i had of the first grand slam of the year the australian open in melbourne. complete the season has already started and gone on the way and i'm already on the board was a title and this one is a big one you know rough it was part of it because that part of it's own has been part of it so that was a really strong tournament to start off the two thousand and eleven campaign and you know. the top ten player not really what his ranking says at the moment he was really injured last year but he seems it's really come back and so i'm very happy.

and in perth being here us to have one big help and pop up to be to belgium had made the final episode on the beach with drew with a injury from a wild spastic justina man first for the one following her straight sets win over daphne maddox sounds father americans were back on track thanks to john isner is relatively easy victory against belgium is not a natural sounds and panned out to defeat belgium in the size of mixed doubles six one six three and the interior. occurred six months. on the greens marcus briere and british open champion louis aust husan share the lead after three rounds of the africa open bria propellants himself through its all thanks to a solid three under seventy on saturday while also to use a card of the four and sixty nine helped by and they go on the fifteenth the local favorite was able to match bri is overall results finishing the day on the park so . watch out adrift while drawing the line i believe the brad going gray stumbled to

seventy second after this triple bogey at the sixteenth hole. over in chile russian drivers retained the lead in the car elite drugs competition while in the bike section helder of drug use was awarded stage six victory despite finishing second the bogies crossing the line behind compadre. was later reviewed as he did not follow the rule over a fifteen minute stop for a few. only spend five minutes at the pit stop the remaining time then added to use result of the drop down to seventh wild or drug use claimed this stage of a trade mark o'mara however retains the overall lead while in the cars category carlos signs one hundred twenty four as the car stage in style extending his overall advantage in the process the action resumes with stage seven the following day. on the slopes sox saloon spindle and. victory in the world cup giant

slalom in adult gold in switzerland the frenchman was down in twenty first place out of the for a strong but managed to dramatically run number two this time of one minute temple in forty nine seconds moved into a lead that would be beaten had been sixth boston in the morning and also improved his results later on which gave him a combined total of two minutes twenty five point eight seconds exactly. equaling in the shah's time elsewhere american tammy jenny finished in a disappointing twenty place due to soon the train all the long haul falls there and i'm here in kabul tonight on top of the giant overalls dandies the spindle is second and rashard knowledge. and finally two thousand and ten ounce all the formation of a new league in russia the country's basque loves united and the professional basketball league why do most of the look at how the p.p.l. is improving.

this is one of the best leagues in europe at least in terms of the playoffs and every tweet just be subtle recently russian plot basketball was like in a structure that was also shaken by juicy referees stand a lasar therefore the creation of the now tone of the street was just a matter of time and modern standards normal to provide a professional competition used to organize the. weave. their marketing. what's wrong with the clubs or. towards some serious decisions the only leak now consists of dan lots from seven different regions of russia the c.b.l. we'd like to extend its geography but so far beyond the gloss that they're rated to be sure of why you might see each team has to bear on different hundred thousand us

dollars and france be at the beginning of the season and there arena should have a capacity of at least three dollars. something so radio looks solid in the d.l.c. for example the leak is very competitive it was only around twenty percent of their results finish and was a wider than ten point margin between the teams but there are just a song for now each has to be equal gains to be shown something unimaginable for well established leaks there is a big problem with sports marketing russia's gross ratings or for sports programs is very poor compared with two scholz somethings programs russian television. and he said that it's not interesting for them to produce distance programs there's been. another big concern over recent years has been the quality free of free. in the game it's called just world from the can't keep this

in the seats against them the league has tried some young officials but so far still can still avoid foreigners to officiate the big games i was there for much else i just haven't said the refereeing was high quality at the beginning of the season but at least it was more neutral i think there should be a competition between the referees as well which would make them better with. the p.p.l. is only healthy year old and has a mountain to climb to make a big spectacle out of russia flop basketball but stab stover's least at the meets and the lead has said that they don't march twenty seventh for its first ever star game but in mr mock our team. that's led doesn't spoil for the moment coming up shortly as the weather stay with us.