from steve. santagati. live from moscow this is our t.v. . extra helping the afghan war by allowing more supplies to be moved through its territory of this size the alliance struggles to tackle the wave of fire. fighters comes against the backdrop of a series of scandals involving nato u.s. five years abroad including most. americans posing with afghan troops. become too much to take european museum turns to desperate measures to make the

government less. successful launch of its first long range missile brings the country closer to a membership of the global big gun club all of the tensions in the military. operation of the south korean president bill off head of the event we spoke to the new leader. look for what awaits the young state during his presidency. we're joined today by jani is they knew only elected president of south a said yang included mr to be like thank you for finding time for our to. be your first stop is president of the republic of south in santiago. we will hold the inauguration of south the city as president and 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 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. really continue the policy of your predecessor i also like to thank you. for more with. 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. and 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 the new government of the people's trust in the so there is such a possibility yes there is a possibility of course. what and you opinion are the most important problems currently facing south of. iraq the school my meetings with my constituents showed that there were many problems south a city was attacked by georgia several times it's 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. russia has your experience in the security services useful for the successful implementation of the functions of the

head of state. and i was part of the security services for many years we worked in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies during this cooperation i learned how other structures function the ministry of internal affairs the prosecutors office etc so i have experience in this area also working for the security services i traveled all over south asia and know basically all the people in the republic so my expertise will be very useful. robot that that part of the election you were on was not let us to attempt to elect a president in southeast asia the previous election ended in scandal what is your version of those events what went wrong. i guess you are 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. this is what are yours and even to the south a city is an independent state recognized but only if you countries aren't you fearful that you'll 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. not frightened by the new. more than cyprus president because in the first three years of its independence south the city it was recognized by several countries and first of all by such a great state as russia we're 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 its new south a city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus its destiny.

on election day spoke about your dream to unite south a city with a north which is 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 our people we had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but we have this dream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives in north of the other part lives in south ossetia say we held a referendum in one thousand nine hundred 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 work together with north the city or towards reuniting our people and this is the dream that i shared before. it's a bit of how the relationship between south a state in georgia developed they still see the public as part of their territory

and did not even recognize the legitimacy of the presidential election here. it is a mistake on georgia's part not to recognize the political process in southeast asia is 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 nine hundred eighty nine georgia has attempted to start a war with the south said several times since then 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 sofie to relations with georgia a subject to negotiation you probably know that negotiations on that are underway in geneva. didn't you pre-law action state means you talk about restoring order in the country what do you mean by that and what can we expect from. there. yes

the rule of law in south a city it was a priority in my election program should 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 law. not to know how your relationship with russia will be full of recognition is a play issue but what is the role of rushing the further development of your country both politically and economically. so good 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 that code names 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 present 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 in arms trade oh how do you assess the situation with russian tourists in georgia who are arrested for visiting south. what effect will the georgian law had one occupied territories. may mean 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 of human rights violations in georgia we can observe them quite frequently in that state i know that from my own experience. and. active for the development of the countries to attract inward investment who is interested in is. going to. have to say here 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 set here 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's economy i believe that investors would be interested to take advantage of it and work here if. we don't want it and you have imagined that he would become president of independent south. but it was. i have 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 ever undertaken a great effort to have me agree to run for president because our republic is facing now a great number of tarsus and i think that i am the team i'm planning to create who will be able to deal with these 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 deliver. which politicians

have inspired he in your political career who do you look up to that. there are many politicians in history that set a good example to follow but the most recent example is set by vladimir putin who's been elected to be russia's next president as we all knew putin 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. tableware d.c. se eighteen thousand five or ten years from now what will be like the cutest in two or perhaps three or five years time i see south of setia as a prosperous state where people will feel eighties to go to for a vacation and enjoy their stay here as people do in the civilized western world this is the goal we should all work hard to achieve guided by the example of the leading developed countries thank you very much for the city. thank you very much

and many thanks to your team for coming to work here with us in south of setia your courtly welcome here any time i was still apply. the close up team has been to the spirit last legion. where blacksmithing has developed from a craft into an industry. now our team goes far north. where returns to good roads and rail are a battle against the elements where the culture is the only transport for medics to reach those in need. and where reindeer country fish are treasures for the people

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a military buildup in asia. the action for the world of sports with case. and i thank you for joining me for the latest sports this is what's coming up. but not draw i love i'm also into square bags are in cup final series against our god it's like a crunch time here in the russian capital. plus all of the stunts chelsea insist they still want to do after their one nil first leg victory at home to basilan up the champions makes the finals. clay time concerns are raised about the state of the court head of russia's crucial five cup semifinal against serbia. the first to ice hockey and the fourth game of the best of seven going cup final series faces off this thursday evening and the pressure is on home side i will start to get back

