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hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show on heart say prime oliver in our brand name my guest is constantine plus i trust moscow is third think it's more true along the european border that has deployed. their missiles outside st petersburg that's would see it as russia's move to neutralize the european anti-missile defense system which is being created by nato and watched doesn't mean the standoff between nato and moscow will not turn into food for cooperation test chairman of the state duma for the first committee and now the russian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe something to that effect. the european missile defense system is designed to protect major members from possible aggression from third parties needly iran also considers it a threat to its own security act as the launchers will be located in eastern europe

. is condemned ballistic missile is seen as one of the countermeasures to the major plans to launchers a mobile which makes it very difficult to tie that into snaps prevent the missiles from launching. political shoving a lot of the show thank you very much it's a pleasure to have you here in iowa as well as first of all about these kind of missiles in about how they were what people can call the the new arms race that they're starting between maybe started between the east and the west irritated by the u.s. anti missile defense plans russia has promised a cheap and efficient response well first of all all of these is can there's really as cheap as they seem and there is at the end. of the reset the end of reset at least well there is think is comparable and is kind of their missiles are

definitely not cheap but they are much cheaper than the missile systems we short to be deployed in europe by the united states and very probably by by nato both irrationals your budget this smaller. budget is smaller but it is increasing by the way but in any case what good news is me much in these comments is there are people immediately storage to discuss what russia is planing to do not to do while the american plants or for deploying these systems are not being discussed they're actively that frequently i would like to recall the recent actions of russia by recent i mean the military actions by russia during the last two decades the russian start when we hear it as an independent state was to decrease the so to see the military presence of rather thirty years of the russian military presence in europe by forty percent and most of russian who will move your

equipment and their armaments were moved out of europe to siberia to pull too far east part of russia which was never responded. quickly by a plane it later on we. proposed to keep alive the treaty between the former soviet union and the united states we refused and later on and we had an agreement with nato then the non efficient new efficient military. resources would be deployed in new member states of nato there it was later on ignore it very nato and when poland joined nato when the baltic states joined nato will remain in joint nato and some other countries so we moved out of here up we moved out of the former soviet republics most of russian military bases while the

united states continued to deploy new military bases in certain is to european countries and the last but not least of the current project of anti missile systems which is to be respond responded somehow here i do not think that is can there ease the response this is via the usual military planning of russia i believe because we are outside of nato we are outside of the strongest military alliance in the history of mankind which is very close to the russian war this and to expect from russia that these expansion of nato this military planning of meter will be of lift result area response any military response would have been absolutely nave this question you mentioned the increasing russia's military budget well this was one of the reasons why formal finance minister couldn't resign he said that he said that the military budget was too high well you know me we both remember the arms

race during the winter and we all remember that it started very joyfully like like like a response to america's response to nature like very patriotic really but then suddenly we found ourselves in situation when we were when we were really worried about our own future. children's fusion do you see signs of a new arms race going on and. does it worry you with the going. number one mr couldn't couldn't could not restrain he was fired by the president of russia and number two the reason was that the decision to increase the military budget of russia was a joint decision by the government of russia mr couldn't include it supported later on by the president of russia the basic idea of these decisions is not to storage and you arms freeze the basic idea is to re inforce the russian military sector

to to to invest more money in the military industry or russia. in the scientific sector of the russian economy or to support officers who serve in the army to support a military person nearest or this is a very complex program and it is not meant to to to to to to respond to the project or any other projects of or for for or we're going to or finance in the military area and i believe that the a final increase and as you remember we are going to spend think the trillions of rubble securing the coming ten years the final result of it will be in any case much much lower then the current expenditure on military purposes by nato countries ok well we will. maybe we will have time to talk about further about and time in

salem space defense and even about the russian plans to shoot down asteroids but this is if we if we have time this problem let's move on because i've got a number of question lined up for you there the other subject is the relations with where were the ukraine where are. derrius had of course heard about the trial. timoshenko the for the former prime minister of ukraine well during the recent meeting between a unicorn each and them live the russian president said that possibly a new gas contract would be signed with the ukraine he well he didn't rule out the possibility though before over the last couple of years russian the russians said no no new contract we have this conflict and we have to stick to it has something changed in this respect the answer is no nothing has changed in the position of the russian president until now and for now is absolutely clear the country we have

