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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 american approach there's russian approach is there such thing as a european approach not really in policy terms because we know europe is not yet. single unified decision making specially for foreign policy i think it will take a few decades before europe is able to be the single voice of international international affairs nevertheless i think there is a soul to the 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 now 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 the 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 the bangle so. about turkey so thing 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 world to transfer 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 that is not the slightest

chance. for russia to join so surprised to hear that theory for as many people now that the. basis for your plan. specially with doing so badly you really think such a strong foundation i can last and actually expand. yet. again i'm talking long very long term horizon for one simple reason you know globalization means more and more interdependence 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 so 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 europe is supposed europe. so suppose you have destroyed sell itself it could happen of course. but it would be a cup a straw for a single member of the european union it will be the 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 the podium right financial for example right now america regardless of the crisis is closer to the haggling 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 i think that the u.s. is no longer the hague of modern and that it's the beginning of the end and we may very well be at a stage comparable to let's say the great britain at the end of the don't seem to sense for a. 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 we degrade asians for instance of the note. 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 u.s. you know they are not accustomed to thinking in those terms because the custom to think about themselves. all the other countries following the leadership is no longer the case but no we also china you know china. hates a. 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 are three the u.s. and china for different reasons the do not like to cooperate to really corporate we countries they have to own. to learn to learn how to cooperate with others and

with the europeans in particular on financial matters but it's going to take time what are your predictions for russia because i know you've been traveling to this country since one thousand nine hundred seventy a lot of people say you know cynics in the west that only declarations are change that 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 to 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 of the 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 well so i think what has been

achieved is quite remarkable i think this country will gradually evolve in. a way in a more liberal way but all this will take time 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. because the way and i think this is probably has a negative backlash as a consequence because. i think that for the for the for the russians if the op will see them constantly you know criticize for not being 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 relation and do you agree that these two countries are closer than with 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 get also as opposed to other countries. i think that russia is in many ways a much stronger relationship with germany than with france but particular in economic terms but i think it is true nonetheless that france and russia has always kind of a special relationship and it's very interesting because one of the new presidents 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 sees 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. our best hope. also it was because of 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 why do you think so well. i think two things. at least.

if 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 their fee. 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 i think 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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which brightened. soon from plans to crash and. start on t.v. dot com. the headlines on odyssey russia demands an investigation into civilian deaths from nato bombings in libya and sold in response to a human rights group report which claims dozens were killed in air strikes that locals say atrocities are still being committed in the country with former gadhafi loyalists the target. russia's a newly elected parliament embarks on its work two weeks after the polls and sparked mass protests against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount the central election commission has looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this did not affect the overall outcome. of disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u.

growth with the battlefront now being welfare rules the block insists that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will only spawn benefit tourism . those are the headlines here on our to next oh into the world of sport we go with andrew. good to see you rogers it looks like one of russia's all those football clubs could soon be facing extinction. thomas facing severe financial problems with some predicting it will fall imminently after the details in a moment. they're good to have you company and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes on the brink is grow russia premier league club tom could collapse amid a mounting debt crisis. plus guilty liverpool striker luis suarez is handed

a match ban for racially abusing manchester united the truth evra. rain supremum the. five two thrashing of tea iscar in moscow. the first russian premier league side f.c. tom on the brink of folding and debts of four and a half million dollars and allegations of embezzlement sygate yannick has stepped down as their president saying there's no hope of saving the fifty four year old club tom are currently bottom of the league after suffering a sixteen game win in the street again it believes the twenty three million dollars needed to run the siberian side every year has become unaffordable to make matters worse local government has decided not to sponsor the side further while other sponsors have pulled back as a result of the ongoing police investigation into claims to club officials embezzling funds thomas next going to be tearing a march to the first day after the winter bright. well in contrast one of the

