running for the presidency but. makes him a better candidate he's explained why he would do for the race in an interview. and the highlights of that interview coming up here on our. mr anderson uprush when you mr president last week a major and long awaited event happened in politics at the united russia convention you suggested that lead him or putin should run for president many a wondering what your motives were your approval rating is high and you're a young energetic politician with a good reputation what was the primary motive behind your decision usually presidents see kori election you're a politician and politicians are ambitious people what was your ambition in making this decision so children were shown it's there with the bush let it alone and with

a looming yes my biggest ambition is to be useful to my country and my people this may sound a bit pretentious but it's true unless you have this ambition you shouldn't go into politics you should focus on something else instead of politics or government service we both belong to the same political force both putin and dmitri medvedev were nominated for the presidency first him then me under the current model of power by the united russia party yeah putin was number one on the united russia slate and yours truly is this time so we really represent the same political force we belong to the same political force and our views are very close so sharing the same views should we compete against each other should we argue and fight i've read a few pieces by political analysts that basically say why don't they go into the political arena and vowed to fight each other to the end why don't they have an open rivalry but that's not the way it happens anywhere in the world people who

represent the same political force always decide between themselves who will run for this or that office in some countries they use primaries for this purpose we don't have much experience with primaries in russia although we have seen positive examples in some. drees the decision is made simply by at a party convention or by the leaders themselves can you imagine barack obama competing with hillary clinton which you may remember that they both saw the nomination there would be impossible they both belong to the democratic party and their decision was based on who would get better results and this was also how we made our decision. of course it's nice to know that people trust me as president and that my approval rating is quite high under current circumstances but i also know that prime minister putin undoubtedly remains the most popular politician in our country at this point somehow people tend to forget about that what we are after is a political result we want to win the elections both the parliamentary election in

december and the presidential election in march not just to satisfy our ambitions but every responsible person should have an ambition to serve their country i strongly believe that that's where you stand on it unless. or speaking of your plans for two thousand and twelve you've had quite a few interviews in recent months where you hinted that you did not rule out the question of running for office why was that did you genuinely feel this way at the time or you simply didn't want to break the news with a decision you made together with putin ahead of the time that you're on. the ship it did not let me tell you and of course all our people absolutely frankly we are dealing with practical politics and practical governance issues everything may change in his life lydia putin and myself are holding the top two posts that of president and prime minister and we must basically be a backup for each other because we're ordinary people after all therefore when i said i did not rule out such

a possibility naturally i was not cheating anyone but life could have taken an unexpected term but we did have a certain understanding between us. cities mr president now a few words about the united russia convention as it astounded me first bird a huge number of participants which i'm sure we are learning from our foreign colleagues exactly it looks foreign to me with all the cameras banners and flags at the same time the atmosphere was very warm friendly and i would even say intimate then to crown it all to a very respected figures appeared and said they had agreed on how to distribute two top jobs in the government between them many people watched theirs and said it has all been decided already where spending money on the elections was the point of their actions if everything has been decided by us that was with us oh it got here slimness english was first of all i agree that the atmosphere of the convention was very warm now about those ideas you mention that i consider them absolutely irresponsible misleading and even provocative what are you talking about the

election campaign has just started so let's ask ourselves a simple question what if our people reject us with medvedev and putin what will happen to these decisions by the convention these decisions are merely the parties recommendation to vote for those people that's all what you mean everything has been determined let's imagine for a second that we've reached an agreement with good ideas uganda of the deme is it and of ski said again middle north and others that they will not run whereas we the big time politicians will come would have really been an imitation of it but. they will they will take part in the elections both in december and march they will take part in the state duma election and they also have presidential ambitions let the people decide who they should vote for whose popularity is greater but only our people can make a final decision by voting for a candidate or a political force or turning them down this is what democracy is about us democracy still mr president many people felt like everything has been decided that it is

that they were only bored for a few hours until it's he couldn't withstand how much of good is resignation was a matter of discipline it was like a how much of it was his differences were you did you really have serious differences with the finance minister she was the point but it didn't achieve the situation with mr cooder it is a matter of discipline in government service that's all there is to it but you know we don't have a coalition government in russia but yet we are a presidential republic not a parliamentary one with our government is the president's government it implements the president's policies but if you don't agree you should step down because that's the only way it can be it's a tough rule but i'm very strong about it and i will insist on it in the future and i'm sure that whoever is the head of state in future they will follow the same principles that as for mr cooder and it seems to me that perhaps he stayed a bit too long in his job and was bored in fact he came to see me in february or march and said he was aware that it made no sense for him to work in the future

