the ship is doing is just to. capitalize on kind of a man to with the sanctions first of all in the mind of many israelis spatially those leaders you're talking about the implementation of functions is kind of a byproduct of israeli pressure. so because israel actually threatened. to militarily attack iran. this was all forced the european union and the americans especially the americans to come up with a much more let us say strict policy with regard to iran in order to appease israel this is how it sort of takes think now since obama and the american ministration would not like the idea of having kind of an im broadly go in the middle east before november i think that what obama did with the swift sanctions is on the one

to tell israel we are on board and you should just set aside now actually and we are going to dictate the rhythm with regard to iran on the other hand there was a message which was sent to iran that it's going to be very pricey so basically it could cut either ways but i think that what we stand now is kind of a stale me but the last just one more no i think that what the iranians are doing and this is very very typical of their diplomacy they are trying to drive a wedge between the israelis and the americans between the americans and the europeans by coming up with those notions as to say yes so we would like to actually listen carefully to what you all for we have offers on our side is that enough to satisfy the israeli leadership or could we still see as well as attacking iran i think it is unlikely. i first of all i'm pretty sure that until november

nothing will happen in that regard and even after november we are going to have the same problem there are many now let us say figures or public figures like the former head of the mossad and others who are coming up with kind of a contour argument the final analysis of which at the bottom one of which is at the least this time this is not the think israel should come up with don't talk actually about military solution how deep is this difference of opinion between the israeli political leadership and security establishment no i think they are present that enough and one should take into consideration that these are the guys who are going to take the decision. not the people who used to serve in the more son. or the army or whatever but at the same time i would say but there are many questions that are still open what's the volume of such an attack how well prepared

the israeli public for the ramifications if and when. what would be the political geo political ramifications of such an attack and another question can is all go it alone my assessment is that israel should do that by itself if at all. my assessment is that israel has done. or came up with some moves that. i think personally that the west mainly the united states to be much more firm when it comes to iran and i think that will have to wait and see because in my opinion sanctions do work while sanctions working people are going to suffer and people who are going to suffer are middle class citizens when it comes to the middle these as they were revolutions start or this is the point where revolutions start i think that the iranian leadership realize that what they're going to do will have to wait

and see but i will not be surprised if i would find kind of an discussion or even dissensions within the iranian political circles about how to proceed from now on what about any rain in retaliation how effective would it be not that effective to destroy israel or something in the sort of course but the iranians could just use their proxies in the region mainly hezbollah. using their rockets so what they will have in mind here and this would be the retaliation policy of the iranians is to install kind of i would say seeds of instability where you can weigh it comes to norman's lands in yemen in iraq even in north africa using hezbollah and he think american bases in the gulf if the sun are

unfolded that israel attacked iran and there are nations that would help iran acquire a nuclear weapon is that of realistic scenario yeah i mean in a way that could be kind of a scenario that we're going to have or see there but i would say that the problem with a nuclear iran is not that iran is going to the stories around i do not believe it but. it would be kind of a source of in. a nuclear iran. for many radical groups in the region. to start to actually act in a different manner and now when they have kind of a nuclear backup. this is the thing so i'm not sure that the game is i mean no the main issue is in the question as you put it i think that what we have here is kind of psychological. moving across to syria israel has been surprisingly quiet and inactive in terms of developments there is it because time is on israel's

side all because it does not want to see a regime change there well i think there's that is pretty confused about that this is kind of a multi-ethnic multi-religious. a linguistic state a state which is comprised of many. different. religious and ethnic types and this is a state that could easily become what we call failed state which means a state that cannot control over all the territory and more often than not you have some flanks or regions that are becoming kind of a normal incidents we have had there in libya ready after the toppling down of gadhafi we do see that in sinai. and other radical groups are capitalizing on that kind of a situation and really you have a weak central state and this is exactly kind of a byproduct of the toppling of the dictator or we going to have

