welcome back you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow the deadly bombing that killed thirty five people at moscow's airport was not orchestrated by terrorists from the north caucasus has deeper international roots as has the russian government. president dmitry medvedev sets the tone for the economic forum in davos in a keynote speech composting terror threats environmental disasters nuclear nonproliferation and the we can leak scandal. and us president barack obama's of the state of the union address it's been met with skepticism by average americans who say he's not focusing on the right things. as of the russian

parliament approved the long awaited start treaty we talked to one of those behind the negotiations. the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is set to reduce the number of strategic arms on each side by around one third which is a significant step forward in terms of both global security and the lesions between the two countries for more on this i'm joined by the chairman of the russian federation council committee for international relations. thank you very much for doing thank you for having me here president's new video and i'm bomber were able to sign this treaty before you were asked and republicans gained control of the house of representatives and then the demanded that some amendments are made before the treaty could be ratified were you at any point worried that this treaty would not be passed. needless to say of the four in the upper chamber of the

russian parliament or the work on the flick ation has started long before the document was brought. to the floor to vote and we started our consultations with our colleagues in the u.s. senate even during the talks in geneva when negotiators teams were joined by american senators and russian senators when we met in prague during the procedure of signing of that agreement and right up to the agreement was signed in prague in april we sent our delegation to washington we have a permanent working group the u.s. senate the russian federation council permanent working group which works successfully for the last almost eighty years it's co-chaired by ben nelson democrat from nebraska and by myself on the russian side so we started our

consultations long ago and we were let's say trying to remove all the speed bumps on the way. the read the for cation which could appear because the discussion was rather tough both in washington and in moscow and i think we did. a significant amount of work together showing that for us both on the capitol hill and here in moscow the word it is a reset is not just a word we mean when we say the reset we need that reset unfortunately during the last twenty years we failed to work out the positive bilateral agenda both scald war agenda in our bilateral relations it's time to correct the mistakes of the past it's time to use that opportunity or lose it what impact does the ratification of the treaty have on this three set off relations between moscow and washington i

think it's a way for the continuation of. that joint work. again i consider that work to be the work on the positive bilateral agenda we did a lot of by the way working on the revocation we managed to pass successfully through the u.s. senate the a so-called wanted three agreement on the russian american cup ration in the nuclear field i mean the peaceful part of it the nuclear energy and. that is concerned we also are moving forward on the russians w t o accession america is very supportive we are moving relatively fast and i think that two thousand and eleven will be the year of russia's w t o accession after that i will merican partners will have to do their part of their homework i mean repealing the

circle jackson that he commandment which is one of the dinosaurs of political address at parker at the time of the cold war. but it's not enough we have to have more time as we have to have more docking mechanisms we have to have more bridges the more interdependent we are the better it is for our future how should treaty be ready for kishen be interpreted by those examining russia's foreign policy well actually for russia it's quite the natural step. i think that one of the main goals of our foreign policy is to have. a friendly or at least neutral neighborhood on our will borders. russian event states america are only fifty kilometers far from each other we have a merry time boarding in the bering strait far in the north op in the north. and i think that for us the relationship with the united states of america is of crucial

importance we are two biggest nuclear powers we are two biggest global powers we have to coordinate what we do in the international arena so for us it was quite a natural step just to explain to our viewers why have russian lawmakers sought to amend elements of this treaty well. the statements which we adopted both in the duma and in the federation council did not amend the text of the text will be implemented the wait was signed by the two presidents and the same can be also said by all the statements adopted by the us senate we make political declarations we are politician is likely to not go for there and here this is our way job and making our political declarations we will to draw. some kind of guidelines for our wood governments saying that these are what concerns these are our ideas and if you

want to be successful as to governments you should listen to us you should hear our concerns and i think we are just trying to push ahead i would two governments in that process of building bridges which make us closer to each other but what effect do you think these recommendations i think or special statements may have well of course our executive powers both american and russian should continue the work. of all the mechanisms which were created by the presidents obama and vieja in the framework of the reset i mean all the joint commissions all the joint to working groups. they have to work hard we should not repeat the mistake which was made by the previous administrations when president bush and president putin is. agreed that we have to build a partnership but that signal was not clearly sent to the level of two

