in the arab world how possible is it in your opinion that they might have been incited from outside. i think we can safely discard foreign involvement as a factor these a purely internal affairs after they began however other countries definitely became concerned about what was happening i was in washington d.c. when the riots in egypt began with meeting with state department officials we had a bilateral meeting on the middle east settlement i saw that my american counterparts were really shocked by the scale to which the events in egypt had escalated and incidentally the cia and other intelligence agencies were quickly criticized for not predicting the possibility of such an rushed it almost immediately though they became very active and president obama called little eric several times he was a little president of her healing time you were they also maintain contact with general omar suleiman rubel the u.s.

chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of maintaining contact with his counterparts in egypt in all the channels were immediately activated with the bullshit when former diplomats who were well connected in cairo flew over to egypt to help the embassy there but you were why did the united states abandon mubarak so quickly. this was america's position from the very beginning in his conversations with mubarak president obama strongly recommended that president mubarak step down before september because mubarak said initially he would step down in september that was leaked to the media and reported by several u.s. newspapers gets at the same time it was clear that the u.s. found itself between a rock and a hard place on one hand it had to maintain its image of a country that supports democratic revolutions the riots in egypt go democratic not islamic there were no islamic slogans no green flags all people wanted was to put.

an end to corruption and to allow normal economic growth to develop from the primary protest which gates the regime so the us had to maintain its image by supporting the brian says on the other hand they had to do all they could to retain their influence in egypt and other countries the us strongly relied on the barracks regime in egypt and only then at least regime engine is e.s.q. so they were looking for a way out of this predicament we at first they hoped that general suliman would remain in power this was obviously in salary clinton said that he might be the interim ruler until the election then it turned out that people didn't like him because of his close ties with an american then the military stepped in with what will some say that the united states was actually happy to see unrest in egypt because it diverted attention from. the news of the new this is quite a naive explanation i know it's not you all so i know i'm not embarrassing you when

i say snowy for much what do you mean it diverts attention from israel israel too is now facing serious problems due to the riots for instance they've opened the raf on crossing over in fact it was opened some time ago they just closed during the crisis with so now israel doesn't know what the new egyptian leadership will do whether they'll maintain the gaza blockade only sin aside along the egyptian border . i read an article in the wall street journal that said the military and intelligence communities in israel are in favor of preparing for re occupation of goals and at the same time many experts say that would put israel in a position where a large scale bloody war would be inevitable. so we can't say the situation was instigated by israel or that its purpose was to divert attention from israel this was a social explosion and that's the way we should view it. but this process is slightly different in different countries. take bahrain for instance twenty percent of the

country's population is sunni eighty percent a shia the leadership all sunny shia muslims consider themselves oppressed now they want to be represented in a coalition government they're in talks now and they may find a modus vivendi rain water in other countries the phenomenon is purely social i'm sure islamic groups will take part in a box we have to differentiate between a minute we shouldn't paint everybody with the same black stick take the muslim brotherhood in egypt financed and over and it is a movement that now wants to become the political party they already have twenty percent of seats in the parliament they are proposing a social program with the movement is actually a combination of different over forces there was a very interesting story in a local newspaper about the muslim brotherhood having a youth wing and a women's way in the brig these two groups just hatched themselves from the rest of

the party more than joined the protest is that to mean something and we should not view the world in black and white it is of the very i want to just choose to certain areas rose of course and still everybody is wondering if there's uprisings may islamicized the region or instead of democratizing it. needed to run into them we should go with know who i don't think that's usable should let's look at what brought about the riots when you many people believe that all arab states sooner or later and up having an anti colonial revolution were not so those revolutions and not just anti colonial they directed against or for a tarion regime and. also we probably underestimated the way new technology of francs in arab countries why did the rights happen in tunisia and egypt because these are the most advanced arab countries and the internet is a good. television and mobile phones helped organize people there is