government because he'd been finance minister for a very long time and naturally he knew nothing about our understanding with mr putin and the recommendations we were going to give at the convention does he did not have any allusion not that's where his remarks amazed me anyway the decision has been made that's for alexi good or in future he's a good professional with a lot of experience so he will find a good job and a way to be useful to the state. which of we mr president you are the only person at the top of the united russia federal list how much are you personally going to be involved in complaining who else or what else will united russia use for its complain and do you expect tough competition to or in this campaign it is that no one will think you can address you indeed i am at the top of the united russia list which the party asked me to do this and it's a serious choice for me at the same time let me remind you that i am still president i have a lot of responsibilities both domestically and internationally first naturally i'm

not going to take a vacation and i will not occupy myself with any special campaign activities i will be performing my duties of the same time i'm sure there will be tough competition competition will be tough but hopefully proper and we have the necessary legal mechanisms to ensure that we. speaking of society mr president good is dismissal or the united russia convention all of that didn't go down well with the russian goes here as an act of internet user do you feel any pressure from the global is fear have you applied to any of the comments posted to your account lately or would you like to apply to them right now. is that we're you know if i literally felt the pressure it would be very difficult for me to work as president of the same time you're right to say i pay a lot of attention to the internet but there are people who start saying that's terrible democracy is over and then there are people who cheer and say finally you should be even tougher on them i think the fact that the internet the blogosphere

the social networks react to politics is a good thing it means there's a vivid feedback to what we're doing the reactions vary but this difference of opinions is one of the elements of direct democracy the modern twenty first century democracy of course internet polls and their results are not legally binding for governments nor do they accurately reflect all public opinion it's great that they're all. different opinions and i believe that the authorities should react to what's going on in the blogosphere without giving in to its pressure of course the government should be up to date and it should pay attention to opinions expressed including those expressed by the internet it's a must for any politician of any level in the world today situation because it's an optional positive never to know mr president he noticed one alarming trend with our society lately namely that the public has been turning its back on politics turning its back on the government and no matter how successful some individual companies are managers could be there is

a distinct feeling that some people have been in their jobs for too long what needs to be done for new strong individuals to appear in this country because obviously such a demand does exist shelob. first let me say a few words about the weariness i've been thinking about it quite a lot maybe because i'm one of those who due to their official status are often shown on t.v. and spoken about in other media. mr double d. if you must remember how our people myself included perhaps you too although you're a long time media professional used to watch news bulletins in the early one nine hundred ninety s. we were glued to the screens hours of political broadcasting overshadowed everything any movies or t.v. series i think that's a clear sign of poor living standards the better our life is the less attention people will pay to that because they are more or less happy with their life however they should not become indifferent they should go to the polls and vote for this or that political force this is the constitutional duty if you will of every citizen

who is not indifferent to the destiny of their own country their homeland now what concerns the need for the new faces you were talking about i'm fully with you on this it's not only about stagnation stagnation is always dangerous and may lead to very bad consequences what's crucial is that those in power should eventually muster up enough strength to leave it to somebody else such changes should not happen abruptly with everyone resigning at once waving their hands in farewell with putin and me saying goodbye wear off there must be continuity we must know who succeeds us at the helm of the state however there must be a renewal and a very serious one i've been trying to make sure that this renewal is continuous there must be new faces in the government therefore if it happens that our nation the citizens of russia interest the united russia party to form the next government i mean if they vote for united russia if our citizens vote for our presidential candidates and if i become in charge of forming a new government it will be a totally reshaped government

a government that will feature fresh faces this is what i believe to be of paramount importance. there's i suppose i think mr mandela thank you for this interview but the thank you. carol. very first verses of the bible is that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier territories was to do with deterrents doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should some bozo they hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner and they don't know how religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed

