mr prothero hello and thank you for time i was glad to oblige you that's 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 or taking part in this presidential election is definitely the most important decision i've ever taken and i'm ready for a fight here aim high and other things you definitely should aim high and politics what people often ask you if you're a crime and 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 said it's because they want crocker up to get more votes the problem of the whole truth i think almost anyone who joins the presidential race is automatically a labeled as a kremlin project results i will always want to know what it means to look i was

a successful and wealthy person even before politicians will pay for 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 assets for it but i had a most of those assets before police well yes but the only people outside russia on the other hand don't really care if you're a crumb and project that say you make it to the run out for iran against put in what would people outside russia know about you first they know you were taken 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 applause the point isn't whether it should or shouldn't 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. community in making it

a world leader 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 me let's talk about the u.s. over the three years of reset in relations russia and the u.s. have fallen out on quite a number of issues iran libya this past cando not to mention missile defense how would you build a relationship with america. though the first thing i do 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 us are a different matter for the russian america have many things in common with the nuclear shield the fact that of both our countries are large and multicultural or 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 we don't really have economic ties with the u.s. you know that russia's share in us trade is less than that of thailand below one percent but if we build a purely political relationship or if 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 pan-european security system but that's what preventive 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 odd believe there is no alternative 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 ratchet. join the

european union or u.s. should i think we should actually make it our strategic goal with them of course we'll need to consider how to organize this common market but strategically or i agree with general to goal who said decades ago that we need a united europe from lisbon to vladivostok you know you guys these days all you hear in the news is syria and libya there's also run down right shouldn't protect syria and iran against the west or assure you oh 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 at the let's say a war erupts there is tomorrow with you or any serato now southern border right next to the caucasus imagine the flow of refugees we're likely to get through

millions of people what the iranians surprised on the caspian scene and that's where the volga river flows to so there is no way to see she can be inside it without russia and we must be present at the negotiating table and have a sane decisions regarding iran's needless to say no one in the world would want iran to have weapons of mass destruction what about syria why we're defending it so much it is not our neighbor at the surveillance national get involved are geopolitical interests if there is a war close to the southern borders this will affect our neighbors and the situation in the caucasus there will be millions so for f.e.d.'s fleeing from war and all this will be happening glose to our borders we should be fully aware that i was doing guard russia as a superpower. i believe our country has an important mission of virtue or history. we should set high goals and achieve them by free of course but

we haven't been doing that lately so many people have lost the vision or you know passed from we colonized a vast territories like say bierria russia is a special nation of few that likes extreme challenges. there is a downside of course what i mean is that an individual people are considered in significant in aren't sacrificed for the sake of a great goal but that was before me what do you mean before you before you become president both locust on the because yes before i become president we need to change that completely with people should be at the heart of every grand aren't to taking the people should be the top priority battle with what is the fear is the most important change you will make if you become president and more people shirk my very first staff would be to ensure competition in every area equal opportunity means that time to an ambitious people should be rewarded based on their merits but

there should be a more equal opportunity to be there should be competition both in politics and in the economy as we should provide an outlet for our people as an achiever 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 which is government spending reform the entire economy this is a much more difficult job than manage a company you build from scratch no matter how big it is plentiful you're absolutely right that 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 the new process so 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 which 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 what you need to know is 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 scape a bill of doing this and that you can make

a contribution to your country's development and i'm actually very proud the time participating in the presidential election is not every one that can achieve this so i treat this job and this choice with great responsibility. but it actually seems like a very spend ten is the signature this isn't something you've been planning your whole life or have you make decisions quickly but i guess the first develop within me over a long period of time and then when conditions are right when i get a kind of signal that it's time for change so when i realize that i have to change something i turned to politics for back in april or when i just joined the right cause project i knew it will there would be a release on blog in a square in the heart of prospect before that's why i went into politics but for me or do mean you knew nobody like you got the signal this happens to me why is raising over say i foresaw the crisis we ran i sold my as or so in advance and this

time it was the same thing is it intuition when you look at the board i don't know i guess it's a bit more tricky it's a combination of the knowledge experience being aware of the current situation in the country and the world wide with an intuition that added together all these things enable you to make the right move. but if you're a person 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's to nothing changes the posi of stimulus ational 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 what we need today is we need to realize that we are at war with but this is an economic war.

