sector stream is viewed as a priority project both by russia and the e.u. because it's been part of europe's energy networks since two thousand and six recognized by the european parliament and the e.u. council of energy ministers brussels wants all russian energy companies not just gazprom to be allowed to export gas to europe what are the implications of that for gazprom and europe is key to any. regulator e position is not the issue but the e.u. germany and the rest of the e.u. nations need gas to sensibly reform their energy policy like russia on the other hand has to sell gas to keep its budget in order so there's a codependency which is a good thing i would be happy to see european companies invest into russia and european markets open up to russian companies it's a good free market economy and i think europeans need gas or gas has many uses here with the political uncertainty in north africa it's good to have a stable partner that you can rely on and russia is one of the you know better than

anyone else for in states that have written recently switched from export to in killed europe needs a gas supply to maintain a stable mix of energy sources but it's climatic conditions require it needs norway to gaslight but also russia's gas and therefore i think opening the market up to goshen companies would be a wise move or to short a name to do some officials oppose russia whatever it does get us is for though that's most money i guess it is so we have to admit that what i hope we will get over it it's understandable is the european union needs russia geopolitically but the reverse is also true it's not a question but with the time has come to start cooperating and stop looking back at ideological differences yet again that is for the could russia switch supply east to china if brussels keeps up its hostility was that it's a known as it towards your informants of wishes in a situation where it could ship gas to china and all of asia and europe i hope brushed. never has to make

a choice the russian government is evidently pro european but europe cannot keep pushing russia away it hurts russians pride and we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of shipping to asia europe has no such alternative and europe's geopolitical position will only improve if it manages to enter a tiny hard to ship with russia on and at the same time grant all you a session to turkey that would be a sound strategy aimed into the future the rest is yesterday's debate alice and is dead but haven't guessed that if russia does decide to go east could that mean a gas shortfall for europe and i deserters need to know that no not happened russia was an exceptionally reliable supplier during soviet times so no one has to worry about that junction but i will say again that europe kamarck it is incredibly important for russia to keep it a budget balance among other things therefore we're not talking about dependence here but a codependency to get progress in shipping liquefied natural gas. makes europe less

dependent on pipelines can that affect this project and. i don't think it would have a negative effect on the project as europe's liquefied gas market is quite limited to move there's nowhere to sell it in germany or poland has a developing market important is that it's in no way a danger for us and that's not the reason i'm criticizing is the indication that there are alternative sources the low spot prices on gas there judy as you leave spot deals can be of no more gain than long term supply agreements in the short run but they do not offer stability for us to go for twitter because in the wake of the fukushima disaster germany is closing all its nuclear power plants do you support that and how will it change germany's energy mix. have been damaged mind lloyd and consider this me and my team were the people who rigidly negotiated that deal with our energy suppliers that we had agreed to make a sensible exit out of nuclear strategy that was followed by a short period when the federal. government thought our agreement should be

overturned and of course they've since gone the other way and started to plotting what i had negotiated on this does not mean bridge technologies like nuclear energy cannot be used until energy efficiency is sufficiently developed we need gas as an interim energy source for the sake of energy security that's the reason we need to buy gas from normally from other countries but primarily from russia and the reason we need to build gas power stations and more so. with this in your debt crisis mr sarkozy says no euro no europe surely you're worth avoid without the euro so that there's an a and a former will this is a quote my successor in office likes to go to of course europe is going to have problems if the euro has problems but there's one thing you can be sure of the euro is going to survive as a common currency even if erotically things turn out differently which i find very improbable you think we will still have a united europe it is vital in or plug you would chancellor when greece cooked its

books to join the euro should you have stopped athens from joining the single currency. on those it towards your invalid i do not think that was our situation of the european commission its employees that had to conduct inspections they had let us know that we could take the responsibility for greece's e.u. a session on ourselves but it was a purely preparatory mission conducted by the european commission the national government we had made the decision to take greece in we cannot claim without having firm proof that the information we got then was on diplomatically speaking not entirely correct a very much keep in mind that the european parliament voted in favor of greece's membership almost unanimously including the conservatives who are now trying to distance themselves from that decision sometimes in politics you don't want to believe things that he wants condoned or actually happening. for unless either the commission was wrong or the handling of greece has been wrong since. tented which

which is it ends in. it's pointless to talk about how things were in the past we're talking about the future i hope we manage to keep greece in the eurozone for that to happen you know i hope the package of aid agreements that european leaders have agreed on is implemented if that's the case then i think we can start taking care of stabilizing the market because it was a great deal of help from greece of course there is one point i would like to make the country should not be broken down not only does greece need the budget discipline which is of course true but what greece needs most on our investments of a curriculum it will be good to see wealthy greek citizens who are currently investing abroad pay taxes in their own countries instead of looking for investment opportunities is there a red line beyond which germans that they we're not going to bail out southern europe anymore or does germany have a historic bit to europe has from it's been they're getting a bad debt i'm not against discussing a red line the problem is that if you start to talk about

a red line then you'd eventually have to correct it in germany's interested both politically and economically in a functioning europe that the economic interest is easily explainable you get forty percent of our export goes to the european union and beyond that if those countries are hit by a crisis then so is germany secondly or the lesson we learned in the past and our prospects for the future dictates that germany is not strong enough geo politically to play a significant role in a game where the us is one superpower and an asian leader. in this case china is the other new european state it is only a united europe can take on a role like that if that's why germany is interested in a night in the us that is not just because of the past but for the sake of our citizens future that will come from a lot of being to small question many germans many people many finns are angry at having to pay. of a role that's enough for it see and i can understand that but i have to explain.

