eight thirty am in moscow the easier to have light syrian authorities and the opposition trade accusations over who was behind a series of deadly suicide attacks in a regime stronghold that killed thirty people the government also blames qatar and saudi arabia for involved. the new egyptian constitution not yet written but already the center of a scandal with calls to dissolve the powerful that's going to draw it up a year after people voted for change in a historic referendum. lawmakers in washington border legal lines when it comes to the u.s. freedom of assembly making it easier to throw demonstrators behind bars protesting

in areas where the u.s. president or anyone protected by the secret service may be visiting is now considered a felony. russia and china stood side by side in their stance on the syrian crisis saying the conflict should only be resolved through diplomatic means next artie's peace with professor he when paying from the chinese academy of social sciences to find out more on what brings the two countries together. professor head senior research fellow it's your rest asian african studies and chinese academy of social sciences it's great to have you with us here in moscow my pleasure so skeptics say that russia and china unanimously resist military solution to the syrian conflict because they have significant economic interests. how true

so what do you say to that is it about money you are well i don't think it's just the usual about money actually company or is there a rational economic interest in syria china's economic interests in syria it's not too much it's not her about their money issue actually is that issue about principle how to defer and especially that international relations principle because it's are always trying as a policy people matter policy i think that's the same as the russians following our policy as we are paid his way we should fully respect the sovereignty of all of our country and also we fully against the use of force trying to do change thought towards another country so any regime change order. or a change of administration should be undertaken by have people in that country he wrote himself i think that's the principles that are we are now defending as a great principle and that has to be defended but for russia other than principle

and maybe anomic interests it's also an issue of geopolitics what about china other than the principle is there anything else where you are against a military solution before you talk about the geopolitical in. importance of this not only syria. even for that you are the whole middle east as well because in terms of their all your resources i think everybody knows that china have really depend on the oil or import from the whole the middle east and also of course being our western region for example the shia are weaker autonomous region we're also facing like oh we've called her story exuma is forces there separate her supper it is also some extremists so those forces they are also constitute a quiet big sarratt to stability in china as a whole so we don't want to see. how you've are for. maybe the they would like to

penetrate it to our western era that's something we don't want to see all of those . extremist forces spreading or work towards our daughter who's umesh and go ok a guy i know of that calls on muslims to support the rebellion against syrian president assad how do you think why has the initial fight for democracy turned into a terrorist calling i think other factors behind each are quite quite complicated i don't think this is are you that the message you should actually be given the sectors are moderate muslim actually eventually because outside forces has been has the in penetrated nowadays the so-called the freedom army of the syria now is not no longer the pure syrian people resume freedom army turkey. basically the have called their pleas the in turkey and i think even some of our

high of our forces. also you waft in the libyan army so that this information actually has been released by the cia from the united states and then later on has come from some other resources so now all of those are fighting groups i think the background that's becoming complicated much much more complicated than before you just touched upon the two segments of the syrian opposition the free syrian army and the. national council also there are people there are industries are fighting for the better life this three pieces of the syrian opposition how cohesive are going rather how they are not so coherent because we all know the syria a freedom army the bases in turkey they're outside of syria and then we see in the syria there is another one called the cole of the nation group and then there's another called the national console so there are basically that us three major opposition groups lol. sort of the they are not united together so that these

organizations and also those in fighting are the true major features are models. also of people inside syria how willing are the to listening to the opposition outside syria to the external i see they don't and they stand for those borders or thirty years a poor. record a lack of this so called the syria friends left conference friends of syria coordination. group based thing syria in the country then they refused to join the friends of syria conference so we are quite clear that means the opposition groups at home they don't want to listen to lessen any orders coming from. freedom army of syria is they in turkey or any others so they are five hundred for their rights but separately independently what about the free syrian army firing inside syria are they and the people who came out in the streets who

were asking for a better life fighting for the same thing no other service they're fighting for the same same rights not as same per goal that is the same for them that is to. regain that's the share to come and vote for all of those different proposition gross by the way don't know other details for example like the national council of the syria they haven't put forward charters for their lefty more practical roadmap whatever national council i mean based in turkey based in turkey same thing also for the coordination council basically in syria so i think and i dove they have put forward what kind of syria they are going to deal with in the future what about turkey is it playing a constructive role in european am hosting forces that are eager to topple assad well are talking a row i think also is quite complicated that first of war they host this sitting.

