into the crisis at first never the less i think the decisions i made were well thought out the essence of it was to recognise the territories as subjects to international law so we could protect them as for what that might bring a question that inevitably follows no one knows you know i would be very happy if the georgian abkhazia and south the settee and authorities went to the negotiating table to discuss how they would continue living side by side how peace and security could be enforced in the region what the future holds for their closely related peoples what they could create together i would be happy if it came to that russia would never obstruct such negotiations. we have talked about the reactions of the u.s. senate and the european parliament let me now ask you about how our partners in the collective security treaty organization and c.i.s. reacted these are countries that call themselves russia's allies and partners they

didn't support russia's actions and they did not recognize the breakaway republics how do you feel today when you discuss the matter with officials from these states . let me tell you how it went when the conflict broke out i called for a c.s. meeting i spoke to my partners and i told them that i had to make a difficult decision i told them i did not expect anything from them but i understood how hard it would be for them to make a decision of that sort i said a lot of you have territorial issues a lot of you have economic problems the world we live in is complicated and interdependent the decision we've made is final but that does not mean i'm asking you to recognize these new republics if you do recognize them it will be by your own decision if you do not our position will not change now i may be a young man liberal president but i do have some experience and i realize that i would not find many supporters after having made that admission but that is another

matter. so. you could regard it as an example to nagorno-karabakh. and i just want to bring the discussion of this to a close with an example that is relevant today you are personally involved in negotiations on the go a car back you have had nine rounds of consultations. that's a great question alex you know both president a lier for him president sarkozy and came to sochi shortly after the conflict in georgia broke out you know what they told me they said it was a very bad thing bad for the caucasus but then each of them added that it was also a lesson. they said they realized it was better to conduct seemingly endless negotiations on what will happen to nagorno-karabakh whether the region will have a referendum on what the peace treaty would look like rather than go through five days of. i think this is a good example because if our friend in georgia had been

a little smarter we could have been meeting in such concern or any other venue today to discuss possible middle of the road solutions for the relations between georgia and its breakaway provinces which it would have been a political process i do not know what it would lead to we may never have reached an agreement confederation perhaps what saakashvili did was rip his own country into pieces this is what people are going to remember. talking about the recognition of applies in south he have said that it's impossible to find common ground with saakashvili but realistically speaking i didn't say what kind of turn agreement and i said that if it were not for saakashvili we would be able to restore our diplomatic relations and to begin. any issue apart from those which we have already had a position on we will be ready to discuss even those issues. who would accept. and this means that even with those who will come after

saakashvili russia will have fundamental differences. we have our differences of course but they will be people we would be able to negotiate with i'm sure they will be willing to negotiate in spite of all possible disagreements. whatever georgians continue to vote for the people currently in charge with the way the countries go now what happens you go that way say some unflattering words about saakashvili because unlike president sarkozy he does not seem to be a person worthy of respect. but i could not insult the. people of georgia vote for a certain ecclesial that is a choice made by the people who we will respect that it would probably not have a very good effect on our relations i respect the choice of the.

the russian orthodox church regards applies. as canonic territory said that george and patrick white are secular and clerical authorities have such different views on the situation with the most. because secular authorities want nothing and spiritual authority as another tool in this case the secular authorities were forced to make certain decisions in very dire circumstances if the circumstances are not a reason the decisions would not have been made. talking about a spiritual authority they work in a different realm but i do not want to discuss in detail it would not be reasonable if i did i have discussed the matter with both patriarch kirill and patriarch of the second the situation itself does not have standing but almost canonical territories are often different from state borders but for instance russia and ukraine are two different countries today but the russian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate works in ukraine. mr president

a question about south. ninety five percent of its residents are russian citizens in the two thousand and eight presidential election ninety percent of south. for president medvedev they receive benefits pensions and everything else the russian citizen is entitled to they are russian citizens by looking at that we can tell you that are still a divided people they are divided into north and south are said to. legacy has the possibility of uniting these two republics being discussed by the russian authorities. that you could become part of russia would you feel about that. there is no legal precondition for this as of now but we can't tell what the future will bring the situation could develop in any way whatsoever looking at it now i think there are no legal or defacto prerequisites for that to happen this is the reason my decrees called for recognition of the breakaway states and subjects of

international nor nothing more i think it's a good way to develop neighborly relations between russia and south it's a normal way of doing that. so the fact that all sounds. russian citizens and they are voting for president medvedev is not a legal prerequisite for south he sets up a coming up to russia. serves to create a certain environment in south central but i don't know what's going to happen fifteen or twenty years what the south are certain demographics like how many russian citizens south the setting it will have as opposed to citizens of south setting are we going to introduce total citizenship or take some other measures that is why i don't want to leap ahead of what. you've said that you knew the recognition of a pardon south of setia will be happening slowly and that's true only three countries have so far recognized their independence this is of course difficult for ordinary people in this republics for example a simple trip becomes

