between fifty which debuted on wednesday. of the republic of costly and the caucasus is gearing up for a presidential election in a little over a week the election comes after the death of said gay but gop's while undergoing cancer treatment there are a number of challenges ahead in the wake of the long running conflict with neighboring georgia fought for independence from tbilisi for twenty years well after georgia's ill fated military action against south the setia three years ago because it was officially recognized by russia but that's only the beginning for the small country which is trying to make its way in the world. we are in the republic of cause here we're preparations are underway for the august presidential election alexandra 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 here to live as an independent state i hear from 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're 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 as there are a lot of things to be done for the country and people many of causey as currently reside the brought there are 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 using of course yes 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 will international observers be present at the election who's been invited already and who agreed to come number two that it wouldn't

question them there will be very many observers if one hundred is a lot stand there and it is because that is approximately the number of observers that will be monitoring on election we have already sent the invitations are polymer source and that by the way observers were present in significant numbers at the previous election when sergey baggage got reelected i can tell you honestly that their evaluations were mostly positive full and because you. can see that our election to me fairly democratic and transparent and maintain the difficulty should serve as an example for many countries and i think the upcoming election will go exactly like. that is well since a pause here remains unrecognized by many countries what are the chances that the current election will be considered legitimate abroad than we have with them but a new boom we don't even focus on that what matters to us is that we must administer the election in accordance with that concious legislation how others may react to it is another matter what is truly important is that we do everything right and 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 camping according to supporters of your competitor sergei shamba 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 air because in society and figures do not always reflect the actual situation the results of the election will become clear once the votes have been counted and formalize in an official statement as for today we have busy preparing the vote and the election campaign is generally moving ahead without any trouble but there are occasional rough edges but i'm confident that the people in some of the campaign headquarters really just this stone says

and keep along the guidelines of the agreement that was signed by the three presidential candidates the political battles of two thousand and poor place the pause there on the brink of civil war what should be done to avoid such a scenario today. there's nothing in the kind of 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 viewers should be made aware of this back in two thousand and four it was through some very serious efforts by sergei baghdad and rule has that the situation was stabilized i would even say that it was. thanks to the wisdom and full sight of these two politicians into the situation was a result successfully and appropriately get calls in society was very grateful to both of them for that one if anyone feels that the events of two thousand and four may recur i believe such an assessment is premature because 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 played grown work for stationing russian troops in the country was signed one half years ago but it has been submitted for a difficult by the russian parliament only recently why is the process getting a fresh start today is the fear of new georgian aggression and was not a loser then that's not the worst madness 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 would decide the presence of russian servicemen feeds our optimism about the future when the safety and that of our country is securely protected and we intend to strengthen this kind of cooperation with the russian federation and we've also been collaborating with russia in other areas little everything is just getting started and it all looks promising a mutually rewarding if we intend to meticulously implement the comprehensive

agreement signed by our two presidents mr dimitri medvedev and mr second baggage we strongly support the case of strengthening our relations with russia what kind of methods can we expect from georgia and its attempts of restoring what official delete sequels the country's three tauriel 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 obo to go its customs offices reservists and civilians and they certainly georgian politicians that is to blame. even today regretfully the georgian. ending gaijin assaults and sabotage operations as you probably remember when there was a russian i would a 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 zero so our border will be sufficiently for to find them and the situation will change drastically if we're really looking forward to that 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 should cross or rights come in and say wouldn't you today the situation in the gali district is very different from what it was like in the past and we convinced that there will be continuous progress at the moment we've issued about nine thousand cosima passports for the residents of the gaudi district and this trend continues and we're 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 going to tell us to make sure that all gali residents feel like rightful citizens of our republic of course there's 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 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 all people don't live in constant expectation of things to come nor did 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 this nation attempts during the past six years why has no one been charged you probably know who is. behind them. is your life and danger now but if you are in the past if a politician should always be aware of danger as for me personally these assassination attempts being investigated by 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 the 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 when the president makes the investment comes from russia but we would definitely be happy if international businesses would also consider cool phrasing with the republican coliseum we are open with that and on 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 when we see a well we understand each other very well and not prospects it 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 dick project pretty. much to our regrets we are unable to organize in jus time so as to take part in those projects at least with 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 earnest money and that would be good for both thought business and government if and with but so far sales volumes virtually insignificant and it's on the run up thank you for your time with us today. it can hear dr smile policeman's wives a minister's wife i just. if you didn't find me if i could slip through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse

at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are my only two options that i saw at that moment either i'm going to kill him or me in jail or he's going it killing me see. the it is. just so. sick. to. see.

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. top stories on our t.v. two men are locked up for attempting to inside using facebook but human rights groups accuse judges of weighing down their disproportionate justice to score popularity points. the syrian army reportedly fires of thousands of anti-government protesters across the country but some syrians say they're glad to see tanks moving into their towns residents claim they see security forces as protection from. trade and the international air show in moscow as well as the nerves of steel for russia's premier pilots among those stealing the limelight is the latest russian stealth fighter the. which debuted on wednesday. news in sports of youth and i hear we're talking about spanish bragging rights today it's from. big time. champions to top it off they're

not only the winners of the first trophy in spain but the beat rivals are going to do so we have more not just the. view with this is sports of a head this afternoon. continental quest to. spearhead russia's drive towards europa league football thursday. the first trophy. beating their fiercest rivals real madrid. early from the second straight. time and since in the. russian teams

take to the field for europe. bowling qualifying today tonight second division football tear a lot. on leg for company while another side from the capital will enter their opening european clash of the year big favorites are among cos travel looks ahead to their clash sparked soccer now do have some experience against russian teams the only thing is that the last encounter took place back in one nine hundred seventy four when the slovakian side qualified for the quarterfinal of the european cup by defeating so. that they three by the way remains the team's biggest achievement on the european stage you were born this way to deal. with this impossible this is an. individual. player so but we need to move even more company in.

