your media project free media gondar t.v. dot com. live from moscow have binds more than one hundred killed and many others wounded in iraq as militants staging nationwide offensive just days after al qaida vowed a violent comeback. the terrorist group also deepens its roots next door in syria with the war torn state now under international scrutiny over what might happen to its chemical weapons. and a poke at privacy social networks have complied with around a thousand requests to hand over personal data this year alone by users setting their info to confidential. next we reflect on the legacy of the soviet

union and the rise of nationalism in a supposedly multicultural europe. jeffrey roberts professor at university college of island thank you very much for being with us today thank you so here in russia there are two dimensionally different takes on stalley some say he was a great guy who won the second world war and he actually gave the country an immense post another state at that actually he undermined the economy which led to the eventual collapse of the u.s.s.r. what's your take on that when stalin dog winston churchill was reported to have said that stalin found russia with

a wooden and he left it with atomic bombs and i think that statement sums up stalin's achievement was to modernize the soviet union to urbanize or unity duster like the soviet union to build the foundations of a country that was able to withstand the germany in beijing in one nine hundred forty one and go on with a picture of fascism and also the foundation for you know the post-war role is to solve it you to a nuclear superpower you know if russia is still a great country to die. with an important role to play in the world and enormous potential for the future it's because of the foundations that were laid during stalin's time now having said that of course there could be lots of questions and discussions as to whether or not this modernization of russia had to have been as brutal as it was because of course modernized russia but you know in the post-war russia the pre-war russia as well but starting was also responsible for the deaths

of millions of people so you cannot. discussion about the cost you can have a discussion. about time tips about whether or not different courses of action and events would have been. perhaps more effective than the ones that are starving starving persued. but nevertheless in the end it's a historical fact that. the soviet union was successfully modernized under stalin albeit one i have a very brutal basis so the cause of the collapse really is to blame on other leaders they came after stalling whether that was because that's the stick to help or to my course is that the system that starving built them which persisted off to his death ok when he died. from a more brutal aspects the system disappeared such as the mass terror but sensually it was still style the system but i system was

a very defective system in many ways it was those defects in the end result. in the collapse and also the mentality you know that stalin sort of try to establish and set it in in the mentality that he left after his death was also to blame for the collapse at the end of the day you know well it depends what kind of mentality you're talking you know stalin was a communist he believed in socialism he believed in a communist utopia he believed in the soviet system he believed that the soviet union was a model for the whole the whole world know one doesn't have to agree with his beliefs for that reason but one has to recognize the power of the rich and the power of everything was very very important in the historical development of the sort you before starting with a life and then subsequently because what happens is go bitch of comes along and he questions and challenges that traditional soviet self image and attempts to

reform the system inquire radical way and the result of course is the. the eventual collapse of the system talking about sterling as a political figure i guess people in the west mostly know him as the man who let fresh air to win the second world war see here for us at home there is no doubt that we won the war without russia second world war would not have been won are there doubts in the west about that and how is there a genuine interest actually in the west to really find out about the role of russia and how it really that the war today while there are people in the west who would want to do more to russia the soviet union's role in winning the second world war well because it's uncomfortable true for them to face up to this all for a terrier socialist communist regime under this dictator stalin was responsible for

tito to defeat a few of our men and in fact was responsible for as opposed to nazis well the the the those kind of people also tend to have the view that there was no great difference between naziism and communism in that started in there that were just as bad as each other but i don't think that would be the most prevalent view of the most prevalent view will be one of the would recognise the differences between nazis and communism and the differences between hitler and stalin and hitler was a far more dangerous dictator for the world than starving ever was so i think and i think there is now there is creasing recognition of the soviet role in winning the war and of course there are always people who want to present a different view present a distorted view of events of the second world war so you are someone who knows a lot about it and who studied stalin you wouldn't say that at this point in the west there is a deficit of knowledge about stalin and his wealth and russia's role in world war

