election it is the first time that he's run and he is considered a dark horse in the race for the kremlin he did explain to us here at r.t. though why he decided to fight for the top job. you're able to make decisions quickly i guess the first develop 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 back in april when i just joined the right cause project although i knew there would be a release on the log in a square in the south of iraq where it would that's why i went into politics what do you mean you knew nobody i got the signal this happens to me is reasonable see i foresaw the rises and i sold my acids in advance you said this time it was the same thing is it. 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 worldwide and intuition world added together all these things enable you to make the right move. and the interview with me here in full than just over just over fifteen minutes now here on out say. russia says that one sided resolutions on foreign intervention will not solve syria foreign minister sergei lavrov once all sides in the conflict to engage in talks with no preconditions his message comes on the back of the arab league's call for president assad to step down. we fully support the immediate halting of violence in the country no matter where it comes from that's by the way is the position also put forward by the arab league we're also calling for the peaceful regulation of syria's political situation we believe that also it's involved in the conflict should support similar measures and we're also against any

military interference from outside we believe that earth is balanced and just as opposed to the method of except by its true solutions which can do only one side eat provoking the other to build up to a confrontation. while in syria itself security forces are trying to storm parts of the city of hama i reports say the troops are trying to reclaim the areas controlled by the opposition after observer mediated talks to persuade the militants to lay down the arms failed earlier syria agreed to extend the arab league observers mission by a month it was set up to monitor the regime's compliance with the league's plan to end the violence there the u.n. estimates that the number killed in the past ten months is over five thousand. while our correspondent sara furthur she is in syria and she's posting updates on the situation in her blog on r.t. dot com a few to keep track of the latest right there well before we get to dmitri with the

business news let's get to the r.t. world update now some other international news in brief and at least twenty three of being killed in a tribal region near the pakistani afghan border when soldiers clash with militants officials say six of the dead were pakistani troops who were attacked by taliban fighters during a search operation pakistan has been battling against groups linked either to the taliban or al qaeda in the area for several years. torrential rains have brought widespread chaos to southeastern australia several local reverse of burst their banks causing landslips flash floods over four thousand residents have been ordered to leave their homes in the state of new south wales alone and with more heavy downpours and strong winds forecast for the area australia was also hit by devastating floods last year which killed thirty five. chinese new year festivities in central thailand it turned into

a tragedy. pyrotechnic display erupted are seen here into a huge explosion the accident happened because a rocket misfired and set light to a pile of unused fireworks four people died and many more were injured in the blast set more than one hundred homes on fire as well as dozens of cars. india's labor laws garraty full time workers a range of benefits from decent wages to paid holidays but not everyone in the country's poorer areas is able to take advantage of those rights employers have found a legal loophole exposing many workers to exploitation through fear of losing their jobs without warning reports. it's got one of the fastest growing populations in the world and getting india's eager young workforce into skilled jobs is no mean feat business tycoon mini shopper well thinks he has the answer a temp agency that trains and then tell its labor. was existed all over the world

template stuffing so good but didn't what we've heard somebody of the five minutes for the last five years filling post and bringing home a paycheck it sounds like a perfect match but for indian firms there are extra more dubious benefits india's tough labor laws make it hard to fire workers plus permanent staff get decent hours holidays and a living wage none of which apply to hiring temps it's a cost cutting gifts keeping employers smiling all the way to the bank india has always been a famous destination for foreign companies to outsource their work at its cost but a growing trend here is for indian companies themselves to outsource their work force to agencies like instead of hiring workers for themselves everywhere from malls to restaurants in india are using agencies to hire and manage their workers for the shopper while insists his workers do benefit vital training they are unlikely to get in india as many poverty stricken regions in the woman as the

people who film you know who really cannot afford a very expensive education it's the dignity for people who have those goes when. they don't have the grooming them because some pantry agrees she's in rolled in one of the many nationwide team lease training centers to improve her english skills and enroll in a computer accounting course to make her stand out from the crowd to potential employers. the major coffee i was very warden nervous about sitting for job interviews i'm not fluent in english so i'm good teachers speak in english we get motivated and gain some confidence going but critics say jobs people like some end up in should be higher paid and permanent and because the agency keeps the jobless figures down many believe it's blood in india avoid. tackling it's labor law to me is which lets firms get away with dire wages and sacking staff on a whim but shopper will insist the priority for those on his roster is putting bread on the table and that is really where we came in and said that look

a job is better than one job and employers were not hiring people because they were scared of him because they were those we were saying look there are lots of kids who actually are not trying to move off employers or use the law as a weapon in their hands to hit employers they're just warned an opportunity to get a job pre-history there are t. new delhi india i don't know less than ten minutes time here on r t we want to russia's richest men and a presidential candidate that it may help profit off he'll be coming up after dmitri with the business. thanks henri well as we've been reporting on i'll see the world's biggest economic forum taking place in the swiss resort of davos this year to get togethers being held under the banner of reshaping capitalism prompted by four years of financial turmoil and political protest the global elites will grapple with authority issue of how to create a fairer world when you see the compensation gaps that exist the unemployment

