received this tremendous hospitality from you. and the people of russia on our arrival yesterday today. we were given. such a welcome that. is going to remain in our memory for a long long time it's an official. when i list of them so you know before six zero but begin to mean you see that when we're going to. be six of us begin before she took your money but if you don't you want to make. to. push on and it's ok if you continue to get in bed. or join a club raise your mood. i meet homage on a vote that of the moment more to their job or to join to be of want to

stand before their argued was just about getting. jon lieberman of the. regime would admit of it if. i did i'm one of the. reason that. but his agenda. i would like to thank the people of russia and the president of the russian federation for the contribution they are making to the development of ghana stan. and we have a constructive dialogue we are discussing all pressing issues we are making progress on matters like fighting drug trafficking i'm not. going to turn you on yours of course the situation in afghanistan he's very important to us and we discussed a during our meeting but. we are not just close

neighbors. we are even closer because. we have cultural and historic day i'll use and ties that bring us together in. and we will do everything to develop them further. down russia and afghanistan copper raid on. preparing training the afghan military off your serious we have students attending russian schools of course we discussed the possibility of expanding the scupper ation and we hope that russia will help us to transition the responsibility for security issues by twenty fourteen to the afghan government

so that if kenya stan can take care of itself in the future. and we feel confident. that the russian president and actual he already told me that russia will continue to help of kenya standing is difficult work. it has for some other issues russia can also participate and make a contribution like any other country. so we discussed russia's important role in training specialists and military officers and regular students also developing by let's roll trade and foreign investment. that a russia can have in afghanistan so we can expand the least of our joint

projects all these things are important we want to restart some vital projects that we have launched a long time ago. but this is what we discussed during the talks. and i expect that our respective agence is in the two countries will continue working in all these years he is in short ladies and gentlemen i'd like to tell you that of kynaston is very happy and very satisfied with the current level of relations with the russian federation. of course we would like to expand our relationship further because we do have a good potential. to coppery and to advance together. have guinea standing east. thankful to for russia's help of course we feel the support of rush once again i would like

to think you all for your hospitality it you extended to mean my delegation. i would like to invite you i would like to invite mr president to visit of ghana stand come on an official visit to afghanistan we would be very happy he would be great owner for us to receive unit ghana stand in the future think you very much well as president of my question it is to the president of afghanistan or the associated press you say agency which did you discuss the matter of drug trafficking and fighting drug trafficking together junior talks and if so how did you reach chaining grievance thank you. yes. we did talk. about

countering the. illegal drug trade which we will continue this during our working breakfast. and will have a detailed discussion of this subject. now question from afghan journalists who quit but. the president. my first question to the russian president war i've written what they think of american doing now today not going to find the repeating of them mistakes that you did in the past your country did in the past. what did think a future american fourth of in afghanistan and my question from. why this new page of relationship now why we need it now and also what you would have picked asian on

military help from russia. possible. thank you later. you know which. are which and you might believe that of course we're following closely here everything that takes place in afghanistan. where you're following the exhibit is solve the u.s. or national forces and you can see videos of the americans and i told mr president today. that we wish them good luck in their mission. and should eventually go but my hope that this will it will benefit the people of afghanistan and a regional security but a of them at the same time. you might remember that we should not only for follow the situation closely but margaret we should also help us help these processes.

and that's why the russian federation has made a number of decisions on helping afghanistan and the international forces there. on the heel so that the international forces in foreign troops will machine to receive you get that on the support i mean cargoes transmit a third to the russian federation now yes for mistakes you know it is obvious. that the only person who doesn't make any mistakes is the one who doesn't do anything. and of course international forces and some nations do make mistakes from time to time walk of them i believe that every time something like this happens there should be an investigation.

if. we discuss sheesh if you are asking about some strategic mistakes or some significant defects i think it would be premature to give such an analysis at this point let's look let's see what happens after twenty fourteen when afghanistan is taking care of its own security so i told mr president that we expect that and finally have ghana stand should be able to provide security and independence. through its own resources and the russian federation is ready to support have ghana stand in this matter with all it can but in general for the future i would like kohl the international forces present in afghanistan all foreign troops . to you have accomplished their role their responsibility is with

supporting peace and stability in afghanistan eventually they should leave it ghana stand with warner anything that ignatz eager and if this happens this would mean that they have accomplished. their mission. and this would be good both for of his stand and for the entire region which includes russia. very very. apt. response mr president. but on the question of the afghan russian relations. relations between afghanistan and russia are among the oldest awful relations that afghanistan has with any country in that russia has with any country if these relations are dated back to the priest soviet union days they go back to actually eighteen

made it thousand nine hundred. nineteen century. ganesan in russia know each other very very well culturally and in terms of history it in terms of. so shouldn't political understanding of one another. the current phase of relations is. especially important because it began in two thousand and one. inspired off the presence of nato forces in afghanistan in those of the i saw of forces in afghanistan. in two thousand and two. i had a visit to russia as i had visits to other countries of the world and since then there has been a steady miss trying to link and improve been to relations primarily

