with much stronger or no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. this is r t a quick look at the top stories we're covering for you today iraq's christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face and growing violence against the minority group christians say they fall victim not only to extremists but also to security forces and willingness to protect. u.s. presidential candidate john mccain calling russia the soviet union at the security conference in munich draws attention to the frequent bloopers of american politicians let's say it exposes a lack of expertise in global affairs and highlights an ignorance that american voters should not accept. and a fresh wave of anti-government rages sweeping across egypt as labor unions and

state media joined the popular unrest the country's embattled regime responds with threats and ultimatum warning to prosecute protesters of dark consequences. the relations between london and moscow have been rocky of late with many unresolved issues still hanging over that too well r.t. spoke to the new russian ambassador to britain alexandre you go about how he expects the relationship to progress that interview is coming your way next. today i'm at the russian embassy in london talking to mr alexander of the m.k. who's just taken up the post as the new russian ambassador to the u.k. he was formerly of the press department at the ministry in moscow thank you very much for talking to us he congratulations on your new pasting and a very warm welcome to london now who took up your first post as a diplomat in one nine hundred seventy six how do you think that working for the

diplomatic service and diplomatic relations between countries in general have changed since then i think since that time you know there were quite a serious changes. first of all if you look at the gender of the leaders of the countries and the agenda of the negotiations between the ministers of foreign affairs you can find you know thirty thirty five years ago. more than fifty percent were the by little issues know when the ministers are meeting they are talking about the climate change they're talking about the international security so basically the big issues you know the global issues takes almost sixty or seventy percent of the agenda and that is very important this is first second there are no diplomats in the purest sense remember my experience when i headed the do russian delegation on the international space station negotiations you know for us that was a challenge and since there was

a political decisions that the diplomats should have this negotiation process. well i had my view you know in the state us state department you know who are basically started learning the subject together with us but after five years of negotiations we're made a good treaty and the space station you know is on the orbit and that means that we're bringing in more and more specialists which has nothing to do with the diplomacy. but this special is a very important you know for the international issues this is a. public diplomacy it's very important and in all democratic countries you know you hear you hear the voice of the parliament you hear the words of the people you know and the diplomats of course taking this all these things into account that is very important for the foreign policy of every country and the media media is very interesting you know you can wake up in the morning and sometimes you receive the

news much faster than you can get this from the embassy and everybody is watching you know russia today or b.b.c. or c.n.n. and then of course everybody's aware was going on. but there are all of the embassies is still very important because it is they're talking to the to the heads of states you know to the minister for foreign affairs we have every day contacts between the different departments that means that we have the precise information what's going on in the country and this is information so-called certified so on the one hand we have. some old stories but on the other hand we have a new new let's see them mention of the diplomacy which is which is quite normal on a human level relationships between the u.k. and russia are very good lots of precedents work in russia russian culture is whitely celebrates attacks that are diplomatic and political level that not say why

do you think that's a well i think it's the task you know for the diplomats and for the political leaders you know to get the of course. to do their best to have good to political relations and as far as the russian britain liberation who i would like to say that the last year was very fruitful from that point of view there were two meetings of the. value of the president of russia and the prime. mr britain that was in canada and in seoul we expect the visit of mr rove this will be next week which is very important in the event mr hague was. in brush or you know the negotiations were very productive and we expect the visit of mr cameron this year i mean the embassy we're studying preparing this visit so the the texture of the political context a very important but i would like to see what is even more important that you know

of course the. as you said the. the connections between the people and the russian culture is the probably this is the test for that and we know that a lot of events are going on in london a lot of people are coming russians feel comfortable in london we have thousands of them who doing business who just simply leave here and what is very important that the economic relations are going very well and the recent deal between the b.p. and the rusty after was just one of the examples but if you look at the in a broader sense what's going on the to the business this the good indicate is the level of the trade i mean we had the maximum twenty three billion dollars before the crisis now we're around for teen billion dollars but we're moving very fast to restore this level and of course britain is the fifth largest investor in the

