from arms again. next the republic of a cause here in the caucuses is gearing up for a presidential election in the a little over a week the action comes out of the death of a surrogate by gop's while undergoing cancer treatment there are a number of challenges ahead in the wake of the long running conflict with neighboring georgia a cause for for independence from tbilisi for twenty years after georgia's ill fated military action against south of here three years ago because i was officially recognized by russia but that's only the beginning for the small contrail which is trying to make its way in the world. we are in the republic of a because there were preparations are underway for the presidential election. is the country's acting president and also one of the candidates and he's here with us today the upcoming election will be the second presidential election since a cause a gain recognition just how hard it is for

a cause to live as an independent state of course there are many difficulties with the company a lot already but there's still an enormous amount of work to be done we optimistic about our future the most important thing is that following our country's recognition we've had its security ensured now all we need to do is get down to work and stand there a lot of things to be done for the country and the people many of cause the ins currently reside the brought there also georgian refugees who would like to return to their homes in the plaza will the upcoming election take into consideration the needs of those who consider this republic their home then even you of course you as you know i don't see any relation between the abkhazians who reside abroad in russia or in more remote places and the refugees who became ones because of the war and as for the election it's only citizens vote republican are eligible to vote there's nothing i can add to this international observers to be present at the election who's been invited. who agreed to come number two that it wouldn't

question that there will be a very many observers if one hundred is a lot stan then it is because that is approximately the number of observers that will be monitoring on election we have already sent the invitations on palm and sorted that by the way observers were present in significant numbers at the previous election when sarah get back and she got reelected i can tell you honestly that their evaluations were mostly positive full and coliseum service considered our election to be fairly democratic and transparent and maintained that it causes should serve as an example for many countries and i think the upcoming election will go exactly like that as well since a pause there remains unrecognized by many countries what are the chances that the current election will be considered legitimate abroad when we have with them the new whom we don't even focus on that what matters to us is that we must administer the election in accordance with concious legislation how others may react to it is another matter what is truly important is that we do everything right those who are

unbiased will come up with an impartial assessment of the election as for the issue of recognition of our election let me speak plainly even if it sounds a bit too blunt for this interview we don't really campaign according to supporters of your competitor said a gay samba is the current leader of the polls with almost forty percent support what are your views on the campaign. in compliance with a longstanding principle i would prefer to refrain from mentioning any names now and according to our new and improved procedures i wouldn't cite any figures public opinion is a very intricate matter especially in the end because in society and figures do not always reflect the actual situation the results of the election will become clear once the votes if being counted in formalized in an official statement as for today we're busy preparing the vote and the election campaign is generally moving ahead without any trouble there are occasional rough edges but i'm confident that the people in some of the campaign headquarters will just it. this stone says and keep

along the going lines of the agreement that was signed by the three presidential candidates the political battles of two thousand and four place the pause there on the brink of civil war what should be done to avoid such a scenario today. and there's nothing of the kind not by a long shot in two thousand and four the situation was absolutely different so i can tell you honestly and i believe it's very important that your view is should be made aware of this back in two thousand and four it was through some very serious efforts by sergei baggage and rule has imber that the situation was stabilized i would even say that it was thanks to the wisdom in full sight of these two politicians to the situation was resolved successfully and appropriately in society was very grateful to both of them for that and if anyone feels that the events of two thousand and four may recur i believe such an assessment is premature and we i mean the society do not share the opinion of those who believe this election should

end up with some kind of confrontation we have entirely different plans. the result because in treaty on military cooperation the blade grown work for stationing russian troops in the country was signed one half years ago but it has been submitted for it if occasion by the russian parliament only recently why is the process getting a fresh start to day is the fear of new georgian aggression and was not of the roosevelt and there was this with us we know that for us georgia is not a very friendly state because he is present legal standing allows us to say that any aggression will be repelled besides the presence of russian servicemen feeds our optimism about the future safety and that of our country is security protected and we intend to strengthen this kind of cooperation with the russian federation we've also been collaborating with russia in other areas everything is just getting started and it all looks promising and mutually rewarding we intend to meet. q to

slee implement the comprehensive agreement signed by our two presidents state dimitri medvedev and mr baggage we strongly support the case for strengthening our relations with russia what kind of methods can we expect from georgia and its attempts of restoring official police equals the country's territorial integrity when the us over the past years we've lost a lot of people to violence at the border including over one hundred russian peacekeepers as well as zero border guards customs offices reservists and civilians and it's certainly georgian politicians that is to blame. even today regretfully the georgians often ing gaijin assaults and sabotage operations you probably remember when there was a russian border troop and a young lieutenant colonel who was killed in action a few months ago it was in the news reports but despite that russian border troops keep settling down in abkhazia i believe that in the year or so our border will be sufficiently fortified and the situation will change drastically if we are really