levels that exist whole generations of employees potential employees that don't have jobs today the youth in different parts of the world yeah there are some fundamental issues that have to be looked at quite frankly if we don't start with ourselves to understand our role from a business standpoint in dealing with these issues i don't know how they're going to be solved i mean to me this is a classic example of how it's a complex issue it clearly requires collaboration between the business community between governments and key policy makers and if that degree of collaboration doesn't exist it's pretty hard to see how these problems are going to be solved for the long term. the fate of the euro is were weighing on many minds in the alps the head of russia's biggest lenders burbank having gaffe believes the european policy makers a should not focus on keeping all the current numbers in the single currency . it was from going through. the euro will have a say i think the situation would be improved if several countries left the single

currency this is a key year for the eurozone in terms of making decisions and understanding the new reality separately i hope economic relations between russia and the e.u. become more closely integrated i think the current difficult situation in europe will encourage it to explore the growth potential with emerging markets like russia of the former soviet states and turkey. take a look at the markets this oil is falling by the second day it's raising early gains of just earlier said it will join europe in boycotting the way while this is being offset by rising u.s. stockpiles of crude yet the light sweet is still down eighty two cents this out to stocks now in europe the trading in the red the way down by pharmaceutical and telecommunications companies shares of ericsson tumbled more than fourteen percent at one point after the firm report of a sixty five percent profit decline for the fourth quarter. so also under pressure

on a more upbeat note chip maker holdings added three point six percent in london boy by robust earnings from apple apple has actually proposed for a nine percent gain at the opening of trade in the u.s. . now in russia i could be markets are bucking that trend seen in europe pretty positive the out years out of one percent of my sex half a percent mostly driven by financial shares a second look at them to burbank and v.t. be some of the biggest gain is up two point three and two and a half percent respectively look while i were ever is losing a third of a percent that's continuing its losing streak from yesterday. and the ruble is set to new highs for twenty twelve against the dollar and the euro in the might six trading in the quality squeeze in the russian banking sector driven by tax payments and where prices have. supporting the parents eight years also down against the dollar after european central bank was said to be opposed to restructuring it's

a greek bonds and the dollar is stronger ahead of the fed meeting chanda chairman ben bernanke he will be sharing his views in a news conference soon. are the headlines are next on r.t. to stay with us.

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millions of new jobs but critics say his. doesn't quite reflect reality. on tens of thousands of egyptians. square. the uprising that toppled president. but it isn't frustration along with celebration because of dragging reform. and with the russians heading to the polls in march to elect a president we talked to the fifth registered candidate for the race one of the country's tycoons and owner of the new jersey nets basketball team next we hear from mikhail profit off about his plans for russia as he makes his first bid for the country's top job.

mr prothero hello and thank you for the time always glad to oblige you do or think you can be the next president you're probably the most money 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 and i'm ready for a fight if you aim high in other things you definitely should aim high in politics and you're got all those at the buttes hill especially with criminal 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 the problem of all i think almost anyone who joins the presidential race is automatically labeled as a kremlin project which i will always want to know what it means that i was a successful and wealthy person even before you know i don't rely on government contracts chairman to whatever it is but we're talking about politics and politics

is different the real story will keep seeing i can be independent because i have a lot of assets but i had most of those assets before put in but if the problem with 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 runoff where you run against puttin 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 west take you seriously because what was the point isn't whether it should or shouldn't it's something to me in my team to explain to people that my goal is to change russia. of a specific program for integrating our country into the international community and making it world leader for the whole world is changing all nations are having a hard time unless we change our country and develop it our relations with other countries will only become worse in the future i mean your last thought on this

with let me let's talk about the us over the four years of us had invasions russia and the us have fallen out on quite a number of issues iran libya the spy scandal not to mention missile defense how would you build a relationship with america. the first thing i'd do you i would abandon the whole idea of the west versus russia i think it's about time we'll learn to differentiate our relations with europe are one thing and our relations with the us are a different matter russia and america have many things in common but really the nuclear shield the fact that both our countries are large and multicultural we face similar challenges say immigration issues even if the reasons are different in both countries have the best territory the only problem with america is that despite all that we don't really have economic ties with the us russia's share in the u.s. trade is less than that of thailand below one percent if we build

a purely political relationship proved to be unstable and often emotional the world is changing and the old system of checks and balances is not enough now i would suggest replacing nido with a pan-european security system less and less than russia join the european union or yes i think we should actually make it our strategic goal 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 garvan with a look with these days all you hear in the news is syria and libya there is also run the right should protect see. any rant 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 interests will not suffer from take iran for example let's say

