ten thirty am in the russian capital good to have you with us as new bring you the latest headlines and a look back at the week's news here on our team monday suicide blast of moscow's domodedovo airport was aimed at foreigners and carried out by a man from the north caucasus the attack killed thirty five people and injured more than one hundred. egypt descends into chaos as protesters washout against the government for the sixth day in a row more than one hundred killed and thousands injured in the uprising leading to the dissolution of the cabinet. after months of negotiations washington and moscow got a fresh start as they ratify their new nuclear arms reduction treaty the leaders signed

the agreement last april but got a lot of opposition from us republicans in this. president medvedev exclusively spoke with bloomberg television on the sidelines of the economic forum in davos his interview coming up next here on r.t. . president thank you very much for joining us you want to rush into a modern country you've got mcdonald's you've got shopping malls sushi what's missing. what's missing will common things like infrastructure business infrastructure and legislation to properly regulate business activities missing the official establishment of the bureaucracy lack of proper legal consciousness and the world develops judicial system is missing and once we have all that's provided there is no corruption it would mean that russia is ready to steam ahead along in

its modernization track but we do know that in the nearly all of the companies that are traded in russia are either controlled by the state or controlled by billionaires or also known as all other minority investors foreign investors are often find that in these circumstances they are not treated fairly all investors talk about it and yet the regulator does nothing. if you think the regulator should do more about. it you can get around any law including corporate law american or british the question is whether there is an effective control over the way the relevant legal regulations are applied that that business is always looking to avoid the toughest and. unfortunately as regards compliance with legislation in our country on the situation here it is as follows our businessmen often try to strike a bargain with public officials civil servants and among themselves in order to get around our legislation which is not underdeveloped in my opinion and trying to

close deals contrary to law. but that is not only a question of the legislation itself it's a question of legal coach or a question of effective compliance control and the question of effective work by anti monopoly agencies let us look at the way things stand in the united states where noncompliance with anti trust legislation is often a violation much more serious than a minor criminal offense because the consequences of this would be disastrous for any businessman so we have a lot to deal with here a lot to work on when. you talk a lot about corruption and the need to clean up corruption you've taken some steps but you yourself admit really you haven't accomplished a lot why. go after if corruption is total as. you say it is you russia wide out go after some really senior government officials

. across i would like to say here that we do need to speak legal language someone knows or somebody is a bribe taker well we can think that way about any governor and not just in the russian federation. but you don't but if you want let me just stop you there those are so you have said that corruption is nearly total it's not just singular cases were many people are corrupt so theoretically it shouldn't be very difficult to find people you were where the evidence is there so why not do that. but i believe we should act as follows corruption has indeed penetrated all branches of power and it has bred far and wide after the emergence of a market economy and the political system which is only natural let's be honest there were no such corruption levels in the soviet union why because there was no freedom and no market economy unfortunately our state officials are now businessmen were not ready to communicate in

a civilized way from the start and corruption grew let me tell you the situation is difficult but not hopeless when the last year alone several thousand high ranking state officials complain you were prosecuted for corruption and bribery in two thousand of them were sentenced. when we have of course he was arrested the first time. it said this signal to all of the oligarchs that the state was in control and one thing that happened was everybody started paying taxes . so wouldn't wouldn't you have the same effect if you went after one of your own wouldn't that send the same signal to everyone else that this is no longer tolerated. as regards payments of taxes not just by who to call ski but businessmen in general yesterday i had a look at statistics last year alone one thousand private entrepreneurs and some three thousand employees of major companies were prosecuted for tax dodging this is

a big number i didn't expect it to be now. and i had to look at certain cases the finishing was provided to me by the prosecutor general's office some of those people under talking about the well known case eight to ten fifteen year sentences so i would say it's not exactly correct to talk about salinity use of justice. let me talk to you about. cooking a little bit more depth. every december russia's biggest investment bankers brokers get together for an informal chat this year at that chat one of the investment bankers raised his glass to me to close not because anyone in that room liked me because i was told but because they all believe that what happened to him the second conviction is devastating for russia's investment climate don't you want the