bureaucracies and two bureaucracies to my mind managed to bury successfully of the idea of real partnership between russia and the us and we ended up in august of two thousand and eight at the lowest point of bilateral understanding and mutual trust we should not repeat that mistake so we are trying to kick to bureaucracy as well lying to we're we're we're trying to push them forward we are ready to help them moving ahead and actually i am going to to do to washington next week to take part in the u.s. national prayer breakfast where i will have many meetings on the capitol hill trying to inspire my colleagues in the u.s. senate to continue our wood joint work which we know how to do successfully we learned how to roll up the sleeves kick out the journalists and discuss the issues of bilateral concern before they arise those problems we know how to work

successfully and we know how to work rita really. the u.s. interpretation of the treaty says that it does not obstruct from any missile defense plans while russia insists there's a concrete link between offensive and defensive forms does this mean that there is a fundamentally incompatible understanding of this treaty on on both sides well. much has happened after the treaty was signed on the eighth of april two thousand and ten in prague nato and russia have successfully started the process of negotiations of joint missile defense project. we started working together and we are planning to continue that work the united states of america is a cornerstone of nato alliance we understand that pretty well so if we do that i mean missile defense project with nato that means that we shall be doing that

project also together with the united states of america and and other nato member states so i think that the signing of. the prague treaty between. united states america and russian federation gave every positive impact on the process of restoring mutual understanding and mutual trust between russia and nato so we are moving ahead and i think that the rectification will help that movement a lot is it fair to say that russia has embraced the spirit of the treaty while the u.s. is focused strictly on the your letter off the law well actually i think many people both in washington and in moscow have embraced the spirit of the treaty the problem before my american colleagues the way i see it is a very tough discussion a very tough you for you allow me to call it political. fight between the democrats

on the rip and the republicans mostly on the. internal agenda and unfortunately as it very often happens in many countries foreign policy and security issues become a kind of hostage of the debate on internal issues and we were really concerned during the debates in the u.s. senate that the reservation may become. kind of a victim of that discussion between democrats and republicans on the internal agenda well the political wisdom prevailed that was a very good signal a very good indication that foreign policy does not become a hostage of internal debate but i think that most of the concerns and most of the criticism about the product treaty were connected with internal issues not not with the with not not really with the with the perception

of of russia as as a partner of the united states of america. even though the treaty has been ratified now some issues are still outstanding how do you think they will be resolved well we shall continue discussions which will continue allah talks we have to a very professional very successful teams of negotiators which worked hard in geneva but worked successfully. and i think that the legacy of that process of negotiations in geneva should be used it's a very valuable heritage we managed to. revive the institutional memory which to my mind has. almost forgotten because for about twenty years the issue of arms control was not an issue of bilateral agenda so i think that we have to be moving forward despite the differences in interpretation it's definitely that this treaty is

a great example for other countries how likely is it do you think that others may join this treaty well others should not join this treaty this is our cup of tea and we shall be drinking that together with our american partners big boys are sending a strong signal to the others we are reducing our nuclear arsenals. watch will lips we are sending a signal to you the next phase will involve your nuclear arsenals otherwise it will be a fair play thank you very much for your time thank you. bringing

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don't come. the deadly bombing that killed thirty five people in moscow don't get to the airport was not our guest raided by terrorists from the north caucasus but has deeper international roots says the russian government. president dmitry medvedev sets the tone for the economic forum in davos in a keynote speech encompassing terror threats environmental disasters nuclear nonproliferation and the we can leak scandal. u.s. president and president barack obama's upbeat state of the union address is being met with skepticism by every americans who say he's not focusing on the right things. for news about fifty minutes time here in our team and right now we'll take a look at what's happening in sports.

hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming out. hearing into this very over sets up a loss for clash with clijsters of the all the open. but it paid for end of the top seed hobbling out to david. and rejected terex new coach fails in his bid to sign a scotland international. we start with the aussie open they were russian varies on new york has reached the semifinals beating check. in straight sets and admitting afterwards the bombing in moscow how effective her coming into the match the number two seed wore a black ribbon on her sun visor as a mark of respect for those who died but once she was out on court she was fully focused on my game rating through the first set six two and even though it can read ever put up more resistance in the second to follow the over still wrapped up the maximun hour and fifteen minutes afterwards she was asked by reporters whether the