been signed are to be fulfilled in your. country in case the two parts of the two commercial partners really agree on anything could be tional ok we have no problems with that but for then we need to have further agreements and as far as i know because russia and ukraine are not just two neighbors the or two partners in terms of energy security interest in terms of gas deliveries i do believe that both russia and ukraine are equally interested in having working mutual mutually. efficient qantas and their area so this is why i believe that both russia and ukraine are equally motivated to reach new agreements and to have a functioning system of these agreements so i believe that the new contract is absolutely possible and they hope that it will the new agreement will take place in

the nearest future because nobody is interested in seeing in watching how this conflict is x. and you're eating so so it's not about the relations between these two guys between medvedev and you know it's about the the. business relations between gaspar arm and that's opposite number in the ukraine so what kind of concessions could convince gas plan to lower prices for example for me the major concession is the price or guess transit view or interested in the territory of ukraine and neither in northern stream nor the southern stream change the situation dramatically will be will continue to use the territory of ukraine as a transit territory as long as we have good contacts with ukraine and this is a big big amount of money for for gas brought in and it is very much into related

so i believe that in case you crane is ready to move then russia would suit should be related to women not in a position to to take any or any any any negotiating position in the in the situation got but i believe that what is important is that both russia and ukraine or eager to have countless reach are functional and we are mutually beneficial because of the press likes you because you're always ready to take responsibility for at least the foreign steps of the russian government will listen i russia has considered the trial against emissions has to be to be politically motivated and anti russian this was the official position of the foreign ministry now the european union is suspended in meeting with you and cornish and moscow is holding a meeting with any college is that a contradiction. no no no it is not a contradiction because number one you need to help you may be unhappy with the

current court decision for the current trial on the dump him ashamed about and here to respect the independence of the cranium juridical system we have to accept that we may have certain opinions on that but we cannot interfere. and to my mind the pressure which is now being said on ukraine on the korean leadership by their opinion union is it is too much it is too much it is can not be accepted because i believe that very much of that pressure is motivated by certain sin persist as certain political force be it within the european union i mean the european people started near. the end have park it is a member or of a specific number they initiate the support coming from their opinion you know and i don't i don't i don't like it at all either to oversee a grade or towards russia or to overstate it other independent country at least

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future covered. welcome back to spotlight i am going of in just to remind my guest in the studio today is concert chairman of the state duma committee on foreign affairs and also head of the russian delegation to the parliament recently at the council of europe is the question we started talking about about ukraine's relations with the west we were with europe well the trial the trial against yulia timoshenko the former prime minister certainly hampers the ukrainian european future as neighborhood and in ukraine and ukraine is pretty much afraid that that the response of the european union will be very negative. europe's and to

ukraine's integration do you think that this is true that this is really the case. i believe this is a very big political game and ukrainian authorities are now being more or less blackmailed by by the european union in order to a tour to malta really mystery according to to set pressure on the court system of ukraine again i do not believe this is a fear approach from the european union but in any case i want to bring europe was never big fan of to machine code which it was she was prime minister why such such interference now again i don't commission he's being supported by a very influential political force in year of the european peoples party which is the biggest party faction in the european parliament which has the biggest participation in the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe and they can

see how this specific big political of our time here says yes and how this piece mr sibal you can call group initiates all the time this active approach by the union by the council of europe in one car this but in any case i do not believe the. keys of my dancing machine can't explode can undermine the region between the european union and ukraine the union is very very much interested in having q korean ears and more of the common european space not as a member state of the repeal of the union i do not believe that there is a realistic perspective for ukraine but to keep it inside them to keep it sorry to put it that way to keep to keep it as far as possible from russia they will never acknowledge it but this is the part of the game and they don't like because this approach either your results or you are with them is a false it brought in does not contribute to the unity of europe in the world it

does not work and they feel sympathy with the people of ukraine because they're being pushed into this position of choice you have to choose either you're really very puny union or you are was russian and in this sense i believe i believe that russia has in their march march more gentle and delicate way we do not ever say to toe ukrainian partners either or and we do live there to the membership of ukraine they're open to speech and of ukraine in the customs union in the common european common economics peace with russia kazakhstan and below russia does not exclude third their integration of ukraine into the the european union so this is a not here a case of a choice to my mind the ukraine ukraine just needs to to handle all of turning jointly and to take

a decision we should all correspond with the national interest of ukraine and these national interest of ukraine are definitely inside of europe but inside of we are united europe with all countries of the european continent included and not excluded as one of the people. feeling the pulse of the russian foreign politics do you think feel today that this tension with europe is really pushing ukraine closer to russia for example for example to the customs union wing and well at least at least they know that the korean leadership now has restarted the restart of the consideration of different options and i do not believe that this is just the can sequence of the sequence of the pressure which is now being said on ukraine from the european union from the site of the rippin union this is a very sober. financial calculation and of the figures are there and the figures