story of mikhail khodorkovsky to just go away don't you want to stop it. let me expand on this for it is indeed of certain interest to everyone first of all let me say once again that last year alone several thousand private entrepreneurs and employees of major business entities were sent to prison for tax crimes secondly i have always believed that the president of any country including russia should not talk about individual cases just because that would be an interference with the judiciary system thirdly as regards mr khodorkovsky and some of his colleagues prosecuted by law and the respective sentence it has not entered into legal force and fourthly i believe that all talk about the shortcomings of our judicial system as well as any attempts to bring pressure including on me as a president totally are destructive in this context because they make everyone else think that of course that the judicial or legal system in russia is so imperfect that you simply tell the president or someone else changed the sentence for her to

cough ski and someone else and then will believe that your legal system is not that hopeless that it is kind of working but that would be unacceptable. how can investors be sure there won't be another other cause i think that any investor be a russian or an american investor you should have barred by laws otherwise he could get a term but the way happened with them and as was the case with bernie madoff he got a longer sentence because you talk about the need for more political competition to modernize the russian economy. how can you fight corruption in the government if there is no real opposition if the opposition political opposition in russia isn't allowed to exist. but that's not a right a political position in russia does exist the question is how strong it is but

there are four political parties represented in the russian parliament which sometimes really do hold the government that has been formed by the leading political force for the middle and they criticize the government clamor against it and so on and just the way it happens in the rest of the world but another thing is that we currently have just one powerful political force which controls the situation in the parliament and i mean there are negative sides tonight but it's obvious that there are positive signs too late in the ninety's president boris yeltsin could not adopt any law because the communists or other parties were blocking we have been able to adopt normal legislation but that doesn't mean the united russia or any other party she gets a mandate to rule once and for all. for that's exactly what i'm asking about i am more interested in the opposition leaders that are outside of the parliament that's what that's what i'm asking about why is it that an opposition leader in russia. can be arrested at a peaceful demonstration. just because he's at this demonstration no he was

accused of provoking a policeman but a lot of people so that was. it again i wouldn't want to interfere with the proceedings but if you mean the administrative arrest of small opposition party's leaders then this issue should be addressed in a lawful manner no country in the world allows violation of its laws on meetings rallies and demonstrations acting against the police by committing acts against those who maintain order. your very popular president the opposition is very small why create these situations because there are just bad press for the investment climate outside of russia where these opposition leaders are getting arrested were demonstrations whether they were officially sanctioned or not are dispersed why not just let them demonstrate they do that all the time you're going to have dozens even hundreds of demonstrations and rallies only one violates the law there was

just one problem with holding a demonstration on a specific day in a specific place. square once the city administration in. these demonstrations was sanctioned they gather there but it's impossible to file it doesn't applications for the same location of the show the way opposition leaders got the sanction as far as i know the problem is that they can't work with each other that somebody said we'll be there someone else added but we won't be there will take you to another location when you look like and we need to observe the law but it's. going to run for president two thousand and twelve. yeah see how things will go. if you do run would prime minister putin continue to be your prime minister. but it would depend on a whole number of things and circumstances as regards me i won't speak about mr putin right now ok he's another person my friend my colleague so i won't speak on his behalf that's for me i will certainly make my own decision and i'll do that

this year but i mean a decision what to do next if i think it will be right for the country but for our political system and first and foremost citizens for me to participate in elections i don't do that i think the other way i'll state my position openly and i will say that this is for the good of our society and our state but if i decide to participate then i will of course make a subsequent decision regarding prime minister this is obvious. but wishing it to me i mean east in my final question obviously the terrorist act in moscow was a tragedy. that aside. do investors need to worry about the security situation in russia you've got. the olympics coming up you've got the world cup coming up is russia's security situation something that needs to worry investors as. well i would like to start with something else bissett you ation

definitely concerns first and foremost russian citizens and me as a president and this is the most important thing because only by consolidating all public forces can we vanquish this evil that we have no right to get hysterical about terrorism and spread out with this will make terrorism stronger look at the way americans came together after the events of nine eleven even those who are not very fond of president bush said yes he's got to be at the helm he's got to be tough but it's got to be the same for our country the only way we can defeat terrorism as regards fears and concerns for our investors and all those who want to come to russia rest assured that we will ensure a high level of security we will ensure the proper level of security for the winter olympics and the world football cup and all other sporting events it will be a target for the whole of society and for law enforcement agencies and special services of course and we will do that as effectively as possible. if you.