a problem are you ready to issue all these people question passports. if they ask for it then of course we will give them what they want given that they are willing to become a citizens of russia. because you've said that even in your close circles there were differences over whether to recognize a pardon south of setia there's a question both in russia and georgia since the end of the war russia has given forty billion rubles in aid to applies in south. this is a huge amount of money that could have been used for russia's internally what does russia need this for. well we have a lot of programs to help you support other countries that have cars here in south a set to right now maybe closer to russia or in diplomatic terms they are entirely dependent on those they are close to us and the russian citizens living there now

if we're providing aid to foreign citizens in foreign states then of course we're going to provide nearby independent aerators with a large share of russian citizens this is normally used to how god knows who you know. times in the studio. having said that does russia international tribunal should be founded out of events of august two thousand and eight but. i look at it as a let us forget about saakashvili for a moment if it's an international tribunal initiated by one else several states supported by the international community then there is no problem with that but if the tribunals in question is voluntourism if its purpose is to resolve a political problem by removing a leader then i am against it that's the difference we believe if an international tribunal is called to judge a leader following an international incident then such

a tribe you know has the legal competence the higher justice if you will to judge a head of state. but if the tribunals is only motivated by someone's going to change the political system of the state i would strongly disapprove. but i think what happened there was a flagrant violation of international law. however it would not be possible to rely on russia's position alone in this matter so the creation of such a tribunal is impossible this means the conflict will ultimately be judged by history going to short term perspective the voters of georgia who will have to decide which way the country should go. if it. president dmitri medvedev there speaking to our t.v. echo most of the radio station and the georgia based a pick television channel he was talking looking back at the two thousand and eight to such an award touching on a sensitive issue such as his relationship with male saakashvili as well as the

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you're watching our team you are covering international stories for you more news at the top of the hour but first we go back to the second part of the interview president medvedev gave to three media on the eve of the third anniversary of the war. the question of russia's a session to the world trade organization is very relevant these days over russia wants to join with. russia the problem as far as we understand is a georgia russia session it's the only country a black that's not in favor of russia's joining the. it has been talk about george here agreeing to agree to russia's a session if russia lived on the east part of georgia and make some other

concessions is russia willing to barter for it and what is your take on the prospect of russia's joining. us. that was very well put the one but i don't want to do it for it that would be a moral moderate georgia has a position on russia's session we respect that position as we respect the. state as long as that position is in line with the goal set out in the charter trade preferences custom regimes we're ready to discuss it all the important wine and mineral water we will. but the problem is something else in essence our colleagues in georgia trying to force a new edition of the political problem under the guise of w t o a session i'm referring to entry point control over the traffic of goods then they will want to get the e.u. involved russian opposition on this is clear if you want information about the

traffic of goods including transit through south of setia we will provide it via a modern electronic database. i've agreed to the suggestion was made by the swiss president. and i recently discussed it with president obama what we're ready to implement the model that switzerland has proposed to. try to change current political reality yes that serving as a prerequisite for russia over session we won't fall for that. is not too high a price to pay here. can i ask you a question on a more practical level about visas have lots of russian friends to travel to georgia and they're issued these us in the georgian appled put georgians can travel the same way i can't even invite my closest people to visit me here are you planning to do anything to resolve this. or. i am willing to do it but the problem as i've said is that we have no one to negotiate with generally we're open to sensible initiatives if not from saakashvili we ready to

consider suggestions coming from other georgian officials which we recently restored air traffic and that seems to be working we have to move towards that goal . do you have friends in georgia and have you ever been to that country. i do have some friends from georgia of course i don't know what they're doing now but i think the majority of them live in russia we studied at the legal department together they were very nice friendly people we were good friends i had only been to abkhazia before the conflict happened that was in one thousand nine hundred five i left with a somewhat grim impression i went to and then myself and a friend went home to georgia we drove around looked at the site we came back and a year later the crisis broke out i felt very sorry i thought what a beautiful land with beautiful and hospitable people now i can't even go there

because of what is happening. that was how i felt about the events of the early one nine hundred ninety s. . mr president i have a question about russian georgian relations but the recent conflict some media have reported that the cia has confirmed georgia's version evolved of woman of the us embassy in the lycée organized by russian special services as well as a number of other woman in georgia some media have reported that some world leaders have confronted you about this can you confirm this. let me put this plainly no head of state has said anything about this to me georgia might be upset about this but this subject is not on my agenda of negotiations with e.u. leaders it's just not there the subject was painfully two thousand and eight because of the conflict but now it's off the agenda. just there is one issue wanted . a session which we're discussing mainly with the us but sometimes with e.u.

