it's technology innovations all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. what you're watching aren't you live from moscow these are the top stories are ravenous appetite for security the world's biggest spy base draws a marathon of protests over the years it could contribute to a new arms race unseen since the cold war. ceasefire crossfire u.n. monitors in syria reportedly come under a barrage of bullets both the opposition and the regime freighting the blame while influential rebel backers prepare to lower the axe of new sanctions on assets have . an odd way tranda us newspaper shows pictures of soldiers posing with bodies and limbs of the dead afghans of the latest in a string of similar violations of merging monthly since the start of the year.

today where you will see the inauguration of the recently elected sounds of stadium for residents of the event we spoke to the new leader and charities outlook for a water weights state in the coming years of his presidency. we're joined today by leigh i need to be is the newly elected president of south a said the ne included permits mr to be off thank you for finding time for r.t. . what will be your fast start as president of the republic of south. we will hold the inauguration of south a city as president of the republic's current government will be dismissed the new president will start forming a new government during our presidential campaign we came up with a name for this new government and it will be a government of the people's trust so this will be our first step because the new government will have a lot to do such

a city has basically been destroyed during the georgian aggression we need to rebuild everything we will work out an integrated approach to this rebuilding process. but really continue the policy of your predecessor and you course. my predecessor worked in different conditions we will continue the course chosen by our people its goal being prosperity for our people improving living standards we are at a new stage of our republican development right now and we will act in accordance with the demands of this new stage at the. one you know it's a. do you plan to work in cooperation with your opponent from the past elections maybe offer him a position in your government in the. senate korea who is my opponent in the election is on the presidential staff will meet very soon and

we have met before i think that his expertise and professionalism would be a great asset so we plan to work with him in the future as part of a new government of the people's trust so there is such a possibility yes there is a possibility of course. what in your opinion are the most important problems currently facing south a city where. my meetings with my constituents showed that there were many problems south a city was attacked my ga several times has damaged our economy greatly so we have many problems in the industrial and agricultural sectors as well as other areas we will work on solving these problems. or what has your experience in the security service is useful for the successful implementation of the functions of the head of state that. i was part of the security services for many years we worked in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies through this cooperation i learned how other structures from action the ministry of internal affairs the

prosecutor's office that cetera so i have experience in this area also working for the security services i traveled all over south of setia and know basically all the people in the republic so my expertise will be very useful because. the election you won was not look first attempt to elect a president in south a city and the previous election ended in scandal what is your version of those events were wrong. i guess you're talking about the election that was supposed to take place last november it did take place but there were political and legal incidents that made the vote illegitimate the supreme court invalidated the results of that election say we failed to elect a president at the time i think that we could revisit this issue later and figure out why the election was invalidated. the six four years unless it's even to the south a city it is an independent state recognized but only if countries aren't he feels

a little repeat the fate of the republic of northern cyprus which has for a few decades now settled into a state of isolation from the rest of the international community options but it never got frightened by the new. and cyprus president because in the first three years of its independence south asia it was recognized by several countries and first of all by such a great state as russia who are grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries make it to new south a city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus is destiny. an action days think about your dream to unite south a city a with a north which as we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not

just my dream it is the dream of all people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but as we have a stream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives the north of the other part lives in south a set so we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north the setia towards reuniting our people and this is the dream that i shared before. how the relationship between south pacific in georgia developed they still see that as part of their territory and did not even recognize the legitimacy of a presidential election here. it is a mistake on georgia's part not to recognize the political process in south or setia as legitimate that goes for the presidential elections as well i believe

georgia should recognize our republic as an independent state the first thing georgia needs to do however is to compensate for the damage it's been dealing to us since one thousand eight hundred nine georgia has attempted to start a war with south asia several time. and since they're practically destroying it as a result georgia has not paid a penalty to compensate for that damage they're obliged to compensate for the damage they've inflicted to south future relations with georgia that's subject to negotiation you probably know that negotiations on that are underway in geneva. didn't you prediction stevens he talked about restoring order in that country what do you mean by that and what can we expect from the regular. guest the rule of law in south the city it was a priority in my election program how shall we restore order in the country through rule of law we will need to reorganize the law enforcement agencies to make that happen the law should be above all and everyone should have by it we will bring

order through a lot of bullets would have to know how your relationship with russia will be full and political recognition is a key issue but what is the role of russia in the further development of your country both politically and economically. russia a neighbor in the north was always the first country to come to our aid the events of august two thousand and eight are an example of that georgia attacked south a setia in an operation they code named clearfield if russia had not interfered to save its citizens we would have suffered extensive damage we will build up our relations with russia based on the principles defined by our own people we will forever be with russia the president and the government of people's trust that we will create will work to integrate into russia's infrastructure and cooperate with it politically economically and in the areas of defense and alms trade how do you assess the situation with russian tourists to georgia who are arrested for visiting