because. russia also shared. the concerns and dangers that the dentist office and the rest of the world shared in that part of the world in afghanistan and in parks on and in the region as a whole and also because russia understood well as you just heard the president made a bit of talk about the need for afghans on stability the need for afghanistan's progress into a silv reliant country and and and government so relations are not new relations or old we are adding to the strength of this relationship in view of the country ality in the view of the good will and good in the standing shown. by the russian federation tours of ghana stan and in view of the fact that we are. neighbors not only close neighbors but next door

neighbors and the expansion of the sort of this ship is only good for both countries and for the rich and. right. so there we have it that news conference regarding the visit of afghanistan's president hamid karzai to moscow today and for his part president medvedev said that we would like to continue developing trade and economic ties between the two countries russia would like afghanistan to be independent wealthy and prosperous state and i would cause we're having a constructive dialogue and we're confident that russia will continue to help afghanistan through a difficult period and of course those behind the scenes talks will continue particular the subject of illegal drugs trade and more in this throughout the day here on r.t. it's time for the sports update. hello

and welcome to sports day it's good to have you with us start as always of the headlines. but on equipment some of them are just proves the forefront of the christina maria sharapova also wins on day five of the australian open. for pleasure and also for it before frightened off an easy victory these are vietnamese. there's a three way tie at the top of the leaderboard run to classic. tennis and settle on a course in it's always free to fall friend after beating form australian open champion justin hannah in straight sat scores and saw the caymans of imagine having only one of three of their previous eighteen encounters the russians game producing some excellent tennis to take the first set six four of

a second proved to be one tightrope there and went all the way to a tie break however they. held a nerve and claimed victory and i forced my point to move fruit around for what she'll now face will still be a warm and. good girl so many ways that i don't know i just i don't even know who was who do you have i was there in the remember how i just had to fight every point and i was trying to go for shots you know not to wait for mistakes even found she did mistakes. yeah i remember the last four so i had to go and i thought i missed but it was pretty happy with. a top seed caroline wozniacki is also fruit with a minimum of fuss but then including to get two good for dominick's the bulk of our and she's sure they'll be in straight sets six four six three. as nowitzki has yet to drop a sense at this year's champion. film. the seer so vast over twenty

year old looks for her maiden grand slam title. who had a very good narrative around how to get there events since i last saw her in sydney last week you know with their knees and ask you another issue is through on fire. you know i have to be through the next round i don't know who i'm playing so maybe you can ask you that afterwards. but i'm really looking forward to going for three hours the second time in a row. role maria sharapova germany's junior go to this russian dropping the first at bat but eventually prevailing in three victoria i was in carrie's fruit and sure there is not a limit for the twenty one year old. going to see a run at this year's championships come to an end as she was beaten by an associate . in spain with tennis and roger federer accrues to

a fourth round of the australian open with a one sided victory against police the swiss made a storming start of a much as he moved into an early four to love lead before managing to close out the first set six three was on seeded belgian opponents put up more of points in a second set to me to break the world number to twenty nine year old hit bang to take control of a second and move within a set of big tree and those to be no stopping federer and he sailed to victory in an hour and fifty forty five minutes in his first match point to becoming. very first verses of the bible is that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was to do with deter doing what we

call making our presence felt to go out should somebody so they hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner and they don't know how religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed if you want to bomb gaza and kill. a thousand four hundred people in a month and you want to expect that this will have no effect until a feat you have to be either extremely naive or extremely stupid. to hear a religious jew calling another joe and not the way they really did it.

hello and welcome to the program of exploring different cities around you are taking a look at russian history and culture meeting russian ex-pats ex-pats exploring russian life outside of russia we begin this week shut the peaceful city of london for centuries russia has influence culture all over the world today that fusion continues in arts and entertainment. a rich and diverse mix but it cites the census . says the fall of the u.s.s.r. thousands of russians have moved to london the reason opportunity to close proximity to moscow tax good education established class system status. but even a reason for taking their football clubs and newspapers to make major moves in the fashion art scenes influential russians have certainly made their mark in the

british capital over the past twenty years dance show range of business is good to russians have opened up in london like this store. if you're looking for authentic russian ingredients this is the place to come this is one of the most popular russian stores in the capital whether you're looking for a russian class or any other ingredients you'll find it all here because my favorite. although you will pay for it good stuff proximately double the cost of they are in moscow. prices aside what's the most popular purchase here. one of our most popular products is great punk weeks according to some reports there has been a funk wheat prices in russia but we have regular supplies and you can always find it in our shop even though it's in major demand we always have enough of it another popular item is roy bread every russian should have now on the dining table. and

