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we've got the future of coverage. hello again no welcome to spotlight the interview show on our take time i'll bring our brand name my guest constantine plus i trust moscow is trying to think it's more true along the european border and has deployed the newest missiles outside st petersburg x. would see it as russia's move to neutralize the european anti-missile defense system which is being created by nato and washed doesn't mean the standoff between nato and moscow will not turn into food for cooperation chairman of the state duma for the first committee and head of the russian delegation to the parliamentary

assembly of the council of europe constantine affects. the european missile defense system is designed to protect major members from possible aggression from third parties namely iran moscow considers it a threat to its own security as the launchers will be located in eastern europe the new. missile is seen as one of the countermeasures to the nato plans the launchers are mobile which makes it there. it difficult to tie the game to sand or prevent the missiles from launching. because charlie was going to show thank you very much it's a pleasure to have you here in my own little well as first of all about these kinda missiles and how they were what would people call the the new arms race the 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 of these is can there's really as cheap as they seem and there isn't the end of. what do with all the real reset the end of reset at least who ever sink is comparable and their missiles are definitely not cheap but they are much cheaper than the anti missile systems we short to be deployed in europe by the united states and by probably by by nato the russian military budget is smaller the budget is smaller but it is increasing by the way but in any case what music's me much in these comments is that people immediately start to discuss what russia is planing to do not to do while the american plans of deploying these systems are not being discussed that actively that frequently i would like to add 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 russia so the years of the russian military presence in europe by forty percent and most of russian will neuter equipment and their armaments were moved out of europe to siberia to far east. bar to russia which was never responded. adequately by buying it or later on the a proposed to keep alive the anti missile treaty between the former soviet union and the united states we refused later on we had an agreement with nato that. none of efficient new efficient military. resources would be deployed in a new member states of nato that was later on ignored by nato when bolen joined

nato and the baltic states joined nato in the remaining 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 stupid encounters and last but not least the current project of anti missile systems which used to be respond responded somehow there i do not think that is can there ease the response this is the the usual military planning of russia i believe because we are outside of nato we're outside of the strongest military alliance in the history of mankind which is very close to the russian borders and to expect from russia that these expansion of nato this military planning of nato will be a left result and in response any military spawns would have been absolutely in

a physical you mentioned the increasing russia's military budget while this was one of the reasons why former finance minister could resign he said that he said that the military budget was too high well you and me we both remember the arms race during the recount we all remember that it started very joyfully like like like a response to american. spawn's to nato like very patriotic really but then suddenly we found ourselves it is that you're a shoe when we were when we were really worried about our own future and our children's future do you see signs of a new arms race going on and did those it worry you was going. number one mr cool didn't couldn't did not resign and 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 this decision is not to store it in you arms freeze the basic idea is to re inforce the russian military sector and to do to invest more money in the military industry off russia. there and in the scientific sector of the russian economy to support officers who serve in the army to support a military puncture nearer so this is a very complex program and it is not meant to door to door to respond to the project or any other projects of or for for our partners or finance in the military area and i believe that the a final increase as you remember we are going to spend today into trillions of

rubble so during 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 to missile in space defense and even about the russian plans to shoot down asteroids but this . 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 with the ukraine. our viewers have all of course heard about the trial. for the former prime minister of ukraine well during the recent meeting between unicorn beach and damage of the russian president said that possibly a new gas contract will be signed with ukraine he well he didn't rule out the possibility though before over the last couple of years russia the russians said no

no new contract we have this country and we have to stick to it has something changed in this respect no answer is no nothing has changed the position of the russian president until now and for now is absolutely clear the contras have been silent or to be fulfilled what interferes in your. country in. the two parts the two commercial partners will agree on anything conditional 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 they are two partners in terms of energy security interests in terms of gas deliveries i do believe that both russia and ukraine are equally interested in having working mutual mutually. efficient contracts in 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 ex generating so so it's not about the relations between these two guys between medvedev and you know courage but it's about the the business relations between gossip drum and that's opposite number in the ukraine so what kind of concessions could convince gazprom to lower prices for example for me the major concession is out of the price or on gas transit v. or interested in the territory of ukraine and neither the northern stream nor the southern stream change these 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 problem and it is very much into related so i believe that in case you crane is rated to move then russia would suit should be related to more women not in a position to take any any any any negotiating position and in this situation but 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 person like c. because you are always ready to take responsibility for at least the foreign steps of the russian government will listen i russia has considered the trial against him a shanker to be to be politically motivated and anti russian this was the official

position of the foreign ministry now the european union is suspending a meeting with the in college and moscow is holding a meeting with any college is that a contradiction. no no no it is not a contradiction because number one they may behave may be unhappy with the current court decision with the current trial on madame tymoshenko but they have to respect the. independence of the ukrainian. juridical system we have to accept we may have certain opinions on that but we cannot interfere and to my mind the pressure which is now being set on ukraine on the korean leadership by their opinion union is it is too much he is too much it cannot be accepted because i believe that very much of that pressure is motivated by certain simple says a certain political force within the european union i mean the european people's party where. the and have parked it is a member or

a member they initiate the support coming from the repeal of the union and i don't i don't i don't like it at all either towards the ukraine or towards russia or towards any other independent country at least we choose our outside of european union will stick to the subject then continue right after a great concert in concert shelf talking just want life will be back in america sells them stay with. you here in russian european space partnership in. the future of the european satellite navigation system. on board the world's most reliable space vehicles. soyuz rocket is gearing up for the first ever blast off from a foreign base. the landmark launch. life on.