russian economy. that means that sometimes you're reading the newspapers that the climate is not so good you know but if you look at the deeds you'll find that the big business is really interested you know in the big deals and the last meeting of the international committee of trade and investment just show that we had six day mentions directions of the corporations and we are planning to. in different areas like for example. the brits will help us to make the final international financial center we expect to cooperate on the energy efficiency so basically i'm very optimistic about the economic areas of corporation between our two countries and as far as your job case what areas of your target set that you will focus on in terms of corp frankly i have to to to to to point you

know all the all the areas there so this is politics definitely this is economy this is technology because you know we're building skolkovo with the brits are building you know the same center not far from london so basically we're talking about the modernization and they're talking about the corporation based on the knowledge and of course this is culture you know contact between the people these are regime we're in favor of the better conditions you know we want the same conditions as we have with the region union and we're really you know to move in this direction and definitely will try you know to seek the good reaction you know from the u.k. on the. i mean the whole area because you know there are no small questions in the by the relations you had of the press department at the ministry in moscow how do you assess the british press particularly the notes taken up by tabloid newspapers to think that percy's people can get an accurate perspective on international affairs from that practice well i think i think that the first of all the british

press is global that is very important so when i was in moscow you know always reading you know the british newspaper because they're not concentrated just on the local issues the taking the issues globally and in this sense they're very competitive second you know the reserve growing internet. and the third what is very interesting to me is that. the in britain you're trying to find the new ways how you know to present the news and the last idea of the murder you know to issue the the new let's say the brit between the new space between the i mean in the internet in the in the printed version it's a very interesting it's very challenging question and of course definitely it's very interesting you know for the russian press because you know if you look at the russian internet you know it's it's basically the same as in the u.k.

i mean they're just coping a lot of things but if you have a global look at the press of the u.k. i would like to say that they get. adequate picture was going on in the world and on the national level too and what impact do you think british press coverage has on you carrying out your g.t. . well for me it's very important because. definitely in bus the should read very carefully the newspapers because the first official information second you have commence the third this is you know you just can't live with. the u.k. still harbors people sought under the russian legal system people that they sell ski. and most recently moved south who is the subject of the largest claim ever made me u.k. commercial court and what do you think it would take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with us that well this is a long story but this seems to me that. there are some legal procedures and

definitely we have to follow this legal procedures and you know just you just can't say you know in general. this is there are some specific case and of course we have to deal with the every specific case you know case by case basis so i would say that you know you just change something globally. there are some i mean we have positions you know. on this notice and i think that we have to continue the dialogue between two countries and of course this dialogue is going on the level of the. legal authorities and of course some of the political i'm going to be pushing for the u.k. to change stance on cooperation with russia on matters like. i'm not going just this is a long story i would like to say that for example if there are some rules in every country and for example when you're talking about the. people who.

who were asking you know you know to bring to russia you know definitely we would like to have the situation when the british hear us that is very important for the for the dialogue and are you suggesting that i'm not herring you know. sometimes not sometimes yes ambassador thank you very much thank you.

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iraq's christian community shrink says thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence against the minority group christians say they fall victim not only to extremists but also to the unwillingness of security forces to protect. us next presidential candidate john mccain calling russia the soviet union at the security conference in munich draws attention to the frequent loopers of american politicians experts say it exposes a lack of expertise in global affairs and highlights an ignorance that american voters should not accept. and a fresh wave of anti-government rage is sweeping across egypt as they were unions and state media joined the popular on the rest of the country's embattled regime responds with threats and ultimatum warning the protesters of dark consequences.

those are the headlines i'll be back in fifteen minutes but first that sports news with you in. headlines. ny to forget defeat in their first match of twenty seven. to chechnya. to take charge of the premier league side. possible the pole was seriously injured. it's been a less than memorable beginning to the new football year for russia dick advocates charges going down to a shock defeat at the hands of iran in a friendly moments was what you were pretty on in the first half versus best chance

is occurring in a frantic two minute spell halfway through the period first better conscience let rip but a round shot stopper many who was up to the challenge but the mere best false follow up aloft all right alexandra here then had the chance to give his side the lead in the very next attack but there's a neat striker ballooned over the second half was shaded by a run but the persian star's finishing couldn't match the build up that is until a ninety minute mohammad calabar baris winner a sublime effort calmness personified against the stop russian defense. one nil a score in the united arab emirates improvement very much needed that men are to stay on beaten in the euro twenty twelve goal of fires back on the way the end of. ok back to domestic matters where in russia ruud hole it arrived in chechnya to take charge of premier league side f. c.

