for time always glad to oblige 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 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 your group of those attributes here especially can you know 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 the problem of all i think almost anyone who joins the presidential race is automatically labeled as a kremlin project i will always want to know what it means i was a successful and wealthy person even before but i don't rely on government contracts to whatever it's what we're talking about politics and politics is their front real sport or it will keep seeing i can be independent because i have

a lot of assets but i had most of those assets before putting what if the problem with people outside russia on the other hand don't really care if you're a crime a project that's a you make it to the run off where you run against putin 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 west take you seriously because of a price point isn't whether it should or shouldn't it's up to mean my team to explain to people that my goal is to change russia to have a specific program for integrating our country into the international community and making it world leader of 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 when you're not just on the. with

let's talk about the us over the three years of 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 the south the facts how would you build our relationship with america the purest form of the old the first thing i do 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 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 us treat 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 left to live with these days all you hear in the news is syria and libya there is also run the right to 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 interests will not suffer take iran for example let's say a war in iraq. there tomorrow you are any serrano now southern border right next to

the caucasus imagine the flow of refugees we are likely to get millions of people so there is no way to see if 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 that will be as that i think of the vocals and yes those in the mold of the shots i wish do regard russia as a superpower. national thought odd believe our country has an important mission 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 the vision in our past we colonized the vast territories like say beery or that 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 up there do you mean before you before you become president both oka 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 or just 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 a clinical you are 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 snicko 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 of course 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 half years but you need to know how to overcome your fears or 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 i'm actually very proud that i'm participating in the presidential election it's not everyone that can achieve this so i treat this job and this choice with great responsibility and this thing 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 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 in soccer of prospect that's why i went into politics or put it here to show footprint for do mean you knew nobody 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 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 and intuition added together all these things enable you to make the right move but if you were present 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. pool if nothing changes the posi of the bill is a sure will continue and this will seriously undermine the competitiveness. our

country we have to change because we are behind if we are 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 if this is a war for the future for a slice of the global paey 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 purpose here asking me to choose between two alternatives but actually you need more options than that in fact i don't think you can consider it wouldn't 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 as regards what our course ski i know me fail on a personal level we used to have a lot of contact with 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 rational 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 or presence personally i think 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 little i don't think the 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 leader you say you're 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 to call for more to know 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. 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. words everyone gets sentimental once in a while what can move you to tears let it be my own little secret when the book that's what you tell everybody what 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 conard 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 by so i thank you very much for the interview thank you.

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darkest secrets. in my. now. thanks for joining us this is sports today plenty to head over the next ten minutes or so including these stories in brief. but then there were four maria sharapova secures the last semifinal berth papias trillion open. pitch dreams a lower league side cardiff city make it through to women's curling cup final where they'll meet either munch sister city or liverpool. to help the home team russia return home happy from their nor girl the olympic winter games and in sport . but we get underway on the hard courts of melbourne where maria sharapova as

quest for a second history in open title remains very much on truck the russian booking her place in the semifinals of the ground a few hours bonk the world number four dominating her quarterfinal the competitor at the academy mccarver shrub for taking nothing for granted against her own seeded opponents who had not done it shereen a williams in the previous draw and six two six three eventually stuff up next for the two thousand and eight champion petra could beat. the world number two to face of earning her place in the semi in the days surly expensive 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 last for a repeat of last year's wimbledon. now the semifinals in the men's side of faction will see the top four players in the world to buffel softer on the

murray a new five joke of each claim their spots on wednesday marie making it through vibe early breaking a sweat against corey all one sister. the fun stuff the six three six three six games. on defense fourth seed is to make his third straight the cider down under he's going down the hard way novak djokovic his next challenge after the world number one song for six four seven six six one coming in concho will be a repeat of last year's final with. strict. football and cardiff city are gearing up for a shot of a premier league giant softer making it through to the carling cup final the welsh side entered their second leg semifinal needing to make up ground after crystal palace another second tier side won the opening fixture one nil to score that night and see gardner going from hero to zero after heading into his own net seven

minutes in. the scorn i get of the things that the regular extra time meant penalty two saves people time. on a story to carry on a meeting with either munches to city or liverpool. in the months i. suppose to be decided tonight at anfield it is liverpool who lead one nil from the first leg but city on premier league leaders for nothing enter the game of high spirits humming high flying spurs at the weekend rival strikers mario balotelli on the red square this war as though we'll miss the true suspension. the biggest rivalry in world football gets another writing also tonight barcelona versus real madrid in the second leg of their cup of the rich quarterfinal the confluence hold advantage from last week but as usual pep guardiola is preaching a tuck the best defense. think of it we already have two one