a little to those with visitors i'm going out with new ones lost one nil in front of their having found the last time out to give up on god a two one series leave and this thursday's game is the last in the russian capital before the contest switches back to one match in siberia well i know that pack has is expected at the luzhniki arena but our god will see this as a golden opportunity victory with the visitors just one win away from being crowned champions will mean more than a welcome back to find that philip no back injury will be without forward and that they call the shots. at center football now and chelsea caretaker manager out about what he might say it isn't getting carried away after his side grabbed a vital one zero win at home to holders barcelona in the first leg of the champions league semifinal well i made an evening of three after exhibit a drug or a school of the blues only to chance in the first half stoppage time despite the visitors having seventy two percent of the possession hitting the woodwork twice during a short period off the line however despite chances slim advantage to imitate i

believe i have a son i'd still like to find. in the. make some favorites of the. it's fifty fifty for both teams because the final. you know you know what to expect when you play. a newcomer it's going to be very very difficult and. we still have the belief that we might be able to school as well so. tough game it's tough game for any of your position that goes to barcelona. we have to be second. which we have lots of chances to score well they only had the one which resulted in the goal for us to disagree with them score but we are happy with how we play at creating lots of scoring opportunities and we are confident for the return leg. well this thursday evening sees there it's an all new right place having finals with an all spanish tie in madrid between athletica and balance here i think i will

crowned champions two years ago often beating full of in the final and you catch the augusta manny's urging his side to turn around the stuttering fall picking up of the six points from the last five games but the boy is not a fight them wrong. used to murray's game and extremely important it. can lead us to a final if we go forward after that and there will be term to focus on. there are still five games to do we will try to take one game is it becomes a game try to win because we know we need some we will get home. well in the meantime the match is a chance for revenge about m.p.'s the sides met in the quarter final three years ago with absolutely go winning on away goals of the balance that were denied what they thought was a clear penalty and in the other seventy final was thursday evening portuguese side sporting lisbon will be doing their best to ensure it's not an almost funny final because they host. now let's get the latest from the monte carlo masters where

third seed andy murray is through to the quarterfinals after his french are going to julian bennett so retired after the first set role of frenchman fellow quickly and decided to call it a day when he was six games to five down and next up a lorry is six feet tall motion burdick the big serving checks smashing cases as he came from a set down to beat japan's keynsham corey want for seed joe wilfried tsonga is up against strains and imo that ask i. thought meanwhile russia's female tennis stars are preparing for that but cup semifinal against serbia this weekend although there's been some concern about the state of the court here in moscow which has been laid on top of the moistening both approaching the reports. russia's previous encounter with two years ago was no easy matter needing a straight line equation it's over and i recently bought over doubles with just great pass the golden state three to being on home territory this time around

russia will be hoping to make a lighter work of the semifinal opponents i'm pretty confident this time playing for first because it's for play and i'm not alone so i feel support from there feel support from the crowd was especially playing on now the semifinals of the federation is 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 seventies before and they're feeling too relatively inexperienced players and the looks of the crew which. was trailing behind me ranked one hundred ninety five and ninety six respectively and nineteen year old crewe each and twenty year old you are not good let their nerves get the better of them but for number one you little younger which leads rankings camp a little when playing in the fed cup i think there are players who play very good for when they play for their country no matter what their ranking is and those players who are ranked very high don't really do so well playing for their country

so i think it's. i think the youngsters themselves are well aware of the pressure with spirit in the serbian camp 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 is or in the final you know it's just going by itself you know where we were winning so i think we have very good team and i think we really deserve to be in the same is russia greece passed last year semifinalists italy five mill in moscow only to lose out to the czech republic in the final on home soil. and co are under no illusion that the serbs will give them a good fight you can. any ability in the other they have never been to the final big pool beating russia to do it was as additional my division and they'll be trying really hard to achieve that. 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 spring from ls there have been claims that the freshly laid clay is lumpy and is causing holes i hope. for this match. because you know like you know the course it's not so good in this moment but everybody doing everything to refer to the course for 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 seemed calm about the state of the court something different and i never heard about him over there going for the quicker than i was but so it's ok let's just finish with practice and. it'll 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 i came to prove otherwise might have changed r.t.

moscow. on to swimming now and six time world record holder you have any competition has won the one hundred metres butterfly of a national championships in moscow to join five other russians and qualify for the summer's longer then fix all that of these can just be cynical i saw it so that both recorded the required olympic qualification time and joined in mind by the upturn in the the me about as not also the respective he took gold and silver in the one hundred metres i'm straight out front i think on the one four hundred metres medley informants and fifteen seconds took his place at the games so early for russia's olympic team which is on track to have a corrections. this is the third we're going to just 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 the qualification time requirement and then i did it because well as weening there and it was also a psychological be it surely for me this trying to get back on track you know. you

are sure you are so. there and i think everything is going to a great. so while the athletes and london itself are preparing now and making their final preparations for the summer olympics the black sea resort of sochi will pick up the baton for the winter games in two years' time and the british ambassador to russia tim barry visited the southern city to celebrate the of experience and said he was pleased with the progress there and hopes for the bush design stadium up as soon as his can thrive one me on the kids. and the legacy was central to our aid when we won the games and we were discussing. how various buildings would be used after the sochi games for instance the stadium used to focus in the future so there are similar challenges for anyone who doubts it would be games and that's why we think it would be very useful. to talk to each other and share experiences

before and after the games. that's all the sport for this business and more in two hours time so i think. well. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future coverage. the an. enemy.

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