ter wreck the actions faces of the local found soon turning to smiles soon as the soul of the legendary dutchman exit the pain of corrals near a port hole its then one thousand nine hundred seven european player of the year accepted the post some weeks back but it was on wed and stay about to arrive for the pre-season work but eyebrows were raised when the former ac milan took up the job in chechnya a region which ensures terrorist attacks on a frequent basis the russian season gets underway in march the twelfth. a lot will be discovered on the gulf in greens this weekend when the world's top three players go for broke to dubai desert classic plenty of eyes on world number three tiger woods as he looks to get his bike back after a forty fourth place finish in his season opener a fortnight back woods has recently revamped his swing but that didn't bring the desired result. his worst ever start to the year torrey pines the fourteen time major winner ultimately looking to get back number one ranking which he lost in

late october to lead westwood thirty five year old woods by titles in his collection winning it all in two thousand and six and then in two thousand and eight. one of tiger's challengers took a much more lighthearted approach in the run up to the tournaments were number seven rory mcilroy old white foam in the sun not shying away from the waterhouse or either this is where it all started for the hollywood more than are they need for again the twenty one year old lifted his maiden european tour title here just over two years ago after a. plenty of just by experience under his belt on old considers these greens. i've played slices in on a chair and it's my fourth here's a preview so. you know it's flown by you know i can remember come when i was here when i was sixteen i'm playing tournaments i was lucky enough to get an invite. things are fairly really come on since there so yeah i sort of gave treat this is a home again because i have played it more times than any other tournaments. you

know things aren't looking very rosy for a cleveland to in the n.b.a. no team in history has fallen from grace as far as the cavs who lost a record twenty five straight games after having the league's best record last year byron scott says he's remaining positive. as we can so. much better. read every single night and one thing about. other cultures even players. ever going to come up. with people. is remaining in a stable condition following his rally crash at the weekend the former warm up and comer visited by lewis reynolds stablemates the telly petroff on tuesday but the russian turning up the something corona hospital in the girl to see how a twenty four year old could but so was holding up after undergoing surgery

a few days earlier had been told he might never race again but the diagnosis has improved in recent days the twenty eleven season that were means very much a diet for the pole the season beginning in a month's time and. some jokes. please just smile so it's good to give the full. we know each other i would start it was quite similar and this is important to all goods and we choose to see for example break materials something you listen to us it was easy to order. no rest for cricketers as they prepare to depart for the twenty eleven world cup at the weekend the team recently completed a three want to try and over st louis also suffered a one day international loss to them in perth on sunday captain andrew strauss who oversaw his team spent a full one hundred days on tour he said i focused on the big one the nature of international cricket is you always move on to the next thing so you know when you're old and gray will sit down and look over the footage of the series and still

be very proud of what we've achieved and you know it will go down as one of the highlights if not the one i about but. now's not the time to look back on it now sometimes in the folds of world cup. all right moving on with their new leader over in the desert with henrik hausler securing the advantage at cycling's tour of qatar the german born australian winning his second straight stage becoming the mountain beats for the peloton overnight leader tom boonen struggling admits the strong wind suffering a puncture to drop into fourteenth overall those who successfully braved the stage three storms had it all to do near the finish line on it was a house who once again was the fastest in the sagal at sprinting the competition in a fierce ending mark renshaw was right on hester heels with down the nazi not being his second straight. there's been plenty of smiles in green bay wisconsin with the cheese head phones commemorating the n.f.l. as a new super bowl champions the packers have to overcome all year they were finally

able to gain back the offense lombardi trophy named after their legendary coach after fourteen years of trying freezing temperatures not an obstacle here but fifty six thousand people in attendance at lambeau field coach mike mccarthy literally letting the feel of the n.f.l.'s most coveted trophy driver among those greeted by the crowd at the thirty six should receive or not considering retirement after a dozen years with green bay quarterback tell us money are rogers was razor sharp in the big game winning super bowl m.v.p. the puck taking the trophy home for the first time since ninety nine. dollars all your sport and weather is next.

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