thank you very much i would appreciate fun. wealthy british style hold some time to write a list. of the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cons a report. he .

says. latest headlines in the we can review here on our team monday's suicide blast at moscow's domodedovo airport was aimed at foreigners and carried out by a man from the north caucasus the attack killed thirty five and injured more than one hundred investigators say they won't reveal the name of the culprit until they track down and the rest of his accomplices. egypt descending into chaos as protesters wash out against the government for the sixth day in a row more than one hundred killed and thousands injured in the uprising leading to the dissolution of the cabinet or leaders of president mubarak for a frame from violence and given to people's demands for. after months of negotiations washington and moscow got a fresh start as they ratify the new nuclear arms reduction treaty the leaders

signed the agreement last april opposition from the u.s. senate republicans the treaty will reduce the number of strategic arms on both sides by more than the third. is up next with a sports update stay with us here on r.t. . a lot of these polls there's an odd feeling to the headlines that japan claim a record both asian cup title with a heart full weight of australia becoming the most successful team in the tennis history. full well that won tiger woods says quest result in years and the farmers insurance the torrey pines while the world's second best phil mickelson lays the tournament along with haas. and also all fours tears of joy i can fly says west australian open for the first time in what could be the final season. let's kick off with. narrow window of australia on

saturday to claim their fourth asian cup trophy making them the most decorated team in the tournaments history the socceroos graded a series of openings in the first half but they'll be japanese killed by a jacob zuma amounts to keep the ball out normal time could separate the signs as it remains. the final went into extra session where with eleven minutes to be done yet. i am going giving this to my right the fourth asian cup title i the twenty five year old so i can only made his international debut japan's opening group jordan few weeks ago came off the bench in the ninety nine minutes of the findings in that town minutes later in spectacular fashion the man of the match however sad it was a team effort. in this tournament i was in a little mood as it only was sent to the field as a substitute in one game in the group stage. is very unified and we really attach

great importance on team construction my team mates have been encouraging me and helped me maintain a good spirit today's game showed that substitute players can also make great contribution to. the team and can also play a key role in the win i'm really happy but i want to say that this girl doesn't just belong to me it's the result of the hell japanese team we had our opportunities and what is always encouraging in the way we play and we create opportunities however then it's crucial to convert them and later on in the game it it backfired and that's a problem we have to do. we have to be more clinical enough initial. and. basically it's not enough to win a game if you don't score. well football now as there's been plenty of action in england two in the fourth round of the f.a. cup including chelsea's haul for one one draw with everton the top seeds to believe

that we saw the four sell. aston villa beating blackburn three one balls and against wigan finished goalless while the other top flight team there but again came from behind together a three two victory over a common trait as some old fixtures premier league leaders manchester united came from a girl down to southampton the saints who play in england's league want to be a first tyldesley through richard chapter loeb on second hope bills from michael owen and javier hernandez united through to the next stage elsewhere victories for burnley sheffield wednesday reading brighton and crawley. and golf phil mickelson is on his way to his fast i love the era of the farmers insurance open the former world number one and three time when a shooting in your mouth of a cost sixty eight to build level would be a hoss it's been exactly ten years now since the lefty's maiden trip torrey pines public course he grew up playing in san diego however he also was a player from rob at the ball pope classic just

