next r.t. sophie shevardnadze interviews former nato chief george robertson she caught up with a man who's now in oil executive on the sidelines of the yaroslavl global policy forum to get robertson's take on nato's current direction. george robertson thank you very much for being with us again two years later now you've managed a global military organization now and you're on the board of one of the world's top energy companies are there any similarities between energy markets and the war theater. well we've we've both operate a global marketplace we're dealing with global issues always politics. everything whether it's national politics all international politics so i didn't leave

completely behind but i did need to because one of the things i didn't need to i wanted to do it was to establish good relations with russia and to bring russia much more to the mainstream of west so. in russia for a russian company. joy well that's what i was going to ask you did you have to just find russia once you've joined. well b.p. is a very interesting is a very interesting company and it doesn't conform to either russian studio tapes or a waste of oil companies to take stock of its joint venture between companies and four of the richest men in russia to be individuals. it's a huge company a successful company very profitable company they come to his world so there are similarities about how you handle

a dog. deputy chairman of the board. and nato i was the leader of the alliance that is the value one set what i will remember most from my time in nature. it's meeting children to the countries that meant to moscow to care for a decade later do you think his children live in a better world for instance if we take libya how come there been so much child casualty in libya during the helper racialist these children they will live in a better world a more prosperous world and a world designed chillies three years of a lot of the fear as the previous generations the world war a localized war so there is no doubt that keeping prosperity of the world has improved the chances of living and the quality of life that's near where we were seeing in the arab spring was a younger generation and remember that something like sixty percent of the middle

eastern population is under the age of still saying they wanted a bit of that action as well they wanted a bit of that prosperity a bit of the enjoyment people don't want to see all the g seven don't want to take the ships by and large they want to. get want to have a host the want of a nice family they want the children to go to great schools and that's a huge event of desire whether whether it's a don't turn shop or don't turn a mosque or don't and one. i don't think that there were large numbers of children casualties. and i knew who the targeting is done in april and it is not very very carefully if there were casualties it is because colonel gadhafi put those children and those civilians in to deliberately into danger and that of course has happened before and yet if you were head of nato today is there anything that you would to differently in libya no i wouldn't have done anything different i think

secretary general rasmussen has done a very difficult job highly successfully because no one nor nato troops on the ground at. or it was all done in either of the population with themselves to the lead cell of a transitional government in or made the office of the refuge to those who wanted to leave cover their death and i think in retrospect although it strains need to to the living in a chile was a very good operation we should leave a lasting legacy and libya for the people that they will welcome you are also a member of the british parliament are you concerned that the british military has set foot on another nation's soil while the british military none of the nato countries set foot on libyan soil but me a bit a small number of people there giving some advice but by and large it was done by the libyans themselves and it was done with the backing of the arab league and it

was done with the backing of the un security council so i think this is her template of home these things should happen if there is a necessity to do it there was no need for any old say intervention to see the people did it themselves no need for military intervention in egypt the people did it themselves but in libya you had a desperate time despicable dictator with a chart a great coat of mourning though his own people who were undoubtedly have done it if we hadn't taken action but then why don't we try to do the same thing in syria look at the casualties that we have every day. well because you can't intervene everywhere doesn't mean that you shouldn't intervene with you can't you know the borders and the arab league resolution there was a u.n. security council resolution either the peace things apply at the woman to what's happening in syria but also region at the end of a study just as it is in iran and it may take some time to work code and there are

other lena's by which it could have to be economic political or diplomatic and has what i've been saying at the scrum tricks here lou. could prepare for the next surprise and keep all of the weapons available the weapon of last resort is the military base for the use economic poll used to promote the use political influence church cheve the games of trying to protect people military action was only taking the libya because gadhafi threatened his own people to threaten those who would rebel to be waived. but you know what the cynics would say to that they would say that if you dig deep enough at the heart of every war there is oil well the cynics will always say that i'm a cynic so even where there is no war like c.l.o. you are where we where we intervened on bosnia where those nor the touch of oil were told me to connection so you know the cynics out here are almost certain to

invented you to guide should the afghanistan where those normal sierra leone in kosovo and bosnia of these along with examples that come to the top of my head so it's not appropriate oil in this case it was about saving the population of that guy as a form of ruthless brutal dictator quite so now we have the national transitional council in libya that says that they don't want any foreign troops in their country can they install peace without the help of the international military force i think the big can do that because they very choice got the reins of power and they thought it all through they've got sensible people in charge some of them have experienced the government under come under daffy. some of them have been forced out of the country but know who to turn to is wrong and so we've got to be able to give them hill will be required not force it on. but be there in order of the hill

