foreign affairs committee of russia's federation culson also presidential envoy to africa it's great to have you with us thank you for having me here so we'll start from the latest news and maybe out in the country has been swept with violent protests and government crisis here as an expert what is your version what's going on has nato led to lacasse failed in the country last time i have been to tripoli it was on the twenty first of december last year. i had the chance to meet with all the main players with the most awful of the julian with the prime minister with the foreign minister where the oil and gas minister and i spent the whole day in tripoli and i still have a feeling that i was in a very fragmented city three or four militias hating each other competing with each other sometimes shooting each other and it seems like the pieces of. political puzzle the mob get together we see it live get back to you know it has to take time and it has to take goodwill from all the sides which were involved in

a very long lasting conflict which to my personal opinion was a real civil war and in some areas of libya of this civil war is not over in the south there is the whole desert area as an area of well to the certain extent no man's land it's out of control of. new governmental forces it's zone of tribes it's a zone all of controlled arms trafficking so i think that the difficult time for libya will last for quite a significant period of time if political elite is not ready to sit at the round table that's actually which russia was proposing last summer which effort in the union was proposing last summer which president of south africa jacob zuma will be proposing on the twenty ninth and thirtieth of january in at this a bubble that the african union summit african union summit to my mind may play a very positive role in. in that round table in the center of tripoli or any other

libyan city in order to inspire the process of national reconciliation that's all political talk if you look at the last of an ordinary libyan guy was he better off before or now before the ordinary libyan guy it's very difficult to say because there are ordinary libyan guys and big guys the ordinary libyan guys in tripoli and ordinary libyan guys and desert living with that right and these are very different ways of living some people are happy to and i saw it physically in tripoli some people are happy to drink openly in the moonshine which was absolutely prohibited in the time of warmer to duffy and some people are really happy with that fact because then favor of sharia laws and everywhere in the country some people when you talk to them and dream about the so-called dubai scenario they want to see libya as a mediterranean resort with five star hotels because you know isn't all that stuff but some people love thinking about the security and islamic identity some people

talk about necessity of establishing a sharia law for the country and all of these lawmakers world and all over the arab world brazil many different points of view you could probably say today that you can find in libya even within one family total unanimity of views what are the chances that his son safe islam will actually get a fair trial a lot will depend on that that would show the new face of libya actually i think that you will be in the government and the new libyan judicial system should show that it really share is the values of human rights rule of law and democracy in the new libya and that was my message when i was talking to. the juliette in tripoli on the twenty first of december i also asked him about the initiate the i.c.c. you hate to bring the case or the solution of number of gadhafi to the international criminal court. actually his response was

a very reserved and after that they said that it's very important to show to the international community that the uli b.-a does not have anything in common with the previous regime now the western companies are lining up to get lucrative deals with the new libyan authorities where does russia stand with that some of the russian companies have already. started their operations in libya like guess probably of his working together with any of the extract oil the russian railroads are ready to give back are the russian companies are talking to their counterparts in libya about returning to the bia i got a very clear message from the political leadership and from the prime minister when i was in people on the twenty first of december that you libyan government welcomes russian companies to be back so why not ok let's talk about syria now that's been top news for a while now what makes syria different from other countries that have been subject

to the. arab spring and at this point how big is a sats support base because we don't hear much about that syria is different because syria is a cornerstone for political settlement in the middle east and the geo strategic role of syria is sorry to say that and but don't want to insult anybody but it's more important than more crucial than geo strategic role for the international stability for that many other countries that were covered by so-called arab spring that's why dealing with the syrian case we have to play political chess but not the american football is that what people want intervening to say i don't think that the idea of intervention into syria is there strategically speaking it's a wise idea i think that's what syria needs today it needs more political efforts it needs a political dialogue and that's why i heard with the regret that. president bashar

assad said that he is not in favor of the continuing of the mission of observers sent by the arab league he got pretty upset when russia seriously think that observers sent by the arab league can play their role is a factor of stability when russia also offered several times that russia can be a docking mechanism between the government and the opposition unfortunately all our proposals are being rejected for the time being can i ask you about the arab league i mean isn't it are they in a position to actually make demands such as i said ship step down isn't their role really to mediate rather than i demand anything like that but i think that their role is to mediate that's what the secretary general is saying and that's what he's proposing no to mediate to build bridges and we need russia strongly believe that regional organizations should play a more important role in today's international politics what is important to mention here is that we are protecting syria but not a syrian regime we are protecting syria of the country we are protecting syria as

a nation we want to help syrian people and syria as a country so you bring up a very important point because at this point if you look at it from the outside it does look like a full fledged war that's been going on for a while do you think a regime change in syria in order to protect the syrian people it's reasonable i seriously think that today the syrian political elite has to understand that the civil war will not lead to any political solution it will produce more blood from both sides between the hatred and it will make national reconciliation more and more difficult i think that i was here in france from all the camps involved in this fight should look at iraq a scenario should look at the libyan example should look at other sand examples and this woman's world of a set examples in africa we have serious thing. of that the civil war can all be

