the last time i have been to tripoli was on the twenty first of december last year . i had the chance to meet with all the main players with little stuff on the job even with the prime minister with the foreign minister where the oil and gas minister and i spent the whole day and 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 know each 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 the words 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 its own of tribes

it's a zone of controlled arms trafficking so i think that the difficult time for libya will last for quite a significant period of time if libyan political elite is not ready to sit at the round table that's actually which russia was proposing last summer which african union was proposing last summer which president of south africa jacob zuma will be proposing on the twenty ninth and thirtieth of january in a disability that's the african union summit african union summit to my mind may play a very positive role in putting that roundtable in the center of tripoli or any other libyan city in order to inspire the process of national reconciliation but that's all political talk if you look at the last of an ordinary libyan guy was better off before or now before the ordinary libyan guy it's very difficult to say because there are ordinary libyans. isn't big the ordinary libyan guys in tripoli and

ordinary libyan guys and desert living with that tribes 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 war market duffy and some people are really unhappy with that fact because then in favor of sharia laws 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 and all that stuff but some people love thinking about the purity and islamic identity some people talk about necessity of establishing sharia law all over the country and all these lawmakers world and all over the arab world there are so many competing 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 he 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 lead in tripoli on the twenty first of december i also asked him about the initiate the of all the i.c.c. in hague to bring the case of a system nation of moammar 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. does not have anything in common with the previous regime now that 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 and like you guys probably have his working together with any of jeep to extract oil the russian railroads are ready to give back the russian companies are talking to their counterparts in libya about returning to libya i got a very clear message from the political leadership and from the prime minister when i was in tripoli 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 place 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 assets 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 the geostrategic role of

syria is sorry to say that and but don't want to insult anybody but it's more important the more crucial than geostrategic role for the international stability of many other countries that were covered by a so-called arab spring that's why dealing with syria in case we have to play political chess but not american football is that what people want intervening to say i don't think that the idea of intervention into syria. or strategically speaking it's a wise idea i think that what syria needs today it needs more political efforts it needs 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 the observers and by the arab league can play the role as a factor of stability when russia also offered several times that the russia can be . 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 the syrian regime we are protecting syria as 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 it will produce more hatred and it will make national reconciliation more and more difficult i think that i was syrian friends from all the camps involved in this fight should look at iraq you scenario should look at the libyan example should look at other sad example spenders along with world of a set examples in africa we seriously think of that the civil war cannot be a political solution what do you think finances and arms the free syrian army of syrian opposition delegations and we were meeting here in moscow i think at least for 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 and conflict between the shia and the sunni bashar assad belongs to a family which is an ally we family the 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 cases 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 the so-called arab spring particularly with the war in libya is the problem of arms trafficking in the softened zone in sub-saharan i recently visited. me and morocco and for these four countries and what is happening in the desert what is happening in in the soften 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 manpad which is an a lot 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 thinking 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 could last year well the it's not the fight it's a kind of competition. suddenly many countries 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 the real prize or sometimes for the prize which is on the 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 would see iran we see russia we see western countries will see brazil we see other players india malaysia i mean all the new economy is there and all the new economies all the emerging economies want to buy to peace thank you very much thank you so much indeed.

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easy to. see. the top stories from ati fresh rounds of bombs the targets in libya as khadafi loyalists retake one of the former strongholds of bani walid supporters of the old and new regimes have clashed in several cities across the country. gulf states through to observers from syria as the troubled country rejects an arab brokered peace plan calling for the president of the sound to go meantime the e.u. slaps more sanctions on damascus. and india reportedly finds a way to buy iran's oil now despite even foggo has it set to pay for black gold the yellow card. it's got to help with all the day's sport kate scott the latest for

