with the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on. our review of the week here on our russian investigators identify the bomber who committed the deadly suicide attack on moscow's domodedovo airport which killed thirty five people they say he was from the north caucasus well in the wake of the blast a new anti terror alert system is being considered. the key nuclear arms cuts deal between moscow and washington is to come into force within days after it was approved by the russian parliament this week the start treaty was ratified by the u.s. congress last month. and of the world is calling on egypt to put

a stop to violence as over one hundred people have been killed during the anti-government protests the country has shut its border with gaza and jammed a local transmission of the al jazeera network. well problems with security deep rooted corruption and a difficult investment climate president dmitri medvedev tackled all of these topics as he discussed his plans for modernizing russia in an interview with bloomberg television he also spoke about the fate. and the twenty twelve presidential race that interview is coming up next on r.t. . president thank you very much for joining us you want to turn russia into a modern country you've got mcdonald's you've got shopping malls you've got. what's missing. what's missing will call in things like infrastructure business

infrastructure and legislation to properly regulate business activities missing the official establishment leaving the bureaucracy lack of proper legal consciousness in a world developed system is missing honestly once we have learnt provided there is no corruption fletcher's it would mean that russia is ready to steam ahead along in its modernization track but we can make it as i think 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 often find that in these circumstances they are not treated fairly and all investors talk about it and yet the regulator does nothing. do you think the regulator should do more about. the commodities you can get around any law including corporate american or british the question is whether there is an effective control over the way the

relevant legal regulations are applied or that that's the reason this is always looking to avoid the toughest and. unfortunately as regards compliance with legislation you know country on the situation here is as follows now businessmen often try to strike a bargain with public officials civil servants and among themselves in order to get around the legislation which is not underdeveloped in my opinion and try 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 but only under question of effective work by an anti monopoly agency. look at the way things stand in the united states noncompliance with antitrust legislation is often a violation much more serious than a minor criminal offense because the consequences of this could be disastrous for any businessman so we have a lot to deal with here a lot to work on when. we 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 know russia wide out go after some really seen your government officials. is this a cry i would like to say here that we do need to speak legal language someone knows or somebody is. well we can think that way about any governor and not just in the russian federation. that you don't but if you let me just stop you there are those who are so you have said that corruption is nearly total it's not just singular cases many people are corrupt so theoretically it shouldn't be very difficult to find people that you are where the evidence is there so why not do that. is that what i believe we should act as follows for corruption has indeed

penetrated all branches of power and it has spread 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 all 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 i ask you alone for several thousand high ranking state officials when you were prosecuted for corruption and bribery in two thousand of them that 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 and shipped. them away as regards payments of taxes not just by. 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. this is a big number i didn't expect it to be no high up in the law and i had to look at certain cases and if you mention those provided to me by the prosecutor general's office some of those people are not talking about the well known cases for ten fifteen year sentences so i would say it's not exactly correct to talk about solicits even use of justice. of course 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 because 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. devastating for russia's investment climate don't want the story . 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've 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 porter course and some of his colleagues prosecuted by law and the respective sentences it has not entered into

legal force and fourthly believe that all talk about the shortcomings of our judicial system as well as any attempts to bring pressure including or me as a president destructive in this context because they make everyone else thinks that's of course the judicial or legal system in russia is so imperfect he simply tell the president or someone else to make change the sentence the whole of course 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. i think that any investor be a russian all american investor should have bought by laws otherwise he could get a term but in the way it happened with court of course and as was the case with bernie madoff he got a longer sentence. 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 the opposition political opposition in russia isn't allowed to exist. by its national right a political position in russia does exist and the question is how strongly to us but there are four political parties represented in the russian parliament which sometimes really do when the government has been formed by the leading political force for the middle and they criticize the government clamor against it and so on and it 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 side. but it's obvious there are positive sides to it even. 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 really and once and for all and up all the cheap money. well that's exactly what i'm asking about i'm more interested in the opposition leaders that are outside of the parliament that's what that's what i'll ask you about why is it that an opposition leader going to russia. can be arrested at a peaceful demonstration. just because he said at this demonstration no he was accused of provoking a policeman but a lot of people so that was. again i wouldn't want to interfere with the proceedings if you mean the administrative rest 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 against the police by committing. 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 so you look time and you're going to have dozens even hundreds of demonstrations a man only one place. there was just one problem with holding a demonstration on a specific day up in a specific place. square that's what moments the city administration in. these demonstrations was sanctioned they gather there but it's impossible to file it doesn't application so the same location that it wasn't sure the way opposition leaders got the sanction is. the problem is that they can't work with each other that somebody said will be someone else added but we won't be there but we'll take you to another location when you look like and we need to observe the law. or you can run for president two thousand and twelve. yeah see how things will go as

what's up with you if you do run would prime minister putin continue to be your prime minister. very start so i got but it will 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 short that's for me i will certainly make my own decision and i'll do that this year but it will 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 to push it 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 which is obvious. but is it 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. 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 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 this will be a task for the whole of society and for law enforcement agencies and special services of course and we will do that as effectively as possible. thank you very much i would appreciate if i said i think i said. wealthy british style. that.