bringing you the latest in science and technology from the ground. we've got the future covered. welcome back to spotlight i'm going of in just a reminder my guest in the studio today is concerned because i charge chairman of the state duma committee on foreign affairs and also head of the russian delegation to the parliamentary assembly at the council of europe was the question we started talking about about ukraine's relations with the west we were with europe well the trial the trial against. the former prime minister

certainly hampers the ukrainian european future as they put it in in ukraine and ukraine is pretty much afraid that that the response of the european union will be very negative to to to europe's and to ukraine's integration do you think that this is true that this is really the case well i believe that this is a very big political game and ukrainian authorities are now being called more or less blackmailed by by the repeal in union in order to to to motivate mr unocal which 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 a big fan of commission because when she was she was prime minister why such such interference now again why don't you motion is being supported boy very influential

political force in europe the european people's party which has the biggest party faction in the european parliament which has the biggest party faction in the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe and they can see how these specific they are living all the time here so yes how this specific political group initiates all the time. this active approach by their opinion by the council of europe in one gathers but in any case i do not believe that the case of my done. can explode can undermine the relation between the european union and ukraine the union is very very much interested in having q korean isn't part 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 and to keep it sort of 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 broaches it does not contribute to the unity of europe in the world it does not look and they feel sympathy with the people of ukraine because they're being pushed into this position of choice you have to choose either your be very puny union or your way is russia and in this sense i believe i believe that russia acts in their march march more gentle and delicate way we do not ever say to it or ukrainian partners either or and we believe that the membership of ukraine will participation of ukraine in the custom union in the common european common economic space with russia kazakhstan and belarus or does not exclude

through their integration of ukraine into the european union so this is a not a case of a choice to my mind and the ukraine ukraine just needs to to handle all of this jointly and to take a decision we should all correspond with the national interests of ukraine and these national interest of ukraine are definitely inside of you. but inside of a united europe because 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 feel today that this tension with europe is really pushing ukraine. closer to russia for example for example to the customs union leader well at least at least i know that the korean leadership now or 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 their opinion and from the site of their opinion this is a very sober. financial calculation and the figures are there and the figures point out a very clear perspective there in case you create states outside of the custom union in case your green stays outside of the common economic space of the custom union of the eurasian union ukraine will lose march mar much more in comparison with what it gains out of the common economic space with european union mr putin the russian prime minister announced his plans to create what he called the eurasian union and the post said space. some immediately he's potent of trying to restore the soviet union well this is.

the majority of the country countries do they really want a contradiction with russia what's your opinion on number one the puny union was established. through the so-called roma treaty but nobody blames the initiator of the union project for. trying to restore the roman empire you know this is a very nature will process when certain countries which are neighbors to each other try to to to facilitate their economic legislation the custom regulations and all other things no the answer is no russia does not try to restore the former soviet union russia tries to set on the new project because of the previous barrage of the c.i.s. the common core of those of independent states frankly speaking it's still

a rather good political project but it does not work in economic terms of the call of the civilised defense do is through the civilizing the divorce instrument exactly so i think that increase both russia kazakhstan belorussia probably kyrgyzstan probably some other countries drove really in these conditions there may broadly ukraine see advantages of these cooperation we should forget about trying to to to to to stamp on this project like this duration of the former soviet union or anything else and support integration on the poor soviet space for the simple reason this integration contributes very much to the stable economic financial social deal with development in these countries and i believe that the union should be very much interested in having a stable predictable economic 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 other. union as a country but prime minister putin 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 they listen. so it didn't hurt him in a while you know that was a question put to him and there were certain campaign against the. cert or force term of mr putin of the president or for us or ease he will leave he

will be elected on that position in march next year or so it is there a natural thing to do to respond these to respond these discussions but i do not seeing that this is the the highest priority of mr putin or anybody else in the russian leadership to to to compare and to deny comparison between the more than russia and the former soviet union it is completely out of the car and the more than agenda of the russian leadership the next parliamentary election russia will take place in december and i know that the europeans the council of europe and the earliest see are usually giving you a hard time during this election they're trying to send as many observers as they can while the russians always want to reduce the number of these observers why this is not about the figures it has never been told to figure out what it is it has been all the 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. certain ones free certain observers from oh see a bureau for democratic institutions the first proposal doubles russia was two hundred and three hundred or two hundred sixty. twenty times more twenty times more turkey has a population which is just two times list in comparison with russia that russia has been a military tree we do not speak above the theory to who we speak about the number of voters this is the reason this is a much more diverse than spread the observers across the whole territory well the 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 ones and who ease to take that decision and suddenly we discover that these decision is taken on the very unplanned sprint grounds by bureaucrats not politicians and by people who are hired who have score who have contracts who do not represent countries or political parties or innocence in person no i mean people in the bureau of democratic institutions or do you always hear or do you reaches the major observation body in the you know scene area and suddenly we cannot find this great theater we cannot get a good explanation of 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 that the mentor assembly of the council europe will send the largest possible delegation to russia the

parliamentary assembly of all we see will send the largest possible delegation to russia and we have reached an agreement to be only see about two hundred observers which is still much much more in comparison greece let's say turkey but the it reaches which 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 disaster is moving towards this. but the but i love that what about i about the roman roman treaty not recreating the roman empire that was a good life. you did your homework thank you very much come from what my guess was parked my teammate and he's the chairman of the state duma committee on foreign affairs and ahead 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 be back until then stay on r.t. and take a closer. shutdown

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