we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from. the future covering. you watching our team the global news broadcasting from moscow thanks for choosing us this hour these are the top stories fresh fire fights break out across libya as the country spirals toward civil war income with one of duffy's attempting to regain control of key orange areas in the east over two thousand people have reportedly been killed during more than a fortnight of fighting. as international calls to end the violence grow louder there's fresh concerns over the mounting possibility of u.s. intervention washington gathering naval and marine forces near the libyan border. the story from us today we clinton says the u.s. is fighting and losing an information war with global media outlets including r.t.

the us state department calls billions of dollars from congress to step up its propaganda efforts against digital long slow. those events continue to unfold in the arab world next artie's sophie shevardnadze speaks to the middle east expert and head of russia's foreign affairs committee. says that it's a crucial time now for the arab world as it searches for a new identity. thank you very much for being with us today charlie pleasure. would you describe the events in libya as a revolution or has it turned into a civil war already well my feeling is that it's more and more. look like looks

like a civil war. then a revolution can turn into a civil war if it does not solve all the problems of the regime change overnight it happened in russia after one thousand nine hundred seventeen revolution it was happening in several countries so there is nothing strange how likely is the un us intervention in libya will i suspect that today when america is involved the very difficult wars in islamic world again a student in iraq when the decision to get into another war in spite of either it is short or long will be serious damage for the image of president obama i don't think for him for domestic consumption so to speak it will be a wise decision that we do hear hillary clinton coming out and say that they need assistance that's help if people ask for assistance that means that the

international community should consider that so that the request but when the leader are of the interior government former minister. minister of interior whether he is says that people of libya are ready to solve the problems which they face in libya of themselves. well i think that while even if no one asks for assistance or why should we give this instance i think that for libyan interior government it's very important now to show that it is able to deliver. and of course there is a lot of bloodshed in libya but it seems like people who are against gadhafi regime are ready to forsake reforms but some believe that cut out the is obviously a political living corpse who is more likely to replace a man with that personally taff a u.s. presence well i think that first of all. with what is happening now in the

arab world. in tunisia and egypt libya in other countries we can hardly predict who's going to be the leaders. and neither the united states nor russia neither european union nor league of arab states we're ready to. predict that such a chain of revolutions they happen in the arab world and we do not know much about the opposition leaders because many of them are not traditional political leaders so to speak never many of them just emerge like new leaders in the streets during the fight and i think that in libya we shall see many competing groups after the. end of khadafi era which will see tribal leaders we shall see political leaders from the north we shall see some people who are in exile abroad and there will be a very strange cocktail of interests and spheres of influence so to speak those who

will be coming back from the u.s. will be bringing with them some american lady as those who will be coming from the desert with nomadic. civilization will heritage and so i think that we cannot say who's going to be the new leader who's going to be the new president the u.s. was quick to action when it came to inserting what barack but when you think about it as foreign governments are they once approached these regimes why do they give up on them so easily well my feeling is that in case of mubarak the kind of. feeling. so to speak i will state in a very politically correct way now. infuse the answer about barack i mean so i thought at first in summer when i was in cairo. when mubarak

refused to say that he's not going to be the candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections and his son gamal and will take the lead he did not happen and for many western and basses there is and kiran in cairo it has become very clear that mubarak is becoming kind of a lean duck so i have a feeling that a losing confidence in mubarak in the west started in summer last year. like you said in an unprecedented wave of social uprisings across the arab world where do this countries go from now can they handle the situation on their own well i think that first of all what we see. of that the new generation the new generation in the arab world which is tired of ruling regimes which of the did not elect. people who are in power in most of our country has ruled their countries for

more than twenty years and for those who is about twenty or thirty it's very difficult to say why do they have the right to have those rulers. so their philosophy their way of thinking of their understanding and their search of identity is something which emerges within the arab societies and you could hardly impose any ideology on them you can hardly impose democracy or western standards you could hardly impose the sheer rule of iranian standard were even the turkish mode i think that. the discussion within the arab world with the confusion of their world is only starting now and i think that as a as a former historian i can say that something something similar was happening in their world in the nineteenth century when massive uprising against the ottoman empire were shaking of the arab world now we are we will see another great arab revolution but many fear that the us will try to impose their model of democracy or

