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action. that egyptians are awaiting the results of the country's presidential election and as you can see in this live picture people are gathering in central cairo tough rear square as long as claim and unofficial early lead in the first democratic presidential polls since the ouster of hosni mubarak well the official results though are expected to be announced on thursday. and next artie's as down with an american lawyer and democratic party politician who also served as a u.s. senator chris dodd is the focus of our interview next. christoper former he left center it's great to have you with us today nice to be with you so

you regularly meet with russian leaders what do you think what's your perception of what will change pressure u.s. relationships now with put back in our face well it is changing and all for the better i mean there are always going to be. always going to be patches you get involved in but when you consider that my head of gray hair i've been around my very first trip to russia has nine hundred seventy five ahead of black hair i was a freshman thirty year old congressman and this is very different place and a very exciting place to be so i'm i'm very high an optimistic on the relationship i've often felt that. that americans and russians actually are almost almost related i think we're more comfortable with each other than we i was almost any other people in the globe had there's a theory that the united states and russia can't live without it i mean it's what it's like it's like a family member that we we go through these patches and this is family members do they'll they'll love each other one minute and they'll be scrappy with each other

the next but i think we're more comfortable with each other the way almost all with anybody else in many ways and so i'm very optimistic about the relationship but what do you think has a better chance of sealing the deal with putting romney or obama that's that's an impossible question to answer my view would be that both of them would understand how valuable this relationship is how important is this relationship is far too important russia place too important a role today and will continue to do so and so you want to maintain that relationship so whether we're talking about syria or iran or. the european. union's problems today economically and every single instance russia's in important player in need to maintain that relationship well we're gonna lose the fact that we do have dear feelings towards each other facts are stubborn and brush and the united states can't really find common ground on key security issues just mentioned syria also the european missile defense of course is a very sore point what does it take to break the ice leadership change you said you

don't know that it's an impossible question but then what common threat what other common threats can help common economic interests listen i would wish there was a lot more cooperation on syria at this particular moment but the fact is and i think i understand russia's perspective on this not that i agree with it necessarily but i think i understand it but that situation is troublesome as it is ought not to sort of deal rail much larger set of issues dealing with global security issues global economic issues which must transcend even is an issue as important as syria's now that russia and china have blocked us sponsored tune security resolution which could entailed a possible for an invasion of syria is that what's keeping the united states from invading the country or there are other reasons and that's the major what i think were uneasy about you know who you know arming who's the other side i mean you may not you may wish that assad were leaving that there'd be an opportunity for more

openness in syria but it's you know it's who really is this other side what are you getting with all of this what does that mean in the end is that these people you necessarily want running the country or is it just one faction versus another trying to gain political control and that you may not be coming out with a better result necessarily so i think it's complicated the tendency of the news media is to say these are all the good guys these are all the bad guys i'm not sure it's quite that simple despite the temptation to want to draw those conclusions but could the u.s. really sustain another war at this point well that's another matter that's a debate that's our own personal reasons i think president obama's correct in this regard despite the press. from some of the american congress today for arming the opposition in syria i think candidly we're kind of exhausted this has been a very lengthy more than a decade decade and a half and frankly as we're pulling back now out of afghanistan we're done in iraq except for the troops that are remaining for the reasons you know i think the american public right now would like to sort of pull back and not be as engaged as

we have been in these places and to get engaged again who knows for how long and how deeply you'd be involved in it because of a reason as well for us to want to stay out of that why do you think worse have become so inherent to us foreign policy i mean if you look at it it's a president goes to a new war why is that i don't think a lot of us inherited in some ways i mean the arab spring this was an orchestrated by the united states or anyone this was obviously this was a groundswell a spear occurring in that part of the world and i know others i think assume somehow we orchestrated all of this nothing could be further from the truth that was happening in those in the squares in cairo or homegrown people wanting to express themselves one of the basic freedoms that any human being would want regardless where they live in the world and so trying to understand it and help provide support where you could without crossing lines here i think were natural