a war erupts there tomorrow there any serato now southern border right next to the caucasus imagine the flow for a few g.'s we're likely to get millions of people so there is no way to see she 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 to iran to have weapons of mass destruction it will be as that i think of the vocals and yes those in the middle of the shots i wish do regard russia as a super power. national thought obviously of our country has an important mission which by virtue of our history we should set high goals and achieve them of course we haven't been doing that lately so mean you are people have lost this vision in our past we colonized the vast territories like say beery or russia is a special nation or that like sixteen challenges there is a downside of course what i mean is that an individual people are considered in

significant and aren't sacrificed for the sake of a great goal but that was before me question took no us that word to mean before you before you become president both of us from the president yes before i become president we need to change that completely people should be at the heart of every grand aren't the taking of people should be the top priority 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 managing a company you built from scratch no matter how big it is plenty of corporal you were absolutely right but one of a person who comes to power doesn't even have the experience of running a big company. that would be even worse of course running in the real skinny cole is not the same as running the whole country but at least i have this experience 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 we can say that you're never afraid of anything in your

career before course they have fears. yes award i'm a human being i have doubts and fears but it's a matter of priorities it's normal to have fears but you need to know how to overcome your fears or if the future of our country's at stake and you are 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 i'm actually very proud that i'm participating in the presidential election and it's not everyone that can achieve this we so i treat this job and this choice with great responsibility and this thing but it actually seems like a very spend ten is this isn't this isn't something you've been planning your whole life or have you make decisions quickly i guess they first develop 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 back in april when i just joined the right cause project i knew there would be a release on blood in a square and so harsh prospect that's why i went into politics or put it here to show but probably for dooming you knew nobody that i got the signal this happens to me say i foresaw the crisis and i sold my assets in advance and this time it was the same thing what you felt was a wall 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 the knowledge experience being aware of the current situation in the country and the world wide and intuition added together all these things enable you to make the right move but if you were christened 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 you just need to in your pool if nothing changes the posi of stimulus ation will continue

and this will seriously undermine the competitiveness. one country we have to change because we're behind if we're really the nation we can defeat any four or any rival what we need to do is we need to realize that we are at war but this is an economic war and this is a war for the future for a slice of the global piii we need to get our slice of the pie 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 this 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 putin as a candidate for the prime minister's job at all he's been running the country for twelve years now and i think that's enough of more than enough history guards what are called ski i know me hell on a personal level we used to have a lot of contact if 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 as you would release him if you were elected president of course i would pardon him immediately pressure he also said you would turn the kremlin into museum what would you do about lenin would you keep him there like a mummy in a pyramid or bury him my attention the president's personal thing lenin should be buried but this should be done respectfully with regard to the people who disagree but i would hold a referendum on the shooter a political i don't think by next question is a referendum people often ask you whether you're going to get married or not i only ask about this because of political i really done now is in the president we take a look at russia's history russia has never had a single president or a single either you say you are waiting for the love of a lifetime but your love of a lifetime may come tomorrow or in ten years and you want to be president today are you ready to get married if this helps you become president of pickle for a moment no of course not if you put it like that i genuinely believe in love and i really hope it comes to me sooner or later i work

a lot and perhaps i don't give enough time. other things including dating i guess my work takes up too much of my time it's either the data or bad luck i'm lucky in many other things but i'm not lucky in love but i should be lucky sooner or later when. you have been extremely lucky your whole life and you always emphasize the importance of good luck have you ever considered why you're so lucky actually i think that to be lucky you have to work a lot and that's what i often observed various politicians and the way they talk to the media especially during the campaign they often try to win you over with passion or emotion but you're a very reserved person at least that's how you appear to the media also when you talk you say all the right words but it all sounds like that as if you're reciting the multiplication table do you ever get sentimental to put your words everyone gets sentimental once in a while what can move you to tears let it be my own little secret in the book that's what you tell everybody when was the last time you cried that it was back in

my school days when i was bullied by three boys who were older than me they conquered me and there was nothing i could do the whole class saw it but later i caught them all one by one going to deal with the loss thank you very much for the interview thank you.

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team russia returned home happy from their norgrove the olympic winter games in innsbruck. but we get underway on the hard courts of melbourne where maria sharapova quest for a second destroying open title remains very much on track the russian booking her place in the semifinals all the grounds a few hours bonk the world number four dominating her quarterfinal the competitor at the academy mccarver shrunk by taking nothing for granted against her own seeded opponents who had not done it serina williams in the previous draw and six two six three eventually stop up next for the two thousand on a champion petra beat about. the world number two of earning her place in the semi in the days early jump at the expense of italian ceremony that second see the czech winning in two sets but spent almost two hours on court to claim that six four six four when so but first in the us for a repeat.