you. hello and thank you for joining me for the tuesday night sports roundup and here at the top stories. talk about reigning champion kim clijsters beat on going wild number one caroline wozniacki to reach the semifinals of history you know. while fed express roger federer cruises into the semifinals with a straight sets victory of a crime martin del potro next face rafael nadal. dugout to talk talk the manager harry redknapp goes to court in london where he denies charges of tax evasion. but first a tennis and reigning champion kim clijsters has beaten outgoing world number one caroline wozniacki to reach the semifinals of history and i hope and despite injuring her ankle in her previous match the twenty eight year old belgian overpowered the dane to win six three seven six in scorching temperatures ensuring

wozniak you will lose had number one ranking after sixty seven weeks but. you know i was i was happy with that i was playing much decide to try to be a little bit more dominant again. you know she stepped her game up and started serving better in the second set. so i knew that you know i mean we've both played a really good day in the north first errors we really went for shots and good serving and good returning to win it so i started laughing every time because the media has talked to me sometimes like i'm finishing my career and i only have one year left and you know time is running out but those factors are. quite a few years in front of me and i still improve and you know. a number of us are no plans on a number of years off and i will dance in french open so you know. i'll definitely do my best and child to child to win one even more and you know. you can

just year avast. well in the semifinal clijsters will face third seed victoria azarenka came back from behind to be tolerance i guess got out about six seven six love six two and the better russian could become the new world number one if she were to go on with the title. i was approaching to smash you know to try to do the best i can and i was searching for it on the first time just couldn't really manage to to play my game and maybe two years ago i would be like ok you know it's not working today. i'm going to try to we'll see you know and today i really try to forget about the first set and start from zero and really you know fight hard you know really take it one of a time and keep going so i think there was a different mental approach a little bit. well meanwhile over in the men's draw roger federer a crazed into the semifinals with an imperious straight sets victory over eleventh

seed when martin del potro the third seed who has yet to drop a set needed just under two hours to complete a six four six three six to win it was also match number one thousand for federer but the swiss modestly downplayed this feat. it's nice to win this one you know i mean eventually we'll forget which was what was most thousands merchants and will remind me again but. i do not remember my five hundred pound it was the u.s. open for you. know big matches and those ones but it's a big milestone i agree it's a lot of matches a lot of tennis and it's been around for a long time or i'm extremely fit and i don't know if you decide which favorite. federal next by perennial rival rafael nadal after the second seed got the better of published after four hours and sixteen minutes the big serving czech became the first man to take a set off the spaniard at this year's tournament after a dramatic first set tie break and then the seven seas squandered a set point for

a tale of late and despite having a bandage right knee in a doll came back with a vengeance to ecstatically win it in four six seven seven six six four six three a moment or two when i play phedre in and read it seven final meeting for the best it's the first time since two thousand and five i think drawn in the same half to major event. when we talk about. players who are sixteen. i won. a lot of my just going to. all ones in you know very important. in a very important moment for our careers very. very high moments. when i see the special. football now and over in england tottenham hotspur manager harry redknapp has been in court in london after being charged with tax evasion the sixty four year old spurs coaches the most successful english football manager and favorite for the upcoming england job the court heard that he received

a percentage of crawford from transfers from his former chairman milan rich while he was manager of portsmouth while the serbian had also opened an offshore account for him in woman and it's alleged mr munder at your best of two hundred ninety five thousand dollars has been manager which the prosecution claimed neither had any intention of declaring for tax purposes to secret payments were allegedly made between two thousand and two and two thousand and seven in the name of rosie forty seven used to read maps dog plus his year of birth both men deny charges of cheating the public revenue. for staying with top literally and remand public changes agent has confirmed that the russian striker has signed a one year extension with a north london club the thirty year old will remain at white hart lane until the summer of next year despite having been recently linked with a move to half a dozen clubs both in england and russia go has fallen down harry redknapp pecking order since arriving from spartak moscow four years ago but has scored forty one goals in one hundred night appearances so far for spurs. golf now in tiger woods is