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a report on our. balkan story here our team mates will reportedly bulldoze a serbian old block out the border with all the costs of it follows a shoot to kill policy was of course the disputed checkpoint as anger their roots. new parts of. reefs are bracing themselves for yet more cost some higher taxes in the latest round of austerity measures pushed through by the government it's part of a bid to prove the nation that is fit for another slice of the bailout cake the decision was suspended earlier over doubts in the country is doing enough to reduce its enormous to something. we should medvedev has said both he and london were booted would have stood for the same goals if running for the presidency but that good to be among the russians makes him a better candidate is explain why you drew from the race and interview with russian . for now it's time for the sports news media.

your company this is sports of a plenty ahead in putting this hour. double disappointment to local t.v. moscow surrender their fourth game on beaten streak. also failed to win at home and europa league game week. leaving las vegas johnsonville here son william shute career best trying to seize the early initiative of the justin timberlake open. for their final game against the twenty eleven rugby world cup in new zealand. more not coming up but let's get going with football where the two russian clubs involved in europa league action this season kicked off their home campaigns last night but it

wasn't particularly good viewing for rubina unlockable tea founds on thursday a recent domestic double champions who have been fighting back from a goal down against pay off to lead to one but charges couldn't maintain the advantage with their greek opponents now being a share of the spoils with a two two draw being nevertheless to the top of group a with four points. in group. for their first defeat on their monitors who took over the moscow clubs almost three months ago belgian fit under the side returning from their travels with mark simone points the muscovites no second in their group with the summit on six points from two games. let's take a look at the highlights elsewhere in what was a busy night of europa league action routines next the potence top scorer in their homes against the irish minnow shamrock rovers the visitors going a goal up in the second half before spurs head back three times. with the first.

while the. group sturm grants basic or their first win away to a. point from their visit to france i ran last year's europa league finalists braga lost their opening home fixture to bruges their wins for p.s.v. unsporting while celtic drew at home to an easy. let's move to tennis where russia on the real this quest for a third title of the year remains on track in tokyo the world number four into the pump pacific open decider folding victory over wimbledon champion patrick. the spikes winning in straight sets on rio but didn't have things all the way czech could be done a five two up in the opening set before it's going to be over moved up a gear to secure it on eight i break. the second said well it was a much simpler affair with the final point the taxing of all is on the rio over though showing why she was an early favorite for the chip tournaments winning i

dove or all seven six six games to love. twenty seven year old i mean significant advance k. in some ways final the pole herself edging i think i said ranked pretty tough. while the women's japan open reaches its final stages there the men are just warming up for the same tournaments rafael nadal david for will meet in an exhibition match in taiwan on sunday but it's questions over nadal's main sparring partner novak djokovic it's which are keeping journalists busy in the build up. for me it's not really. the number one in the legal case because you never feel. when the guy. you know the finals against. the for. the rest of this is. my only goal is to keep working.

and brings us to moto g.p. where dummy pedrosa has recorded the quickest time in practice ahead of the japanese grand prix standings leader casey stoner though just the blink of an eye behind on the tarmac pedrosa who sits fourth overall topping the day's time sheets with a time of just under one minute forty seven seconds assuming casey stoner in the telling to be at the excuse or right behind the blistering mark but with rain forecast for throughout the weekend maintaining those leading spots could become a tough ask for the truth. i think for tomorrow we have to focus on they said that the bike maybe they weathered the change a little bit so we have to be very aware of the conditions and i do it to be fast any time. moving on where there was a record run for a couple of golfers in day one of the justin timberlake shriners hospitals for children open johnson behave guess and william a girth both shooting career best efforts in the volga the jewel of charlie we in

this money thing dream no lie just a stroke behind there are seven under par score ensuring the curtain vehicles couldn't celebrate their storming sixty three too much he got in particular enjoying himself on the greens the charity tournaments was the first p.g.a. event to offer one million dollars the price purse with the winner this year pocketing a cool eight hundred thousand and three but. ráby were south africa have been sure they'll finish top of pool d. after a startling win over some more on friday and now looks like the reigning champions will be taking australia in the quarter fine. it's everything well was going to plan for the whole vision the first half in oakland the springboks going thirteen no off the break thanks to a brand have found a try on some pinpoint penalty kicking from ornate stain on namesake fronts but when some more went over for the try of their own in the second period the box where shaken the aging south african side the holding on for an eight point win. but it was a very physical game of who we played

