twelve thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines israeli soldier gilad schalit freed after being held captive for five years by hamas in exchange for a thousand palestinian prisoners other captured soldiers families ask why israel is doing little to bring them home. serbs the northern coast of it would give it an extra day to remove roadblocks at a border seized by kosovo police last month locals say they won't give in unless the officers leave. the n.y.p.d. under investigation over claims of excessive force during the anti wall street

protests some officers seen resorting to punching and pepper spray out apparently peaceful rallies. up next why the mere putin gave in his first major interview since confirming he's running for president again he whined to russian t.v. networks why he wants or a turn for the kremlin in his vision of the country's course if he again gets the top job. good afternoon ridge 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 very same with why are you returning to the kremlin if it is clear yet what as i've mentioned many times and as first russian president buddies 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 but once i take up a job i do my best to complete it or at least teal's national results but there are

people who criticize me and there me to be needed if 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 with an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might see their own way but in this case they ought to present their platform and what's more important not only to present it 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 your deals 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 tournaments it was just recently that france introduced an amendment to it with 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 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 gratitude 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 process is maybe ruled back this is definitely not going to happen because i can't imagine russia developing without democratic institutions and 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 your thought that into problems

he recently visited china and as many notice it was your first visit rule since you announced he was going to run in the election does that mean china is becoming russia's priority international partner partner because why did it is a coincidence 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 but 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 investment into our economy. 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 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 extreme. 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 an idea what you look for global leadership you recently wrote an article for the it is today we're going to see just creating a eurasian economic area that would be a bridge between europe and the moving economies of the asia pacific region at the same time everyone remembers you calling the downfall of the study of the union the last century of the it is geopolitical tragedy in this respect what would you say to those who see in your words and sort of an imperial and vision as to recreate

a new empire or imperius ticket into well you don't need to be an expert to realize that if we combine our country's attention system 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 potential our competitiveness will search it will grow dramatically we're using the potential we have inherited from the older generation those 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 one operating procedures this will make us more transparent to our external 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 i think you know and if you don't i will tell you that the european parliament has 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 the 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. medics who by the way they don't seem to be very conscientious or scrupulous as you know was mind your own business go come up a climbing inflation and the growing national debt and even obesity do something useful. to peace 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 affairs and as angela merkel put it they were ready to work with any legitimately elected president you must understand however that politically western states and city you all feel about that what is going to happen to the reset of russia's u.s.

relations which exists as an idea that there is not many signs it is working. very 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 but naturally we have and always will defend our national interests but we have always been a car full of others when we did it and we plan to maintain that in the future and 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 what we are not interested in confrontation on the contrary we are interested in cooperation and a durable is not a geographical concept it's 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 with russia is a multi-faith contrast with that we have many muslims in russia as well we have judaism we have good reason 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 exact. what we are going to do and we're going to come the problem you back at which mr putin you know it looks like there is another storm brewing stock markets of tumbling and people say the reason we so much to trade is themselves going to do it battle to recall the nurdin market so losing capital for the same is true about russia i recently read an article that said there were government needed a new program to counter the next crisis a program that would be like a good skeleton a girl short offering an attractive perspective supposedly it would help win back businesses trust and stop the crisis where does your government have such a credit gram and while we're at it since your budget is calculated presuming the

price of oil will be at least two hundred dollars per barrel at all prices are falling are you going to revise the budget markets and that is that he said you know if we keep talking about the full the stock market indexes they might never recover. you 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 up too much might harm it returning to your metal for a short skirt looks good on some women while others are better off wearing something else it was the longest skirt. and yes in other clothes russia turned out to be one of the quick 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 on the world's largest markets because clearly our economy is not sufficiently diversified at the moment but if in fact 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 forty seven russian industries are represented well in those markets therefore we are tells a heavy blow because 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 race until that happens our national bank will be forced to somewhat regulate rates generally speaking and 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 was depleted kasparov has been facing certain problems in western europe or german officers of gas brawled have been searched what is your take on

a situation like this around one of and major companies because. it's quite simple i have repeatedly said in public that the sellers are always trying to sell the commodity at a higher price it will produce the buyers always want to get it cheaper or even free which is better still we're not thinking as we say or 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 in the third energy package for example which was adopted retrospectively from the effect that this is unprecedented as we feel it 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 product and this rock 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 and include goes out the natural gas price

goes up the crude drops so does the gas price i don't think this is a farsighted approach to pricing because to david weisbrot crude may be fairly high and tomorrow it may plummet but on the spot and gazprom will suffer losses and the buyers on the contrary that would benefit i don't think this is justifiable besides the natural gas market is very specific is. largely depends on the concrete supplier it is a mistake to introduce a third party in the process as our partners suggest or a third pirate and a third seller this is to say the russian gas that has reached the border with western europe should be first sold to third party or a legal entity that will further sell it to the consumers do you know what this in area 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 down such that what would be a good percentage for united russia in these elections are trying to get a political forecast out to be good you know. i'm not asking for

a 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 the way you speak you very much for this to let mr putin say where i believe we are finished with today thank you. russia. which bryson. soon from feinstein question. starts on team don't come.