to the transition from a brutal dictatorship to a civilized productive and hopefully a prosperous country now you know the question on everyone's mind is are libin oil capacity is safe and when. will they be restored to their pre-war level oh i know is that the transitional authority is looking carefully at. both the infrastructure and the supply routes for the libyan oil that they're saying it might take a year to eighteen months to get things going because there has been some damage of the will be sabotaged by the outgoing regime but at the moment so he is making up for all of the would be as oil output but if they get it back to normal then that will produce revenue for the for libya that will be very very useful in the reconstruction and i know that he has allowed b.p. to resume operations in libya just a few hours ago what have you done to secure the libyan b.p.

assets now with the transitional national council that are obviously missions going to libya at the present moment the transitional council is dealing with these things a joke or so other companies like b.p. and another company that i'm on the board will be watching carefully to see how their asses have been protected but main priority and b.p. was to protect the people who work for b.p. that it's far as we can see none of the affected by by the internal turmoil that was going on but that the priority is to stabilize libya and the oil will be part of the stabilize ation and reconstruction now back in two thousand and one didn't you know that the war on terror would take such a long time. we all hoped that we would be able to deal with the perpetrators of this atrocity quickly but i think you know for the truth to now when you've got

something. that they that desperate you know it's not criminal it wasn't going to get to the people who were behind it you know and it's only a matter of months. so ben a lot of the. rough justice the kind of justice that he made today and so many people before but you know we didn't think that he would go on for ten years but we said at the time. the campaign against terrorism would have to warn for as long as one. someone bin ladin's in the nation was a huge factor in this war on terror do you think at this point it's nearing its end i hope that al qaeda has had its head cut off funds that are sayings that could separate much week of the day that it was i think those are growing. in countries where he used to get support and court. tactics of people that might be the future

and hopefully we'll clear of responsibility that will make sure that they can't feed all the resentment of a young under clause in the middle east because that's where the problem started i know the heads being cut off from all this that it remains to be seen how much of the monster that still wriggling out of his life george roberts thank you very much for the. wealthy british style. expert on the tireless money.

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at all help his team to salvage a home draw the same as slowed down somewhat sits in seventh place in the league of got more on that in just a second. welcome to sport and artsy come and see a live from moscow with me room on costs for a plenty up ahead but first the headlines. last gasp points. grabs the equalizer as it mega rich on gz winds come from behind to draw troops home. while back in the army fielders. and. a good return as injury hits says god get set to host it's out in giants in the champions league. and side by side former world number one golfer tiger woods teams up with

a new caddie joel after breaking his thirty year association with back man steve williams. football first though whereas samuel it's all scored his third goal for big spending in a soudan russian darby against the chechen side set a witch and in it suits the draw the visiting side said it opened the scoring early in the first half when alexander a poem called rushed into the penalty area after a long cross by live on a. dribble through two defenders and the goalkeeper before sending the ball into the far in the corner pushing terek one up in the eight minute it's just six minutes however it's an equalizer a lot of cross through bounded off mubarak to see his family all that's all it was left practically alone in front of the keeper of the star striker making no mistake sending the ball into the net with the left foot one one was how the first half ended and that's how it stayed for most of the second forty five minutes as well

and jean desperately wants it's a win in front of their home fans but their desire to sack and press on for a winner left them exposed at the back let in ceric with just two minutes of more. time left south to shoot a leg loss of round half the length of the field practically on restricted and fired home to make the score to once of the visitors with almost no time left on the clock perhaps they thought it was all over but it wasn't just yet and what was to be a pulsating dramatic finish at home sides in the bar of the super bowl was treated as with another assist following his near perfect cross into the box for show alcala to head the ball into the net for the equaliser at the desk one minute into stoppage time tootsie was how to dish in the hot. now the midfield do all. sound you could be back in the squad for injury hit says scott moscow as the former when it's prepared to host ensor melanne in their second group the match in the

champions league on tuesday the army men are second in that group after say did zimbi bags a brace as they came from to goals down to draw two two at will and their opener swenson ten winners and there are bringing up bringing up the rear following a shocking one nil defeat by the circus i drop zones for at the san siro fades out and giants have since replaced john gaspar rainey with cloud run yairi but says boss. doesn't think the change at the helm with luck that the game. in new york city will give them well we don't think it will make much of a difference we should be relying on no old form in the first place intermission have changed their head coach but the top level players a still lives on so regardless of which kosha leads them into the game shows any team in the world will find it challenging to play them. meanwhile it. will be without influential playmaker wesley snape or for the clash in moscow the whole

