the somalia region special economic zone promise is exceptional but she did seize debility you'll business in russia will come to some other regions for more information log on to the lead to be done with the existence of more of the. eight thirty am in moscow these iraqi headlines the release is evidence of captive israeli soldier gilad show even exchange for palestinian prisoners but the families of other soldiers want to know why israel's doing nothing to bring them home. serbs in northern coastal given an extra day to remove roadblocks at a border seized by kosovo police last month but locals say they won't give in of less the officers leave from. new york police under investigation over claims of excessive force during the anti wall street protests some officers are seen resorting to punching and pepper spray peaceful rallies. exploded near putin's

given his first major interview since confirming that he's running again for russia's president he outlined to russian t.v. networks why he wants to return to the kremlin and his vision for the country's course if he gets the top job. good afternoon again you don't have to do i am open to your questions mr putin the latest convention of the united russia party made the political situation in this country much clearer recently with lawyer you returning to the kremlin it's clear yet what as i've mentioned many times and as first russian president boris yeltsin said i never aspired to this position it's a well known fact that initially when his father was made i explicitly expressed doubts over my ability to handle such a huge workload and enormous responsibility for the fate of the nation would once i take up a job i do my best to complete it or at least to yield maximum results but there are people who criticize me and dmitri may give they say that if your humble

servant takes part in the election that would mean there would be no election at all perhaps that would be the case for them but an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might see it their own way but in this case they ought to present their platform and what's more important not only to presented also to proven cracked as that they can do this job better we can also refer to the experience of other countries franklin roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country and this includes one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france would reduce the netherlands into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet if these pillars of stability including in

politics at play a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say have bay would like to see that happen or when people. in certain regions suggest something it is a different thing when the whole country goes to the polls and we need our people to come and express their attitude to what we have been doing there is another important aspect here the most active part of the political spectrum people who talk about democratic institutions in russia they are concerned the democratic processes may be rules back this is definitely not going to happen because i can't imagine russia developing without democratic institutions this is exactly what i intend to work on i will strengthen our country's political system and its foundations i will work to develop democratic institutions and a market economy with an emphasis on social needs that. probably he recently visited china and as many noted it was your first visit broad since you announced

you were going to run in the election does that mean china is becoming russia's priority international partner. because the point is it is a coincidence that if you look at the government schedule it is not a classified document you will see that russian chinese intergovernmental meetings were conducted on a regular basis we have all reasons to consider china a strategic partner of russia as not only because we share the world's longest border our trade is growing at a great rate china is developing very rapidly turning into a valued partner a great market for russian manufactured goods and a source of investments into our economy. a partner mr putin not a threat. i have said this on more than one occasion to those who tried to scare me with the chinese threat in most cases it was our partners in the west however lucrative the natural resources of eastern siberia and russia's far east might look we all know they are not a prize in today's biggest global struggle that struggle is for world leadership and we're not going to get in china's way there china has other competition there

let them figure it out for russia china is first and foremost a reliable partner we can tell the chinese authorities that the people of china are willing to build up good neighborly relations with us to look for middle ground solutions to issues that seem extremely complicated but we can tell they are ready to do it we take measures to indicate we are ready and as a result we find points of contact i'm sure it will continue to happen in the future or here and with the idea when you look as for global leadership you recently wrote an article for they have these daily where you suggest creating a eurasian economic area that would be adequate if we need europe and the booming economies of the asia pacific region at the same time everyone remembers you calling the downfall of the soviet union the last century's biggest geopolitical tragedy in this respect what would you say to those who see in your words and sort of an imperial and vision as though to recreate and you empire imperious to hope that they're well you don't need to be an expert to realize that if we combine our

countries potentials in technology infrastructure transport energy sector mineral resources worked. horse territorial and language opportunities which are no less important for developing a common economic space and we combine all these potentials our competitiveness will surge it will grow dramatically we're using the potential we have inherited from the older generation and we can transfer it to a new modern basis today and if we are committed to introducing the principles of the world trade organization into our operating procedures this will make us more transparent to our external partners as for the foreign critics who say that russia has imperial ambitions but can i say we see what is going on in europe for example integration has reached a level even the soviet union could never dream of i think you know and if you don't i will tell you that the european parliament passes more decisions binding on the member states and the supreme soviet of the soviet union ever passed with the soviet republics and look at america north america is engulfed in intense