front. of our 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 guy with the russian side yet to lose a match under you had coach joe zico zero you for we were in. for example one you is a good result if you into a new. he's a very good result if you're in israel zax lands always if you if you mean we've got goals against good. no matter who the pundits favor in this year old league play off some things are certain and that's that these two sides know very little about each other the fact that looking at c.

play the first leg it holds could be advantages but only if this were two or more goals here and also 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 their return leg into nava will become highly unpredictable for both sides erm on cossar of r.t. moscow now its first blow to barcelona in spain the catalan giants opening claiming the opening football title of the new season courtesy of a three two win over old enemies themselves real madrid last weekend's first a clash ending all square a two goals a piece of the burnaby al barcelona spurred on by the loss of home support this time might not lead to after a quarter of an hour in on them is in the s. the chipping home up for a superb through ball from the no messi loskiel at the close with five minutes later the world's most expensive pair cristiana were novel in the right spot making it one. but so messy would have a say right before the break i want to assure our p.k.

carving open the madrid defense needing a little origin time to death in. the second period was frantic stuff with the reale pushing forward at every opportunity and they got the reward ten minutes from time karim benzema because the finn to equalise not reached the final say was left to the hosts no messi the much winner with a fifty eight million dollars signing subject says fabregas the provider three two how it ended up five for all i get. sendings off nights is it also marcello and david getting their marching orders but hal's head mon making sure to throw in some stinging criticism of his illustrious opponents ofter all this. that opening will to go through from the first minute of the second half there were no ball boys snowballs 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 looking rough until a run off is in order for us to beat real in this game and to win the super comp for the third time in a row it was a very intense match in which they put us under a lot of pressure and we got on and i believe them we've learned even more in how to take on real again too. ok that brings us on to tennis where marty fish looks intent on claiming the cincinnati masters title he let slip away last year the twenty ten runner up with a solid start to this year's tournament brushing aside russian nikolai danko in just over an hour of play american fish has been busy rising through the ranks of late on is currently showing why he's worthy of the number seven spot the bank were able to pull off the olympic silver medalist dropping the first set to love six love six. for which i guess. i today i swear the

concept of hockey league has announced a number of rule changes they hope will make this season's auction flow now will be a lot less men and striped shirts with refs replaced by enhanced instant replay video of course new signing finn until he meets and among those taking to the ice on the form of. bronze medalists and then arrive from the n.h.l. as minnesota wild and choose this signed on a two year deal he promptly assists for his new side last night as i foresaw. the match is also watched by more to the dean off the former of course having current russian coaching. keeping an eye on the new look slim officiating crew this was. supposed to be saying you could go through to go bucs referees are now gone as well the two officials who kept track of the team lineups on the ice the statistics department has taken over the latter due to the only drawback that i see is the lack of up and coming referees learning the game from such positions the

players on the are is probably won't notice the changes over crowding the coaching staff will get a clearer picture of what just happened. it's the favorite pastime at birthday parties across the world it's also an olympic sport the latter a possible reason why trampoline is popularity is ballooning in russia constantine for top off takes on the story. was an mantid 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 thousand nine hundred fifty three the soviet union dominated the sport well only a handful of other countries but considered to be contenders however everything changed since it finally became an olympic discipline at the sydney games in two thousand. and one of the former us president said that the power of a country is measured in its number of nuclear warheads and the number of excellent pick champions league wasn't popular when it didn't have an olympic status and the

soviet union was competing against a few opponents when it was included in that in big games because the number of competitors increased dramatically and china's conquered them all. this on the russian c.d.o. responder is the capital of trampoline ing in the country with long held traditions of producing world in a league champions including the first ever women's olympic champion and the most decorated athlete in the sport i mean we can live in the thirty six year old after it retains the kind of poetic spirit that so her given the international fair play word in two thousand and one. the world championship in denmark and challenged me to serious mistake and i want. but i just couldn't accept that and i just want to give my all can you clear because it was unfair and i didn't deserve it. however the trampoline is widely used not only for sporting competitions in spaceflight program as the for

a soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin and well. trained on it and it's also used in cross training for many other sports. like thinking if you will start a trampoline foundation for other sports like gymnastics diving freestyle skiing snowboarding and other extreme sports in russia i mean she's now have transparency and the popularity of it is growing. complicated called nation of. you would. use it to train you for example many cartwheels. and they practiced those tricks on the trampoline and many of the schools you. wrote the disease you speak for jump. drive. it's increasing popularity trampolines working its way into fitness clubs in gyms is becoming more affordable it's agree way of keeping in shape eight minutes of jumping musical to

running three kilometers and after just a couple of minutes i was running out of coffee when i give it to you it's not easy keeping your balance comes naturally to athletes but takes years of practice his name. the next a libyan star right there right from jumping up and down to jumping off finally where a group of american devils have given so nor goal takes the base jumping the sport arriving in the korean capital for the first ever time the two hundred thirty six meter tall seoul tower a attractive location for tourists and has been for some time but this group are seeking much more than just a souvenir a game of rock paper scissors decide your fate they want high octane action well it's just a prelude for things to come in. order skateboarder among others all set to showcase their skills for the next. huge

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the headlines on our t.v. for years for a dog to facebook status to men in britain are locked up for encouraging the rioting of human rights groups say a judge a song going too far. 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. trait of the international air show in moscow and the nerves of steel for russia's premier pilots as they take are to you on a white knuckle ride. meanwhile back on solid ground or unsoldered helicopters all eyes are gazing at the sky as the third day of max air show two thousand and eleven season it will be all the updates about the headliners of the day in just a few moments. also.