the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. book america watching r.t. reminder of the top stories for russia demands an investigation into civilian deaths from nato bombings in libya in response to a human rights group report which winds dozens were killed in airstrikes that's as locals say atrocities are still being committed in a country with forked off loyalists the target. russia's newly elected parliament embarks on its work two weeks after the polls that sparked mass protests against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount of the central election commission has looked into the claims and canceled voting results of twenty one polling stations but this didn't affect the

overall outcome. and disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. grow with the battlefront now being welfare own rules the block insists that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will spawn benefit to resume. next they have a french institute of international relations. paints a picture of the present political landscape across the globe. to the longer we all thank you very much for being with us today it's a pleasure sir so you had one of europe's think tanks i was wondering in terms of policies what do you promote and is there such thing as european approach for

example there's an american approach there's russian approach is there such thing as a european approach not truly in policy terms because we know europe is not yet. single unified decision making specially for foreign policy i think it will take a two few decades before europe is able to act with a single voice in international international affairs nevertheless i think there is a sofa sensibility you know or sensitivity about international affairs europe is much closer to the. duration continent than the united states perhaps we are a little bit more realistic but do you see russia as part of europe yes of course russia is part of europe but it's not part of the european union you know i was reading the economist couple of years ago and they were making predictions on how the world would be in time years and one of the predictions was that russia will be part of european union do you think it's possible you know why not. first of all.

russia is much too big you know and i think that. europe president loves a lot in since the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago and we have not they just. the newcomers and don't forget that we have a huge controversy about. just cannot imagine the candidacy of russia. in a time when we are still struggling and debating a bundle so. both cheerfully so i think that i'm not saying that russia will never be in the european union you know my own vision is that in one hundred years from that well it's not as a just from now the european union will have extended to the whole planet actually because i think we are the seeds of a new model of world government so the european union is a very serious thing but if you tell me in ten years that is not the slightest chance. for russia to join so surprised to hear that they are in for as many people

now that the. basis for your plan. specially with doing so badly you really think you're playing such a strong foundation i can last and actually expand. yet. again i'm talking long very long term horizon for for one simple reason you know globalization means more and more into dependence with more and more interdependence the risk of the small incidence of accidents have a huge consequence is all over the world this risk is increasing very fast which means that we will have to invent totally new modes of governance and this is exactly what we are experimenting. european union level of course progress is difficult of course in the case of the you will we know at the very

defining moment. my guess by the way for the euro is that we will come out of this stronger not weaker because we will be forced you know to invent into the new devices the the new instruments of governance to avoid the repetition of such crises and but but there is no alternative for thought for europe is supposed europe. suppose you have destroys itself itself it could happen of course. but it would be a cup of straw for a single member of the european union it will be probably world so my point is that of course the realty really shaky but it is the the most interesting model in politics that has been invented in the last so since world war two. and i repeat i think it will be a model for the whole world and invite me again in one hundred years from now and

you will see that i am right as financial for example right now america regardless the crisis is closer to the hajj and continue to be number one how do you think it will be in ten years we're talking about the new type of governance of the world first of all a thing that the us is no longer the given on and that it's the beginning of the end and we might very well be at this stage comparable to let's say the great britain at the end of the don't seem to century. talk about seventy or eighty years for the u.k. to lose entirely its predominance and i think we have a more or less similar evolution with the us my point is that the degradation for instance of the of the notes. to us by standard and poor's seems to be an anecdote

but it's deeper than that because it shows that no the united states is becoming a country like the others that is they have to to put their house in in order but it will take time and the problem is that the us you know they are not accustomed to think in those terms because the custom to think about themselves. all all the other countries following the leadership is no longer the case but no we've also china you know china. hates it. also to discuss and to to to negotiate the economic policies with the with the others so we have one country we have two countries that have to be the u.s. and china not for different reasons the do not like to cooperate to really corporate with the with other countries they have to live on. to learn to learn how to cooperate with others and with the europeans in particular on financial matters

that it's going to take time and what are your predictions for russia because i know you've been traveling to this country since ninety seven a lot of people say you know cynics in the west that only declarations are changing really russia a stack of mentality what do you predict for russia what how do you see now and how how do you how do you see it coming up in the next five ten years well first of all . like this country. like think it's a great country it's a civilization in itself and i think that what they have done over the last twenty years is quite remarkable remarkable spite of all the huge difficulties of transition after the collapse of the soviet union and i think that most westerners and his teammates who do not recognize. the kind of the nightmare you know the collapse of the soviet union with all its institutions its economy and so forth and so on was so i think what has been achieved is quite remarkable i

