the latest in science. from. the future. if you just joined us a very warm welcome this is from the russian capital top stories now the. president prepares to address the nation the cia says he expects to step down within feeling further criticism that the u.s. is pulling the strings or moving the live pictures there from. the new exodus christians in iraq feel they're being driven out of their country with. attacks targeting the minority group. a surprise visit by the president when he was concerned over transport security here in russia as the. major lapses of one of

moscow's main railway stations. u.s. politicians famous for the bloopers they make for the buzz in the world of the book it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. that's a summary of our main news stories i'll be back with more for you in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime relations between london and moscow been rocky in recent years to say the least with many unresolved issues still hanging over the well has been speaking to the new russian ambassador to britain alexander about how he expects the relationship to progress interview next. today i'm asking a russian embassy in london talking to mr alexander you have 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 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 now 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 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 head this negotiations process. well i had my view 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 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 there talking to the to the heads of states you know to the minister of 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 it's

whitely celebrates attacks that are diplomatic and political level that not say it why do you think that 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. video 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 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 indicator is the level of the trade i mean we had 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 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 targeted that you will focus on in terms of cooperation frankly have to to to to to to point

to know all the all the areas they'll say 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 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 routine union and we're really you know to move in this direction and definitely we'll try you know to see good reaction you know from the u.k. on this. 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 newspapers 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 are 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 duties and asked that 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 that they sell ski. advice recently mocked. the subject of the largest 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 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 starts on cooperation with russia on matters like means 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 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 that is very important for the for the dialogue and are you suggesting that not herring you know. sometimes not sometimes yes a bus the i have yet to thank you very much thank you. 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 or whether it's

a sonic boom factory marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields in iraq or even story corps in the pacific for women purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that they are shall be taken into war protect. against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all. all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that. world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia . we go into the future covered.

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top stories this hour after weeks of antigovernment on rest the egyptian president prepares to address the nation the cia says it expects him to step down with. the criticism that the u.s. is pulling the strings. christians in iraq fear being driven out of their country with. targeting minority groups. and a surprise visit by the president concerns over transport security in russia between the. major lapses of one of moscow's main train stations. and us politicians famous for the. democracy it seems the american people turned into the object of ridicule. with more news for in less than fifteen minutes from

now the next with schools and there is not the pest of stars who rushes footballers this year. really were expected to win against. them but they couldn't even manage to draw but. that's qualifiers for euro two thousand and twelve. in just over a month's time so we have a lot of football to play but not a great start all the sport is coming up. good to have you with us this is sports today i'm you know neal and these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. zero from one russia lose to iran in their first match of twenty eleven. parisienne france's superb record against brazil continues out of the blue the some boys in another international friends. on sick

note elice rules three time grand slam champion maria sharapova part of the policy . let's start with the news though that russia's quest for a third euro hockey tour cronon for years remains very much on track the red machine winning the opening fixture of the l.g. swedish games against finland in the moscow region after a title to reap the pendulum swung dramatically in the hosts favor in the second team russia dominating proceedings to eventually finish the stage three one up but this is far from finished third period goal for russia looked to have put the tie to bed foxed on the finns making it for three. charges to have the final say the game ending five three russia the all short not another european title for these top ranked people. it's been a less than stellar start to the new football year for russia dick advocaat smen losing in their opening game of twenty eleven against iran but richard vaughan poor

fate reports the result wasn't the only newsworthy story of the night. this could be seen as the start of a new era for russian football it's the first time a national team has played a friendly match of a neutral venue i would double has been very well received by dickau the cats 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 server moment. the only thing lacking was spectators have imagine played in dubai 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 ex-pat russian population in the u.a.e. only are nowhere but enough that i don't know exactly what influenced the choice of the city but if the game was played in don't lie we would have had more russian spectators to support our national side. nevertheless

a couple of fires and russian fans still managed to make the game the majority travelling from all around the emirates. i don't know how many russian fans have come to the game to support our football loose maybe couple thousand but they're much more iranian fans here that's just the 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 or. iran will russia's opponents and the reigning football federation have actually paid their russian counterparts a sum reaching into hundreds of thousands of dollars to play this game then you chose to host the matches b u e two to warm climates of both countries having large export populations here 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 but the second half sort of weary looking russian side the majority of which are still in pre-season ahead of the new russian campaign failed to create