a lot of physical games before games other teams as well and. all the talk teams are pretty physical but i think we've. got through this pull off in cooperation might be a bit better than other teams probably. hadn't heard such hargraves which we're now russia's rugby world cup adventure comes to an end this weekend the debutantes take on twice champions australia on saturday after valiant displays in their three previous pool clashes our correspondent richard poor fleet caught up with the wall of beast coach robbie deans a man preparing to do battle against his native land. a candle in continues for russia as we go into their final game of this rugby world cup against australia on saturday and all the players arrived it was very picturesque town of nelson on wednesday but back to the match and the russian coaching staff starting fifteen but will play against the australians and they've made changes to the side lost against

ireland or six of those are in the pack the biggest decision that they had to make was who to play a flyhalf and unique an out of one not race ahead of constantine rushkoff also called his miserable tournament continues for sale sharks log came into the wall come with an injury and he's failed to shake it off and unfortunately for him play is single minutes of rugby here in new zealand but i'm delighted to be joined by burns or not i'm having quite a lot of emotions will be going through your mind when the match gets underway on saturday. is certainly an experience do you think was ever going to be a possibility. for sure. here playing against a lot of former team mates or people that i've played against in the super rugby competition is one i'm very much looking forward to doing you'll be a marked man. of each. people try and tackle millions of nothing stupid the wallabies ago bigger and better things to look forward to such as the quarterfinal but also i mean in terms of

australia sometimes we even manage to sort of turn out for australia early in your career always or just way fate. things every young boy that plays rugby and. aspires to be all over him. that's something i certainly wanted to do just like any other. kid in the way things are paying their you know if you turn thirty this year in have the opportunity for international rugby in the world cup it's a great. i guess finish my career but when the teams are lined up and you hear advance australia fair. people have been saying it. won't. we feel an atomic bomb really predict that but it's really could be different but i mean growing as opposed as a kid you must've been supporting australia i mean over two thousand for a world cup which is in australia i mean you've been probably has been a little beasts. so i was at the so we follow him in the fall against england in the one hundred percent just you know all of these choices you have to guy being

sure i would win and like i said it's always been my dream it's always been my goal to play for the world was only on an even. played rugby beginning the when i found out and i found out there in a world cup i didn't even hesitate but australia will always install these massive favorites of my game the wallabies coach robbie deans so it's a bit is a more than just a fine mixing it with the big boys of this world cup culture the fact of the leaving the country is in twenty four hours so they want to they want to finish. good night will be not only playing. some constructive regular showing their pride showing the meaning to them and that will involve physical commitment we had a fixture against syria last year we go the result that we were happy with a. significant number of points are scored but the game itself was physical it was tough. for you to be the same or suspect we'll show you and you'll be in

a video analysts of looking at the russian play and i think russia trying to model really australia very open game look to russia have to do to try and get up to the level of sail straight if you just try and prepare for it so you can pull something out that you haven't prepared for so i guess it's that training of staff with conditioning that was and that's been the one really obvious. across the board at this world cup is all the conditions and they have become the major had you play hey you're probably that physically fit and. i agree with you there's no doubt that all the sides there are working hard on the skills. and we had on the on broadening their their approach of emotion play is i mean we play. yeah they have to be in good. very good play for any sort of thing this is

a critical mass comprised of the. numbers of prize. pool for the so there's a critical mass point where the discredit my meeting that becomes the resistible of the russian plays a fairly enjoyed their debut world cup i'm just going back to some of these game and if they can keep bill strains down to run to fifty points that will feel like a massive moral victory for the baz which they don't see nelson new zealand. and that is all the sport for this our world weather is up next in just a tick see shortly. we'll. review the latest science and technology from the realms of. the future covered.

top stories on our team nato troops bulldoze a serbian road block on the border with northern cossotto operate forcing a shoot to kill policy of the disputed checkpoint which seems to weeks ago. dimitri medvedev has said both he and the dealer putin would have stood for the same goals if running for the presidency that put its popularity among brush translates them the better town today. the never ending story of a sturdy greeks brace themselves for yet more pots and higher taxes as a government of the debt ridden nation tries to prove its fit for a new bailout stop a lot of medicine. and an attempt to reclaim the revolution egyptians once again gather in square this time to protest against a room of the military with replaceable bottled water retained his office.