affirming 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 good afternoon 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 why are you returning to the kremlin it is clear yet what as i've mentioned many times and as first russian president bodies yeltsin said i never aspired to this position it's a well known fact that initially when this offer 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 want to 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 is 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 in this ng goes for 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 introduced amendments 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 it's these pillars of stability including in politics that 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 that they would like to see that happen or when people. certain regions suggest something but 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 ruled 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 oh 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. which he recently visited china and as many notice it was your first visit broad since you announced he was going to run in the election does that mean china is becoming russia's priority

international partner but because by doing 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 and 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 in 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 from the west however lucrative the natural resources of eastern siberia and russia's far east might look we all know they are not the 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 and 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 complex. 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 within the british as for global leadership you recently wrote an article for the it's based your daily where you suggest creating a eurasian economic area that would be a bridge between 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 some sort of an imperial condition as to recreate a new empire imperiously. well you don't need to be an expert to realize that if we combine our country's potentials in technology infrastructure transport energy

sector mineral resources workforce territorial and language opportunities which are no less important for developing a common economic space if we combine all these potentials our competitiveness will search 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 extremely partners as for the foreign critics who say that russia has imperial ambitions so what 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 than the supreme soviet of the soviet union ever passed for 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 but 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 combat the climbing inflation and the growing national debt and even obesity do something useful. to petes 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 russia u.s. relations which exists as an idea but there's not many signs that it's working. very well the hawk is a good bird but you are certainly no dove i am a man and i do not like cliches our foreign policy in the past and today 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 but 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 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 what 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. mr putin it looks like there is another storm brewing in stock markets a tumbling and people say the reason we soon much the traders themselves can do about it and merging markets so losing capital the same is true about trust 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 scout and a girl short and offering an attractive perspective supposedly that would help win back businesses trust and stop the crisis does your government have such a program and while we're at it since a budget is calculated presuming the price of oil would be at least one hundred dollars per barrel prices are falling you going to revise the budget.

you know if we keep talking about the full of the stock market indexes they might never recover russia 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 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 a longest skirt 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 them. 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 had fifty to one hundred industries represented the situation would be more balanced and we would be able to switch to a floating currency race 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. which mr putin gasper has been facing certain problems in western europe the german offices of gasper all have been searched what is your take on a situation like this one of major companies. but i'm going to it's quite simple i have repeatedly said in public that the sellers are always trying to

sell the commodity at a higher price and 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 at the third energy package for example which was adopted retrospectively this is only president this should be considered unacceptable in the modern world but it is done despite all considerations we think ultimate goal behind this course of action is to bring down the cost of the product and to disrupt the market pricing mechanism which is closely connected with the price for crude in russia it is we who set the price in a centralized manner we depend on crude crude goes up 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 but and gazprom will suffer losses and the buyers

on the contrary benefit i don't think this is justifiable guess besides the natural gas market is very specific it largely depends on a concrete supplier if it is a mistake to introduce a third party in the process or as our partner suggested 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 a third party or a legal entity that will further sell it to the consumers do you know what this scenario can lead to someone will simply be given an opportunity to pocket additional margin and i'm good at the price will not necessarily good therapy which would be a good percentage for united version these elections are trying to get a political forecast out of being. 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 us thank you very much for this talk mr putin i believe we are

finished with today thank you. this is.

their release is imminent a captive israeli soldier gilad shell eat an 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 kosovo given an extra day to remove roadblocks at a border seized by kosovo police last month the locals say they won't give in unless the officers leave. new york police under investigation over claims of excessive force during the anti wall street protest some officers seen resorting to punching and pepper spray at peaceful rallies. more news in a quarter hour but first the sports with andrew stay with us.

hello there you are watching the sport here on our team and this is what is coming up over the next thing minutes man i've enjoyed it tears come all sky missed several places they were great bailey discrepancies for in a crunch champions league match. this is a mansion i did go to get their european campaigns back on track after a sluggish start. on the debate over the safety of indy car racing begins to rage after the tragic driver damn well. let's get going with the football and to scout will have to make do with the much debated bench for their vital champions league great match against the side trap and spore on change day after twenty seven games of the domestic season at least seven of the russian clubs injured plays well fed in time for the home game against and surprised group england this. reports.