many scoring opportunities while iran would steal the undeserved victory in stoppages. time you could see that some closed in those have to fit his words need to play against he was through. because you and his coming out of the gulf. was a good preparation. is the period. between those three weeks but it's no excuse i think this game did observe what we know about those who are in the last we have seen. still some place before to leave you wish for good team a return to the gulf region sooner rather than later just as it's rumored to kathak outside will play 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 had by chance but unfortunately they didn't get the result they wanted as russia slipped a one no defeat after violate iran go richard pombo played darby united arab

emirates now elsewhere on a busy night of footballing action france to their great record against brazil beating the summer boys one nil in paris a dreadful challenge by turning those on cover benzema resulted in the visitors being ten men five minutes before the break the referee left with no other option but to use the red ball benzema his revenge no on fifty four minutes great work from germany menace on the right wing setting the real madrid man up for the easiest of finishes one the final score france about beat brazil more than twice as many times in head to head meeting. the problems for last year's world cup finalists and i'm told in the netherlands seeing off austria courtesy of some stunning football the other run here getting the ball rolling right through the former first night away probably the knights who are brilliant build up auction on the way to number two every game i fell a the gristle recipient the end of it all

a couple of shirts second for penalties thanks for. elsewhere the team that beat the dutch in the world cup final last july spain overcame colombia thanks to a late silva goal lionel messi the bragging rights over. his argentina soft two one and then came from behind to record their first win of the year in copenhagen denmark to one germany couldn't be separated dortmund scotland children of an ardent whose boss nations cup while russia's next euro two thousand and twelve qualifying opponents armenia well they didn't have a real evening losing at home to georgia. after heading teams in the united states on his native netherlands ruud hall it has begun on his next adventure in russia the former european footballer all of the year touching down in the country's chechen republic to take over a premier league side f.c.

turk. carrick are a very strong team they work diligently and so far i don't see any weak points they have a strong soul and great potential there's no reason to go to a team lacking ambition though one should move forward very cautiously only a few people in the netherlands knew about the last month now and the whole country knows about us. it's a new start as well for a month or the togo international and join real madrid last week after a disappointing to your spell chester city now although his new side lie a full seven points off league are leaders barcelona the rangy striker sais that in monitored. they've got the right man to catch the champions up. you know how to talk to people if you go to talk to people to make your notes on what's he want from you and you don't always important to have the money joe who is to you what he is there to for you what's he want you to do so for me he's very easy to work with

tell you straight from beginning i want to do this i want you to do does does. more bad news for maria sharapova fams the injury blighted three time grand slam champion is set to miss the parlous open with a flu bug she partly picked up the virus while in moscow last weekend lining up for her country in the face up the former world number one stating she wanted to play in front. of her supporters drop of a house have a stalled career with injury missing nine months into an eight zero nine with a shoulder tear a siberian native also withdrew from miami and trolls ten to ten rushing for her right elbow ensenada montreal tournaments with a foot injury. but there has been some good news at last for injured formula one driver robert qubits the pole of intensive care five days after a career threatening accident and the girl. who gets a scene here at the on feeling of his challenger for twenty seven crashed during

a rally event on sunday event underwent seven hours of surgery to try and save the use of a severely damaged right so i believe the twenty six year old will recover sufficiently to drive again but this season doesn't mean. whose partner is russian vitaly petrov has been transferred to the accident emergency unit at sumter krone hospital in. ok that brings us on to golf for rory mcilroy is in control after the opening round of the dubai desert classic the northern irish star leaving the big names behind on the day getting off to a blistering starts like this on the seeing the twenty one year old finish with just a single bogey on eight birdies the world's top three golfers in order to meet west with martin kaymer i googled well the old fields from the press westwood in cambridge feel the leader by four shots while tiger he's six bok second place sergio garcia lies two strokes behind us those thomas taken off south africa

i probably could have been a little bit lower but you know i'll take sixty five any time i step out on this golf course and here especially with the conditions that we had on the back nine felt as if i did really well and it's a great start to turn just over a week now before cricket world cup champions australia begin their title defense skipper ricky ponting who still recovering from a broken finger so his side lose the ashes for a second straight time last month disappointment head of the year's biggest tournament. pretty fresh. a month from the saw. i was looking forward to getting back into it again into back into proper trying and then more importantly back into international cricket as i said it's been a wall between between games for me and sitting back watching the gauze play the last few weeks have been pretty difficult decision as well as i have been very satisfied. that wraps up the sport for this summer i'll see you soon world weather though it's coming up in just a tick. hungry

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