a youth group called the april sixth movement in egypt that has approximately seventy charles members of the movement is internet based if these young people spearheaded the street protests. internet was invented a long time ago why are this uprising is happening now and why are they happening in such close proximity. of the riots in egypt i think happened largely because people saw on television what was happening gauge you split that so it's a domino effect there i think so yes. but they also mention that this at present fact the israeli palestinian settlement do you think that new forces may emerge in the middle east and that they may be able to dominate the region. it is hard to say what is going to happen at the moment we've seen the statements made by the prime minister of the palestinian authority saying he is ready to form

a coalition government with a mass but that is also repercussions of the recent events at the same time it helped relieve pressure in the region when the egyptian military which is currently the defacto government announced they would observe all the agreements previously signed including the nine hundred seventy nine treaties with israel. so it's hard to judge the situation right now and i can't give a direct on sept i think it will become clearer after the time has passed and in any case i think it might force the israeli leadership to give up their policy of maintaining the status quo in the middle east so far the israeli leadership has been leaning towards preserving the status quo and abandoning the idea of a peaceful settlement despite numerous un security council resolutions and president obama's cairo speech. israel kept building in new settlements in the west

bank and east jerusalem was sabotaging all attempts if they go she a should because i think recent events may cause them to reconsider their policy because global trends and not in favor of israel's anik sation policy in facts they cannot really an exe the west bank will know if they were to annex the west bank that israel will cease to be a nation state or it will become a state of two nations and they realize that shoes and that's why they want the status quo they want to preserve the current state of affairs. that's. one of a series of uprising started some comparing them to the color revolutions even though these two things are very different what lesson can we learn from these uprisings in the arab world will. lessen my we should learn things and never completely calm they like to see always replayed and it's not just the israeli

palestinian conflict or some other conflicts between various arab states a neutral discontented people especially young people who can all say create waves you pull you in they don't have any prospects for the future so they go out into the streets they staged rallies in metairie a square and in similar places in other countries this is something we have to take into account bus thank you very much for this interview. wealthy british style. right.

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in about fifteen minutes time but first roman is here at the with the sports news service and what do you have for us this hour well another busy week of european football is on the cards plus the highlights from the final day of the regular season got all that and more coming right up stay right there. well welcome to the sea for an artsy comment see a live from the russian capital with me wrong call for a time first stop as always the headlines. continental target says god aims to become the first russian seem to reach the last sixteen of the europa league in another big week off european football. while in the champions league the last sixteen begin their quest for the final with two matches taking place on tuesday.

and the playoffs are just a day away a look at head at the conference quarterfinals plus the latest highlights from the continental hockey league. start with football it says call are looking to become the first russian seem to reach the last sixteen of the europa league when they host a column cheese day and as richard von porte reports the muscovite side are firm favors to go through having won the first leg one nail in greece last week. so this guy have been irresistible so far in this season's europa league they breezed through their qualification campaign unbeaten winning five and drawing just one game or thomas needs his goal a week ago and someone nicky is beyond him and a clear advantage going into tuesday's were to make sure we get from the fourth and i thought we played well last week in greece of course we tied in the second half but that is understandable due to our season only just starting however we didn't take all our chances and had we done so this time i would already be over that

because we didn't still have a chance just as boring for power will be serious counts home form in this year's competition and men have won all four games and averaging more than four goals in the process the home side will be strengthened for both father to love and can still kick on the back in contention after missing out on last week's trip to greece working out a lot more for water in the love and considered honda both back training with the first team and that has obviously given us a boost and more options i can't tell you at the moment if either player will start but they are certainly both contention. this will be only serious cause a second game of a new season where russian need campaign doesn't get under way into the middle of march nevertheless despite a distinct lack of match practice the armament looked impressive against palled last time outs and could have won by a greater margin than just one goal over lack of much practice isn't ideal head coach leonidas would ski says his team just has to get on with it for the most part

of a little assess a used to starting the season in february and i think if you ask any player they much prefer when there is a short pre-season and he suddenly starts have to play rather than having to wait the players are more than used to this but then again there is little we can do about it. to make matters worse for the visitors and also have to contend with the freezing cold that's descended on moscow the last few weeks last week's much here in the capital between rubin and f.c. twente it was touch and go as and when you wait for regulation. teams can be called alt if the temperature plunges below minus b. this game is likely to go ahead as scheduled but playing in such conditions certainly won't be easy for the players newcomb moving. it's not comfortable for anyone to play in temperatures of minus seventeen of course and it's difficult to not ideal but there's nothing we can do about it but we have to play we need to win and that's exactly what we're going to be trying to do at least pollock won't have to deal with a hostile crowd on tuesday as only ten thousand fans are likely to break bits of