a political solution do you think finances and arms the free syrian army a syrian opposition delegations and we were meeting here in moscow i think at least four syrian opposition delegations were not hiding sources of finance they were saying that finances coming from different sunni states different kompany as individuals what we see in syria today and i really regret to see that we see more and more of a conflict security and conflict between the shia and the sunni bashar assad belongs to a family which is an a lovely family a shia family the majority of the population in syria are sunni is and unfortunately that is one of the biggest problems of the middle east today we see more and more competition between the shia and the sunni in some cases it is represented by the competition between iran and turkey but in some cases it is represented by the competition between different political and really shows

a religious circles within one state how big is a support base at this point well i think that the support is rather substantial but it's not enough to arm all the opposition and to start massive war or mace a message invasion against the syrian army so you just got back from sub-saharan africa are the vibes of the arab spring felt there in the region at all one of the most concerning. results of so-called arab spring particularly with the war in libya is the problem of arms trafficking in the south in israel and in sub-saharan i recently visited. and for these poor countries and what is happening in the desert what is happening in and the softer the zone is a real nightmare one of the tribal leaders said to me what's happened in libya on the mind the markets of what markets today saw get the chinese made man pad that

was and along for american made stinger costs the price of two kalashnikovs it's for nothing and i think it's a real problem it's a real problem because uncontrolled trafficking may end up somewhere in the south of africa or somewhere in the south of europe but do you think the fight for don't we nation over at the african research this could just have a lasting mention while the it's not the fight it's a kind of competition. suddenly many countries of which forgot about the african continent during the ninety's recognized that africa is the only continent in the world where you can get the assets for their real price or sometimes for the price which is on the market and today we see competition between many countries in the african continent it's not chinese domination like it was in the ninety's we see turkey was iran we see russia we see western countries we see brazil we see other

players india malaysia i mean all the new economy is there and all the new economy as all the emerging economies want to buy to peace how much thank you very much thank you so much indeed. well the. this is not charmed by particles that make up the fabric of the universe find what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest prevent a fire with the help of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet of a new gaming legend and let the inventor begin all of that here in novosibirsk technology i'm dangerous here on r.g.p. we've got the few jerks covered.

the. damascus rejects arab league calls for president assad to step down and form a new government with the opposition the has decided to extend its observer mission to the country as of ten months alone the rest in syria rages on. tehran stands defiant as the e.u. and has its toughest sanctions yet banning the imports of crude from iran spawns to its disputed nuclear program new oil contracts have been ruled out on existing deals are allowed to run until july which time the e.u. is hoping to secure alternative sources of fuel supply. for being one

sided extradition order tween u.s. and u.k. designed to help bring terrorist suspects to justice cases. it's been criticised as a one way street to american jails sometimes for offenses we consider crimes in britain. we've got all native sports teams with roma. thanks kerry along welcome to sport an artsy come into your life from the russian capital with me ramon call center of plenty up ahead but first the headlines. big story. becomes the first semifinalist of those friendly and open after defeating i get bonds golf poland. and seeded the. time winner siri may well yes in straight sets to set up an australian open quarter final against maria sharapova men's champion is also fruit. and in football transfer

news russian international. to stay put in the english premier league while national team mates have been at it stacking his bags for a return home. let's get to tennis first though and she's days quarterfinal matches . straight in open because syria is through her first semifinal of this tournament after a come from behind six seven six love six two victory over polish. the third seed will face defending champion kim clijsters in the semi's who eliminated the world number one karyn wozniak eat a little earlier in two sets six three seven six. in the men's draw for timeless for the open champion of russia federer takes on the world number eleven juan martin del potro and federer won the first set six four and it's four one for him in the second set right now and a little later a world number two rafael nadal takes on so much shit burdick who has dropped only

two sets so far in this tournament has failed to progress past the quarterfinals at the straight and open in the last couple of years losing to lower ranks players each time so he will obviously be looking to improve on that. and earlier former champion maria sharapova claimed her spot said the next stage where she will take on serene williams has eliminator. in an all russian quarter final at the australian open germany's became the first woman to take a set off sharapova but after dropping the opener the twenty four year old russian called her way back into the match to win it three six six two six three and return to the quarterfinals for the first time since winning it's all down under four years ago. standing in the way next his left handed compact car of a who serves up the biggest upset of the tournament so far the on scene a twenty three year old knocking out five time winner serina williams to roll into

her made in grand slam quarter final. surprise because she's a great player. but i don't know i just feeling so good to. play my game and. i won against. you know i didn't play well and i'm not physically one hundred percent it's like you know i. can't be so angry and so even though i'm very unhappy and you know i can play one hundred times better than i do this whole tournament elsewhere a second seed petrak need to survive the second set fight back by former world number one and a bottom of each of serbia but the wimbledon champion held on to win six two seven six and will at least emulate last year's wrong to the last eight stage. waiting for its all in the next round is that sally and surprise package irani who steamrolled the last chinese standing to go into her maiden quarterfinal at