very consistently to the current generation of political leaders that it's within our own interest to maintain stability in other countries as germany is a nation that relies hugely on actual year if markets around us crumble it harms us we have to explain it to our people the new generation the prospects for long lasting peace allies in europe. and when you serve the german chancellor there was no question of receiving financial aid from china or russia directly or indirectly through the i.m.f. do you regret that's happening potentially and what would be the implications if think it doesn't have but i do not think we should feel bad about other nations getting stronger be they russians chinese brazilians south africans or indians it should not concern us because these countries offer us more opportunity to export our products as they develop but that's only the case if we stay better stay more innovative when we fulfill our agenda of twenty eight hour and sort out our social policies germany is the only country that understood back in two thousand and three

that for an aging country to maintain prosperity it must provide for change but i wonder if the rest of the e.u. states having understood this a decade later will manage to take the action needed to maintain prosperity. on the other hand we have an understanding that an aging society with a decreasing number of people who are a ploy that has problems of that sort of your. so we started taking care of our problems in time the rest will be forced to take on hard the mission this goes for everyone not just the same old bus but in order. chairman of the board for the nordstrom gas pipeline thank you for speaking with.

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arab league observers say syrian leaders have pulled have the weapons out of key cities and released three and a half thousand prisoners but the body confirms snipers are still a threat and called for an end to the shooting. egyptians had to the polls in the third round of parliamentary elections where the vote expected to be dominated by islamist groups but with recent grades on foreign n.g.o.s it's feared the military's grip on power could remain a strong as ever. and a rons missile test in the gulf brought western condemnation ronnell so held an exercise simulating the shutting down of a key oil route but said it had no immediate intention of actually doing so critics say the u.s. provoking to rob by slapping down ever more crippling sanctions. as we have on here in our sports next with.

thanks for joining us this is sport today plenty to head over the next ten minutes or so including these stories and very. deadly does in the twelve spots in the n.f.l. are decided with the new york giants claiming the final berth at the expense of. no mercy one of the favorites for n.b.a. glory this year chicago. rushing the grizzlies by a forty point. nice. nice when you think of milan's sport images of football and formula one on deniability come to mind but could i say. to the mix. we'll get to grips with that shortly but we begin with some sad news day one of the prestigious off road event

that a car rally has been marred by the death of a rider horror game martinez borrero seen here at the start line in mortal plata argentina died after running off tragically crushing into an open sewer line where a local was thirty eight years old the trunk should be overshadowing a memorable day for. winning the opening stage by five seconds from veteran polish star christophe how off chits while in the bike francisco lopez is them on the couch after the chilian up for a ride or holding off reaming champion mark of spain by. we now know all twelve squads in the n.f.l. the last of the dozen to replace the new york giants doing so thanks to a no nonsense display against dallas after less than stellar regular seasons to date both teams entered the clash knowing it was do or die time on the. the home

side started as they meant to continue giants quarterback eli manning instrumental all day long though victor cruz still have plenty to do after this past the speedster taking at home four yards for the opening touched on two more big scores would follow before the end of the second quarter new york twenty one points to the new york times to. charge thirty one fourteen how would eventually end your make it into the knockout stages for the first time since two thousand and eight dollars or less through a second straight season with i.p.l. football. thing stateside tending to n.b.a. basketball now or chicago are living up to their preseason billing the bowls are winning their third straight game in blistering fashion seeing off memphis by a forty point margin in their home opener the hosts truly taking the bull by the horns in the first quarter it's boring their opponents twenty five twelve the next

couple of periods would bring gets more misery for the grizzlies. carlos boozer ronnie brewer top scoring with seventeen points of pace at the united center. for brewer making it so easy for forty four bowls in that church a forty point advantage that they would firmly hold on to one zero four sixty four the final warm side it's. now ice hockey is normally a sport readily associated with milan but that could be set to change this year when milan no rush so blue joins the kontinental hockey league europe's premier competition robert for down the in travel to italy in twenty eleven to find out more. these games are twenty years old the goal scored with no end of skill in essence they gave us hokie played at a high level the surprising part it's not canada. or russia