integration processes that involve the united states canada and mexico the same is true for latin america and africa it is ok over there and nobody has any objections but when it comes to russia here we are imperial ambitions i can tell these critics who by the way they don't seem to be very conscientious or scrupulous you know what mind your own business go come up with climbing inflation and the growing national debt and even obesity do something useful. at peet's in western countries did not react strongly to your decision to run for president at the upcoming elections they said it was russia's internal affair and as angela merkel put it they were ready to work with any legitimate lee elected president you must understand however that politically western states consider you a hawk how do you feel about that and what is going to happen to the reset of russian u.s. relations which exists as an idea but there's not many signs that it's working. well the hawk is a good word but you are certainly no doubt. i am

a man and i do not like cliches our foreign policy. in the past and today it was thought out and aimed at creating a favorable environment for russia's development this means we want to have friendly relations with all of our partners and naturally we have and always will defend our national interests but we have always been regard full of others when we did it and we plan to maintain that in the future. in case of a disagreement or a conflict we will always look for a compromise that would be acceptable both to our partners and our country that we are not interested in confrontation on the contrary we are interested in cooperation in europe is not a geographical concept first and foremost it is a cultural concept we share the same values with europe of course those are mostly christian values but it goes beyond that even those who consider themselves atheists were raised on christian values but russia is a multi-faith country and we have many muslims in russia as well we have judaism we

have buddhism our fourth traditional religion our history our culture and traditions make it easy for us to develop harmonious relations with any country of the world and this is exactly what we are going to do you know. it's mr putin it looks like there is another storm brewing stock markets of tumbling and people say the reason we so much the traders themselves can do about it emerging markets a losing capital the same is true about fresh air i recently read an article that said the government needed a new program to counter the next crisis a program that would be like a good scale and a girl short and offering an attractive perspective supposedly it would help win back businesses trust and stop the crisis where does your government have such a program and while we're at it since or budget is calculated presuming the price of oil would be at least a hundred dollars per barrel and all prices are falling you going to revise the

budget. cuts. you know if we keep talking about the full of the stock market indexes they might never recover. she will grow by four percent this year which is satisfactory china will grow by nine percent which is a good result we have to push for a six to seven percent economic growth figure we managed to deliver that in the pre-crisis years and we will try to do it again as i've said before we will of course try to make our economy more open there are fears however is especially in the light of russia's w t o a session that opening it too much might harm it but returning to your metaphor a short skirt looks good on some women while others are better off wearing something else along. with yes other clothes russia turned out to be well equipped for the two thousand and eight two thousand and nine financial crisis what are we dealing with now that we're carefully following developments in the global economy and are the world's largest markets. clearly our economy is not

sufficiently diversified at the moment we say that openly to feel more confident the problem is when western countries markets shrink we sell fewer goods and the prices of our goods fall that is taking into account that only four to seven russian industries are represented well on those markets therefore we are dealt a heavy blow if we have fifty to one hundred industries represented the situation would be more balanced and we would be able to switch to a floating currency rate until that happens our national bank will be forced to somewhat regulate rates generally speaking we will only be able to say we are ready for any changes in internal trends after our economy is diversified what they were which mr pluto gas problem has been facing certain problems in western europe the german offices of gas brawled have been searched but what is your take on a situation like this one of a major companies. couldn't do i don't know it's quite simple i have repeatedly

said in public that the sellers are always trying to sell the commodity at a higher price than the buyers always want to get it cheaper or even free which is better still we're not thinking as we say that you won't get anything for free naturally without a smaller price yes and that is what they are after and as a result unilateral decisions are taken a third energy package for example which was adopted retrospectively this is on president should be considered unacceptable in the modern world but it is don't despite all considerations we think ultimate goal behind this course of action is to bring down the cost of the products and to disrupt the market pricing mechanism which is closely connected with the price of crude russian. it is we who set the price in a centralized manner we depend on crude goes out the natural gas price goes up but the crude drops so does the gas price i don't think this is a farsighted approach to pricing because today the price for crude may be fairly