a bunch of power centers so it seems to be more concerned with turkey than with his well how can somebody be so sure that israel won't take advantage of its weakening i don't think that is a would take an advantage because in that sense because you know what the israel had had when it. i mean for the twentieth century i mean the closing decades of the twentieth century is a quite silent golan heights or border with syria. i think that israel is a spectator is that it cannot influence or do something good about the ever changing region and top of the arab spring. as i said before i think israel is confused or is or has just come up with kind of a strategy or at least a set of tactics of how to deal with this new situation basically it is becoming much more difficult middle east for israel because egypt and turkey one time friendly and staunch supporter supporters of israel in the west in the region are

not there anymore isn't it time is on makes a decision in terms of what's happening and so yeah i think that it is high time but i'm not sure that it has to do with kind of what this will provide the body which israel should do something and see of course not. it isn't should actually set clear what the. set of preferences is. but i think that is what should be much more a last stick more response because what we're going to have in syria i think in two thousand and twelve maybe two thousand and thirteen is a real change in the syrian uprising has shifted toward suicide bombing if that is a sign of greatest terrorist involvement in the uprising on to syria and israel then the fighting the same enemy in a way yes and this is what i meant before but you know i can't find now for common denominator between bashar and israel what you say about those terrorist means that one should start thinking of bashar not controlling all over syria or having at

least some us order to forty years which are beyond the scope of his control this is actually something by which to better understand that. his situation in syria is deteriorating and in the long run he won't be able to just stand still what are the implications of the arab spring for as well i think that there's really. got kind of a much more difficult middle east if least you're strategically or geopolitically speaking. egypt is not there anymore. to form as kind of a pro or western staunch supporter of a more stable middle east. and i think and that's why i think israel should find out the kind of replacement sort of. thinking is also changing its tone in the recent years. and is there will find the middle east as. i would say space or an

area. where you can think of kind of a regional or comprehensive peace as was the case before but to just strive for having what i would call interest or partial agreements i think that we are getting back to one thousand nine hundred nineteen fifties when nobody talked about peace but we do talk about agreements professor thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. thank you. comfort is the least you have. money is the last you need if you travel this way. language is common. you see.

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headlines today syria in civil war the blake. rebels take the fight to assad with frantic efforts underway to salvage kofi annan peace plan. showed no hospitality attacking russian supporters before and after the team's euro twenty twelve match but the round one hundred fifty poles arrested. plus crackdown on whistleblowers the u.k. mulls legislation which could make it harder and risky for people to expose little break ins we've got more stories coming up in fifteen minutes time when i'm back with the news in full that but now let's talk sport at forty forty five moscow time and catch up with. thanks kevin hello and welcome to this is for an artsy and i'm wrong call for evan here's what's coming up. one more step or rush hour just a points away from reaching the quarterfinals despise being held so one old roll by

co-host poland at the european championships. and giants in the heart of golf the netherlands face a must win game against germany who could secure a berth in the last eight with a victory. and finishing touches that descends on the russian capital for the annual moscow challenge tournaments with a little over a month to goal before the london olympics. but let's start with football where russia could only manage a one one draw against co-host poland but still salt their group a at the european championships now richard on port fleet so watch the game for us. or russia's one hundred percent recording group a has been ended after a one one draw with poland but not all is lost for dick advocaat side as space still remain top of the group after two games or everything could have been so much better for the russians after hours ago it had given them the lead as moscow strike aircraft first goal of the tournament for fine headed goal from

a free kick or just says within the manchu of the czech republic russia did start slowly as the poles were on top but unfortunately they weren't able to turn their possession into goals and vendors are struggling support russia going into the half time break or coming out after halftime russia continued to dominate and really could have had quite a few more goals but unfortunately their position and numerous times that goal weren't able to beat the polish goalkeeper and out of nothing really i mean poland hungary created by march they had a very swift counter-attack i mean poland a very good team going forward and of course ski has been an excellent form for dortmund in virgin blue as leader struck a fine efforts from just outside the penalty area which gave more fear of absolute no chance at all for the remaining half hours very very open and both teams had numerous chances to try and grab a winner but unfortunately in the end for dick of the count side they were held to a one one draw but to be honest i mean poland did play world they managed to close