israeli soldier gilad shalit has been freed and headed over to israeli authorities after being held captive for five years by hamas this in exchange for a thousand palestinian prisoners that are captured soldiers families ask why israel is doing little to bring them home. serbs or northern kosovo given an extra day to remove the roadblocks in a border seized by kosovo police last month locals say they won't give it was the officers leave from. new york police under investigation over claims of excessive force during the tyrol street protests but some officers are seen resorting to punching and pepper spray at peaceful rallies. and joins us now with all the latest

in the world of sports and moscow maybe the place to be this week if you're a tennis fan that's right nancy it is the kremlin cup we caught up with the favorite for the women's title of it is it one of the over as down to earth as ever since that fake ninety of european football to talk about acts i'm back just after this. hello there welcome to the sport where the pressure is mounting on some of europe's top football teams coming up injury hit to scale moscow is prepared to host tribes anspaugh in a crunch game in the champions league. while my sisyphean manchester united look to get their european campaigns back on track after a sluggish start. and the debate over the safety of indy car racing intensifies after the tragic death of driver dan wheldon. but first the heavily depleted to

scar take on turkish side transport in the champions league tonight the muscovites have yet to winning great pay and have huge injury problems after a long domestic season while their opponents perched at the top of the table however the army men believe they still have the place to get a vital three points as roman caceres 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 a lot from the beginning of the season with captain and iconic goalkeeper of the national team. the latest player to join the sick list also sidelined their japanese in the field are accused to give one drug offenders by seen your good. about him and forward. you 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 scots poor record in recent games including the latest disappointing

domestic to all draw at home to take them out of the reader but we playing with it 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 a momentary relaxation of costs dealing with if they don't it will make the right conclusions from what happened. nice 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 since almost managed to repeat that heat in the next match against its one to ten champions in terror but a late goal by wallace arata left the army men in last place in group b. tribes and score on the other hand find themselves at the top of the group after defeating answer in italy well french outfit little have drawn both of their games and stand in third place to call it a geisha 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 group lead and following in historic one nil away with it interim melanic anything seems possible for this turkish side the club is do pretty well in their domestic league as well in second place after six matches because i'm sort of compared to this 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 and at home but we understand that serious car 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 november interrogate and the sides are coming to light on tuesday should determine both teams aspirations for this european campaign one cos are already moscow. premier league leaders manchester city also faced selection problems they hosted a reality tonight the mancunian side have taken just one point from two games so

far manager roberto mancini's limited in terms of strike not sions colace terrace is still an eye cast at the club after allegedly refusing to pagans buying munich last time out there about italy is serving the last three game european suspension big summer signings where they were struggling with a groin injury city of behind great leaders bind and can't afford to drop points against a bitter reality side and suffer two defeats will be out because their play for war very well but for us it is very important and that is not important if we are aware of where. the game and if you know if it is game. after that come from. but after i think that. if we can absorb it it's possible we have a chance i think but not well matched united are also looking to kick start their champions league campaign they have just two points from two games and face remaining united states. i'll tell you the last thing in bucharest tronics ferguson

says his star striker wayne rooney will lead a strong side tonight and isn't expected to rest many players despite a showdown with man city in the premier league at the weekend united by third in groups a behind f.c. barcelona and then he played each other in back to back matches something which could also help the red devils i. would wait twenty which would be board games. so. we can go on the pleasure of as good. to go soon as the important thing is for us to train when it really. solves all the problems. elsewhere a great deal of it is real madrid have one hundred percent record and are preparing to host french side early on who could top the group themselves with a victory keeping top spot isn't worrying. it's not easy to win every game in the champions league so it will be no greek drama. result worktop a match and points which makes us the best place team to win the group but first of

all we have to qualify and only have two thirds will think we have a group. of attorneys now russia's biggest tournament the kremlin cup is underway here in moscow with local girl the shivan are causing the first upset in the women's draw the twenty five year old muscovite knocked out italian seven seas have been cheek next though is compared to nearly true for another russian brought in or italian sorry also made in the early exit at the hands of a stone east cape canaveral yesterday well visible no leo is the top seeded player in moscow and says that the opening matches are receiving a bye to the second round where she will face a judge of an off ski the russian sees it as a great chance though to claim her second title of the season and he still happy with her form going into the tournament. is so i've reached two grand slam finals last year this year it was a very consistent year for me and those that i lost in the grand slams they. played

really well throughout the season i didn't really have bad matches throughout the whole season. i've been playing deep into the tournament so i had a very consistent year no matter what and i think i am pretty satisfied about it. let's switch the n.f.l. now where monday night's game so the new york jets and their three game losing streak they enjoyed a twenty four six victory over miami who have now lost all five of their opening games pressure was on jets coach rex ryan to end his team's slide while the gulf ins were desperate to taste victory for the first time this season and even though their business is enjoyed a nearly with a field goal soon went horribly wrong matt walsh throw here intercepted by darrell revis who runs a hundred yards for a touchdown to make it seven three other throw fins narrow the gap with another field goal but at the end of the half the jets were fourteen six in front after

mark sanchez up to dive into the end zone here for a five yard touchdown on a quarterback then sealed it but it jets when he found san tonio holmes he swerved his way up the field for another touchdown a twenty four six victory for the jets the gulf in our willis in five games for the second time in five years and the pressure mounts on their coach tony sparano. now after the death of indy car driver dan wheldon questions are being asked about the suitability of racing tracks for the sport tributes are still being paid to the thirty three year old from england who died after a fifteen car pileup at the last vegas motor speedway on sunday it was the first indy race there since the track had been reconfigured in two thousand and six it added progressive banking to increase side by side racing with some drivers now i believe oval track just too dangerous for indy cars i know how dangerous these cars are and yes it was proof to you you know the danger of those vehicles 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 sort of cars the underground and then man of the title race car gets off the ground you cannot control it in an accident and those cars are going so fast engineer word frequently on ovals i would run a models. and there just no need to see those cars are fantastic the 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 loans off the ground. and steph was in the racing's first italian in five years in the first of the last vegas track and its forty year history his son is defend the safety record we have engineers and in all forms of racing that look at these things of the university of

nebraska people who are the experts in. and crashes have been here on many occasions and have looked at our facility in the sanctioned bodies 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 very proud of our track record in that regard i'm not is all we have time for for the moment.

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