it's not just russian food the has a successful market in london now moscow's restaurant is i'm making an impact too and that leads us to this week's guest. ok love recently you now you're famous for. telling about your. it will this go i was looking for a place for a long time and find one just recently currently i'm working on a restaurant to me fear it will be an asian restaurant an italian restaurant and a bar. how did you start off in the restaurant business. the bills and it was a long time ago. i've been working in restaurants for thirty years now and i don't my first one in one thousand nine hundred one. i had ambitions and want to talk my own and then step by step i created more and more restaurants and no i've reached london for the also the now you have dozens of amazing glamorous restaurants in

moscow how do you think the two cities of london and the russian capital compare. along the news that there was delicious food is in demand in london do you need the right people as well. in moscow to my disappointment people are going to restaurants where there's some kind of action. the place is visited by popular people and celebrities. it's all just about fashion. and i love the taste the restaurants i love the food. and worked as a chef for a long time but i want people to priest the food not the people. how competitive do you think the london restaurant scene is and how successful do you hope to be here. recently i walked around chelsea of the district where i live at ten in the evening if so but if that was what i wanted to see how few of the restaurants were on tuesday all the seven restaurants are visited. i could hardly

find an empty seat that's a must but they seem time in moscow it's empty. tasty food is important for me. your toes and i understand that both londoners and serious school to restaurants for delicious food for your computer which is. the final question all the restaurants and the russians here in london all foreigners all this is all part of your increasing a big restaurants with their own one hundred twenty places in the asian one hundred seventy in the italian one hundred other hundred in the bar so if you're one of his welcome but it will know from personal experience i'm sure everyone will love your restaurants here in london is the way to me. for. those who missed reading. skills in the language there's a bookshop in central london where thousands of publications can be found called the. kinds of books in the russian language including classics and contemporary writers from russian history. easy reading material such as love story paperbacks

a range of d.v.d.'s of. the short. come here enjoy reading with a cup of tea and sweets for those who live outside london. children's books are in big demand there are many multilingual families where one parent speaks russian and they want their kids to be able to speak russian to the literature for children is very popular with our customers. many young people from russia come here to study for a good experience. there are many russian students taking courses in fashion at london's famous university but some choose the only way to get into the industry. came to the british as a journalist writing for top fashion magazines in the u.k. as well as working on articles. from russian vogue was another

female. they decided to work on a label creating collections of clothes and accessories for self-made business women. where. for example this jacket over a little. it. was sick. the quality is very. our next location is the beautiful russian orthodox cathedral in west london the parish is one of the oldest in western europe dating back to the end of the seventeenth century when peter the great visit to england in sixty ninety eight the church founded then was called the greek russian church it was attached to the russian embassy in november one

thousand nine hundred seventy the first stone was laid for the foundation of the new russian cathedral here in hobbit road she's sick. personal for our church and she's a quest london was built over ten years ago founded using private money it's an important place for many russians here in the capital not just as a place of worship but where ex-pats can meet others and be part of a close knit community. today the church has a sister a school but children religion the recent language and russian literature and singing on sundays and festivals the sisterhood and other person is prepared meals which allow russian ex-pats to get together beyond church services to meet guests of the parish. along. with them people go to church mostly on sundays so during the week there aren't many visitors here but on weekends the church is fully packed with around two hundred visitors. it's a landmark you can't miss in london as a place that brings the local russian community closer together

a welcome addition to russian life in the. mixed up the glamorous world of caviar. i say recently and yes cologne was now you have a caviar business here in the u.k. for those who do every last three years because the company supplies coverage of the u.k. market and apparently you have some very very important customers yes we do have a number of customers and the last customer who joined our exclusive clients we think came from buckingham palace. staying what i want to. the salvia couple. are usually quite using one very famous cardinal scola right which was out of the monkees fooled many years but it used to be the free would be a slow russian stars relations of who are. always bad and now in some areas

especially yes there was a bill don't buy full two years which is now listed but russia kazakhstan and the other custom countries are imposing their own brand in february experience and that's when would last five years and i'm not so the first stop has multiplied exactly because sergio was one of the great programs pollution and you can control is because of custom see borders very well now i presume you are very expensive no such reason of course because we are new in the market and we want a school scrimshaw ok try it for schools its new school and on the hand of trying to get. it so i would light and delicate a little taste of russia here in the british capital of course the oldest so you live its me you thank you very much mr truss.

so grab as many cool it's commission shops and exhibitions to churches and be safe and future architects and designers you can even find bush name streets inset in areas a sign of the ever growing multicultural capital yes the new wave of russians in the u.k. has rules mystery and intrigue but at the same time the two nations are becoming closer and as a result of the strengthen ties the cultural world has exploded with opportunity russia is now closer but you think well unfortunately that's all tell me on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week for more. in the bushes council is hold on for me and the rest of the crew and.

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