bombing had affected her preparation. you know you still have to you here in australia when you have your match coming in you just tried to think about that but definitely there wasn't you know there was a moment where for the bit uncomfortable you calling you know back home and making sure everyone is ok the people that are in now and then you know just try to put it away this is it happened it's terrible but you know you try to move on well next up for the russians the u.s. open champion kim clijsters who act passed poll agnieszka advanced to the belgian world number three had her left leg heavily strapped and did squander some breakpoint opportunities but that didn't stop her from taking the first set six three advance to search for the set at five four up in the second but clijsters clawed her way back to seal the match in hopes to be sharper. her semifinal. just physically for a little tiring and just heavy out there today and i think. you know just you know

try to recover well then try to do you know just be a little fresher physically and mentally think. you know i fought well and still really focus trying not to lose too much energy on. getting frustrated and things like that so yeah i mean mark rafael nadal is actor early on for the world number one against fellow spaniard david ferrer obviously hampered him despite a lengthy stop the medical treatment he could only hobble freedom actually using straight sets by the end could only skate back and didn't put up much resistance from match point to great shape for the dow he was hoping to become the first man since rod laver at nineteen sixty nine to hold all four grand slam titles one. i can say nothing about the injury so. i would prefer don't talk a lot about doing do it tonight. first of all i don't know la think

and say one thing for respect to the waiter and to a friend but i prefer to talk about. things that very high level. and discover that. wish him all the best for the semifinal and. maybe. physic problems but i didn't my game recourses all day if you. show they were just in my game all next up for her in the semi she is the number four seed and he married a briton needed four sets to get past alexander dulko pull off he's been the surprise package in the men destroyed after losing the first two sets came back to take the third but murray responded closing out the four six three to seal the win and is pleased with how things are progressing in melbourne. logo is going well. it was just difficult to get into a rhythm of running and you know if you want a lot of reports of this first or some. you know it was. go

through another ten years use an elbow injury has forced justin henn to retire from the sport for a second time and the twenty eight year old had arrived armstrong joined the aussie open lost in the third round to russians that long because now it's over before the tournament the former world number one had been sidelined for six months elbow problems. to football now russian premier league side terry gross knee have failed to sign scotland international kris boyd terek have given their new manager route hulet a substantial transfer kitty but this latest target for the dutchman has fallen through boyd currently playing for a championship side middle for saying he had no interest in going to the chechen capital hold it meanwhile has been holding his first training session with terry there in turkey a moment for pre-season training ahead of their first match against reigning league champions ending some pages terry finished twelfth last season and the management say that a nice simple this coming season. for the flyers possible it's well

the way we use the camp for. much more of this. elsewhere astray believe a great chance of lifting their first major trophy they face japan in the final of the aged cup on sunday after thrashing becky stan six neil in the semi's by the socceroos is so far scored thirteen goals and only concede once at the tournament sunday's game will be the first ever major final for the strains and the team understands the significance. not going to say this will make up for a loss of the world cup this is just a strain as a team going in and trying to win a tournament i think we've had enough experience now tournament's that we've put a serves in a winning position and we have to make sure we keep to the strategy of one game at a time and again we concentrate on now is this one. so we get the chill of the thought of. japan meanwhile will try to lift the trophy for the fourth time in

their history they beat south korea in the semi on penalties thanks to the heroics of their goalkeeper carwash alberto zak are only as men are one of the youngest sides at the tournament but they have already shown maturity and didn't hope to go all the way. traduce destroy me not only me for the team also we it's really difficult not only me. who is suspended to do so or for the team also it's a difficult no but you know through decision. really growing up as a team so also or in the final we. would like to show that we are well let's move to ice hockey in the bars failed to cut the gap on the eastern conference leaders sell about you live to just one point this season with two time . surprising losing to you go on home ice to one elsewhere in armorica overcame to nominate for three in the russian clash to plato thrust it is born and sparta see

a scar three one in the classic moscow thanks to two goals by stefan. and finally formula one team force india have revealed a new driver for next season touring car champion paul the rest that has been signed up with the same up with adrian sutil on the grid the rest are one the german talk championship from the side this last season and in pressuring a recent test session with force india a scotsman has never raced in formula one before but hopes he can help these new team improve on their seventh place finish in the constructors championship. aims for to those normal are certainly just to enjoy and hopefully you know the performance will come only naturally it's difficult to set your goals going into a year but i suppose you can be sure so when your team it and equally just going forward and making good steps and them hopefully will be setting in this position next year is another race driver you know i've got to prove myself what i'm capable of doing i'm up for the good challenge so that brings us to the end of the sport

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