their understanding of democracy on those countries and one that the whole purpose of this social uprising through take away the chance of ever establishing a real democracy well you know we had several cases several examples of so to speak w d p words there was straight a practice of imposing democracy as an arab world by france and the european union for example in the eighty's in algeria when free and fair elections led to the victory of radical islamists and army had to take to take the power we all saw the results are free and fair transparent elections in palestine with hamas. and everybody was very unhappy in the west so if you're just going with the with the motto with the milieu with the police share to an undeveloped or kayak society are of the arab world today you will not see the results which you want to sing so

i don't think that of course there will be a lot of advisors that will be many consult on school be trying to educate. you or bleeders about western motives but i think that the arab world will produce its own democracy very soon what you've said here about america are far more concerned about oil and gas suppliers in north africa and in the middle east and there are the human rights and democracy can back up that claim well it's in its usual. clash between the values and interests of course there are values of human rights rule of law and democracy which are universal for the whole europe including russia for the united states of america but there are interests and no one has forgotten the concept of our war or will be our bad guys so to speak and if the leader can provide american security interests and if these or that leader can

provide a russian or a west european economic interests his support what kind of impact will this have never age and where does this for example i mean things are out well israel is. in in a kind of permanent astonishment so to speak i was on the phone later well earlier this morning with the israeli ambassador in them there in moscow and i asked her what's going on. and she said i got of a job well we are always to blame of course israel is not to blame israel is not behind all those revolutions it's impossible even you know to a mad. such a situation but for israel what is happening in the air world is a very serious challenge for its security because more or less they have a stable relations with president mubarak with the king of jordan with some or are there other arab nations my lovely even the qatar for example about the day israel

has to monitor the situation very attentively what you said obviously israel is not behind this resolution of that anyone else is behind them from inside it from the outside world i do not believe in global plots against russia nor against the arab world are all these changes of the emerge within the societies and even if the reason someone very clever outside the arab world who wants to predict the situation he will not be able to do that now what would this mean for iran what's going on right now on a. run to my mind it's very important time after the over throw of the regime of saddam hussein iran has become of the strongest nation in the greater middle east and islamic world after that this position was challenged by the changing views of to push government kick you demanded that it

wants to be of the strongest nation at least in the sunni world or in the greater middle east as a lot and now iran is seeing of some arab countries after the change of the regimes after the more than a zation it is countries can say no we are arab leaders and we are leaders of his nomic world and i think that there will be a very serious dispute in islamic world as a whole not only including iran turkey arab states but also including pakistan elysia indonesia and india which is which has the biggest muslim population in asia in your opinion when for the last several months what were their power should look like where he settled down in it for some interest. well there will be elections well i don't think the islamic radicals will get in the majority during these elections in the none of those countries will see coalition governments and we shall see. social identity a massive search of a density

a misery in islamic world as will see it in the arabic but i mean that so you don't think for a school to concentrate on one country in the middle not at all markets are it's a patchwork. thank you very much for the state you so much in the. republic. of russian defense. while she heads to central russia. becoming. a harsh winter makes even more enjoyable. and we're trying to because some of. the younger smaller. russia play soccer on oxy.

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part of. it was. the top stories from our teacher night fresh fun get across libya as the country spirals toward civil war incumbent while michael duffy is attempting to be getting control of key oil rich areas in the east of the two thousand people of reportedly been killed just move in a fortnight. and as international calls to end the violence grows louder this fresh concern over the mounting possibility of u.s. intervention now washington's gathering naval and marine forces near the libyan border. hillary clinton says the u.s. is fighting a losing and information war with global media outlets including r.t. the us state department wants billions of dollars from congress to step up its

propaganda efforts against the digital swims twenty two forty five pm eastern time what a company else it's twenty two forty five couldn't run joining us now from the support staff and i believe you've got some update from ice hockey playoffs that's right kevin not four teams now wait said their rivals in the conference semifinals of the kontinental hockey league could be one more club joining up yet so yeah that's right so we're waiting for confirmation on details coming out they just at six o six. a welcome to sporting marty come and see a live from moscow with the robot call serving first off as always headlines. keeping the chase alive but lots and lots of the teams fruits of the second round of the cage shall playoffs after closing out several starting their best of seven series. icing on the cake with sake

a look at the most memorable first moments poke a chilled casualties already through to the last eight. and rising through the ranks artsy interviews rushes up and coming snowboard starred on as a far as the country gains prominence and. this sport. but before we get to those stories let's check in with football smarts out moscow handled themselves with boys in an icy russian caught the last eight encounter subzero temperatures and not slowing the capsule dwellers much as they confidently beat c.b.d. on the road sports side has been battling europa league competition a little sharper than cedar right from the start of don't see one next and some eleven minutes in for sports hours before part though you have to live out in the second right after the halftime break manager by the carping and his charges and winning without several foreign stars like highlights from failed terry o'quinn agent my d.d. who stayed home to risk before europa league match with my ex. in the cage shell some things are already getting the much needed rest ahead of the second round of the guardian called playoffs others meanwhile forced to work