down russia's attacking trio of. kids are caught in our shot in very well we get very little space in the space she did well to close down robert schalk of it was so effective against her czech republic just a few days earlier or attention now turns for russia to have a game against greece as a saver russia the top of the tournament top of the table with four points and they'll be looking to try and seal qualification with a victory which will mean they'll finish top of the group but in the way even a draw would suffice has been finished on five points and would definitely qualify for the latter stages so all in almost all is lost for dickau by outside and they'll be looking to try and put their place in the knockout stages against greece in a few days' time richard onboard fleet r.t. warsaw. elsewhere in group a the czech republic b two thousand and four champions greece two one over inverts love the czechs were looking to bounce back from four

one defeats a russian the opening match and they made a blistering start goals from fielder gerard six and what's left people are put them up after just five minutes the greeks were able to reduce the deficit so one goal less than ten minutes after restart however that's all the team could do as they now move bottom of group a and the czechs are now runners up and this is how the table is shaping up russia are one point clear and that's all that means they could afford a draw in their last remaining group game against greece on saturday and whoever wins the other match between poland and the czech republic would also reach the quarter finals. while on wednesday perhaps the most anticipated of all the group games will take place in the heart of where the netherlands so will take on great rivals germany and after the first round of matches in the so-called group of death this historic sigh has even more significance as skate park ridge now reports one of football's most famous rivalries as we know it began at the world cup final in

one thousand nine hundred seventy four as legend has it the supremely talented dutch johan cruyff golden generation didn't let the germans touch the ball until goalkeeper sent my a pretty down to his net a nice in second minute penalty but germany went on to win two one thanks to goals from pulled right now and. after german totally fish and sea plate dutch total football four decades of brilliance volatility and history followed in one nine hundred seventy eight holland game some revenge of the world cup a two two group game to help them go on to the final where they lost to argentina then germany won again in naples only each to their second european crown that's a nine hundred eighty eight call it frank reichardt and marco van bastien produced still the displays to beat germany one nil in hamburg in the european semifinal. and then list the trophy four days later while on wednesday at euro two thousand and twelve one of football's most thrilling rivalries will resume here in cardiff in the second match in group a and the latest mass quartering encounter between

germany and holland has yet more significance as defeat for the dutch would almost certainly see the knocked out of a tournament many had predicted they'd win following on from their world cup adventure and impressive euro twenty twelve qualifying campaign that van marwijk side were expected to overcome denmark in the first round but despite a plethora of chances for robin van persie are you and robin and substitute class young huntelaar the dutch were unable to overturn michael crown delis first half opener and the danes held on for a vital victory and severely dented the world cup finals chances are reaching the european knockout phase therefore only victory over germany will probably be enough especially with a cristiana rinaldo led portugal to follow the dark the germans are very strong but we can also make them feel unsettled but it won't tell you exactly how we're planning to do this yet while the dutch huffed and puffed but were unable to find the target here can live side produce the opposite result mario gomez finally found

a target after seventy two minutes in the game a few chances as germany wrapped up the necessary one no win over a disappointing portugal and with denmark to come off to holland feinstein philip lomond co and i win a strong position to reach the quarter finals however facing those dutch particularly a dutch team that has to win is never to be taken lightly. give me the land i think that the game against the netherlands is going to be a big test because they play high quality football this is one of the best teams not only in europe but also worldwide it's been like this for many years and they're always getting better but we must win to reach the quarterfinals so it's a crucial game for us to whichever side wins at f.c. medalists spider arena will certainly be adding to a piece of football history as german legend franz beckenbauer said matches against holland have cost me years of my life but i wouldn't have missed them for anything with so much at stake in this particular encounter i don't think anyone would argue

