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think again or this really is what trapped in georgia writes in a decision itself is being set up by the government which wants to avoid paid a hundred million dollars into the. next offseason sophie shevardnadze talked to mikhail gorbachev's personal interpreter for the russian current soviet and our version diplomat offers an inside look at the end of the code rule from the perspective of the last leader of the u.s.s.r. . oh plushenko thank you very much for being with us today it's a great pleasure. i'm going to read a quote from your book this very occupation by the air of

a foreign and your own language to rake through the songs of words and having found the right one for its texture its sound then for the threats connecting the two languages has always been my favorite thing to do you are you more a linguist a diplomat. prove it has always been my favorite thing to do i have done many things in my life i was a diplomat i was working in the foreign ministry for many years i have written books i've been a journalist i've been working in the corridor of foundation as. a kind of advisor to the present publisher of lynch's presidential years but i would say nevertheless . as a linguist i've been the happiest it's been my vocation my occupation you've been credited with credited with intelligence and remarkably open mind but

are you ready psychologically to translate those earth shattering event start gorbachev's leadership brought to the world. or well i think i was ready frankly it's not boasting but i do remember that well almost twenty seven years ago i was first asked to interpret for. even though at that you know the soviet leader the general secretary of the central committee it was a figure somewhere in the clouds i do remember that i was not up for. it that i was psychologically ready and part of it of course was that everyone was kind of feeling and expecting that coverage there was something new that one must not be afraid of him but also i think because i love at that time my work i enjoyed it so it was part of that love for my work as a linguist for what was your personal perception of the world at that point

standing next to a guy who was turning it upside down well i was very much in favor of change and i was very much for perestroika initially during the first couple of years i frankly was worried that the whole thing will be perhaps just because maybe that it will not get enough support either in the soviet establishment or among the people but then of course it was because of some decisions taken by gorbachev that the process accelerated and what's more important gained its own momentum and became not dependent on gorbachev alone or associates so the feeling was that yes change is necessary the feeling was yes change is possible but there were doubts out there also said that interpreters occupy

a somewhat now rick position that the apparatus not only working for government officials but more for one's own personal really pretty thing is the core principle of interpreters relationship charge trust oh it certainly is trust the thing is that you have to be trusted not just by your side but also by the other side i think that is something that the younger interpreters need to understand you know not neutral. you certainly are part of the process of reaching mutual understanding so whatever you can do in a way from both sides you should do but of course being also at the same time the official the foreign ministry official you have to bear that in mind as well what you seem to occupy manner or think or picture of life interpreter of course but did you ever have to be psychologists counselor at times not really know but it's

important for an interpreter for a diplomat for anyone to understand that you're working with a human being no one is perfect you have to make an allowance for the specificity of a human character so far as your guy is concerned gorbachev so far as the other side is concerned too because they too were human beings and an interpreter can be i think in certain situations. a positive factor i do remember for example when after reagan's visit to moscow in one thousand eighty eight the visit was practically over and. reagan were to attend a concert at the bolshoi theater. and i must say that the u.s. security. protection at that time was

a little heavy handed and they started to frisk just about everyone who was entering the bolshoi and as a result of that the concert the beginning of the cancer was late by almost an hour and that frankly upset over children that upset racer and they said well do we need to go to the concert do we need the last dinner that was to follow the concert and frankly at that time not as a psychologist but i said. that you know it's the heavy handed decision in a certain person the regroup of people let's not you know tarnish the great event very good summit with. making this a big deal and perhaps it helps because. everyone on the visit and then on a nice note well i want to talk a little more about crippling not clicking i mean you obviously speak to gorbachev

and we speak to people there in a language so you understand a little more of their mentality and their their path of thinking did you ever maybe advise him uncertain approaches to certain persons. some top personalities easier to their with and others except reagan oh well for sure some top personalities are easier to deal with than others but you have to bear in mind that i became personally close to gorbachev in his post-presidential years i was not i was a government official at that time i was not really a member of his inner circle so no i never dared to. you know act as as someone who advice is on the press the last speck this kind of thing a later of course you know i've been with him for almost twenty seven years now so later yes it has happened. that we discussed the individuals with whom

she was dealing. beings not only americans and foreigners but also russians but that came later. ok for you personally i do understand every meeting that occurred with was unprecedented was groundbreaking but was there one in particular that stood out for you. well you might be surprised. everything stands out reykjavik stands but it's not it's not washington it's the meeting in helsinki after the aggression of saddam hussein against kuwait that really stands out in my mind even more than malta the meeting between gorbachev and bush and helsinki even more than malted stands out as the of the cold war because that was the first time when it was not the dynamics of