a major event while could be to has been backed by for a compadre the martina navratilova the eighteen time major winner saying that current wimbledon champion is more deserving of the world's top ranking than karan it was now he who has yet to claim a major title. nobody feels that was and is the true number one we still have the same ranking system we're using. six years ago when they were giving no bonus points for beating players who would have been above their number one because she had players the most unlikely it was nicky doesn't even have a greater record in her career or over the last four years over the top to the top five. in the meantime defending men's champion of a joke of each overcame former finalist lleyton hewitt in four sets the australian plane in his sixteenth home grand slam was two sets and a break down in the third before reeling off six straight games to become the first man to take a set off the top seed however the world number one fought back to take the fourth

six three and reach his fifth straight quarter final in melbourne. it was playing out of his crowd and obviously he loves competing against. you know the top guys in the big stage and he proved it again he was a great atmosphere you know it was in the. crowd got involved in it it was great you know the moment you play tennis will be out there in those situations. and jock itch will face the air in the quarterfinals the spaniard is semifinalists last year was a straight set winner over france says rashard gas kate. meanwhile former a finalist. is the biggest name to fall so far in the men's draw the french sixteen going out suki nishikori after a five set twenty two year old keeping his nerve in this long final rally to become the first japanese man to reach the australian open quarterfinals in the open era

and he's not the by his achievements. but he's going to be. to me a lot of history. to be number one player. but never gives me the finish. a grueling match finish of korea and he'll next play a well rested andy murray that's why it's been confined to his booking his place the next round after a kazakhstani tail googoosh kinneret sired at two sets down the fourth seed murray spent less than fifteen minutes on this is the only hot rod laver arena. russian athletes have returned home from. the inaugural youth olympic winter games in austria where the team managed an overall fifth place in the standings the country's junior athletes were greeted by hundreds of journalists friends and relatives at moscow's dome of the airport following their performance which brought russia it's a little of five gold four silver and seven bronze medals figure skating olympic

champion and russia's hope for so much it's once before seen that in big city it is obvious that the commission says her coach helped her with confidence and that media pressure pressure didn't really bother her. in trying not to think of the pressure and just do my job by listening to my coach and i fully trust him i'm confident that he knows what he's doing so i'm absolutely. football now and with a week to go in the english should transfer window. agent has finally confirmed that the russian striker has signed a one year extension with tottenham the thirty year old will remain at the white hart lane until the summer of next year despite having been recently links with a move to at least a dozen clubs both in england and in russia has fallen down manager harry redknapp spec'ing orders since arriving from sports like moscow four years ago but have scored forty one goals in one hundred eight appearances so far for the spurs

however all want to rush on a regular is bound for a home after a spell in england sports moscow have announced they've reached an agreement to sign me out a bit early dino from everts and that's when a six year old is due to undergo a medical before putting pen to paper for the red white speed and captains and other of moscow's side the local more deceived before his move to the he's back in two thousand and nine. in ice hockey they can't shell has squashed the season long ban of arguably the league's most short tempered guy jeremy not serious side the hot headed canadian so he. appeal satisfied after serving at fifteen game ban the avid mixed martial artists was handed they had a penalty in november for yet another bunch up on the ice but should now be available for sunday's game at champions you live as a struggling beat as look at the end and eight game losing streak. and

finally says for a rush of salt that's a bowl but perhaps not in an area he had expected over the weekend more than a thousand swimmers braved the icy waters of the baltic sea to take boards in the eighth when swimming world championship this hardy competitor was one of the russian team that collects of thirty medals in latvia from an impressive eighty four disciplines varying from twenty five to four hundred fifty meters for those who could endure the subzero temperatures over a thousand courageous swimmers from twenty seven countries including as far away as canada are led on a straight its board and all of them look forward to a hot drink at the very end between updating every one of these pool international news dichotomous and the results of such a spate of really really big events this year oh yes i think i think it makes good t.v. chips it will or there will be a big train coming you know the more they'll accompli but i will be back with

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we've got the future covered. damascus rejects arab league calls for president assad to step down and form a new government with the opposition as a ten month low on rest in the country rages on. new violence in libya the green flag flies over bani walid after the loyalists clash with the interim government forces as fears grow over a slide into civil war. just to ride it for being one sided extradition though between the u.s. and the u.k. designed to help bring terror suspects to justice faces fresh calls for a view made british anger it's a one way street to american jails. and business the russian market opened lower on

tuesday the point one percent of my six is shedding over a quarter of the stand well look we have a closer look at the stocks. around the world and around the clock you're watching r t welcome to the program syria has rejected an arab league call for president assad to step down the baskets criticize the pill is an attack on its national sovereignty was summing up a month of its observer mission to the country the league said all sides of the syrian conflict must lay down arms the pan arab body wants to hand power to a deputy to form a unity government with the opposition. after it has been extended but saudi arabia has dropped out despite the.