looking forward to that or is it possible for georgians who are prepared to recognize a cause as an independent state to return to their homes not only in the bordering gali district but also let's say in the capital so who the rights come in i wouldn't he wouldn't you today the situation in the gali district is very different from what it was like in the past and we're convinced that there will be continuous progress at the moment we've issued about nine thousand cause impulse bullets for the residents of the gandhi district and this trend continues we strongly concerned that all people should feel safe and live in peace traditionally this area was always well developed economically and we're confident that it will pick up eventually and the life of the people in gali will improve we believe that this district has great prospects and it is our tell us to make sure that all gali residents feel like rightful citizens of our republic. there is a whole generation of people in a positive who survived two wars with georgia during the past twenty years as

a possible at all for these people to live peaceful lives. through the model of if you refer to our young people aged eighteen to twenty they ready cherish the events of the recent past and honor the memory of those who defended that country's independence and it's the task of the government to keep strengthening this memory the way i see it our people don't live in constant expectation of things to come you know what do they consciously think back to the events of the past from my point of view because these present domestic situation is very tranquil you have survived five us nation attempts during the past six years why has. one being charged you probably know who is behind them. is your life in danger now but if you bring up a politician should always be aware of danger as for me personally these assassination attempts being investigated the relevant security agencies have made considerable progress in this aspect but this is an issue for a separate discussion applies in needs foreign investment but is it possible to

attract capital to projects in the country when its legal and economic status lacks credibility in the eyes of potential investors how would a protect international investors. of course our own budget is quite modest and we certainly are in need of money in the form of investment at present most of the investment comes from russia but we would definitely be happy if international businesses would also consider cooperating with the republic of the coliseum we are open for that and fiscal and investment legislation is fairly advanced and i believe this is surely going to happen someday as for now we mainly get investment from the russian federation and we're very happy about it well we understand each other very well and not prospects a great the russian city of sochi is very close to a plaza is there any profit for a cause in the fact that so much is being invested into such as a limp it projects critical mass of much to our regrets we are unable to organize in jus time so as to take part in those projects at least with our commodities i'm

talking about sandy gravel cement to crush stone we do deliver some of the materials but the volumes are very tiny if we were to increase our sales this was certainly under some money and that would be good for both our business and government but so far as sales volumes virtually insignificant and it's on the run up thank you for your time with us today. all. i'm the. lucky charms like tommy up our team to see to the max and show.

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party's top stories two men are locked up in britain for attempting to fight a riot using facebook but human rights groups like yours judges of lang down just proportionate justice to score popularity points. top flight trade at the international air so in moscow and nerves of steel for russia's premier pilots among those stealing the limelight is the latest russian stealth fighter the team fifteen which stage you on wednesday. and the syrian army reportedly fires on thousands of anti-government protesters across the country but some syrians say they are glad to see tanks rolling into their towns residents claim they see security forces as protection from armed gangs. max let's get the latest from the world of sports you know you'll find live and things

just don't seem to be getting any easier these days for a nickel either go on the courts today it certainly doesn't look like it at the start of the year you know he did terrible time on the way on the grass it didn't get any easier now he's on the hardcourts he loves that and he said but it's just so happens he's playing guys who are very in form so to have a look at why he's losing or will try to just a moment. great to have your company this thursday afternoon here in central moscow i'm in the middle this is for today plenty ahead including. continental quest sports. spearhead his drive to what europe a league football later on first. off the mark barcelona a new boy picked up the first trophy of the spanish football season beating their fiercest rivals real madrid in

a five gold. net loss. from a second straight masters event this time and since in the. russian teams takes the field for europa league qualifying tonight second. leg for company while another side from the cop the locomotive will enter their opening european clash of the year favorites looks ahead to their clash. spartak for navarre do have some experience against russian teams the only thing is that the last encounter took place back in one hundred seventy four when the slovakian side qualified for the quarterfinal of the european cup by defeating soviet seem that at that victory by the way remains and it seems biggest achievement on the european stage you were born with the. purpose of this impossible since it is an. individual. player for.

me to even be more. than your friends. are yet to make a major impact on the european football scene the muscovites continue until success is by far more impressive than that of their opponents twice champions of russia they reached the semifinals of the now defunct european cup winners' cup two times in the ninety's and had a brief spell in the champions league in two thousand and four the railway men are considered hot favorites in this tie with the russian side yet to lose a match under new had coach josie cause a row you for we were in. for example one you is going to result in to a new. he's very good result if you win three nil exactly it's always if you if you mean we doubt goes against. good no matter who the

pundits favor in this europa league play off some things are certain and that's that these two sides know very little about each other the fact that looking with the flayed at first leg and hold could be advantages but only if this were two or more goals here in moscow however if the visitors from slovakia managed to walk away with a draw or perhaps even a win in the russian capital then the outcome of the return leg into the nava will become highly unpredictable for both sides room on cost or of r.t. moscow now its first blood to parse alone in spain the catalan giants claim in the opening football title of the new season courtesy of a three two win over old enemies real madrid last weekend's first they clash ending all score two goals apiece at the bernabeu a.o. barcelona spurred on by the must of home support this time are now believed for a quarter of an hour in on the rise and yes the chipping home after a superb three ball from lean on messi lescott to coast would bourbaki ever five

minutes after about the world's most expensive player christiana ronaldo and the right spot to make it wrong. but messi would have a say right before the break one to a char p.k. carving open the madrid defense leaving little origin time to death with slick home the second period was frantic stuff with reality pushing forward at every opportunity and they got their reward ten minutes from time corinne benzema quickest a feat to equalize matters the final say was left to the hosts though messi the much winner with fifty eight million dollars signing substitute says farmer gus their provider. to buy foreign argue gets along with three sendings off after that mr dawes over marcello and to have a video all getting their marching orders but reality headman making sure to throw in some stinging criticism of his illustrious opponents.