south sake and what effect will the georgian luger have on occupied territories. meyrin for not according to my information this is happened on several occasions i think it does not do credit to the georgian authorities as it's a violation of human rights the georgian authorities seized the opportunity to detain people on the sole grounds that they were own george's territory it is not the only case if human rights violations in georgia we can observe them quite frequently in that state i know that from my own experience wasn't there any. active for the development of the countries to traffic in would investment who is interested in. some going to move south said he it does indeed need investment that applies both to industry and agriculture as well as the republic's infrastructure it is in the best interests of the people of his setia and also naturally not in the least of the investors themselves we're going to create a relevant legal framework that would attract investment into south

a city is economy i believe that investors would be interested to take advantage of it and work here. with the money and you have imagined that he would become president of independent south. i've been approached with requests to become a presidential candidate since two thousand and one this year however the circles close to me including the intellectual circles and my friends have undertaken a great effort to have me greaser run for president because our republic is facing now a great number of times and i think that i am the team i'm planning to create who will be able to deal with things tasks i never wanted to become president for the sake of being one it's a job with a high level of responsibility and i'll do my best to live. with. which politicians have inspired he in your political career who do you look up to. but. there are many politicians in history that set a good example to follow the most recent example is set by vladimir putin who's

been elected to be russia's next president as we all knew going to be a cuttin and his team succeeded in driving russia out of a deep political and economic crisis that happened a few years ago that's why he is the politician i'm trying to look up to. given where d.c. south it's eighteen thousand five or ten years from now what will be like so with q three and two or perhaps three or five years' time i see south a city as a prosperous state where people will feel at ease to go to for a vacation and enjoy their stay here as people do in the civilized western world this is the goal we still work hard to achieve guided by the example of the leading developed countries thank you very much for the soon to be. thank you very much and many thanks to your team for coming to work here with us in south asia your quarterly welcome here anytime what's the goodbye.

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a ravenous appetite for security of the world's biggest crime base draws a marathon of protests over fears it could contribute to a new arms race unseen since the cold war. ceasefire crossfire u.n. monitors in syria reportedly come under a barrage of boards with both the opposition and the regime trading the blame while influential rebel backers are prepared to lower the add some new sanctions on us it's had. an ugly tranter us newspaper shows pictures of soldiers posing with bodies and limbs of dead afghans the latest in a string of similar violations and merging monthly since the start of the year as we had lunch here in r.t. now it's time to take a look what's happening in sports and he's here.

hello and welcome to the sport and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes gold and barcelona is chelsea stomachaches lands in the first leg of their champions league semifinal waialae breeze for the top seeds at monte carlo is in a gallon jug of beach power into the brand. new beginning the concerns are raised about the state of the cool head of russia's crucial fed cup semifinal against the us. but first chelsea produced a remarkable one nil victory over barcelona in their champions league semifinal last night it was gold at the end of the first half that only shot on target at stamford bridge but it hands them the advantage of the second leg at the nou camp next week although blues manager roberto di matteo believes the tie is evenly points. i think the favorites i think fifty fifty from both teams

because. you know you know what to expect when you play. to be very very difficult. we still have the belief that we might be able to score . turn a tough game into any of your position. to. which we have lots of chances to score probably only have the one which resulted in the goal for us is a great pity we didn't score but we are happy with how we play at creating lots of scoring opportunities and we are confident for the return leg and it. is the turn of the europa league semifinals on thursday with an all spanish type between athletic a madrid and valencia to look forward to a athletico were crowned champions two years ago after beating fullam in the final i knew the only aging his place to turn around their stuff during form of late they've only picked up six points from their last five games in the league but

league form is secondary at the moment got their sights on making the final. lot of . tomorrow's game an extremely important game it is a qualifying round it can lead us to a final if we go forward and after that there will be time to focus on well there are still five games to google and we will try to take one dream it comes and try to win because we know we need. it is a chance for revenge for valencia the sides met in the quarter final three years ago and let it go one on away goals after valencia but denied what they thought was a clear penalty but they know they will have to start a fight because in that m.l. falcao if they want to progress. we do know that a fire com address is a great team and we have to. be aware would mean you think. that one of the things for us to do is to try to stop all of their terms of capability as main forces for

many reasons for local telephone listening and in the other semifinal the portuguese side sporting lisbon will be doing their best ensure it's not an all spanish final they're up against the back. but it's french to tennis where top seed novak djokovic and rafael nadal have powered through their matches at the monte carlo masters no doubt he is the defending champion and his are his eighth successive crown in the just eighty six minutes to see off in wins. six zero six three the school would be dispelling anything is about his dodgy knees and extend his winning streak at the multipolar country club to thirty eight matches the doubt played as it stands mikel. next july djokovic the world number one also breezed through his nearly twenty four year old didn't drop a serve on route to a six one six ball victory over italy andrea seppi and next up is alexander pulled off a lot of ukraine djokovic just happy with his start on the clay. i thought