. r.t. kharkiv ukraine. that's more to basketball now and the n.b.a. finals were western champions oklahoma got off to a great start in the deciding best of seven series against miami kevin durant's was the man of the match for the thunder rake in thirty six points his teammates russell was brewed added another twenty five to help the home side so a one hundred five ninety four victory in the heat point leader le bron james scored thirty points a game two takes place on thursday in oklahoma. finally a world champion maria savino has triumphed in the eight hundred meter run at the second annual moscow challenge tournaments they vent also attracted a number of athletes from twenty countries in what could be a good precursor to the fast approaching a london olympics michael has this story. russia's athletes have a number of sporting competitions parts of the olympics to look forward to one of them being the annual moscow challenge

a relatively new tournament which has been boosted by being included in the twenty twelve international association of athletics federations world challenge competitions there are sixteen official events on the program ranging from pole vault and short put to various sprint events and despite the track to around eighty athletes from twenty countries many events at this year's most the challenge would dominated by russians. both the women's four hundred and eight hundred metres britain's showcased only russian athlete in the four hundred meters not beat out of fellow competitor it's to win first place the four by four hundred meter sprint expert was happy to have finally won after a lengthy medal drought but stressed that it was too early to focus on the olympics . our event is so tough and we have so many strong girls that you cannot think so far ahead and we have to include the russian championships in order to relax and because you can improve because that in the olympics you need to run under forty

nine seconds otherwise it's still too time to cool. in contrast current will. in many a sudden of a made light work over eight hundred meter victory and said despite all the upcoming events she already has one on the olympics. that brings us yes of course i'm looking to the olympics because i won't be participating at the european championships and i still don't know if i'll be in a russian championships if i do it will only be in preparation for the summer games is now the most the challenge is not only a dress rehearsal for the russian national team ahead of the london olympics it's also a first rehearsal for the organizers of the twenty thirteen athletics will championship which will be held here in moscow at the losing team sport pilot for us it's very important event today because the states that given the poor will change pensions for next year in moscow first of all of course is that is the goal for athletes because it's not sold on the salary and heroes. are in a football of course very often but not for athletics at speedy but it's true each

and secondly it's for judges for judges or dex championships also because it's a huge area and i a lot of space and we must organize is the best way for welsh and benches but in any case it's what we call but missions also the most challenges status has been enhanced by its inclusion in the i.a.f. will challenge and although it's the second last event of its type prior to the olympics there's still the specter of the european championships at the end of june and the russian national championships at the start of july meaning there's still a long way to go before the athletes sites like firmly on the olympic lorry. micro chunk of moscow. and reformer will bring you up to date less than a couple of hours from now but our you tube channel is available to you at any time just look for r.t. sports news and thank you for for watching.

culture is that so much company is going to make a lot of the play here you look at moscow streets thousands protested in russia's capital for a wide variety of reasons but one issue nights many of them they are against the return.

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polish football fans show no hospitality attacking russian supporters before and after the team's euro twenty twelve match with around one hundred fifty poles arrested in. syria in civil war the police give an assessment as resurgent rebels take the fight to a sad but frantic efforts underway now to try to salvage kofi annan peace plan. plus a crackdown on whistleblowers we report that the u.k. mole's legislation which could make it harder and riskier for people to expose lawbreakers. hello three pm here in moscow this is r t had live from the capital with me kevin zero in on our top story poland's ambassador to russia said the polish football

hooligans of the blame for choose days of violence in warsaw more than one hundred fifty poles and twenty five russians have been arrested after scores of local fans launched a coordinated attack on a march to mark russia day ahead of the team's euro two thousand and twelve showdown in the evening live the daughter of a lecturer jet skis in warsaw to bring us up to date alexei hi there now the euro championships are heavily policed the russia day march was agreed in advance this must therefore of come as a shock i guess to the russian fans. sure it did but a lecture is here so you can hear me ok we'll try to get back to him in warsaw little bit later we'll be catching up with him then for some more comment from poland let's take a look at our next story now than should we before we go back to alexey serious plunged into full scale civil war so says the head of the u.n. peacekeeping operation there he added that fighting it reached a previously unseen ferocity as government forces.