rupe freedom army of syria so they serve the us to have color for them and they're going to hold the second the friends of syria meeting very soon early on a pole and also i think that turkey also use the country leading the way from called for like a sound meaning to support for those opposition party of course that also impose the sanction to the buy share government so all of that it just adds those support for that partner in the domestic five so obviously it's not so constructive for reaching that dialogue between those two parties probably worse it is pushing for a humanitarian intervention in syria now of course one wonders really a pressing need for that or could it be a cover up for in military intervention like in libya i think to a great extent all of those measures so far has been taken

by western countries. seems at least to become like you mentioned a cover for the future intervention even though on surveys now we have heard quite a lot that say even from. the united states or from european countries they're saying knowledge that we need turning to the regime is not a. belief when president obama says there will be no milter i action against us all it's hard to believe that because the only back to libya war at the very beginning we heard the same in the seeing coming from white house and coming from the nato they're saying military intervention is not that of i'm a little bit we have a saying very clearly eventually the military intervention. or a tentative left victims in syria are reported to be around seven. thousand five

hundred people and both sides the opposition and the government claim each other for tweaking the numbers who are you more inclined to believe the new number coming out saying it is eight thousand so that number rising very rapidly so it makes. cannot be just that believe brandon we know that number now has been given by the un and the what kind of resources they you can get the slumbers and then we trace it back to the london there's the number you are paid based. a group called to summarize observation group for the syria so by people of collapsing those numbers and then this group that number this group contract is coming from those rebel forces so they send those numbers to the u.k. based humor rise office a regime group and then they screw ups and this lumber for the un visit a fair number yeah i saw it when we had the real true spackle hold this resources

change so i think this is the wrong way of saying and furthermore syrian government also gave lumbers they are saying even though you for your call it is a seven thousand casualties they are seeing at the least the one survey of the. other serious those security forces they have being killed s. well by those of the groups so now i think the real picture is not so critically here amidst this spiraling new syrian constitution was supported by ninety percent of the population and this new constitution aiming to smooth things out can these results really be trusted ninety percent of the population supporting the new constitution well the western media. highly evolved. is high supporting rate. whenever somewhere the high support here is there always about that election here in russia so. i think. no matter it's true or

not that at the least the fact that he is a majority of the people if they have cause to the battle it i think the us should be should be there the fact and also observation team from i think from the from the civil societies they have also written is that all of those of all king process so i tend to believe even though those those supporting read extremely high by that tend to believe the least the like is simply present should be. a majority should be. that should be the fact do you think our side will remain in power and if it does what will his regime evolve into i think so far the situation is tends to be favoring favorable for the assad regime so if the situation goes like that either way there is no possibility for any of a warranty as they have done of this i share ridge you are of course also noticed

like the u.s. person alabama where he has joined the conference where he's the. british prime minister there really come along and he used that these awards saying and now it's not a matter of eve bashir regime will step down it's not a matter it's a question of if it's just a question of when so which shows now united states is quite determined to get our share of his office so the question is the situation on the ground i think that's the term mean ation factor for this region will be there is not having outside forces can make the final say thank you very much for this interview professor here no pressure here.