lead we will be eliminated the only way to reach the semifinals it is used to play another very good game and i understand that one can play the last five or ten minutes with the school. time. we have always played focusing on every minute so the game. brings to basketball and the n.b.a. were indiana who are enjoying their best start in eight seasons were left to lick their wounds on shoes they will after going down to orlando in the start of the primary bringing twenty nine twenty two off the first thirty five or top sure on the night brian understand this came to the fore soon afterwards as the teams went into level forty five apiece at the big breaks during the second part of the game it was the visitors who dominated. two straight three pointers pushing magic into a sixty three fifty six leave midway through the third quarter then a mission on flight howard finish things off closing with twenty four and fourteen

points respectively one zero two eighty three up the bowser a first home defeat of the season for. back in moscow team russia have returned home from the olympic winter games in austria where the squad lost a fifth overall finish competitors created by friends or relatives of domodedovo airport off the back five gold for silver and seven bronze medals a part of notes is that the russian republic of dagestan is currently bidding to host side of the youth summer games and playing it or the winter edition in twenty twenty two meanwhile rushes to listen to tommy shiver who took gold in figure skating last week an inscrutable also be eyeing up top spot at the senior soft cheek when turning to games 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. cricket thirty

seven will ricky ponting has been turning back the clock after he and captain michael clarke had a huge day for australia in the fourth test against india each player scoring a double century and a six hundred four for seven effort former all see captain ponting certainly demonstrating he's got plenty left to offer harry come here and the christians there don't want a. celebration a celebration that has made it as much under so pretty. i haven't scored a lot of those in the last couple days which are a lot of. i was it was just noise it's always north america under it and especially today when you know we didn't get off to the audience. in baseball it's the end of an era with a new york yankees legend posada calling time on his illustrious career the forty year old capture spent seventeen seasons in the big apple arriving at yankee stadium back in one thousand nine hundred five he won the coveted world series five

times with the new york side between one thousand and six and two thousand and nine and he's the only culture in major league baseball history to pot a three hundred thirty or better in a single season the puerto rican certainly emotional when he made the announcement on a packed media conference. i grew up in front of the fans my teammates playing for them you're doing has been an honor i could never were another uniform. being a part of seven world series and having five rings was something i never imagined being a part was just it was just priceless. i will forever be a yankee. finally in the national football league of the new england patriots will meet the new york giants in the super bowl for the second time since two thousand and seven it was underdogs new york who ended the pot's perfect season by winning the title four years ago even sikorsky reports now and they've both got to the big dance this year. the two thousand and seven edition of the patriots played like an

unstoppable juggernaut in the playoffs before reaching the big dance this year's been able to advance to the postseason despite glaring weaknesses the patriots ranks second from bottom and pass defense this year and it looks like the ravens would exploit. the a.f.c. decider baltimore's joe flacco time the game at ten with that second strike today. new england secondary was torched again in the third with a rookie tory smith giving baltimore a seventeen to sixteen league. and when the chips were down for the home team quarterback tom brady yet again showed plenty of physical and mental toughness despite having a poor day passing the ball the thirty four year old taking a huge hit on a quarterback sneak but still made the score twenty three to twenty new england that will prove the final score as the pats defense fared better than expected late on the ravens lee evans stopped just short of calling it

a touchdown pass by backup quarterback sterling moore i the game would have gone into overtime if wasn't for billy cundiff misfiring on a relatively easy close range kick and in the patriots a fifth super bowl berth since two thousand and one the new york also involved in a close championship game the n.f.c. decider the san francisco forty nine ers constantly looking to vernon davis who burned the giants for two touchdowns in the forest and third quarter cuts to. giants quarterback eli manning a seen his star rise to brother peyton's level after a great season with a thirty one year old finding mariel manningham late in the fourth seventeen to fourteen both kickers on their game in this contest with david acres time proceedings at seventeen of these. special teams mistakes all the forty nine er scow williams lose the ball in upon return in the ensuing over time allowing the giants to set up shop in enemy territory was. lawrence tynes short field goal in

the extra session sending the giants to the big dance so a rematch of epic proportions is brewing as both the patriots and the giants have eight players on the roster who still remember that two thousand and seven super bowl battle bonza gorski archie. should be quite an encounter at all your sports world whether it is next season. culture is that so much going to huge visitation rights and find the time to mark left egypt unfinished business a year on the revolution that you have to dispirited appears to have stalled the military rulers who replaced with. wealthy british style.

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stuff where to watch it. boil continues its climb as a wrong threatens to hold sales to europe oil sales ahead of the embargo imposed against the country more on this in business all to twenty one it's. coming to you live from moscow at nine pm this is r.t. well welcome to my name's kevin ollie an autopsy. tens of thousands of egyptians are in cairo's now iconic tahrir square to mark a year since the uprising that toppled president mubarak but there's another reason it's a landmark day to as almost thirty years of emergency rule has been partially lifted although some key police powers will remain in this and now is in cairo for us the lifting of that emergency or at least partially is not going to be enough.