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europe's highest immigration rates with increasing numbers of graduates seeking better employment opportunities away from home. relations between london and moscow have been rocky in recent years with many unresolved issues still hanging over the two aren't you spoke to the new russian ambassador to britain alexander yeah about how he expects the relationship to progress. today i'm 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 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 agenda 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 the talk 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 pure 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 views of you know in the state u.s. state department you know who are basically started learning the subject together with us but after five years of negotiations were 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 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 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 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 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 ration 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 contacts a very important but i would like to say 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 showed that we had six day mentions their actions of the corporations and we are planning to. in different areas like for example. the brits will help us to make the 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 have you target said that you will focus on in terms of cooperation frankly have to to to to to to point to you 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 they're talking about the corporation based on the knowledge and of course this is culture you know conflict 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 routine union and we're really you know to move in this direction and definitely will try you know to see 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 do you think that percy's people can get an accurate perspective on international affairs from that press 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 there is a fast 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 lust they deal with 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 leave the. the u.k. still harbors people sought under the russian legal system people that they sell ski. and most recently. the subject of the knowledge of claim ever made in a 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 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 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 on the political i'm going to be pushing for the u.k. to change starts on 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 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 uk and are you suggesting that not having you now. sometimes not sometimes yes. thank you very much thank you. soon from feinstein.

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stories at the top of the hour up next sport with. well their welcome to the sports team is very good company again our top story this hour. not to forget russia's suffers defeat and not just trying to level and to grant in abu dhabi. welcome to the chechen republic pledging to adopt football a good deal of touches down in bosnia to take charge of the russian side see terry . and a range team with lots of new faces which the turkish men prepare for the stage of the euro hockey this swedish games. that russia last start to run in their latest friendly match as they continue their preparations for next month's euro twenty told qualifier against. there was plenty happening off the pitch as russia played

the first ever match in the united arab emirates and as richard reports that staging of the match proved to be a success and could be repeated in the not too distant future this could be seen as the start of a new era for russian for. the first time a national team has played a pretty good match should 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 of a margin played in the buy as was originally supposed to be the plan the 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 but if the game was played in we would have had more russian spectators to support our national side.

nevertheless. a couple of thousand russian fans still managed to make the game the majority travelling from around the emirates charlotte. i don't know how many russian fans have come to the game to support all footballers maybe couple thousand there are much more iranian fans here just adjusted to the car 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 that iran will russia's opponents in the rain in the federation had actually paid their russian counterparts a sum reaching into hundreds of thousands of dollars to play this game they knew to host the matches do you a huge warm climates from both countries having large ex-pat populations here each year however for the majority of fans who are watching russia play for the first time there was little to cheer about the chances of being at a premium show 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 didn't have to fit his words need to play against it was to be fit. because you know i was going to have to go for there's a good preparation and my players there played only those three weeks but it's no excuse i think this game did observe. those who are in the last bit but we have seen. still some players before. russia's football 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 as it's 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 had by chance but unfortunately they

didn't get the result they wanted as russia slipped a one nil defeat after violate iran goal which of encore played r.t. i would be united arab emirates. france speed 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 scored the only goal of the match up some final play on the way by a german man assuming 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 local fans soon turning to smiles so the legends are adults won't accept a play across the airport the nine hundred eighty seven european player be accepted

the post some we expect but it wasn't wednesday that her drive for the preseason eyebrows were raised when they form a similar plane took up the job in the church or public bridge in which terrorist attacks on a frequent basis. arrange team which with lots of new faces that's what the russian national are circuiting will look like at this with his 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. different if he's got what it takes to lead this team we will only be glad 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 good luck to him . did he get. the eighteen year old who is already a world used and he showed me that 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 swedish games against been learned. home ice. 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 but a passionate home crowd support needed to go to further of has been in great form recently so we just couldn't live in mt as a school wants to play for the national team before and 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 guinea or to him is a very skilful enters to 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 get used to significant boost from this 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 finland six two in the channel one cup and it desperately. what could be better is desperation as young hopefuls were put in their own party. remains in stable condition following his crash at the weekend the formula one up and come out was visited by lotus runner ten on tuesday the russian turning up at the hospital. to see how

twenty four year old could but so was holding up after. being told him might never race again but that could notice as a recent. the trip eleven season which begins in the brain still remains adult for the. adults who have some. at least a smile something it's good to give the one yielded we know each other. still is quite similar and this is important to all those close to all goodness. for example break monteagle something. that was easy to order. no rest for england's cricketers as they prepare to depart for their turn to eleven the 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 to 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 it as a time to look forward to the 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 then to beat for that pelton overnight leader turned born in struggling against a strong wind suffered a puncture to drop him to fourteenth over all those who successfully braved this stage three cents storms at it all to near the finish line it was hostler who once again was the fastest in the saddle sprinting the competition in a fierce finish. was right on his heels why not to ned to second straight. to the source from if an arm or sports news from around the globe

is time here in r.t. good buy. well when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals limits whether it's sonic boom six tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria or iraq or destroyed

coral reefs in the pacific for purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that they are shall be taken in war to protect one by against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions political one has taken exception to that.

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