as a real thing you can be the next president. i always aim high and whenever i launch a project i'm always in it to win it all taking part in this presidential election is definitely the most important decision i've ever taken on and i'm ready for a fight here aim high and other things you definitely should aim high and poetess what people often ask you if you're a kremlin project but i'd like to ask you about something else you're very much you're smart you have the reputation of a maverick and you have a strong team how did you end up in a situation where no one believes that you are not a common project and keep snowballing with the news came that he wins he was not registered as a candidate straight away people say that it's because they want proper up to get more votes the problem of all true i think almost anyone who joins the presidential race is automatically labeled as a kremlin project which goes i will always want to know what it means to look i was a successful and wealthy person even before politicians were perfectly i don't rely

on government contracts. but we're talking about politics and politics is different people keep saying i can't be independent because i have a lot of assholes but i had a most of those asses before police. but the only people outside russia on the other hand don't really care if you're a crumb and project that so you make it to the run up for your run against put in what would people outside russia know about you first they know you're a taker then they know about the scandal in france where you were practically accused of being a pimp and also the fact that you own the new jersey nets why should the was taken seriously because of a press the point isn't whether it should or shouldn't but it's up to me in my team to explain to people that my goal is to change russia i have a specific program for integrating our country into the international community and making and world leader of the whole world is changing all nations are having

a hard time of it unless we change our country and develop that our relations with other countries will only become worse in the future this with let's talk about the u.s. over the four years a reset in relations russia and the u.s. have fallen out on quite a number of issues iran libya the spy scandal not to mention missile defense how would you build our relationship with america. the first thing i'd do you know i would abandon the whole idea of the west versus russia i think it's about time we learned to differentiate our relations with europe are one thing and our relations with the u.s. are a different matter with russia and america have many things in common with the nuclear shield the fact that of both our countries are large and the multicultural you know we face similar challenges say immigration issues even if the reasons are different for both countries have a vast territory the only problem with america is that despite all that my friends

we don't try. really have economic ties with the u.s. we have the russians share in the us trade is less than that of thailand below one percent and if we build a purely political relationship with it proves to be unstable and often emotional the world is changing and the old system of checks and balances he's not enough no more i would suggest replacing nato with a penny european security system but that's what me that has suggested and nobody takes it seriously even up with the world is changing and that's why people don't take new ideas seriously but i believe there is no alternative but i think russia and europe of should have a common market as the next step we should consider introducing a new global currency based on the euro and the ruble you. can russia join the european union. but i think we should actually make it oust or t.g.

go with them of course we'll need to consider how to organize this common market but strategically i agree with gen to goal who said decades ago that we need a united europe from lisbon to vladivostok your car these days all you hear in the news is syria and libya there's also run the right shouldn't protect syria and iran against the west or assure you or yes i believe that russia being an international leader should go together with the rest of the civilized world but at the same time we must be given clear guarantees that our national interest will not suffer take iran for example or let's say a war erupts there it's immoral iranis right on our southern border right next to the caucasus imagine the flow of refugees we're likely to get millions of people but the iranians surat on the caspian scene and that's where the volga river flows

to so there is no way to secede. can be decided without russia we must be present at the negotiating table and have a sane decisions regarding iran needless to say no one in the world would want iran to have weapons of mass destruction what about syria why are we defending it so much it is not our neighbor. at the civilians national get in wolves are geopolitical interests if there is a war close to our southern borders this will affect our neighbors and the situation in the caucasus there will be millions of fresh fugitives fleeing from war and all this will be happening glose to our borders we should be fully aware of that i wish through guard russia as a superpower. obviously of our country has an important mission by virtue of our history we should set high goals and achieve them wifely of course

but we haven't been doing that lately so man you are people have lost the vision of where you now passed from we colonized a vast territories life's a period russia is a special nation a few that like sixteen challenges. there is a downside of course what i mean is that individual people are considered insignificant in our sacrifice for the sake of a great goal. but that was before me what do you mean before you before you become president both of us from the because yes before i become president we need to change that completely with people should be at the heart of every grand on to taking the people should be the top priority battle with what is the first the most important change you will make if you become president and more people shirk my very first staff would be change sure competition in every area equal opportunity means that tom said and ambitious people should be rewarded based on their merits

but there should be more equal opportunity for there should be competition both in politics and in the economy we should provide an outlet for our people's energy currently there is no social mobility with a crystal what if you make it all sound very nice but if you come to power you would have to make really tough decisions are just government spending reform the entire economy this is. much more difficult job than managing a company you built from scratch no matter how big it is plentiful you're absolutely right but one of a person who comes to power doesn't even have the experience of running a big company but that would be even worse of course running in the real snicko is not the same as running the whole country but at least i have this experience there's also a strong team of managers who work both for me and in other companies over the twenty five years of my business career i have worked with hundreds of highly qualified managers who could be useful in