it's italy. it's the players claiming one of their numerous domestic titles in style from the early ninety's. when almost famous as a building i mean we have a very long history about hockey and in milan or in milan or at the very very long because we started in the a nineteen twenty three the first being there was built in milan and when we were one of the the first you know out here on the hockey fans here in milan love the game are excited by this game and probably there's some people being fired a bit sick of football for other reasons saw there some kind of research for new motions and i believe i saw case it's perfect for that nevertheless i still keep still some distance from topping phil both in terms of popularity here

a sentiment echoed by a person from the moment of the game canada now calls me on the phone it's play would love but because it's it's still very under preceded you don't get the same emotion you know and so you can be mad for a minute but it passes very quickly as opposed to a canadian hockey match it's talked about for you know for months if not for the whole season and so it's that is a huge difference in watching a canadian game versus an italian game this is the standard olympic into room one of the main venues for the two thousand and six weeks or olympic program five years old and there is barely a reminder. of the epic hockey battles that to place here the ice rink was removed soon after the games finished allowing the stadium to become the new home for the u. vent those and three no book clubs one hundred miles east however things brighter.

are set to join the continental how can league in twenty twelve i believe they are a group that we have been agreed that we have a couple minutes in terms of the organization to join the league of course is not going to be a very big deal but. we have time to to develop. she called in two thousand and six winter olympics didn't affect the popularity of fucking the country at all of course the games were a great event for the telling people and the stadiums are renovated and a lot of infrastructure developed so some local clubs did get a lot there but not the italian game as a whole in this respect the kitchen is another chance for us not only for milan but for the entire country to take a significant step forward. for the match the additional versus blue may seem like a small step for the kids but for the club itself it is quite simply and message really. robert jordan r.t. milan italy. correspondent robert was

a busy man this year he is not here to remind us about one of the most thrilling events of the year the yalta stage of the cliff diving world series the last stop of the season turning into a breath taking spectacle on one which put a russian daredevil very much in the spotlight take a look at this. fillings that's why the sport's most prestigious competition the red blue world series keeps traveling all across the planet to discover new locations the hose they're taking events for the final stage of the season thirteen high flyers made their way to the swallows nest castle one of ukraine's main places of interest on the crimean shore of the black sea. there englishman. who entered the event as the newly crowned champion for stage when seeing the briton retain his world title two

weeks ago. and the men. in the overall standings russia still. are. looking to claim their first event when gary hahn or is. he really shines with the more typical dives. you have somebody like our tim you know oh beautiful diver it was the lead up to the first three rounds of the can petition. execution. ahead of punt and then. the top six now left to do battle in the shadow of the castle. retirement once again he's facing the back the so-called triple quad. who stole the show at sunday's event demonstrating one of the hardest to sports

ever seen. with blank entry the russian entering the water with his head held high the outcome clear before the judges at. their scores at first till. placed boredom finish of the season but the twenty seven year old and force of his career however it turned out to be more than just a win suit claiming the high still didn't score the competition has ever seen the. most but it's not my first win but it's definitely the most precious one for me i'm second in the overall standings but here i've proved to be the best it's a very happy moment for me i've been here before you all to it is an incredible place this time i had my family a lot of my friends and my trainers came over to support me so i was a little nervous at first but up there on the platform which i lifted told how humans and just concentrated my diet was while i was. preparing for my dives

it was kind of strange knowing that the pressure of the series was off everyone else is fighting for places and i was just taken as an end to a vigil competition autumn just perfectly today he's got tense and throughout his dives that's as good as it gets he scored the highest score ever gary has never scored so not even his big dives and he's diving good so often didn't win big time and it didn't matter if gary was diving good or not out to win after winning the first two stages this year nine time world champion ireland the kid was forced to leave the good position due to injury but he's now recovered meaning the twenty twelve season is gearing out to be one of the most thrilling on record. the world clean delving series twenty eleven have just come to an end with all the best efforts of the sport having taken their owners but the point is that each of those

who take part in this new rising competition can be safely called an outstanding sportsman. r.t. ukraine. simply amazing pictures all the world weather is next here on twenty four hour r.t. .

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comb. warns washington i will take action if a u.s. warship returns to the gulf war iran has been test firing missiles. gyptian are casting their votes in the country's third round of parliamentary elections but with recent raids on foreign n.g.o.s in fear the military's grip on power could remain as strong as ever. and arab league observers say syrian leaders have pulled have the weapons out of key cities and release prisoners but the group is still looking for ways to and the ongoing violence. is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie iran has warned the united states it will take action if an american warship returns to its

base in the gulf it left the area when iran started its ten day naval war games during which they successfully test fired a selection of different missiles iran also held an exercise that simulated shutting down the strait of hormuz though it said it had no immediate intention of actually doing so earlier tehran threatened to walk the world's most important oil route if the west stepped up sanctions against the country's nuclear program france says its story iran is developing nuclear weapons and is pushing for stricter so. on saturday u.s. president barack obama signed a bill targeting iran's oil and financial sectors sighed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says america is still going up tensions with iran. it is really the americans that are being provocative they are trying to make ordinary iranians suffer at the same time you see senior american officials and politicians constantly calling for the assassination of iranian scientists.