think this country will gradually evolve in. the way in the more liberal way but all this will take time and do you agree that image of russia in the west is slightly distorted if not iraq it is yes i think the. worst country in particular but not only in france there is a tendency to look at russia in a very very good. call away and i think this is probably as a negative backlash as a consequence because i think that for the for the for the russians if the op will see them constantly criticize for not being good enough democratic and so forth and so on but in the end it can have a negative feedback effect so we should be more tolerant but and by the way many of

the people who criticize russia constantly do not even trouble in russia. nevertheless russia and france do share a very special relations and do you agree that there's two countries are closer than at any other european countries for instance but america we kind of have good relations but we have fundamental blocking point with france we share. nearly what i think we go also as opposed to other countries. i think that russia is in many ways a much stronger relationship with germany than than with france but particular in economic terms but i think it is true nonetheless that france and russia has always been kind of a special relationship and it's very interesting because one of the new president in france for instance want to change the relation and that was the case with sarkozy at the very beginning because at the beginning of his terms of course he

was a little negative about about russia but usually after the while when the when the newcomer is job so to speak to the classical relation is restored. so it's exactly what happened with president sarkozy by the way so and also it's important to see that in russia in france. russia is culturally quite popular for instance many of you know our best hope. because the deal we even though we do have this special relationship that you have a lot more of you know right now we don't always agree politically for instance in the case of libya sarkozy was so adamant for khadafy to go russia not so much what he thinks well. i think two things. at least. first. there is you know when you have circumstances such as the

so-called arab spring that some people prefer to call the islamic spring which i think is a little bit exaggerated but the way to behave is not obvious at all because we know that doing nothing is not desirable and acting too quickly has also some drawbacks so the choice is is difficult and we know that there are many obstacles for instance the postcard i feel. will not be an easy one but this being said i think it's important for russia not to give the impression that. it is always on the on the side. of autocrats and dictators. so to be too much conservative to be on the side of saddam hussein and the fee of. kim jong il. it's it's

not it's not it cannot be a long term policy so. it's a difficult balance but in case of that was also heavily criticized france france is against a military intervention makes it different it's not that we are against we are realistic you know there is no support for military intervention nobody wants to intervene militarily in the in the case of libya it was risky but there was after all support in the security council and more important than that there was support from the arab league in the in the and there was actual military involvement of some arab countries in the case of syria it's a totally different situation. thank you very much for this interview.

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russia demands an investigation into civilian deaths from nato bombings in libya in response to a human rights group report which claims dozens were killed in airstrikes that's as local say and crossings are still being committed in the country with former gadhafi loyalists the target. brushes a newly elected parliament and barred science works two weeks after the polls that sparked mass protest against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount the sense of election commission has looked into the claims and canceled voting results twenty one polling stations but this doesn't affect the overall outcome. and this agreement between the u.k. and grow where the battlefront now being wealthier is the block insist that britain

pays billions to non-citizens something london says will spawn a benefit to as a. us now it was having sports and is here with us in the studio and it could be the end of the road for russia's full financial problems could force f.c. toma existence aside which have been around since nine hundred fifty i've got the details in a minute. hello there you're watching the sport here in r.t. and these are the headlines in the brain fears grow russia premier league club could collapse i made mine. plus guilty liverpool striker luis suarez is handed a match ban for racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra. and graeme supremely. toothbrushing of to scar in moscow. but

first russian premier league club f.c. tom looks set to fold debts of four and a half million dollars and allegations of embezzlement so again nick stepped down as its president yesterday saying there's no hope of saving the fifty four year old club told me currently bottom of the league after suffering a sixteen game when the streak and young league believes the twenty three million dollars needed to run the side b. side every year has become unaffordable to make matters worse local government has decided not to sponsor the side further than twenty twelve dollars the sponsors have pulled out as a result of an ongoing police investigation into claims to club officials embezzled funds tom's next game will to be tearing a march in the first game after the winter break although the club has yet to officially cancel out fixture was not available. a comment today. now in contrast one of the league's wealthiest clubs and she has been linked with arsenal

midfielder andrea shove in his former agent then he says the russian international was hoping for a move away from the emirates back to his former club city but the simplest book club not expressed an interest in the move in to angie in january is now more likely angie were taken over by billionaire suleyman kelly more at the start of this season and have signed cameron striker samuel brazil legend roberto carlos. meanwhile come out of moscow midfielder dennis clue should cough has been named russia player of the year twenty eleven proving to be a good season for the twenty four year old who also became a regular member of the national side with more is richard poor fleet. it's a difference a year makes two months ago denise culture coffee was just one of a number of talented russian midfielders the weather of the end of two thousand and eleven established himself as one of his country's key players in this position who