confrontation of our position of the two major powers but the dynamics of corp corporation in stopping the aggression that really worked in both countries showed that they are able to do it the able to take certain steps to make compromises to make that corporation work so to me that was an enormously important event. was there and i remember by the way that's not about gorbachev but i do remember during the meeting between shevardnadze and baker could see how the news came and how it was brought in by baker's associate about saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait and it was totally unexpected they did not spend much time discussing it but they agreed that they would be in contact and then those contacts led to that in my opinion truly should story perhaps under estimated

meeting between coverture and bush in helsinki where you've said that you've been working with him for twenty seven years now how is tara. the fact of your perception of terrence eight and now how would you assess his legacy to russia and the world well i think you know i was working with him in those years because i believed in what he was doing i was a foreign ministry official and had i for example wanted an appointment somewhere abroad it was you know past climate was past due services so i could have estimated seven in eighty eight to be posted somewhere abroad i didn't do that i worked for him because i had a commitment for what he and his associates were doing to change the country and then of course it turned out that it changed not only our country changed the world

that appreciation that opinion i think is very much still with me it has been confirmed by subsequent events i frankly always believed that it would not be easy that it would not be for our country or for the world it would not be a feast or celebration everything is nice so you know i have been disappointed that i was disappointed about. many things in this country about many things in the world but nevertheless i do think that if practically any unbiased human being looks at how things were thirty years ago and how things are in the world today it has to be a positive assessment is not how gorbachev your man of the twentieth century. certainly is i frankly don't very much believe in those competitions those contests

certainly there were people in his generation and the previous generations who. affected the twentieth century in important positive ways and of course you have to look when you talk about a man of the twentieth century you have to look for people who have made a positive contribution and he is certainly among the like top three top five persons all of whom i'm reading really made the world better now his romance with late wife teresa was almost as kramer's as the man himself were to describe his vision how the world as romantic as. well. no i don't think he had to remain to question of the world but she was one of the luckiest person in that they were really a perfect couple not in the sense that the everything was just smooth and perfect but you know you rarely see that kind of personal commitment and love and

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hundred years ago. thanks very welcome to the sports update coming. up story. friendly fire the clash of future world cup hosts between russia and qatar in a joint and still hot. meanwhile world and european champions spain keep on winning in your old white sheets while qualifying as basically they're like. and it's not over yet indicates the west finals optimism might see pulled back to game four of the series without lots. of games that brought together to future world cup has sounded in a joint u.

state guitar and russian naval to be separated and. was the host received. well there's a moment of steam rising. to have long nails the. level proceedings are thirty four minutes so rush i mean. overall plenty of food for thought. it was very usual great components. to put some players will do little so little bit different system in the second hope you can see there's still some playing. to the sharpness of the game to feel still. to still difficult to get the right commitment friendly good good now you had a chance to see also the other players with some players please let us all. there was plentiful bloodshed elsewhere on the night in european qualifying twenty teams in all attempting to edge closer to ukraine and poland twenty twelve the biggest

clash took place announced the done well the netherlands came from behind and a sixth sense of victory by bits of hungary all signals will be percy open for the dutch but the injury prone strike of them failed to reappear in the second home following a fall against them straight to the goal but second health now where hungry equalised upticks want to be the ball deflected into the metal for all files on the vaults. dogs went on to have that zoltan gear on it's their second following a ball as jock cross possible and when not to be denied wesley snipes made the level once again now a ball and some twelve minutes later mr wood the bronze that lead to last long either. here or all made it three all as he was second overnight seventy five minutes into the game so hungry what most opposing an upset but poland's loss of mentioning the bailed little strike had to do it by who was within six minutes.

with this one five three and increase their leading group heat to nine points in the proces. group i run away leader's brain meanwhile maintain their perfect record in twenty twelve will decline by beating me for a mere three one the weight down as harvey gave the world and european champions league ninety minutes saying with a touch of loss because david lies in the second helpings the long way from obvious than pitchers but seventy minutes into the game on those occasions goes forward in their own bill deflecting one not the schools and the model himself with the school beyond any doubt snatching spain's eighteen minutes three won the final score in the three any of. us where in group i have been czech republic beach on both the mixed and stein suniel israel the for. georgia by a single goal in group sweden came out two one one is against. the move to second behind poland in group eight romania bit luxembourg three was that same group jean

paul said we have failed but i'll close a store here in c finishing at one of peace. slovenia failed to score also in that group finally in group a belgium fresh does their blood job while good seedings told to announcers goals against australia. and france host for a show in a friend me would both sides prating little of the late wife born in paris the reality test the keeping their goal intact bones and ma probably one no sense to breaking the law but the real madrid strike a failed. and the french tell. i saw you know like i might see a bit of stuck up long from becoming the first team through to the continental hockey league finals region man up long denied a clean sweep in the best of seven series off the local one game four in cheers the cutting the overall deficit to three one constantin caught up with reports. we're