this is a war for the future of the need for a slice of the global high we need to get our slice of the pie the truth group of people often ask you who could be your prime minister if you could choose between political skin put in who would you pick up as prime minister picked a purchase you were asking me to choose between two alternatives but actually you need more options than that in fact i don't think you can consider putin as a candidate for the prime minister's job at all over the years he's been running the country for twelve years now and i think that's enough more than enough. but as regards what our course ski because i know me fail on a personal level we used to have a lot of contact and he is a really effective as a manager but 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 i thank you very much for the interview thank you. wealthy british style old sarah has no time to the sports guys. margetts finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on r.g.p. . it's.

barack obama pledges another program for change during his annual state of the union address his approval rating suffering and republicans turning up the heat president is trying to ratchet up support for reelection in november. in libya gadhafi loyalists claim they've seized control of the town of bani walid and abolish the government appointed military council their country's interim. short who's really in charge of the city saying the violence was caused by internal problems. and coming full circle thousands of egyptians angry at slow reforms

gather in central cairo the country is marking the first anniversary of its uprising that toppled president barack is the scene in tahrir square right now it's almost thirty years with a group that's partially lifted today. let's check out later sports now but to mature. hello there welcome to the sports update or not to go to the company again and well it's. been to the last before my reassure up of a group separates in the semifinals of the australian open to set up a clash where. up for the cup lower league side cardiff city are through to england's falling cup final where they'll play either manage the city or the liverpool. rush hopes for saw two young athletes

return from being an all girl youth olympic winter games in his book. so let's start with the hot cold so the australian open where murray is successfully through to the last fourth that's after beating compared to about in an old russian quarter final their world done before dominated throughout the entire match and seeded a potent who remember knocked out serena williams in the previous round shuffle eventually claimed confident straight sets six two six three thanks these people. must certainly be tough i've lost her last couple of times and are receiving big one and mumbling she played really well and i mean she's the one to be very now claim in the best tennis of her career and. now coming off of some many wins last time i love i think.

just you know i am looking forward to the match up and i don't like losing. so many times in a row so certainly you know be going out there and china china time and asked. the world number two meanwhile. hope place in the last four in the other match of the day at the expense of italian tara irani the second seed chad also won in two sets but spent almost two hours in court to claim a six four six four win so often against rita in the lead this last year's wimbledon final. finally out front and they like to be in a semifinal in our star and then the. second my investors know a new grand slam so really it's nice and yeah of course that. and when the semifinals to say my best as always and. very nice mates.

in the men's game and to morrow is through to the last four after a quarter of a victory over the four of them six three six three six one that finish. this court will play the winner of today's other court where world number one and defending champion in all of job which is currently playing fifth seed david ferrer . though their defending champion came close to his beats world number one of her live is not scared to reach the semifinals of the first grand slam of the season despite a drink in co in her previous match the twenty eight year old belgian overpowered the day to win six three seven six in scorching temperatures ensuring it was not. number one ranking to 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 you know on first errors really went for shots and good serving and good returning so i started laughing every time because the media sounds to me sometimes like i'm finishing my career and i only have one year left and you know time is running out but this fire has caught a few years in front of me and i still improve and you know i still have a number of australian opens in a number of years of phenomenal dance and french open slot so you know i'll i'll definitely do my bastien charity child to win one i even more and you know in the end of the day. you can just do your past. and in the semifinals clusters will face third seed victories who came back from behind to be poland's agnieszka advance six seven six six two russia could become the new world number one if she wins the title. is approaching this match you know to try to do the best i can