phenomena us and i think we are probably correct in being supportive of those voices seeking to have greater freedoms and greater opportunities for themselves the distinction between doing that and actually becoming in gauged in it as we were in libya for instance in the ouster of khadafi. is a is a delicate. point in which you cross over and you become more meshed in the in the in the conflict and i think president obama rightly is cautious about us becoming too quickly involved by supplying arms to one side or the other or becoming engaged directly ourselves in all of this despite our will. in this to be supportive i know that you've been an avid critic of the u.s. war in iraq if you look at leave. after the invasion after he was ousted and killed terminated. there's been quite a mayhem inside the country you can't really pull back after that could you see another iraqi scenario unfolding in libya well again i don't even say i think that

you're right i thought you were going to finish the sentence by saying with who's running the place today i mean in a sense that's the the dangers in all of these things you know the devil you know the devil you don't know kind of situation so clearly it was so repressive what was occurring there and libya may have to go through a period here where you don't go if the media transition from ousting a brutal dictator to a jeffersonian democrats it shows up there are periods here of transition which libya is going through that are brought painful to watch but libya does need america right now just as iraq that i'm there as well and others and again. this is a case where i think russia could play a role i know they didn't want to necessarily be involved in supplying military hardware and gauging and the conflict as it was developing but i don't think that a lot of now cause you to not find a way to become involved in a constructive way to help that country get on its feet and find its center and

give it an opportunity to grow and to provide some decent opportunities for people in that country so the fact that you rejected the idea of being involved in the ouster khadafi ought not to preclude it seems to me now turning around say we didn't do that this is the outcome how can we be constructive and help now get this country back on its feet and stabilize it for good little bad back to the reset policy that obama has started. you know always leave brought a warming up in russia us relationships and from what it looks from the outside two sides are meeting they're eager to exchange they're nice to each other but when it comes to untie missile defense the reason. really nothing you can do about it how much of it of recent is about form rather than substance now that you look at it well again i'm not involved today as i was in the past but i think a lot of it probably is about more about form but it's an important issue i mean again the optics of it are important and what it what it means in terms of building a relationship of mutual respect the cold war is over with and yet we still find

people acting as if it had gone anywhere and it has it's been relegated to the dustbin of history and that's to everyone's benefit and it seems to be we need to be thinking about this relationship in the context of the twenty first century and how we have more common problems to address but both sides to use sort of anti us and anti russian referee when it comes to prayer lection campaign here's my question does obama even need recent policy for his reelection well again i you know the issues are always domestic and it's economic questions and again the rhetoric of campaigns we've seen everywhere they were not unique in that regard can sometimes become excessive. but i don't think this issue necessarily is going to have a dominant role in the in the presidential election despite the fact that so motto i think the presence of a good job in foreign policy and i think there's a general respect for the fact that he's done that good job he did other disagreements with certain aspects of it the issue of this campaign is going to be

about one issue and one issue only and that is the economy and whether or not people are optimistic about the future or not and if they have a sense that things are getting better as tough as they are but they're getting better under this administration the president be reelected overwhelmingly people have a sense it's getting worse not better it's going to be a close race so we're not going to hear any anti russian rhetoric just to get some really good out of president obama i mean you heard some. governor romney to some i'm not sure where that comes from it's kind of seems out of place it almost seems like it's the kind of conversation you might have heard one hundred fifty not in two thousand and twelve chris stop thank you very much for this intended use of fish.