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the. syrian authorities and the opposition trade accusations over who is behind a series of deadly suicide attacks in regime strongholds that killed thirty people the government also blames qatar and saudi arabia for involvement in the new egyptian constitution not yet written but already the center of a scandal with calls to dissolve the paddle which is going to draw it up this is exactly a year after people voted for a change in historic referendum from washington lawmakers were legal lines when it comes to the u.s. freedom of assembly making it easier to throw demonstrators behind bars protesting in areas where the u.s. president or anyone protected by the secret service may be visiting could now be considered

a felony. entries up next with all the latest sports news stay with us here on our city. hello there you're watching the sport here in r.t. and let's start with the headlines two good world number one as a rain catherine ashton sharab thirty claim the indian wells crimes are roger federer takes on one cycle. getting ganges stumbles and the heat on the new coach after losing out in a cool blocking might see one. and leaving it like twice former champions come from behind the snatch a vital overtime win against the back door and make a child. but first marriage rap about has been soundly beaten by world number one victoria as a ranker in the women's final at indian wells about the russian winning it sixty six three hundred twenty third consecutive victory of the year i was rapid i was

hoping to eventually restrain open fire in the fate or as a rancor but probably off she always looked second best as a rank of breaking here in the very first game before going on to take the first set with deeds and fashion great russian six times in this match and three love down in the second set to rafa did win a break of still self. but that was the title of her resistance and as a ranger needed one hour and twenty six minutes to wrap it truly is her title on the derby th or this year her unbeaten start to the season magistrates to twenty three matches any martina hingis is one more with thirty seven in the country the police tell. me more roger federer won the men's final for record fourth time beating american john is in a seven six six three is now have beaten world number one novak djokovic in the semi's and had also beaten federer in the davis cup last month so it was no surprise the match the world number three in the first set and i only just lost it

on a tie break and in the second set say it was a bit more. one sided header of breaking the american twice on route to claim me another title at indian wells i'm a thirty year old feels he's back to his bets. so happy i played great again today though it's been many matches in a row that played amazing it still will show that against a little but now again it isn't is a player amazing tournaments it was really difficult you know for a set and i happen to like got the break now obviously things have become a bit easier because you're you know in the lead and you can hit a bit more freely but those on it are very very and you know so john is at a greater rate ron and it's a great victory for me against him in the finals and we'll see where it takes me for miami but for me you know it's this is an amazing run i'm on right now won six of the last eight events are played i can't believe myself but it sure feels great and it stands the russian premier league leg hitting has tasted his first defeat at

the helm of banshee after his new side lost one nil last motif in moscow philippe can see that coming close to opening for the home side right before the interval but angie keep a very me gob of health into perry to see days at it from close range there and the ecuador strike you should have scored soon after the restart the shot just didn't choose high place and she came midway through the second half defender alley because was stretchered off the field the big suspected to concede concussion after a clumsy tackle by teammate chris sam dennys crucial card was in the thick of it rock a mighty frat based match and his perseverance finally paid off as he netted the only color of the game after seventy three minutes you see that says in this one up while angie star striker samuel at sea will miss their next game of hide and seek a ban after picking up one yellow card too many might say for up to third in the table angie remained in seventh. grade for that match by former champions rubin

failed to break into the european qualification places for. don't know the fate of down pressure is to ban armenia for what marcus bizarrely netting the any goal to mark his debut match for the command side in the dying minutes of the first half despite closing at the top eight to ban cranston and that only two points behind angie rubin states six elsewhere of voting time avoided a ten straight away defeat aside from siberia holding out a car to a goal is true in a style you match last week thomas not best sixteen game losing streak by beating paul gold one nil of home but they are still deep in relegation trouble after surviving a major bankruptcy scare early this year and staying safe haven a twelfth spot. so for greece to be a tough week further away from the drop zone following a one nil victory have a spot it now take to remain second from bottom thanks to half time served in pavel . jack of you have the team used to school from marseilles and korea