raring to go in what he says should be his first full season in a while the now forty fifth former world number one is getting ready to play at the abu dhabi golf championship after ending his two year title drought to victory at last month's world challenge event in california look at for this year you know that sort of that because i was able to prepare and get fit enough to prepare last year and towards end of the year and you know that demonstrate to myself what i can do with implementing what sean wants to do on the golf swing if i'm physically fit to do it. played really well the last three of it so i'm really good for this year and. you know continuing building on what we're what we've done tours in the last year for sure basketball now and six time former champions tesco moscow will be looking to maintain their so far perfect record in this season's year only if they host turkish side essays in

a top sixteen clash on wednesday the capital club are on an eleven game winning streak however the army men are also under pressure to deliver the goods in their first home game is top sixteen stage coach be honest as last this rested his top man including anthony get a lanka and then add christie in saturday's b t b match and has a full fifteen strong squad at his disposal against f.a.'s who are also injury free point guard anton and crush of all. of the leaves the near looked up will be hard to stop in their tracks. last season was one to forget for to scar after so many still in the years in the euro league it's probably time for a new beginning with a lot of new place coming in to place the greats the holder and langdon the most and now there are a host of new and ambitious players keen to keep the cricket intact against affairs . well meanwhile over in the n.b.a. western conference leaders oklahoma found out one their ninth game from ten outings

after thrashing the struggling detroit pistons ninety nine seventy nine i found the took an eight two lead early in the first quarter as well so first book set up kevin durant who was perfect behind the back half and later in the first west coast went from provider to score of six on a rocking stuckey. off the grass to give the thunder a twenty eight ten rained out of the service on the show to great counter-attacking play as sort of a backup box at one end for being teed up winds around the other after the sunday a sixty four thirty seven lead so it finished ninety nine seventy nine to inform the home while misfiring pistons are bottom of the central division. now back here in moscow russia's young athletes have returned home from the inaugural new olympic winter games in austria where the team finished fifth overall but i bet it does were greeted by friends and relatives that when you go to the airport after bringing home five gold for so uncertain gongs medals while the russian republic of dagestan is currently bidding to host either they use some guns and twenty eighteen

or the winter edition twenty twenty two russian these are they thought for most of us took gold in the figure skating last week in his work and is also russia's medal hope for the senior games in sochi in twenty fourteen. i'm 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 calm. and let's finish with some breathtaking winter pitches because there's been unlikely first time winner of the latest stop on the freeride world. in the french olympic ski resort of sharm an a in fact it was a case of whether as a will there's a way on the alpine slopes some series the defining bout of flu finally took the podium skiing event after the news even to struggle through qualifiers as well as injuries i think the last few seasons and smee the also inched ahead of the tour is most consistent right or wrong about it from sweden while there was local joy in the men's snowboarding competition jonathan chalet going one better than his second

place finish in seasons like that earlier this month but swayze was apparently the happiest. don't even know it's just like a raising it's just a dream to do one in seventy. just you know i came here with a lot of pressure i crashed the rebels though i'm very sick because i have the flu . and i just felt terrible about three days just makes it so. i got leave. and that's all the sport was just like i think. wealthy british science. class.

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gadhafi loyalists retake a former stronghold amid clashes across the country as the new leadership struggles to stamp out support for the. gulf states pull the observers out of syria even though the arab league has given the green light stay on while the e.u. slaps new sanctions now in damascus. and india reportedly could be paying for iran's black gold with its own yellow card despite the e.u. and pago china may be next in line.

well here in moscow you're watching r t with me kevin oh in our top story them for you in libya loyalists to the late fee of retaken their former stronghold of bani walid after clashes with the new government forces fighting between supporters of the new and old regime says been seen in cities too across the country as a north africa correspondent explains. and the last few days the situation has been very tense and dangerous and with. the number of anti government protests and clashes between the pro-government forces and the forces loyal to the ousted leader more money could be taken place in different towns all across the board risks are indeed very high that the country may fall into civil war most of all and the most deadly incident happened in the town of bani walid. southeast of the capital tripoli once known as the.