high and tomorrow. it may plummet and gazprom will suffer losses and have buyers on the contrary benefit i don't think this is justifiable he cites the natural gas market is very specific it largely depends on a concrete supplier it is a mistake to introduce a third party in the process or as our partner suggest or a third buyer and a third seller this is to say the russian gas that has reached the border with western europe should be first sold to live third party or a legal entity that will further sell it to the consumers but if you know what the scenario can lead to someone will simply be given an opportunity to pocket additional margin and i'm going to the price will not necessarily go terribly such that what would be a good percentage for united version these elections are trying to get a political forecast out of big. i'm not asking for any numbers i just ask you what results you would be satisfied with their united russia has to remain the leading political party in the country and the parliament that would be

a good result for your spake you very much for this to mr putin for where they believe we are finished with today thank you. just so. since.

their release is imminent of captive israeli soldier gilad shall meet me exchange for palestinian prisoners but the families of other missing soldiers want to know why israel's doing nothing to bring them home. serbs in northern coast were given extra days to remove roadblocks at a border seized by kosovo police last month the locals say they won't give in i'll ask the officers of the. new york police under investigation over things of excessive force during the ns high wall street protests some officers seen resorting to punching and pepper spray at peaceful rallies. more news in

a quarter hour but first the sports with answers stay with us. hello there you're watching the sport here on r.t. and this is what is coming up over the next thing minutes a man i've enjoyed it has come all sky missed several key plays a state of the latest trouble score in a crunch champions league match. this is the munchkin i did go to get their european campaign is back on track after a sluggish start. on the debate over the safety of in the car racing begins to rage after the tragic death of driver damn well. let's get going with a football and to scale we'll have to make do with a much templated bench and their vital champions league great match against inside track and score on change day after twenty seven games of the domestic season at least seven of the russian clubs and you place where we fit in time for the home

game against i'm surprised grouping davis and roman casares reports. says come moscow are one of the favorites to win the russian premier league but they're achieving this year have come at a price injuries have plagued the club from the beginning of the season with captain and iconic goalkeeper of the national t e get back in favor the latest player to join the sick list also sidelined our japanese meet fielder case with your hands up defenders big there but you know he should go carroll not blockin and forwards. due to the team's domestic success most of the players became leaders in their respective national teams that fact alone is certainly added to says goss poor record in the recent games including the latest disappointing domestic to all draw at home to take. playing with a depleted squad for quite some time already plus most of all men were instrumental for their countries in recent international matches your team is obviously people thought were now a momentary relaxation because really what if they don't it will make the right

conclusions. what happened and these things one happen again i mean it wasn't the best of stores for cisco moscow in the group stages of the u.a.e. a champions league but the muscovites displayed true strength of character coming back from two goals against little to salvage a draw and says almost managed to repeat that feat in the next match against the twenty ten champions in terror but a late goal by wallace arata left the army men in last place in group b. tribes and swore on the other hand find themselves at the top of the group after defeating answer in italy french outfit little have drawn both of their games in stand in third place so it's all too political action sports are still up for grabs . drugs and war will be aiming for nothing less than a dictionary moscow in order to increase their group lead and following in the story one will away with it in term melanic anything seems possible for this. club is doing pretty well in their domestic league as well in second place after six

matches because i'm sort of the head of this tournament very few people had any doubt that we would be in last place but as you can see things are going well we remain optimistic and are looking forward to a positive result both in moscow under home what we understand and see as canada has put a lot of hoping to the next two games against its says current troubles or weekly again in group the next match which will take place on the second of the denver interrogate and the sides are coming so i choose they should determine both teams aspirations for this european campaign one quarter of r.t. moscow. having played only eight m. s. to gain safe english premier league leaders punch to city are also facing selection problems up front ahead of their home game against a very out in group a on choose day one clean side of taking just one point from think game so far a manager or burton one man cheney is limited in terms of striking options with mary about it telling suspended make some assigning sit here where they are struggling with