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russia seeks to break the iranian nuclear standoff by hosting an international conference in moscow all sides are dug in deep with tough new american and european sanctions looming over to iran which refuses to relinquish its right to atomic energy. greece grants the euro zone a stay of execution that's after a pro bailout party takes the lead in parliamentary elections but the debt crisis still giving g. twenty leaders plenty of headaches as they meet in mexico. that egyptians are gathering in central cairo as you can see in this live picture and that's islamists claim an unofficial early lead in the first democratic presidential poll since the ouster of hosni mubarak well the official results are expected to be announced on

thursday. as they have lines here in r.t. and polls next where the latest sports. hello welcome along to the sports headlines here as well as coming up. russia's rebuilding process begins as they arrive back in moscow following their surprise only exit from euro two thousand and twelve. making a racket david nalbandian is disqualified from the queen's club final offer a kick in frustration rings a line judge with a cut to his leg. crash course anthony davidson walks away from this collision in the long twenty four hour race as the dominate with a one two three on the podium. but let's start with euro two thousand and twelve

where germany and portugal have booked their place in the quarterfinals meaning the netherlands and denmark knocked out in the group stage breaks from christiane i rebelled oh how portugal come from behind against the dutch after rafael van der vaart to put van marwijk men ahead in the. it's the first time since nine hundred eighty the dutch are failed to reach the knockout stages portugal will play the czech republic in the last. game or germany are the any team with a one hundred percent record after a two one win over denmark lukas podolski put on the head only for michael cross delhi to level the laws given this drive with ten minutes to play secured the win the blocking last night now thanks. well russia already out of course the kind of accounts man suffered a surprise one nil defeat to greece on saturday all correspond to which of important analyzes where it all went wrong. russia's interest of european championships a need for another four years speak of fresh out of euro two thousand and twelve

after a surprise defeat to greece you managed to beat the russians by a goal to nil that will seoul has been a strange coleman from russia which started so well before one victory against the czech republic in a role sold for the shows makes them full pole playing free flowing football which really cool the chicks off guard and off of my game russia retire which is wonderful for it's perhaps when they stole the men's things would jump or to get progressively worse fate played out i'm ok performance against poland the full the greek catastrophe which showed russia crushed out of a tournament. lol where does the blame i all i get is greece for instance i had twenty five shots at goal but did the fail to scole colleagues on the cancer called hide pull jean charles to the hole told them and but yet failed to get even one on saw gates quite a few of the big name players really failed to turn off against the greeks in a final much andrea shaaban all for bryant's opening was very quiet so called on one cheryl cook was excellently handled by the greek the fans so the win out for

the russian side well they'll have to find a new head coach transfer off the deck of the card said that he'll stay down off of the told him and finish is good though turn to well it's not really all known at the moment so all the way to get science is being touted as a possible successor and of course he'll know the serious car plays in a side specially allen's or go if not a fantastic coleman scoring pretty goals and he will really be full chroma this the russian side but russia came into told him and with the oldest team out of over sixty nations competing kind of an extra few months i think quite a few of these players will retire and it's left to see how many will be competing when the qualification campaign takes place to try and qualify for the world cup in brazil in two thousand and fourteen a very much from now it's going to be a process of rebuilding from the russian national side as a lot of the old are gone mad. some of maybe drops of trying to bring in a younger generation of play is this is where perhaps russia's biggest problem lies

there are many younger players knocking on but already to get a starting spot in the russian national team pick up the cats policy was said stick with the old guard sitting so well and help russians gets beside me finals and also in switzerland four years ago but with so many of the players around for thirty years old there really is a need for new blood time so i think a lot of those hopes will be resting of course on. how to really fantastic coleman's obviously massive disappoint russia heading home much earlier than they have wanted so you've ever so much exception after the game with the czech republic but of course leaving just couldn't play to the same level of a very good amount opening game. going home. richard pombo if we don't see warsaw. well russia's fate was sealed by the czech republic in the one nil to claim top spot in group a. with a goal of not one so the czechs and grace progressed to the quarter finals. now to

