this is r t a quick look at the headlines this hour iraq's christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence christians say they fall victim not only to extremists but also to the unwillingness of security forces to protect them. john mccain calling russia the soviet union at the security conference in munich draws attention to the frequent bloopers of u.s. politicians experts say it's exposes a lack of expertise in global affairs. and a fresh wave of anti-government rage is sweeping across egypt as leverage unions and state media joined the popular on the rest of. the relations between london and

moscow have been rocky of late with many unresolved issues still hanging over the two well r.t. spoke to the new russian ambassador to britain. about how he expects the relationship to progress that interview is next on r.t. . today i'm asking a russian embassy in london talking to mr alexander yet again k. has just taken up the post as the new russian ambassador to the u.k. he was for many of the press departments 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 if you 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 negotiations process. well i had my views of you know in the u.s.

state department you know who are basically started learning the subject together with us but after five years of negotiations when we the 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 and public diplomacy is 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 of 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 the b.b.c. or c.n.n. and of course everybody is aware was going on. but the role 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 presses 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 ration to i would like to say that the last year was very fruitful from that point of view there were two meetings 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. texture of the political contacts 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 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 maximum twenty three billion dollars before the crisis now we're around fourteen 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 showed 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 you target said that you will focus on in terms of cooperation frankly i have to to to to the point to know all the all the areas there are so this is politics definitely this is economy this is technology because you know we're building skolkovo with the brits building you know the same center not far from london so basically we're talking

about the modernization and the 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 we'll try you know to see a 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 head of the press department at the ministry in moscow how do you assess the british press particularly the notes taken up by tabloid newspapers do you think that british 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 in 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 the 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. its ambassador 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 commands and 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 at their selves. and most recently. 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 russia 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 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 matter 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 will you be pushing for the u.k. to start some cooperation with russia and. 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 we are 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 there is very important for the

for the dialogue and are you suggesting that no herring you now. sometimes not sometimes yes ambassador you have got to thank you very much thank you. discover its. nature can give you. the official. touch from the.

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brock's christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence christians say they fall victim not only to extremists but also to be unwillingness of security forces to protect them. john mccain called russia the soviet union at the security conference in munich draws attention to the frequent bloopers of u.s. politicians aleck's per se it exposes a lack of expertise in global affairs. and a fresh wave of anti-government rage is sweeping across egypt as favor unions and state media have joined the popular on the rest. i'll be back with more fifteen minutes but first sports news with dmitri.

welcome to the sports it's very good for the company again our top stories this hour. not to forget russia suffers defeat in the first match of trying to level again in the wrong to run another derby. welcome to the chechen republic legendary dutch footballer ruud gullit touches down in gross need to take charge of question cleverly terek. and re-arranged team with lots of new faces a bit because mentally better for the third stage of the year how could this with games. russia last start to run in their latest friendly match as they continue their preparations for next month's euro twenty twelve qualifier against. there was plenty happening off the pitch as russia played their first ever match in the united arab emirates and as richard van put reports that staging of the match proved to their success and could be repeated in the not too distant future. this

could be seen as the start of a new era for russia for. the first time the national team has played a friendly match if you think they knew i would be has been very well received by dekalb accounts and the rest of the russian national football team obscenities here are absolutely second to none while the temperature has been very mild in the low to mid twenty's which makes a very refreshing change for most of russia which is covered by a blanket of snow a moment the only thing lacking with spectators is have a match from played in dubai as was originally supposed to be the plan b. attendance figure would have been much higher nevertheless interest in the match has been high such as the large export russian population in the u.a.e. . i don't know exactly what influenced the choice of the city lose the game was played by we would have had more russian spectators to support our national side. nevertheless a couple of thousand russian fans still manage to make the game the majority travelling from all around the emirates charlotte. i don't know how many russian

fans have come to the game to support all footballers maybe couple thousand but they're much more iranian fans here that's just is this is a form of i feel at home now there are so many russians here russian flags everywhere we're all in high spirits and hope that our players will not let us down anybody that iran will russia's opponents and the rain in the federation that actually paid their russian counterparts some reaching into hundreds of thousands of dollars to play this game they knew and to host the matches be you a huge warm climates of both countries having large export populations here whether the majority of fans who are watching russia play for the first time there was little to cheer about their chances of being at a premium should the second half sort of weary looking russian side the majority of which are still in pre-season ahead of the new russian campaign feels a great many scoring opportunities all around with still the undeserved victory in