i was really focus first played really good first certainly. i had a tough appalling obviously quality of paul in the close of play for the first official match since roy gross last year was satisfying. russia's female tennis stars are preparing for their fed cup semi against serbia at the weekend although there have been concerns about the state of the court in moscow which has been laid on top of an ice rink michael could have changed as the tats. russia's previous encounter with two years ago it was no easy matter needing a sideline equipment's over and at least the cleburne of a doubles win just great possible and state three to agreeing on home territory this time around russia will be hoping to make like the work of this city final approach it's time for a cough and no this time playing perfect because it's for us to not play and i'm not alone so i feel support from there feel support from the crowd especially

playing on now the semifinals of the federations cup is nothing new to russia even though it's the first time it's going to be held on a clay court so business however could be rattled because they've never reached the same as before and they're feeling too relatively inexperienced players and it looks like the cornish and you are not skiers training behind me ranked one hundred ninety five and ninety six respectively nineteen year old crew each and twenty year old you are not good let their nerves get the better of them but for number one you learn a younger which believes rankings can't pull little when playing in the cup i think there are players who play very good for when they play for their country no matter what their ranking is and there's players her ranked very high and don't really do so playing for their country so i think it's there anything can happen the youngsters themselves i will aware of the pressure but spirits in the serbian camp

are high where all the time thinking about the. team most feared because that's the most important thing and we don't think if we're in the same ease or in the final you know it's just going by itself you know where we winning so i think we have very good team and i think we really deserve to be in the same is russia breeze past last year's silly finalists italy five nil in moscow only to lose out to the czech republic in the final on home soil so i'm koala no illusion that the serbs will give them a good fight. then you believe they have never been to the final big pool that's the big thing russia did do it was started as an additional motivation and they'll be trying really hard to achieve the most while some spend the time diplomatically talking up each other's chances others raise the issue of the course quality built in a short time frame and over and i stream from the last they have been kind of the freshly laid clay is lumpy and it's causing holes but i hope. for this match.

course it's not so good in this moment but really doing everything to preserve the core for a good of the weekend now it's not entirely clear whether or not current boyfriend alexander ovechkin was consulted over how to play on ice but world number twenty one maria kirilenko seems calm about the state of the court well it's something different and i never heard that but i do know that they're going for the clay court and i was but so it's ok i'll just finish my practice and. it will be a case of experience versus determination when these two teams meet on saturday and sunday and despite pundits favoring russia to win service plays a key to prove otherwise michael have to go r.t. moscow. and other news bible russian swimmers have grabbed places at the london olympics six time world record holder have any among them after winning the hundred

metres butterfly at the national championships in moscow he just beat nikolai sports off into second place but both clubs required a lame pick qualification time and they will be joined in london by our car and blood in me more results he took gold and silver in the hundred metres backstroke. while alexander taken off on the four hundred metres medley in for many a time fifteen seconds the focus placed on the russian take. i certainly got the gist you know from the start i was preparing for the olympics and was not expecting to face such a strong competition here my aim was to achieve equality cation time requirement and i had the idea that as well as winning the event it was also a psychological victory for me. and all athletes are busy getting ready for the london half or londonistan a thumb already thinking about the following games in rio in two thousand and sixteen because that was the gulf make its olympic were ten and the search has

begun for russian place to compete i'll catch off as an. russia's because golf is starting reaver china is currently taking a break from the sport but more young talent is coming through one promising prospect is russian national runner up but in are possible he's just sixteen and would turn twenty one a korea olympics the games will see the return of gold after just two appearances early in the twentieth century but to make an olympic dream come true players need to dig deep. of course i want to go to the olympics and would to give myself a chance anybody high up in the world rankings so have to turn pro soon and start wrecking our brain influence and improve my game for this season the yanks three cities he cites on the european amateur team championships in portugal in september and then probably the world event the russian national sides are fresh from a training camp in america and see local trainers praise their progress as

a unit but the sports officials are after strong performances not just words of approval to bear the bugs but if we have to go to the rio olympics golfers will need to rockets up the world rankings those rankings are compiled in accordance with their results of professional events so arts are used to prepare our leading golfers for these tournament's and off season cams will be an integral part of these preparations because their schedule is extremely busy week in week out. russia may be anything but a gulf in stronghold and years of hard work lie ahead but with new courses like pastor and sliver just outside moscow popping up the road to rio could become a little bit smoother. and the weather is improving say for a bit of cold for the moment in moscow if i like what the weather is doing where you are.

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