tennis and roger federer his preparations ahead of wimbledon have been dealt a blow the world number three has suffered a surprise straight sets defeat to german tommy haas in the opening germinate federer is a five time champion and went into the final as overwhelming favorite against the man competing at the tournament after being given a wild card entry for the former world number two now eighty seven in the rankings now and he took the first set on a tie break before wrapping up a seven six six four win in just over an hour and a half. meanwhile there was real drama queens i've been in to indulge in time that david nalbandian was a setup that is now in the final when in frustration he kicked an advertising hording injuring a line judge the umpire took the decision to disqualify the two thousand and two wimbledon finalist comment by default. the title went to his probation. and apologize. to the guy who didn't want

to do that but sometimes you get angry sometimes. you cannot control that moment that many times happens to me maybe you threw a record or maybe you scream or maybe you something that so many times happens that that kind of moment now in moto g.p. renzo has won the british grand prix to extend his lead over closest rival casey stoner to twenty five points in the current standings the spaniard who started fourth on the grid overtook the reigning champion with nine outs to go i would never look back gradually increasing his advantage in the final few laps stone held on to second spot with his honda losing more than three seconds to the winner of the australians teammate danica gross complete to the podium in the same trio top the current standings in the same order. with me.

and wonderful. fortunately for us. i got. my pace so it's wonderful we are making. something now saw things a lot that was off. now to motor sport of a different kind then there was a dramatic conclusion to the them on twenty four hour race audi dominated taking all three places on the podium the same way to successfully defend the title they won twelve months ago their victory was a first for a hybrid powered car the second team lived up to their name and came in just behind their teammates while another audi car also came in third however the real drama came in our six when anthony davidson spun into a barrier following a collision with ferrari's the parrot xeni davidson and got out of the car on a did and was taken to hospital tests revealed breaks to his vertebrate although he is expected to make a full recovery. and finally to athletics where there is no meant schema more

meeting has concluded here in moscow the annual event is part of the idea of world challenge calendar and attracts athletes from all over the world as michael craft changed her reports. the moral athletics competition held in moscow every year has attracted athletes from over fifty different countries but while competitors from all over the world attracted to events held fifty kilometers outside the russian capital that's because it's held an a.f. status since two thousand and is now also one of the associations world challenge meetings it's also a very old competition now it's interesting to note that this particular event was actually established over fifty years ago in honor of two soviet champions in long distance running and serafin it's namin ski now the event itself has been held in various locations but it's been a staple fix to here ins namin ski just outside of moscow ever since this rather

impressive meteoric stadium was built the competition features races over distances from one hundred meters to one thousand five hundred meters it also includes javelin throwing short porch and other olympic events in the high jump recently crowned russian champion irina. couldn't better norway's tanya angus and nor could she topple her personal best of two point zero two meters but she was still full of praise about the event as a whole that was i think they've done a really good job organizing this event and the weather has been fantastic personally i didn't do so well today the bar wobbled and then fell but that aside i do really like this event olympic champion. participated in the one thousand five hundred meter distance run but failed to make the top three while olympic medal hopefully. says a hectic recent schedule has proven to be energy sapping. it's really

a tough i mean i've been running all week culminating in participating in this competition so it's definitely drained my and angie so it also fast your overall speed average which i've been working on during training. but as the older generation draw nearer to hanging up their boots it's the stars of the future that are beginning to catch the eye. of a beat both to claim first place in the one thousand five hundred meter race improving a whole seventeen seconds on her previous personal best and barely off the track she was already thinking about russia's national championships to be held at the end of june. i think the level of preparation will be very high for the russian championships everyone is getting ready for it the eight hundred metres race is very difficult and it's very popular in russia but of course i'm hoping i can land in the top three you know to secure a ticket to london but it will be tough i'm still very young and i will be facing many more experienced athletes it's an olympic year so you'd be forgiven for

thinking athletes would want to focus soley on those games without extra competitions that could distract or lead to injury but when sport is your passion the consensus among athletes is that of any person who wants success the more you try the bigger the chance you'll succeed michael. moscow region. that is all from the world of sport for now all those plenty more later here in r.t. whether it's next. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew. i'm sorry is a big issue. well

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