stoppage time you could see that some blows in those have to fit his words need to play against you was to be fit. because you will is going to have to go for there's a good preparation and my players that played only played those three weeks but it's no excuse i think this game didn't deserve a winner but those who are in the laws that we have seen the. still some players these more. bushes for the team may return to the gulf region sooner rather than later just as it's rumored dick advocaat side will play a friendly in qatar in late march has been a successful experiment by the russian football union to play a friendly mansion a neutral venue for the first time was also given thousands of fans the opportunity to watch russia play live had never previously backed chance but unfortunately they didn't get the result they wanted as russia slipped a one nil defeat after violate iran go richard r.t. i would be the united arab emirates. france paid brazil in their friendly in paris

one nail. down to ten men at the end of the first half following this episode when nonis karim benzema in the chest with his extended leg the referee had no other option but to show the brazilian and red cards. that have a blow and took his revenge fifty four minutes into the game as he called the goal of the match up some fine play on the way by german menace sealing the final result . back to domestic matters now where in russia ruud gullit has arrived in the chechen republic to take charge of premier league side f.c. terek the anxious faces of the local fans soon turning to smiles so the legends are adults when accept the play across the airport call it the nineteen eighty seven european player accepted the post some weeks back but it wasn't wednesday that her drive for the pre-season eyebrows were raised when they form

a similar player took up the job in the chatter of public and bridge in which terrorist attacks on a frequent basis. there are a range team which with lots of new faces that's what the russian national are circuiting will look like at the swedish games the third stage of the year which gets underway tonight robert ford and alan has the latest update on the red machine's preparations it's different if he's got what it takes to lead this team we will only be glad for him any one of the current squad should be striving to become the leader that's the best way to show what you can do on the ice so good luck to him. that he is you've given. the eighteen year old is already a world used. and he showed me the twenty eleven all-star game last weekend another giant step is just about to be taken a dead beat in the country senior team russia will play their first encounter in the l.g. swedish games against been learned. home ice. region arena. because

it's all there is a number of players return to the squad after a break one of them the host clubs looking forward to their field of can expect to be roared on by the national home crowd support in addition to order further of has been in great form recently so we just couldn't live in mileage as a school wants to play for the national team before in deep treats you well although he hasn't fulfilled his potential yet we're given him another chance now scar striker you get near to him is expected to bring some drive and forward to the team although even more is expected of him. besides having unique natural abilities along with his size of gagne out to him is a very skilful and history man so player he plays spontaneously he can scald those types of course which encourage the team with. the new world record holder for the hardest and first to slap shot. is the old hand of the russian team the on guard

defender is sure the new players will give his still significant boost focus and i think it will be an exciting game we have a great deal of new guys in the rows there who would like to take this chance and show what they've got it's great motivation for them. the team's latest faceoff took place in mid december when russia thrashed been six two in the channel one cup and it bowman desperately looking for revenge what could be the bears desperations young hopefuls are worth what in their own party. now robert kubica remains in stable condition following his crash at the weekend the formula one up and come out was visited by lotus rennet. on tuesday the russian turning up at the suntech a royal hospital in italy to see how twenty four year old could better was holding up after undergoing surgery you. have been told him might never race again but that would notice as a recent. the turtle open season which begins in the brain still remains adult for

the. adult who have some drinks and. at least a smile something is good to give the fool one yielded we know each other. stole is quite similar and this is important all this quote all goes and we choose to see for example break material something for us it was easy to order no rest for england's cricketers as they prepare to depart for the turn to eleven world cup at the weekend the team recently completed a three one ashes triumph over australia but also suffered a one day international loss to them in perth on sunday and restore service so his team spent one hundred days and turn is now 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 we'll sit down and you know look over the footage of the ashes 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 about three. now's not the time to look back on the times that folds of world cup over to cycling now where there's a new leader over in the desert with heinrich hostler taking the advantage of katter the german born australian winning his second straight stage becoming the no to beat for that pelton overnight leader turned born in struggling against the strong wind suffered a puncture to drop him to fourteenth over all those who successfully braved this stage three cents dom's had it all to do near the finish line it was hostler who once again was the fastest going to settle squinting the competition in the theists finish compared to rush it was right on his heels why not to ned to second straight. because it's all from if an arm or sports is from around the globe into time here in r.t. good buy.

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