says come moscow are one of the favorites to win the russian premier league but their achievements 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 mate fielder case with your hand defenders victor advice to get out the shake of carroll now bumpkin and forward. due to the team's domestic success most of the players became leaders in their respective national teams that fact alone has certainly added to says cost poor record in the recent games including the latest disappointing domestic to all draw at home to take them out of what we've been playing with a depleted squad for quite some time already plus most of our men were instrumental for their countries in recent international matches yours is obviously built up more now the moment costs are really wonderful but i think it will make the right conclusions from what happened and these things won't happen again even if it

wasn't the best of starts for cisco moscow in the group stages of the us. the champions league but the muscovites displayed true strength of character coming back from two goals against little to salvage a draw and since almost managed to repeat that feat in the next match against its wanted ten champions in terror but a late goal by morata left the army men in last place in group b. tribes and war on the other hand find themselves at the top of the group after a defeat ing enter in italy while french outfit little have drawn both of their games in stand in third place so the top two qualification spots are still up for grabs. drugs and war will be aiming for nothing less than a victory in moscow in order to increase their lead and following in historic one away with an interim melanne anything seems possible for this turkish side the club is doing pretty well in their domestic league as well in second place after six matches resumes work at 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 but we understand that serious has put a lot of hope into the next two games against us says current shrubs and spore weekly again in group b. next match which will take place on the second of the vendor integrity and the side's upcoming tie on choose they should serve in both teams aspirations for this european campaign one cost r.t. moscow. spot having played only eight domestic game 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 change stay the one kenyan side of taking just one point from two game so far a manager or a burden one man cheney is limited in terms of striking options with mary about it telling suspended big summer signing city where they are struggling with a growing injury by munich a top of the group ahead of. bringing up the rear and have no point so far but man

cheney still expects the best for his the place. to be out of because they're playful two are very well but for us it is very important that is not imported food play where there are no where is important that we win this game and that if we win this game may be after the banner there is to come from. munich and naples but after i think that we care if we win we can win or so the group is possible we have a chance at the moment united are also looking to kick start their champions league campaign they have just two points from two games and. remaining. in bucharest united lie third in group c. behind bars will. play each other in back to back matches and reds boss alex ferguson admits that could also help. i. would wait one team to win the board games. with the persian gulf as.

how do you think it is for us to train when it would. solve all the problems. while great deal of it is real madrid host french side leon on tuesday or this is a two points behind so could propel themselves into the driver's seat if they were . a reality or one of just three teams with one hundred percent record so far in the group stages but managers. is not afraid to lose it. it's not easy to every game in the champions league so it will be no great drama if we don't get a result on maximum points which makes us the best team to win the group but first of all we have to qualify and only have to 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 at the twenty five year old muscovite done time rebirth event. it was seeded seventh and next up is compared

to try to form a finalist edge another russian. italian side it also made an early exit at the hands of the stereoscopic an athlete. is the top seed in moscow and the russian is the fended her form this year. reached two grand slam finals last year this year it was a very consistent year for me in those that i lost in the grand slams. you know really well throughout the season i didn't really have bad matches throughout the whole season i didn't lose the first. deep into the tournament so i had a very consistent year no matter what and i think i'm pretty satisfied about it. now another news questions are being asked about the suitability of the las vegas track where indy car driver dam weldon was killed in a horrific crash how tributes are still being paid to the thirty three year old

from england who died after a fifteen car pileup last vegas motor 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 for indy cars and know how dangerous those cars are and yes it was proof to you you know the danger of those vehicles on open and i think it really boils down to the fact that it's white you know i guess if you really look at the big picture in why we run research plates it's so the car stay on the ground and then matter the type of racecar 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 that up i would run a model and there's just no need to those cars are fantastic 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 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 indeed racing first fatality in five years in the first at the last vegas track and its forty year history its own is have defended its safety record we have engineers and in all forms of racing that look at these things university nebraska people who are the experts in in crashes have been here all many occasions and have looked at our facility in the sanctioning bodies who have competed here be at nascar indy car have all looked at it and they've been very satisfied with the with the. with the construction of the fencing and the safer barriers and we're. and i've got time to update you on the n.f.l. the new york jets are back to winning ways there with a twenty four six victory over the miami dolphins their jets ending their three

game losing streak they'll revis with one hundred yard touchdown run after an interception quarterback mark sanchez also got a touchdown on the night along with son and son on son tonio miami have lost all five of their gang. so that is the sport for the moment we've got more fuel to. world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've. covered. from the days of the manhattan project in one thousand forty two the university of california has been involved through the science of its provision and scientists and their relationship to the university you see since day one has been in charge of researching designing and testing nuclear weapons and to some extent producing weapons every single nuclear weapon

inside a as arsenal was designed by university of california. we don't warm go. to university of california who was selected as the because the army needed scientists to leave their versity 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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