a new process for we need new faces new ambitious and honest people who have already achieved success and who would like to change the world i understand them very well because i also want the same thing i want to change my country in such a way that we could travel abroad and tell people that we live in russia and they would look at us with and being ok say that you're never afraid of anything will come of course they have fears. i'm a human being but i have doubts and fears but it's a matter of priorities it's normal to have fears will but you need to know how to overcome your fears if the future of our country's at stake and you're willing to assume the responsibility it is not a matter of having no fear it's a matter of realizing that your country's capable of doing this and that you can make a contribution to your country's development well i'm actually very proud that i'm

participating in the presidential election not everyone that can achieve this so i treat this job and this choice with great responsibility for you but it actually seems like a very spend ten is this is or this isn't something you've been planning your whole life or have you make decisions quickly i guess the first developed within me over a long period of time and then when conditions are right i get a kind of signal that it's time for a change so when i realized that i had to change something i turned to politics for back in april when i just joined the right cause project i knew it was there would be a release on blog in a square in the south of prospect you know for that's why i went into politics but for me what do you mean you knew nobody got like you got the signal this happens to me always was going to say i foresaw the crisis we're going to solve my ass or certain events of this time it was the same thing is it intuition when you look at

the border i don't know i guess it's a bit more tricky it's a combination of knowledge experience being aware of the current situation in the country and the world wide with an intuition which added together all these things enable you to make the right move with. but if you rip recent polls indicate that the people of russia see putin as the next president if putin returns to the kremlin and it seems that he will what would that mean for the russian economy just naturally from europe to nothing changes the posi of stability and will continue and this will seriously undermine the competitiveness of our country we have to change because we are behind if we are really the nation we can defeat any fourth or any rival at the moment you know what we need to day is we need to realize that we are at war with but this is an economic war this is a war for the future for

a slice of the global paey we need to get our slice of the pie trip group of people often ask you who could be your prime minister if you could choose between political skin put in whom would you pick up as prime minister harper put purpose you're asking me to choose between two alternatives but actually you need more options than that in fact i don't think you can consider putting as a candidate for the prime minister's job at all when the he's been running the country for twelve years now and i think that's enough more than enough. but as regards heart. i know me fell on a personal level we used to have a lot of contact and he is a really effective as a manager what first he needs to be released and then we would need to meet and discuss things but of course i think we should take advantage of such people with their experience including their experience in politics or as you would release him if you were elected president of course i would pardon him immediately but thank

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the universe find what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest fire with the help of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet of a new gaming religion and let the teacher begin all of that here. technology on day here on tuesday we. covered. barack obama is another program for change during his annual state of the union address with his approval rating suffering and the republicans turning up the heat president trying to support reelection in november. claim they've seized control of the town of bani walid and the polish government appointed military council the country's interim rulers. who's really in charge of the city. was caused by internal problems. and coming full circle into. thousands of egyptians protest. reform are expected in central cairo and

first on a bus with its popular uprising that toppled president mubarak. in all the latest sports news. thanks for joining us. in the bullets. into the last. place in the semifinals of the australian open to set up. for the lower league side. through to a. final play either mench to sixty or liverpool. young athletes return from being an all girl into games.

and we start with the hard core so there are certain open when we're a shopper successfully through to the semifinals that's after a big thing compared to today and i walk in an old russian quarter final the world number four dog an eighty year old taking over at exhibit at the moment to claim a straight sets six two six three victory in the elevator with a world number two and a place in the last for the x. prize of italian star iran in its second season check needed to set but it's almost cold to claim a six four six four when. the men's game and tomorrow is currently in action against the shit korea japan while the one and defending champ an old joke which plays the day with farrell a troll. i don't know defending champion came close to beat world number one career was not scared to reach the semifinals of the australian open despite injuring and

cole in a previous match the twenty eight year old belgian overpowered the day to win six three eight seven six in scorching temperatures ensuring it was not the number one ranking sixty seven weeks at the top. you know i was i was happy with it and i was playing not just saturday trying to be a lot of a 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 really good and you know on first errors we really went for our shots and good serving and good returning i mean so i start 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 the factors are still has quite a few years in front of me and i stand and you know the number of australian open

so a number of years of phenomenal dance and french open slough so you know i'll i'll definitely do my bastard child see child two when mana even more and you know in the end of the day. you can just you know past. first semifinal kleist will face say victoria azarenka came back from behind to be poland. six seven six six two rushing could become the new world number one the way it. is approaching this match you know to try to do the best i can and i was searching for one of her sad times 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 see her and today i really try to forget about the first set and start from zero