should call says there's no particular reason for his rapid improvements though he did pay tribute to his new coach with my team. the fact that the coach believes in me is vital and when you have this belief it's much easier to play on the field than i remember back in two thousand and eight when i was playing and the coach at that time that i shared that i he didn't believe in me even though i was scoring regularly belief for me is everything. bush recalled has been like a mighty of a vast majority of his career two thousand and eleven has been a frustrating campaign for the team failed to live up to their potential however crucial call has been perhaps the team's key player and a former coach anatoly bush advents says denise is developing into an excellent midfielder. does that you know when you have he's a very versatile player and has everything you would want to find in a modern day short bowler defensively he is very sound while he is excellent for getting forward and schools

a lot of goals especially for midfielder i'm really happy that he managed to break into the national team and i'm sure he can continue to go from strength to strength . bush recalled was what committees top scorer with eight goals which is an impressive return for midfielder. and that helped a twenty four year old break into the russian national team and he managed to grab his first of a goal for his country against andorra denise looks certain to be selected to pick up a cat squad of the year of two thousand and twelve finals however he's taking nothing for granted. i don't even want to think about trying to break into russia starting eleven at the moment i would just lie. to make this as there is six months till the euros get under way and a lot can happen in this time in the end because decision and he decides to call me up then i'll be delighted. two thousand and eleven bridge been incredibly productive year for denise however the twenty four year old will still be looking

to improve if he continues to progress at the rate he's currently going out and he could become a key member of the caps russia side of the euro two thousand and twelve championships. for eternity. over in england live report striker luis suarez has been banned for eight games and fined sixty two thousand dollars for racially abusing munched united defender patrice evra suarez was found guilty by the english football association after the play's clash during a match and field last october suarez who denies the allegations has a fortnight to appeal and said it was a painful and difficult day for him and his family and a statement said they were surprised by the decision adding we find it extraordinary luis can be found guilty of patrice evra alone his ban will not start until any appeal has been heard and he is expected to play in liverpool's away trip to wigan tonight meanwhile league leaders manchester city and state the saving are

better man cheney's side have a slender two point lead over rivals manchester united and the italian says the aim is to stay at the summit. is important to stay on the top. as important as the green's most. important. because we know that can happen also that we can go in this example as usual during the disease. is difficult to stay on the job for thirty six games the games. we. in other games or saving manchester united go to falling fifth place are sold out to aston villa newcastle who've lost only once at home say far take on west brom whatever to face one z. and sunderland travel to q.p.r. who produced a valiant share in last sunday's señor home defeat to united and that didn't go unnoticed by the black cats boss martin o'neill. first of all a good

a lot of respect for the manager he's been. an excellent manager for a long time. so you would know what to expect from his teams. and they could consider themselves. i think i was really having a look at that not just you know. they had a number of chances of course mathias you know how this will seem to me so i don't think that their confidence will be good losing you. well last night more pressure was heaped on black berry manager steve cain is his side slid to the foot of the table after a two one defeat to bolton dailies and putting the visitors to know before you keep who's got one back for the home side and any other game they're wolves came from behind twice to draw two two with knowledge that is still only two points playing at the relegation zone while over in spain defending champions through to the last sixteen of the copper del rey a comprehensive five one win over thirty eight and venus seeing them go through

seven one and i get severe espanyol i'm yorker also advancing after victories on choose day night. action nine from our psyches kate show where scar st petersburg. five two in moscow the win extending scar's lead at the top of the western conference to twelve points to go hard going ahead through dennis partially in italy on the back seemed to spark scarring to life because matty has been handled got a bryce in his side scored four more times and even though partially to get one back makes him really been got the final goal of the night so five to discard the way it ended in defeat leaving. eighth place in the western conference. nominees russia's sports minister fotouh co wants the country's sports federations to become more transparent each will have to be more accountable in the run up to next year's london olympics the top official spoke at a meeting with heads of the local sports media and incidentally extended his

gratitude to our team for helping to promote sport summing up the game cole said an overhaul had taken place after russia's disappointing performance at the winter olympics in vancouver two years ago federations will now have to produce yearly reports and how money has been spent and the results that have been achieved and it's thought that will help russia become more competitive on the world stage. you know what the sports federations have become the partners of us at the ministry and we've already started funded eleven of them on the way but we're working towards ensuring all the federations report on their work at the end of each season and publish their reports and budgets on their websites. anyone can access the information on the internet. build up to the olympics next summer is gathering pace join to limp it rings have been unveiled at the entrance to the channel tunnel and it took them two days to install and. as wide britain's former olympic triple jump

champion jonathan edwards says a lot for a warm welcome to the millions of visitors expected in london for the pics but see the rings on the entrance to the euro settle obviously welcoming people coming from europe to our games for twenty two but one of the great things we want to do is extend the welcome to the entire world europe included and this is a great symbol of. so that's a sport for the moment whether it's the. rushes to me soon which brighten if you knew me about song from finest impressions. who threw stones on t.v.

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