midfielder missed last saturday's three one triumph at below and yet with a thigh injury that results was first victory this season and handed claudio ranieri a winning start at the club well there are also missing midfielder is a young age and defender mike on through injury and their former portugal star louis spiegel is bracing himself for star in test sky spreading bananas because he's never one point of view this year zero point zero. three have to get a good result you had to do with the openers through to continue the competition is going to be tough because you come from three posts. and you're playing out of home sort of to do a perfect game while rugby is set to get a massive boost in russia and not just because of the country's debbie appearance at the world cup sevens has now become in the limbic sport and so is set to be

plates in schools across the nation richard ford fleet caught up with one player who's overcome the odds to be a success in both codes. he may be enjoying five star hotels and first class training facilities at this world cup however this hasn't always been the case for russia's speedy winger idema us troops come on and present our he was a talented wrestler in his youth but eventually decided to switch to rugby in his early teens on the advice of his brother vo he didn't have it easy in his formative years. when i started playing rugby the facilities were non-existent we would train at a local school in the basement however it was full of rubbish and we would have to spend hours trying to clean up this mess and then the coaches arrived and we were allowed to use the pitch to train on the log it was only after that that the started to improve a. lot here has already made an impression here in new zealand scoring his first ever world cup try against italy while he's free of fans with his express pace this

is obviously a dream come true for the twenty five year old and he says the whole of his hometown is following his every move because i can tell congress you me everyone which is our games because not only my family but the whole of my hometown everyone calls us to congratulate us even though we're not doing well in all of our matches it's a great achievement to be here for the country for the national team and for the coaches that get all of us through shows not a rarity in the russian team in the seventy's we made a major part in his developments plan he regularly completes for the national side are establishing themselves as a major force in the shortened game being able to compete and beat the likes of england and france on a regular basis. sevens really helps your development in the fifteen man game as it teaches you to see the pitch differently you need a completely different set of skills and sevens so it comes in handy jumped up on the go because it's been

a tough year for vladimir who moved across the oscars here to play his club rugby leaving behind his wife the two year old son get him on the cross to die some for fast kilometers away. he'll get to see his family in a couple of weeks i will have a he's extremely committed to playing in the national team and just really wants to help his country improvement of sevens i'm fifty nine game. new zealand. golf now and fourteen time major winner woods has finally found the man who could help him return to his former glory as the former world number one has hired. as his new caddie woods surprisingly fired his previous back man steve williams in july after a thirteen year affair and that if five year old american has now affiliated himself with who is best known for his association with another former world number one fred couples meanwhile woods has been with thousand titles for over two years

and has slipped to fiftieth in the world rankings since their much publicized revelations about his private life and subsequent divorce and his ongoing leg injuries earlier this season. and finally the russian basketball championship will start in a couple of weeks but says have already wrapped up the first trophy as the army men beat the net at the annual goma ski cop has more. traditionally three european powerhouses come to the russian capital to take part in the government's kick up alongside the host scott shall get this from leave to any and it's analogous of greece and turkish side when you're marching to to the court to do battle for the trophy the red and blues cloud out is sixty nine sixty seven when again just to get it on saturday and faced going and watching the decider the van gives wild game practice ahead of the forthcoming season and the chance to experiment with new players and signing a tie game in the opening quarter ended out would have four point lead for say

scott in the second the muscovites before and some nice passing moves and prove that they're getting to know each other's game well forty twenty nine at the big intermission the dirk ish visitors tried to stand firm against his guys attack but the army man kept winding their way to the bag board and they continued to play more and more confidently showing solid b. foreman's and pumping pressure on to the basket the winning team was coolio long before the final buzzer seventy three fifty seven the way it finished. despite the friendly state as a lot of tournaments where i was very glad to win as we were competing against top flight teams however there's still a lot of work ahead as we made too many unforced errors. yesterday. a game. that. maybe.

this game. anyway we don't need any. of the fact is that it must be just the three it was tinged with a little sadness for the red and blue as it was also they cajun to beat their well to tears college and graduate langdon and john wood holder who have both just retired holden born in the u.s. to crushed. citizenship helping his adopted country to europe enormous four years ago the army man grade spent plenty of time signing autographs for the fans and handed out they wanted for the tournament's best players at a post match ceremony i say should be at one of the most available player to start of the season just around the corner fans are fueling this because last this man will be hoping then t. top shape for the challenges ahead and say about half of our team. either back with another update in a couple of hours meanwhile you can rate and comment on some of the stories seen

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