a week ago still says joint top off to some exciting shots including this birdie at the fifty and the toughest war horse elsewhere bubble watson produced a shot of the day with. the third watson birdied that haul and is now tied with home to maine wants to go behind the leader as tiger woods meanwhile struggled throughout the day finishing a child's background and history goal twenty one rounds at all bets on the south course to worry about. trying to figure out their wants even when i got back to what over at the turn. put me up five i just post here or not and then i'm right there a ballgame. i could get you know on the back nine but that was a goal by gun just to make it. over of the european tour paul casey the highest ranked player in the field in bahrain told us a little bit of going into the final round of the champions the englishmen just

missed out on a ryder cup place last season but has started this one many business cases hitting a third round of sixty six to take a share of the lead with peter hanson from sweden and those two though only have a one shot question over the others in the northern islands darren clarke seen here with a birdie at the eighteenth and also south african james of the most consistent player out there at the moment guarding his third consecutive round of sixty seven but only three shots separate the top eight and the that lobbies miguel he'll humanise who kept his pottery and want peace on saturday after it literally fell apart the day before the man sitting next to the days before the primary. now newly crowned australian open champion killing kim clijsters says coming from a said made a victory even sweeter the belgian be china's lean up to claim the trophy for the first time with what could be her last season. legal had written classes just a couple of weeks before the seed needs

a national ad lib trainee to cause another upset in melbourne and even though she suffered a break hurting in the final she kept her cool and a spectacular cross called forehand allowing the chinese to clinch the first said by six games to three in their the tour exchange breaks twice early in the second down looking up all their self and frogs free to but it was all quiet as off about the belgian all they should be buried her proud strokes to keep her opponents running all over the court third seed gleiser israel golf seven straight games to take the second set six three four grabbing to decide to add the championship by the same school and so plenty of reasons for quizes to celebrate the power back when winning their second straight grass trying to match and will displace russia's veterans and i don't buy as world number two in monday's w t rankings. they're all emotional. you know i think what overwhelms me is that it's so

intense off until you know that last shot in the last ones finished in and it's just like a big new leaf and. yeah and you know the does believe me a little bit too doesn't so and i was able to turn it around i think is what kind of just makes it all so so special i think tennyson's you created the little league so i was a mash it back to the locker allows you to maybe joe the pens should only play one so. i mean i'll still have. all those you think. soul of culture myself. formula one why this for small stoked about team ferarri were the first to unveil their new car for the upcoming season the telling teams to stop drivers do the honors at their headquarters in maranello last year as runner up for not all loans oh and to leave them asa point all the covers the cars called the won how did than fifty to mark the anniversary already please unification and

it features a new movable railway to add the kinetic energy recovery system to the latter was bad last stand but makes its way into the eleven thirty bosses hope the improvements will help alonso when he is that after one tile on masa and of course so do the drivers. the war has been done in this. months of water and now finally we see that. with us an eleven season with a lot of challenges for us challenging year we grew so good in. some new leaf occasions so you know will be interesting to watch and really going to well. now in hockey veteran guilt and the dominate hotshot has marked his forty sixth birthday with us now the shutout for spartak moscow is threshing more seven zero on the road in one of saturday's highlights bob barr on the steps on the rich guy was doing most of the damage in this lopsided go past the do not sing

a brace of peace else wes concentrate his book last in that the little book was nuts for juan and sort of started also in that for girls all of them of the final period still be. moving to the slopes west was directly shagari second world cup victory in a row the latest coming in france who share he to his full midway through the season following victory in last week with another one here in chamonix the swiss was the only one on saturday to complete the course and on the end minutes and fifty nine seconds it's in is dominic paris and klaus troll from austria came second and third back to this when putting top of the world cup downhill standings up to six races bob the thirty seven year old is still some way off the pace overall lying over four hundred points behind the match even so this college pressure. and the latest on the x. games by new way baumgartner became a broken collarbone for women snowboard

a final denying the pole and the six gold at the count as the sole to the top one of those in the snowboard street the twenty three year old living up to his billing as one of the best technical rail riders in the world seeing all of louis philippe are deemed the final and also all it should be you want a big area band while kelly clark dominated the girls' superfly. and that's it for the moment coming up after this is the why the stay with us. well. the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia. we've got the future covered.

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