a little longer and harder to make it out of run one when the western saints clash on thursday becoming the first team on the dates of progress out of the open after a hard or counseled with center study the most to reach and then however pulling out a crucial one their win on the road to take the test of seven series for true freedom with teams battling out west the belorussians able to force a deciding game seven as they got was better western conference top dogs local exceed and the number regal one win away from knock it out or must go namesakes that game is headed for the extra session so i don't want to be said the moment. moscow is all set to host its third world cup snowboard events on saturday however the latest edition will be a first for the russian capital as one of the winter sports and most popular disciplines the parallel slalom will take place right in the heart of the city of richmond on port that has more.

the voting has never been built on russia a country business on the world bank especially on the women's side on saturday russian fans and a rare chance to see them in action as most replays pose to the latest leg of a snow ball. this slope here is on the short side and everything will happen very quickly and i'm really counting on the fans to give me a boost it's really nice to be able to race at home here in russia as everything is so much closer than having to travel abroad while my parents and friends will be able to come along and watch in fact all the top stars are here including a number of russia's very best however there's one name missing early on as a result with injury nevertheless home crowd will still be able to see the likes of you communicate with again is establishing herself as one of the world's top talents of apparel small and discipline as well as a license for it on the ball because and you can do you know you can you want to

sell the medal at last year's winter olympics in vancouver and almost one in the russian camp had a big day on saturday. the weather wasn't great survey but on the competition that's on the way i hope it will be sunny and clear i am still getting used to the slope as it's the first time i have practiced on it but come saturday i think everything will be great. would be sports in russia will only continue to grow in stature of a sultry olympics due to get underway in three years time when the track may be finally on the short side in comparison to most well cover bands but nevertheless its location will make it easy for fountains of crimes to attend and the russians know what federation just happy to continue to help raise the profile of the sports in the country. we decided to hold the event a sparrow hills that's one of the most historic spots and most cars. a practice of holding events here as a sleeper cell the russian snowboard championships before we got the go ahead to

hold the latest leg of the world cup here from international skiing federation and everything is going to plan. for russia's male snowboarders still have some catching up to do to be on a pole with the royals from europe and north america there's a strong chance that russia's winning could make an impact on saturday even with the absence of. russia has three women in the world's top ten of the moment including through to get one is currently the world number one on the roster of may she still has twenty three years old along with the rest of her teammates would love nothing more than to kind of the tree and soil was a third time is going to have the privilege of holding a world cup snowboarding event the first time a parallel swallows ever going to take place in the russian capital as you can see the backdrop behind me is absolutely stunning and comes i played russian prime should have plenty to cheer about as a team is one of the strongest in the world which i don't see. staying with the sport and artie's carstensen part south of has been talking to one of snowboarding hottest russian prospects and the olympic hopefuls of ours and i as promised here's

part of our exclusive interview with her. it's the second win for russian snowboarders following extending them to the guests who are trying four years ago do you think russia can become a heavyweight nation in snowboarding my opinion is it's quite heavyweight right now i mean you know we're kind of dominated now i don't i don't want to be you know arrogant or something about it but just let's face the facts and the results and well as the current position of power there it could lean into the guess where she's currently first in here will be from the very beginning of the season she was unbeatable this isn't so you could consider russia as a heavyweight country where you are right now ready among you will have to me small stage of the world cup that will be held in seventy eight did you see a new course and what do you think about it is important for russia to host such an event the venue change but well graphically it's practically the same place but

last year we had their official ramp and this here we have natural hail the slope is really nice and hard and consistent and everybody is actually really. thinking positive about such events as a world cup in moscow right now attracts a lot of attention for our sports and this already helps a lot to make the sport more popular in russia so i think everything is. being done right now in everybody's own with the ration they want to populate the snowboarding as marsh's we do thank you very much for this interview it's been a pleasure but we sure speedy recovery to injury hope to see you soon slopes thank you let's get back so i stopped for a moment fourteen's are already through to the next round of the playoffs and now let's take a look at the highlights of those best of seven series wins by a parcel about your life and scott joy.

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