from the first minute of the second have there were no ball boys no balls the way small time teams do when they're in difficulty and as for the game i think we played very well both at home and away my players demonstrated an absolutely fantastic attitude. moving on into the basilica for us to beat real in this game and to win the super comp with the third time in a row it was a very intense minutes in which they put us under a lot of pressure and i believe we've learned even more in how to take on real again let's talk tennis where mardy fish looks intent on claiming the cincinnati masters title he let slip away last year the twenty ten runner up with a solid start in this year's tournament brushing aside. in just over an hour of play american fish has been busy rising through the ranks of late and is currently showing why he's worthy of the number seven spot just unable to hold the lympics silver medalist dropping the first set to love him six love six two was the final

score which. i took ice hockey where the team who won the normal couple of kontinental hockey league title starts akbar's have shown off their latest piece of business new signing finn and then taking to the ice during a pre-season tour around moscow meets in a rise from the minnesota wild in the n.h.l. the bronze olympic medalist signed a two year deal on choose they even nodded in a system whedon state bars eventually won i three won against as the match with watch by former akbar's head current russian coach is in it to love off while the club's new boy seems to be enjoying his switch from across the two i feels great you know prepare for the season and your goal is to win of a championship going on everybody wants to win when you have to be at your best every night. you truly have just to win jump into. and the n.f.l.

receiver plaxico burress has taken another step towards redemption on the biggest stage that thirty four year old given the go ahead by his new york jets coach rex ryan to play a preseason much against cincinnati on sunday some amount of rust may have gotten the better all of us who used his first training camp after serving two year prison term for shooting himself in the leg with an improperly registered weapon but now the thirty four dual seems to be rediscovering the spring in his step at the crease to be sharper his first full practice went on. claim to fame was catching the game winning pass to win the super bowl in zero seven with another new york team the giants. ok it's the favorite pastime of birthday parties across the world it's also one of the big sport the latter a possible reason why trampolines popularity is ballooning here in russia constantine to top off takes up the story. the morning trampoline was an advantage

by george negus and laurie greasewood in one thousand nine hundred thirty six in the us though it was a long time before the first world championship was held in one nine hundred sixty three the soviet union dominated the sport well only a handful of other countries were considered to be contenders however everything changed since it finally became an olympic discipline at the sydney games in two thousand. one of the former u.s. presidents said that the power of a country is measured in its number of nuclear warheads and the number of its own pick champions trampoline it wasn't popular when it didn't have an olympic status and the soviet union was competing against few opponents however when it was included in that in big games the number of competitors increased dramatically and china's concurring them all. this southern russian city of course now there is the capital of trampoline ing in the country with long held traditions of producing world in olympic champions including the first ever women's olympic champion and

the most decorated athlete in the sport i mean like i was a one and a thirty six here all the athletes retains the kind of olympic spirit that so her given the international fairplay were in two thousand and one. at the world championship in denmark a judge made a serious mistake and i won the gold medal but i just couldn't accept that and i just had to give the medal to my app because it was unfair and i didn't deserve it . however the trampoline is widely used not only for sporting competitions in spaceflight programs that for a soviet cosmonauts who were to get in and well. trained on it and it's also used in cross training for many other sports fans but there were many people started trampoline as it provides a foundation for other sports legend mass takes diving freestyle skiing snowboarding and other extreme sports in russia i mean it seems now i have trampolines. and the popularity of it is growing. by the borders complicated

eda called nation of movements foodless in hockey players also use it in training if for example many football is performed cartwheels and somersaults of to score goals and they practice those tricks on a trampoline and many other sports use trampolines abuse well the decision speed for jump is easy as far as that's a formula one drivers lenient with its increasing popularity trampolines working its way into fitness clubs in gyms is becoming more affordable it's a good way way of keeping in shape eight minutes of jumping is equal to running three kilometers and after just a couple of minutes i was running out of puff when i gave it a go it's not easy keeping your balance comes naturally to athletes but takes years of practice because i'm about out of arty crossland out. at least he did give a tickle a lot as all the sport fair weather is next he shook. hands

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four years for a dodgy facebook status two men in britain are locked up for encouraging brian being human rights groups like john just by going too far. top flight trade at the international air show in moscow and nerves of steel from russia's premier pilots as they take party on a white knuckle ride. also at the most show unique exchange of know how russia and france agreed to create the first military defense joint venture more and that's a business l t twenty minutes. also this hour we hear the syrian voices who are glad to see the army move into their towns even as rights activists accuse the syrian government of atrocities against protesters.