aiming for a fourth consecutive winning and still come on t.v. we should put all of them towards the finals but on the night looking at it one on the defensive against the moscow region side which wasted many opportunities look amount of code to strike on the counter-attack and when the chance came they too could you want that chant us wet but said the fans men in powerful style and that back into the net one thing after the first twenty minutes. when i thought it would be easy to get past such a team we knew that the last step towards the final is the toughest but in the opener it looked like not everyone in our team was motivated highly enough and will take danish if in the game. in the second both teams had chances to score but alexander view him and constantin were in were in top form between the pipes the game stay tight but in the decisive third period the goal drop was followed by a deluge first e.o.d.

lifted up us to unity ownership and the junior world champion slapshot from the blue line. for his first goal in the third playoff match and seven minutes later the railway man added one more chance again one more point for assisting marquee moon to put welcome and see if three nothing but a thorn didn't give up and kept attacking with their efforts eventually rewarded you can was very close to earning his first born shit in the playoffs but he won u.p.a. for the quickness of the sport to reduce lockers lead and dish the keepers hopes for a shot out and twelve seconds before the final buzzer outlands kept i'm sitting in my second broke away for a shorthanded goal it seemed to turn the tide the host to cough the goalie for an additional plan but looking mighty one the faceoff and baldini throws seemed the final score for two. we didn't want to go on early vacation and just had to win today we perform sol defensive play and i can say we borrowed that from our

opponents lokomotiv were the first to score for the first time in the series and we made several mistakes at the end of the match but we still had a good advantage and i want to thank my guys for that performance it was a very tough match for us i'm still glad or innit. so look at what you produced a long sleeves in the best of seven serious two three one and have a chance to get even closer as the teams had to yell slow for game five on thursday from playing both of. now the latest from tennis and if he stays in the hunt for the sony ericsson open title in miami after progress in the quarterfinals the american forced to play a lot of role in the long rallies against people say that juan martin del potro got his defensive tennis played off in the end also a bit lucky in the first set which he won seven five held by a net cord goal in his favor on the break point well the cultures unforced error at six five in the second set tiebreaker cost him a place in the last eight for successfully through and could replace andy roddick

as america's number one pick and the fair tax. if i win one more matter of if we'll keep going. you know that's. something that i'll probably never feel like the number one american just considering what he's accomplished in his career and he certainly. you know got my career full elsewhere wins for the top seeds rafael nadal and roger york which the most good and also advanced as the kevin anderson the inform south african continues on the winning side of the grangers home to the messenger has played last week now the twenty four year old is through to pick which is in miami with a win over thirtieth see john these there and do the ladies about body is set up and andre effective it's made it to the semi's on tuesday night. but it's a basketball and a and b. where twenty seven points from le bron james weren't enough to help miami beat his former club in cleveland cavaliers worried barest by the heat one hundred ninety

lost the servo but did better this time around ending the president with an eleven point lead and a host scout their momentum after the break bayer and davis motion for a longer g.m. with an l u s g done the ball to make it sixty four forty eight to light and behold crowd we brought in company reduce the gap to five points still in the third quarter but cleveland ran further away with it adding twenty seven in the last period for the final score of one zero to ninety the cavs are still down there the bottom in these though where the heat have made it to the postseason before. in boxing bernard hopkins skull have announced a rematch of their december eighteenth championship bout which ended they may draw the final sculls w.b.c. alive having wade belak will take place on may twenty first in monterrey all the boxers famous for their mutual disrespect already throwing verbal blows at each other at tuesday's news conference in new york.

we. discussed. the distance gave me in my country you presume only you this is. my country. and this is an insufferable. so when a guy like this says to me and even some kind of kid the boy all you watch is some kind of t.v. or imports up an unusual because i surely would have been shown for years that he wasn't even an box and he was in papers when i was doing this and now it becomes a shock is the usual the strange and he put allegations out there that i don't want to deal with. and finally another statement has been made by five time olympic champion ian thorpe was said quote he wants to be better than he used to be the australian swimmer can found last mile pace to come out of a four year retirement to compete at the london olympics next year. in what

i'm doing now is to be better than i used to. that's it. and. you know when i started something i wasn't going to continue unless i thought i could and so you know after a few months you know i'm confident that i can be you know faster than i used to be able to swim. otherwise i i wouldn't go in the morning i wouldn't you know do the training and that's it for now coming up is the weather then kerry we'll update you on the main u.s. states and. cultures that so much there's a huge music issue on the mark with the battle for libya is the so-called humanitarian intervention there so noble and straightforward must intervene.

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a. wealthy british style someone says that's not what's right.