and i was searching for it in the first centime 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 the band today i really try to forget about the first set and start from zero and really. you know find hard you know really take a lot of the time and keep going so i think there was a different mental approach a little bit. where is go over to english football now where cardiff city crystal palace on penalties to reach their first carling cup final that made her pledge to the god who scored the only goal for crystal palace became the main villain of the return match the thirty year old defender headed into just seventeen minutes in

making it one zero on aggregate this result stood all the way through regular and extra time despite many pouring opportunities both answer the page with a palatable trait to say several people told people gay part of the story three one victory which will see them facing either missed the city for liverpool at the month's time i in the meantime spanish giants barcelona and real madrid are preparing for their copa del rey returning quote final the catalans to one victory last week leaves them with the better chance of reaching that sam is however their manager pat got the all is calling on his chargers to summon up one more solid performance against them or in his men. if we leave 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 one that understand that one can play the last five or ten minutes with the school but in local time in little first

and second legs we have always played focusing on every minute of the game and. to the hardwood now where six time former champ says come or school will be looking to maintain their so far perfect record in this season's year really as a host. in a top sixteen question on wednesday the muscovites want all their previous eleven games. and then are under pressure to deliver the goods in their first home game in this top sixteen stage at both your disposal spurs rested pitstop men including and . can stitch in saturday's going to be a league match at a full fifteen strong score at his disposal against the. interest three point guard on top because she believes the new taste will behalf to stop in their tracks. last season was one to forget for to scar after so many still in use in the euro

league but it's probably time for you beginning with a lot of new players coming in to replace the greats the holden and london snow the host of you ambitious players keen to keep a perfect record intact against fans. in other basketball news along the upset who are enjoying their best start in eight seasons as their magic bates the pace is on the road one hundred two to eighty three and i started well and were leading twenty nine twenty two after the first quarter along the stops for a good night one anderson helped his side to improve and the teams were tied at forty five all at half time. during this second part of the game it was the visitors who dominated for. two straight three pointers magic into a sixty three fifty six lead the way through this period and the sim howlett finished things up closing with twenty four fourteen points respectably hundred two

to a to freeze finish meeting suffered their first home defeat of the season. back here in moscow russia's young athletes have returned home from the inaugural youth olympic winter games in austria where the team finished fifth overall they competitors were greeted by friends and relatives and demanded airport after bringing home five gold silver and seven bronze medals while the russian republic of dagestan is down to the bidding to host either the youth summer games in twenty to eighteen for the winter edition in twenty twenty two rushes is a little too timely sure to gold in the figure skating last week in. and also russia's medal hopeful the senate gave him 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. i'm confident that he knows what he's doing so i'm absolutely calm. and finally golf

where tiger woods is raring to go in what he says should be his first full season in a while they now feel if it's former world number one is getting ready to play at the golf championship after ending his title drought with victory at last month's well challenge of and 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 i demonstrate to myself what i can do with implementing what sean wants me to do in the golf swing if i'm physically fit to do it and. played really well the last three of it 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. ok that's all from me for the moment more sports news for more on the globe for in two hours time hey don't miss it so

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three blog video for your media project free media r.t. dot com. with the u.s. economy still on the ropes president obama pledges another program for changed in his state of the union address. in. claiming they're in control of the town of. the country's interim struggle to keep the peace. and coming full circle thousands of egyptians angry slow reforms gather in central cairo as a country marks the uprisings first anniversary. this

is our good to have you with us today straight to our top story now as the u.s. presidential race picks up pace ahead of november's vote for a car bomb or is trying to ratchet up support for reelection he's delivered his annual state of the union address making new promises of change ahead. was listening in. his goal was to highlight his achievements and lay out new promises as far as the message policies he speech was full of heartfelt success stories about the economy and jobs creation but there is a lot of skepticism among americans social inequality in america is now at a level unseen since the great depression the top one percent of the wealthiest in the country are making a killing while the middle class is shrinking dramatically and that gap is getting wider american jobs are being outsourced to other countries president obama's state of the union speech.