point out a very clear perspective there in case stays outside of the customs union in case you're greenspace outside of the common economics piece of the because the union of the eurasian union the ukraine will lose much more much more in comparison with what it gains out of the common economic space is there in union mr putin the russian prime minister lanced his plans to create what he called the eurasian union and the per se space. some immediately spoken of trying to restore the soviet union well this is. the majority of the country or countries do they really want a confrontation with russia what's your opinion on number one the puny union was established. through the so-called roma three tier but nobody blames

the initiator of the european union project for trying to restore the roman empire you know this is a very nature old process where certain countries which. neighbors to each other try to do to facilitate their economic. custom regulations and all other things you know the answer is not russia does not try to restore the former soviet union russia tries to settle on the new project because of the previous problems of the c.i.s. the common core of those of independent states sprinkler speaking it's still a rather good political project but it does not work in economic terms of all of the civilised defense they do it is through the symbolism of their divorce instrument exactly so i think of the increase both russia. byelorussia

probably kyrgyzstan probably some other countries very broadly you do in those conditions you may draw globally ukraine see advantages of this cold duration we should forget about trying to to to to to stamp on this project like this the ration of the former soviet union or anything else and support integration on the impulse or your space for the simple reason this integration contributes very much to the stable economic financial social do development in these countries and i believe that the union should be very much interested in having a stable predictable and konami social and all of the developments in russia in ukraine in kazakhstan india russia and all others so the project of the year eurasian union does not contradict the idea of the common european

unity and space it is not aimed against any other union against any other country and it is to be supported by any of the union and any other country that prime minister wouldn't was hurt by this comparison of his plans to restoring the soviet union. because he most of the time at his recent interview to russian television he spent trying to explain that he's not a fan of mr gresham and that he's not restoring there this early in the so it didn't hurt him. well you know that was a question put to him and there were certain can pain against the. serbs or for stern of mr putin of the president of russia he's here will be he will be elected on that position in march next year so it isn't there a natural thing to do to respond these respond this discussion but i do not seeing that this is the the highest priority or mr putin or anybody else in the russian

leadership to to to compare and to deny a comparison between the more than russia and the former soviet union it is completely out of the car and the more the agenda of the russian leadership the next problem introduction russia will take place in december and i know that the europeans the council of europe in the early see are usually giving you a hard time during this mission they're trying to send as many observers that they can while the russians always want to reduce the number of these exactly why this is not about the figures it has never been involved the figure is that what it is it has been over time and borrowed the great theory about the principles of the the largest the recent largest election in europe took place in turkey this june i do not believe that turkey is completely out of country versus it is. thirteen one three circle observers from your post see if you will for democratic

institutions the first proposal towards russia was two hundred to three hundred or two hundred sixty. green to kind summary twenty times more turkey has a population which is just two times list and comparison with russia be russia twenty times bigger than needed territory we do not need to know the theory to we speak about the number of quarters this is loser and this is a much more dense appearance thread the observers across the whole territory well lit turkey is not that small either so our our reaction is please give us a good explanation why certain countries are considered as good once and certain countries are considered as bad once and who is to take that decision and suddenly discover that these decision is taken on the untransparent grounds why bureaucrats not politicians and why people who are hired who has court who have

contracts who do not represent countries or political oneness or innocence in the snow people in the bureau of democratic institutions or do you always hear reaches the major observation by the interviewee in the no scene area and suddenly we cannot find this great clearly cannot get a good explanation in our that you are to be absurd by this number of serious for these or that reason and this is not good and this is why we take a certain position but i will confirm to you the developmental assembly of the council europe will send the largest possible gilligan to russian the parliamentary assembly of all we see will send the largest possible delegation to russia and we have reached an agreement we always see about two hundred amp service which is still much much more in comparison with turkey but if it reaches you she has been accepted by russia thank you thank you very much it's

a pity that we didn't have time to discuss the shooting down in advance through his moving towards it. but no but i love that what about the about the roman roman treaty not recreating the roman empire that was a good life. he did me over thank you very much come spending cuts which are what my guess was part tried to make and he's the chairman of the state there with emily on foreign affairs and had of the russian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe and that's it for now from all of you spotlight will get them to limp stay in our team and take their place of.

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