representatives that's where the explosion was the version you mentioned is pure provocative. question about surprising mr president. every answer you give to more questions so we started to work with. why did we recognize a. georgian troops did not answer it no one died it were did not break out there but we recognize that as well why is that. i think the answer to this question is perfectly obvious we could not recognize the territory and ignore the other it would have been the same as saying you were attacked south of setia we recognize that attack abkhazia and we would recognize them as well. but what's more south of the weakest link it's more sparsely populated and less stable it should let us test our strength and then if it works we will try to restore constitutional order in abkhazia they fill you but it didn't work and that was their fatal mistake of between us. i will ask you

a simple question are you proud of what you did in two thousand and eight are you ashamed do you suffer because of it now know that three years have passed how would you describe your emotions. or professed to them i will try to answer this i don't know if i can do it like a child would but i will try i suffer to this day because of what happened then i am convinced however for the decision to retaliate and the recognition of the breakaway republics as subjects to international law with decisions to make it i believe my actions were constitutional not only am i unashamed of what i have done i believe my decisions will nor for thought out unnecessary things that would. president medvedev there speaking to our. georgia based pick at television channel was speaking on the eve of the third anniversary of the two thousand and eight asserting warble if you missed it you can log onto our website that's r t dot com

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a violent scenes witnessed during a game last month with an eight these are pictured on a mobile phone from the july to. fourth watching. the russian f.a. stating local fans on police attack the visiting st petersburg spectators and jane one of the country's richest football clubs are all to have to play two games behind closed doors if similar scenes occur again in the next three months. that was just ten days to go until the english premier league season kicks off chelsea have gone about strengthening their squad the blues signing oriel romero on a four year contract from barcelona but a man optimal vet shelling out seven million dollars for the midfielder but barr said about a by clause they will need to spend fourteen million dollars should they wish to bring this five year old in the first year twenty one million in the second nineteen year old whose nickname bulldozer is expected in london straight after the under twenty world cup wraps up in colombia. to make sure of food dean off has

proven he's top of the pile at the prestigious rock star bouldering event in the us austria the russian keeping his best for last to beat the local start. in the final head to head battle us to make sure reports. strong arms. of chargen to vote obstacle called a boulder to climb the rock star competition forty seven athletes from fourteen countries battling a town to new form and the top six men and women made the finals there they had to climb to boulders one after another absolute standard dance to the super final to take on a third even more difficult obstacle to three hundred climbing fans from around the world who came to watch the event got to see a world premier the first time ever to compare to describe an identical route at the same time on a super bowl done without seeing each other in order to finish on top the athletes had to stand with both feet on the boulder and press the super final saw reigning world champion sugar for dinner for russia taking on reigning world cup holder or

stroke. the local hero missed his last move to start from the bottom while his russian opponent you see. chance and one had to battle claiming the title in the men's competition i may not be because this is going to best going to be asian in my life and i left. my son to me three going right for it the night i waited a little bit longer and actually catch the champ in the first try i thought ok that's it i'm going to do it but then this long reaching move was too far for me the first try and my victory in like ran down the river and he did it then before me so yeah it was a big battle. in the women's super fun it was on the stall. took almost an leave and the double world champion easily beat american and that's because you made a mistake and found me to go on to. things are beginning to heat up on the firestone golf course with adam scott claiming a one shot lead after the opening round in ohio the bridgestone invitational also

marking the return of tiger woods who didn't disappoint you in his first round in almost three months it was skull fellow who score card for the day included eight birdies five of them coming on the back nine including this all may fifteenth another is truly an adjacent day one less birdie finishing a stroke behind on seven under sixty three my former long time world number one woods meanwhile showed little rust whoring the first nine holes before dropping just a single shell it's still very much in the hunt for the eight and a half million dollar purse on offer. of say improper shots out there in the distance as i was heading off. i had hit the ball like this this was fun to build to hit the ball with the most flush feeling through the golf ball the speed i had. it was it was pretty nice and one of the best mixed martial artists of recent times

is not a fighting with a contract feud or you million and co release from strikeforce following a loss to don henderson which was his third straight the. pete you have see boss don a white stating the thirty four year old will not get his strike force to restyle an organization a million enco had been with for two years the russian promoter however a steaming few dollars contract is with the showtime network on that white cannot nick such the citizens the t.v. networks go to trying to comment on the last emperor status the million enco holds a professional record of thirty one wins four losses with one no contest. has all the sports i'll see you shortly. to be.