code and turn up to the stadium however the greeks will certainly have a job on their hands to try and make the last sixteen against serious side will stand firm favorites to do just dance was frankly a good deal warmer here in moscow than it was this time last week when rubin played very europa league match absolutely freezing conditions or should be any problem with this much going ahead. in a great position to try and reach the last sixteen after a fantastic one nil victory in greece last time arts but you don't pull three to ante moscow so the side from the mediterranean climate are expected to struggle with the moscow cold but balk will be trying to turn their trip to russia and productive what the visitors have announced on the climb and tried to overhaul the one mill first leg deficit they need to score at least twice in moscow something they haven't done so far in this tournament if you are travelling fans will be cheering for them and choose the nights ago and hope that their squad composed of sixteen different nationalities can get past this tie. to the champions league

matches will also be held later in the day in france leone are hosting josie marina's real madrid while chelsea are in denmark to face copenhagen who qualified for the knockout stage for the first time the english team are struggling at the moment having lost their f.a. cup encounter against everton on saturday plus the blues premier league title hopes are also diminished with chelsea currently in fifth spot twelve points behind majesty united however carlo ancelotti remains confident that his side will get back on track this season which could turn out to be that seems best yet. there is one is not finished. maybe it could be the best series on the grid come. out of. a memory could be the bushies or maybe could be the worst. i don't know but wait we treasure is not still alive

and on the way to the last eight for chelsea stats copenhagen did seem to surprise many in the group stage after a draw with barcelona and two wins against russian champions are all being banged greek side and i cost the danish league is now on a winter break self a lack of competition could be in the londoners baber even so confidence is overflowing at the home camp. as some of our players sold off that they think they are a better side than shells even so maybe i should talk a little bit talk them down a little bit. who is played in this team for the first time i really lost all they won the two games. so they think that it is as easy as this so i think that confidence is very very high in the team. to tennis now where the men's tournament is underway in number three seeds almost burdick cruised through

his first round opponent jeremy charedi with a six two six three victory and hour and six minutes was all the czech needed to overcome the frenchman didn't manage to break into the beginning of the second set the next round will see birdie take on the winner on the first. call and spain's garcia lopez. number five seed became the first surprise exit of the a.t.p. championship the croatian was up against ukraine's city baby son of a great soviet pole vaulter we showed he could be on the way to becoming. the winner probably left mixed emotions for a boot who threw the first set six one over new which has decided to retire in the second. leg injury. and finally to ice hockey where the last games all the regular season concluded on sunday in a moment we'll get see the highlights of that final week but first let's take

a look at the playoff ties where sixteen teams are on their hands for the guarin call currently held by. western conference champions local most evil holes. who have one of the playoffs for the first time. moscow open their campaign against the last in the russian capital. to play star studded st petersburg and find that a moscow region side place. the eastern conference with the regular season champs have onboard start against yet safety making it seem to last to the same stage last year it's all about their lives. while newcomers groth travel to must meet the horse finally. of course travel to kazakhstan to face the playoffs begin on wednesday with the final series taking place in mid april. so the stakes are about to be raised when the playoffs get underway but for now let's check out the latest highlights from the kontinental hockey league enjoy.

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fuels concerns over crude supplies the oil spikes all having a positive impact on their. morning business in trying to minutes. live from our studios in moscow this is r t thanks for joining us now live bands are digging their heels in protest in key cities and that's despite the violent response from the police as they try to curb the anti-government demonstrations world leaders are rounding on libyan authorities calling for an immediate end to the clashes increasing number of protesters are demanding for an end to the forty one year rule of colonel gadhafi hundreds have been killed a thousand injured during a week of on grass with reports of airstrikes from the country's own military.