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i'll be back with more news in fifteen minutes time but first this all the latest in sports with that tosh. a lot of these polls they're not sailing to the headlines fast japan claim a record both asian cup title with a heart full weight of australia becoming the most successful team in the tennis history. for the world i want tiger woods says plaster result in years and they promise and sure as a torrey pines while the world's second best phil mickelson lays the tournament along with hamas. and also all fours tears of joy i can fly says we're still stranded open for the first time in what could be the final season. let's kick off with with. narrow window of australia on saturday to claim the

fourth asian cup trophy making them the most decorated team in the tournaments history the socceroos graded a series of openings in the past top of failed to be japanese gold age equipment schumacher managed to keep the ball out normal time couldn't separate the signs as it's their main goal the. final went into extra session well with eleven minutes left to done yet finally broke down the. wrong way giving this team a right the full staging cup title the twenty five year old striker horn they made his international debut japan's opening group jordan weeks ago came off the bench in the ninety nine minutes of finding the town in the slater 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 team is very unified and we really

attach great importance well to construction my teammates have been encouraging me and helped me maintain a good spirits today's game showed that something can also a great contribution to. the team and can also play a key role in the when i'm really happy able to 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 initially and. basically it's not enough to win a game if you don't score. well for bill now as there's been plenty of action in england two in the fourth round of the f.a. cup including chelsea is hard for draw with everton a tough piece to believe we saw the four sell. aston villa beating blackburn three

one balls and against wigan finished goalless while the other top flight seemed to get came from behind together three two victory over a common trait as some old fixtures premier league leaders manchester united came from a girl down to a bit southampton the saints who play in england's league want to be a first album made for each chapter loeb on second hope builds from michael owen and javier unarmed as united fruit 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 out of the car sixty eight to build levelled with bill hawes has been exactly ten years now since the lefties made a trip torrey pines public course he grew up playing in san diego however he also was a player from drop out of the ball pope classic just a week ago still says joint top off to some exciting shots including this birdie

other fifteen's the toughest form force elsewhere bubble watson produced a shot of the day with. the third watson birdied that haul and is now tied with home to main road behind the leaders tiger woods meanwhile struggled throughout the day finishing a child's background and history goal twenty one rounds at a baton on the south course p.g.a. to worry about. trying to figure out there once even when i go back to what over at the turn. put me up five i just post on there and i'm right there the ball good. good good good you really want a bad night 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 of going into the final round of the vault champions the englishman 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 passion 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 aides and that lobbies miguel he'll humanise who kept his pottery and want peace on saturday after it literally fell apart the day before. the days before the final day. now a newly crowned australian open champion killing kim clijsters says coming from a said made of victory even sweeter the belgian be china's lean to claim the trophy for the first time with what could be her last season. lena had written classes just a couple weeks before the seed needs a national and looked ready to cause another upset in melbourne and even though she

suffered a break early 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 there the jury exchanged breaks twice early in the second down with an awful theirself and frogs three two but it was all quiet as after that the belgian alisha barrett broad strokes to keep her opponents running all over the court third seed twice as real 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 bland to your reasons for quiet as to celebrates the comeback when winning their second straight grass planting match and will despise 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 up until you know the last shot and then all those loans finished in and it's just like a big new leaf and. yeah and the disbelieve me who had tutors and so over and i was able to turn it around i think is what kind of just makes it all so so special i think tendency to create bellamy so i was a national bank a logger allegedly made with joe the tennis shoes only play one so. i mean i'll still have nothing to do with those views even the. soul of culture myself. formula one know why this falls most talked 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 go alone zoe i'm also point all the covers the cars called the won how did than fifty to mark the anniversary obviously as unification and it features a new moveable red wing and the kinetic energy recovery system the latter was bad

last stand but makes its roots in twenty eleven thirty bosses hope the improvements will help alonso point is that after one tile almost sank and of course so do the drivers. the war has been done in this. month's of water and now finally we see the kind of. two thousand and 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 in the world. now in hockey veteran goaltender dominic hotshot has marked his forty sixth birthday with the us now the shutout for spartak moscow buys threshing a more seven zero on the road in one of saturday's highlights bob barr on stefan goodrich guy inflicting most of the damage in this lopsided go past the do not sing

a brace of peace elsewhere skulls and for this book last in that the little book is nuts for one and several studies also in that it fulfills all of them of the final period still be. moving to the slopes west. the second world cup victory in a row the latest coming in france to 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 cool sunanda and 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 by the thirty seven year old is still some way off the pace overall lying over four hundred points behind the match patch even some stellar courage. and the latest on the x. games finally way baumgartner became a broken collarbone to win the men's snowboarding final denying the pole and the

six gold at the event kind of does the soul to the top one of those in the snowboard street be 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. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the huge earth covered. this is not a theatrical set. this is a real correctional facility. is there any cultural life behind bars.

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