league's wealthiest clubs angie have been linked with arsenal midfielder andrea shove in his former agent then says the russian international was hoping for a move away from the emirates back to his former clubs any but it's impeded side some people have expressed no interest at all and there. moved to angie in january is now more likely and you were taken over by billionaire suleyman kelly moore at the start of the season and signed cameron star to brazil legend roberto carlos. meanwhile lokomotiv moscow midfielder denis crucial cause has been named russia player of the air 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 brown porfiry. it's a difference a year makes twelve months ago denise culture coffee was just one of a number of talented russian midfielders however at the end of two thousand and eleven established himself as one of his country's key players in this position

crucial cause has 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 and 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 an of a vast majority of his career two thousand and eleven has been a frustrating campaign for the team is very failed to live up to their potential however crucial cough has been perhaps the team's key player and a former coach anatoly push advance says denise is developing into an excellent midfielder. in the one you have so 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 like i'm a team's top scorer with eight goals which is an impressive return for a 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 euro 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 the squad 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 pick up the caps russia side of the euro two thousand and twelve championships richard from eternity. however an england liverpool striker luis suarez has been banned for eight games and fined sixty thousand dollars for racially abusing manchester united defender patrice evra suarez was found guilty by the english football association after the players clashed during a match at anfield last october suarez has denied the allegations and has a fortnight to appeal and said it was a painful and difficult day for him and his family in a statement liverpool said they were surprised by the decision adding we find it extraordinary how many found guilty of the on the word of patrice evra 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 managed to city entertain state this evening roberto mancini 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 they agree as most every week about this important to say the you know this season because we know that can happen also that we can go in this example as usual during the this is going to happen is difficult to stay on the top for thirty six games the games. we responsible in other games are saving mansion i to go to full and fifth place asshole gates who asked in villa newcastle who've lost only one sit home so far take home west brom while everton face one zero and sunderland travel to neil warnock's q.p.r. who produced a valiant shout in last sunday's to no home defeat senior united and they didn't go

unnoticed by black cats boss martin o'neill. first of all of a lot respect for the manager he's been. an excellent manager for a long time in the game so you would know what to expect from his teams. and they could consider themselves. i think i was really having a look at the manchester united q. they had a number of chances of course not just you know how this will seem to me so i don't think that their confidence will be losing the game. well last night more pressure was heaped on black manager steve kane is his side sit to the foot of the table after a two one defeat to bolton davies rekha putting the visitors to nola before you can go back to the home side and in the other game wolves came from behind twice to draw. but it's still only two points clear at the relegation zone while they were in spain defending champions real madrid through to the last sixteen of the copper del rey a comprehensive five one win by with. dina seeing them go through seven one and

aggregate severe espanyol and new york advance there after victories on tuesday night. for march talkies k h o s carson paid his berth. five two in moscow the way in extending scans late at the top of the western conference just twelve points to score had gone ahead through dennis passing here early on but did seem to spark scarring to live in handle got a brace as the side scored four more times and even though partially got one back to being got the final of the night five to their interest to score the defeat leventis price in the western conference. now the news russia's sports minister vitaly moved co once the country 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 the heads of the local sports media and incidentally extended his

gratitude to r.t. for helping to promote the sport summing up the game said a noble for 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's been spent and the results that have been achieved in this thought that will help russia become more competitive on the world stage europe has been reported to. have become the party of the ministry and we've already started from to leave. on the way but to 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 that way anyone can access the information on the internet. while a billet to the next olympics is gathering pace giant olympic rings have been unveiled at the entrance to the channel tunnel in france it took them two days to install nine meters 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 next summer but see the rings on the entrance to the euro settle obviously welcoming people coming from europe to our games for twenty two hours 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. sport for the moment because the weather coming up. culture is that so much of coming to me is going to make it a lot of the plane carrying up looking when you came to the next kasich of north korea's dear leader again highlights the acute insecurity on the korean peninsula and beyond. in bygone days sleds were vital to get around. but today they're more leisure than life

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