a growing injury by miniclip top of the group ahead of an athlete while opponents villareal are bringing up the rear and have no point so far but man cheney still expects the best of his place to take. the out of because they played very well for us here there and i think that is not what the from it played anywhere there was no where. in this game and that in that if we win this game being played there is from that come from. naples but after i think that we care if we can win and so the group responsible we have a chance of romance united are also looking to kick start their champions league campaign they have just two points from two gangs and. remaining. in bucharest united by third in group c. behind bars will. play each other in back to back matches or red sports to alex ferguson admits that could also help. you were going to win the

board games. with the pleasure of his but. i think the important thing is for us to train when it may solve all the problems. well great deal of it is real madrid host strange side leon on tuesday or this is a two points behind so you could propel themselves into the driver's seat if they were about a reality are one of just three teams with one hundred percent record so far in the group stages but manager josie marino is not afraid to lose it. not easy to every game in the champions league so it will be no great drama if we don't get the results on much from points which makes us the best place team group but first of all we have to qualify and only have two thirds will think about the group. that is now russia's biggest tournament the kremlin cup is underway here in moscow with local girl. causing the first upset in the women's draw the twenty five year old

muscovite sometimes referred event in cheek it was seeded seventh and next up to fifteen is can carry a trial over the former fine this age or another russian you get that italian side it also made an early exit at the hands of the stanley is taken at the province of ontario is the top seed in moscow and the russian is the family of her fall nish if . you so reach two grand slam finals last year this year was a very consistent year for me and those that i lost in the grand slams. you know played really well throughout the season i really had bad matches throughout the whole season i didn't lose the first or second rounds you know i've been playing deep into the tournament so i had a very consistent year no matter what and i think i'm pretty satisfied about it. now nominees questions are being asked about the suitability of the las vegas track where indy car driver dan wheldon was killed in

a horrific crash how trading's the still being paid to the thirty three year old from england who died after a fifteen car pileup at the las vegas major speedway on sunday it was the first indy race that since the track had been reconfigured in two thousand and six it had progressive banking to increase side by side racing but some drivers not believe oval tracks and just too dangerous that indy cars know how dangerous those cars are and yes it was proved to you you know the danger of those vehicles on opals and i think it really boils down to the fact that it's right you know i guess if you really look at the big picture in why we run researcher plates and so the car stay on the ground and then man of the tight race car if it's off the ground you cannot control it in an accident and those cars are going so fast and get airborne frequently on ovals i would run a models there's just no need to those cars are fantastic for street circuits road courses. the ovals at those speeds you know you can't control the vehicle when it's off the ground and there's very little trouble zone around the driver and then

obviously it's an open cockpit and then you add open wheels i mean you're just creating situations to get the car off the ground at a high rate of speed and you can't control the car when it's off the ground well damn weldon's death was in the racing's first fatality in five years in the first up the last they get struck in its forty year history its own is offended it's safety record. we engineers in all forms of racing that look at these things university nebraska people who are the experts. in crash use have been here on many occasions and have looked at our facility in the sanctioned bodies of competed here be at nascar in the core have all the. been very satisfied with the with the. with the construction of the fencing and the safer barriers and we're very proud of our track record in that regard and i've got time to update you on the n.f.l. in new york jets are back to winning ways there with

a twenty four six victory over the miami dolphins i gess ending their three game losing streak the revis the hundred yard touchdown run after an interception quarterback mark sanchez also got a touchdown on the night along with son and son on son tony holmes a miami have lost all five of that gang. so that is the sport for the moment we've got more feeling. world. renewed the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've done of the future coverage. around the days of the manhattan project nine hundred forty two the university of california has been involved through the science of its provision and sciences and their relationship to the very state you see since day one has been in charge of researching designing and testing nuclear

weapons and to some extent producing weapons every single on nuclear weapon inside a is arsenal was designed by university of california berkeley. we don't warm go. to university of california who was selected as the contract because the army needed scientists to leave their diversity positions. a group of protesters interrupted a university of california border regions meeting to demand the school's severed ties with the nation's nuclear weapons program.

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