now seven points from the drop side. well you need as premier league mentioned united thresholds five nil to go four points clear of manchester city at the top of the table there having been and is the brace during the demolition and in the other game a newcastle beat knowledge one nil newcomer p.c. say with the goal in five matches and in the f.a. cup chelsea put their place in the peace unless the five to finance the tories with a brace finally getting on the scoresheet after playing more than twenty four hours without a goal and in the second quarter final they were pulled from the stake city c one. meanwhile ultimate fielder for breaching wounder remains in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack during saturday's f.a. cup quarter final to tottenham he remains in intensive care at a london hospital and twenty three year old collapsed during the spurs game which was abandoned as a result all things show julie match with aston villa on tuesday as also being

cancelled in the meantime thousands of fans and well wishes have been laying flowers and reebok stadium. now it is the quarter final stage in our playoffs and twice former champions at bars have cut the deficit in their best of seven series against regular season when it struck thought aside from designs playing back to my goal down. thanks to a power play effort by you gainey catch cough regulation ended one all but act as finish report nico kaplan in school who went out in the second minute of a retirement so t one trackball in that series last year on hasn't god also came from a goal down to big metal might be the cause brees one and the jihad in their time. in golf england's league goal is the world number one again his playoff victory at the transitions championship in florida enough to out for a mcelroy from top spot would you feel it was the joint overnight leader and finished tied for the lead again at the end of his final round three of the it's

a. great shock europe then they included probably agree saying moon bay and luke donald and they all went into a playoff then their little recovered well from the rough. rolling is possibly in a few inches of the pain. i am yet is there he needed a whole page of victory. and just back to end rory mcilroy reign as number one i find we can represented a chance for offenses to grab a case and rush is a limp pick taking the moscow saber event to try to competitors from all over the world with more is microchannel. today is day two of the must the save the international fencing tournament today will be witnessing the team competition and saturday both the men's and women's individual tournament were won by russians russians in the final for the team competition today so there's

a good chance they could have a clean sweep at this year's tournament but first up was the match for third place between the usa and below us russia's neighbor one third spot in last year's competition and was on course to repeat that feat but the u.s. team proved a tough opponent and saw baylor as forty five to forty one to gain a first ever podium finish at the tournament the crowd enjoyed the bout but was gearing up for this year's team final with the reigning champion russia taking on china among the many spectators was fencing legends victim of a four time olympic gold medal winner although he admitted he wasn't too aware of how fencing in russia was progressing he had a words of hope for the national team in the upcoming olympics question to discover that it's really difficult to call especially when there are so many athletes who can become champions i guess the athlete with the best form and psychological frame of mind will be victorious but of course i would like it to be a russian and ultimately i just want to see quality fencing of the games indeed

this event was the final chance for fences to get a ticket to the most coveted sporting events in the world to climb european championship gold medal winning aleksey ecumenical lost to poland adams roots in the men's individual competition admitted that the moscow say the tournament was special but that it was still just another event in a run up to the olympics. yes i lost to the polish dancer but this doesn't mean anything because we have an intensive training changeable and there are plenty of matches we don't prepare ourselves for any specific tournament like the moscow saber we're preparing for the big one but how that pans out we'll see. on saturday russia's individual say defenses managed to claim that privilege in the men's final nickel like a wild pension. g.m.p. live in a heart contest and in the women's final sophia the league successfully defended her twenty one title against china's child on chan but china got the chance to put things right against russia in the men's team competition final it was

a cage affair to start with the team russia gaining a slight upper hand but china soon got back in the match putting the russian fences on the back foot the home crowd chants of the names of the heroes as russia looked for a weight back into the bout but after a spirited rally in which russia got within one point of winning it was the chinese who dealt the decisive blow squeezing to victory with a forty five to forty four final score. i'm very happy and excited it's the first time we've won a tournament in two years so it's a good win and i really enjoyed the competition hopefully we can put in an even better performance in london well it's the end of the thirty seventh annual moscow saber tournament of fencing unfortunately the russian team competition couldn't win today's events however there was when is yesterday on saturday with the men's individual and the women's individual both going to russia of course this is the all in the build up to the olympics in summer in august in london and we'll hope that the russian collective team and individual athletes will be able to pull off

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