and really. you know find 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. meanwhile over in that man's daughter federal into the semifinals with a straight sets victory over eleventh seed hard martin del potro of the world but ray has yet to drop a set needed just to complete a six four six three six two win it was also a match number one thousand for the swiss modestly downplayed this feat. it's nice to win this one you know i mean venture will forget which was what was most thousands merchants and will remind me again but because i do not remember my five hundred pound it was the use of for. the bigger 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 on or you decide which way you are. and federal will next play eternal rival rafael nadal their second seed had to work much harder than the swedes to beat thomas better each after four hours and sixteen minutes the big serving czech won the opener on a dramatic tie break and then number seven six called a set point for a tool of late that despite having bandaged right knee in a doll can back with avenge to win the match in full sets six seven seven six six four six three so the world number two will now play phedre in a rare semifinal meeting for the it's the first time since two thousand and five that being drawn in the same off major event. when we talk about. players who are sixteen. or one. then a lot of matches between all all ones in you know very important. very

important moments for our careers very. very high moments. especially. let's go over to english football now where cardiff city beat crystal palace on penalties to reach their first carling cup final the main hero of the first leg anthony god called for pursuit palace became vin main villain of the return match the thirty year old defanged headed into. just seventeen minutes and making it one all on aggregate of its results to all the way through regular and extra time to see how many gospel concerts both answer the page and the pounce will three she faced three weeks and gave the story three one victory which will see them facing either mencia city or liverpool at wembley in a month's time i in the meantime the spanish giants possible and draw madrid are preparing for their copa del rey returning quarterfinal the catalans two

one victory last week leaves them with a better chance of reaching the samis however their manager pat guardiola is calling on his chargers to summon up one more solid performance against jews emery his men. he didn't play think of it we already have two one lead we will be eliminated the only way to reach the semifinals it was to play another very good game and understand that one can play the last five or ten minutes with the school but in a knock out time in ball first and second legs we have always played focusing on every minute of the game and. well now where six time former champion score will be looking to maintain a perfect record in this season's you really as a host. in a top sixteen clash on wednesday they muscovites won all their previous eleven games higher where they are no men are also under pressure to deliver the goods in

their first home game in this top sixteen state head coach illness because last post rested its top men including kendrick olenka and an enterprise teacher in saturday's me to be league match and has a full fifteen strong pozole against a thirty. three point guard at all but the short believes the new look to scout will be hard to stop in their tracks. the. 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 you. to please the greats the holden and langdon with him now listen now the host of new and ambitious players key to keep a perfect record intact against firsts. now russia's young athletes have returned home from the inaugural youth olympic winter games in austria where the team finished fifth overall their competitors were greeted by friends and relatives devastated airport after bringing home five gold four silver and seven bronze

medals while they were sure republic of dagestan is currently bidding to host the summer games in twenty eighteen or there with tradition in twenty twenty two and while russia is conservative. we should look to gold in the figure skating last week and he's broke and it's also russia's medal hopes for the sydney games in twenty eight fourteen. i'm trying not to think of the pressure and just do my job by listening to my coach and i think we trust him i'm confident that he knows what he's doing so i'm absolutely calm. and follow golf tiger woods is raring to go in what he says should be his thirst full season in a while now for more while one is getting ready to play at abu dhabi golf championship after ending case to drought with victory at last month's well challenge event in california i'm looking for this year you know that's something

that i have to say 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 me to do on the golf swing if i'm physically fit to do it and. played really well the last three events so i'm really looking for this year and. you know continuing building on what we're what we've done toward the end of last year for sure well you have to date now i'll be back in two hours time with more sports news from around the globe for you whether it's next. issue is that so much to you each musician on the mark with egypt's unfinished business a year on the revolution that used to be spirit it appears to install the military

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with the u.s. economy still on the right spread stones obama pledges another program for change during his annual state of the union address. in libya gadhafi loyalists claimed they're in control of the town of bani walid as the country's interim rule a struggle to keep the peace. and coming full circle into thousands of egyptian protesters angry at the former. better than central cairo as the country marks the first anniversary of its rising. from our business desk

while entrepreneurs are surging around the world russia is lagging behind not only its bric countries but the majority of east european states more on that in our business program. world news and much more twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. welcome as the u.s. presidential race picks up pace ahead of november's vote rucka bombers trying to ratchet up support for reelection he's just a bit his annual state of the union address where he made new promises of change head he's going to teach again has been listening in this was president obama's last state of the union address before he runs for reelection so his goal was to highlight his achievements on lay out new promises as far as the message policies he speech was full of heartfelt success.