two there's always a deficit of historical knowledge as deficit of knowledge about the world not just in the west also in russia a. but you know i don't think that deficit is to grow. as i said i think there is now a days much much greater recognition of the soviet role in the second recognition of the soviet role in the second world war more recognition than people in russia actually recognize because to what your science moves something the russians royce and white why don't they recognize our role in when the second world war and i was there to actually most people most people do particularly since the end of the cold war during the cold war there was this your logical struggle going on and thought that i'd look was an effort by western cold warriors to did no i the reality of the soviet role in defeating nazi germany and their western cold war is to the existing they're still making the same kind of arguments but they're not as widespread and effective as the east but yet you think that people from that war are still alive

and the memories of that war are still so fresh you'd think that would learn our lesson but then you see these huge nationalist right wing rising up in europe what's to blame well that that's that's not the extreme right movement in europe ultranationalist in the national general is not a new phenomenon or recently no it's true that recently. the political influence of national nationals of its very strong particularly the more extreme forms has grown in various countries of europe. i think that has mostly to do with the economic and political problems but europe is. facing at the moment which poses a dollar for it to know the whole future of the european union i think is also part we've. you know as time goes on the war you know receipts from memory becomes a much more distant event and the more time elapses. the more possibilities there

offer people to europe which. distorted accounts. of the war so i think it's partly a function of of the distance we've got to travel from war to partly explains. this development of nationalism out for national mixed emotions in europe but then because the moment the main reason i mix to do with contemporary politics i knock an economics role but that. history now and that's that's not to say that history isn't important of course because there are many many lessons of history which are rather to the contemporary crisis seem relieved to have faced the worst crisis that here are right now is experiencing if that is to last or get worse that will also. but it would also incite that they rise of more national nationalist sentiment i think there is there is a great danger of that if the eurozone collapses the e.u.

collapses the most likely. it will be replaced by a different forms of national. question is what forms a national some extreme and dangerous take on herself i think there are great dogs and of course that's the historical lesson of what happened before the second world war particularly in the nineteen for that is where you had a similar crisis the world we got from one of the results that was the rise of notions of extreme nationalism in europe and. emotions of a number of the four terrible fascist. regime so that so the less there is the historical lesson there is that there is a great danger of that development i don't see is by any means being. simple i think the difference between now and then is that democratic culture democratic institutions are much stronger in europe than they were before the second world war

so i'm confident i'm hopeful that european democracy kinds of all of its current across do you think talking about democratic institutions to think that a politician with anti-democratic views could rise to power through those democratic institutions but that that's exactly what happened in the case of hitler didn't it and that's what happened in a number of other countries in europe but before and all for the second world war so it's it's a distinct possibility that it will be a challenge it will be a test of western democracy not just western democracy but european international democracy kind of use of all of the challenge of a kind of nationals in which chemicals for all life in conditions of economic collapse and political disorder could stick. together as a united europe maybe work as a magic potion against the president. i don't think it's

a part of the cea. but i sincerely hope that the european union doesn't collapse because for all its faults the european union on what it represents is much much better than the ultra nationalist. who knows what's going to happen. i think it's possible the european union will survive and i hope it does. and if i were russian if i would russia i would actually be hoping that's the case as well because the collapse of the on the rise of extreme forms of nationalism in europe is going could pose the question if you can challenge for russia. to. downplay the official. touch from the.

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more than a hundred killed and many others wounded in iraq as militants stage a nationwide offensive just days after a violent comeback. the terrorist group also deeper roots next door in syria with the war torn state now under international scrutiny over what might happen to its chemical weapons. and privacy social networks have complied with around a thousand requests to hand over personal data this year alone spy users setting their info confidential. next is the sport here on r t with kate. welcome to the sports these are the top stories when you start alexander there's

a god strikes twice as russian champions of the cartoon though in their opening game of the new premier league season will be to get across nidal a top. while something else something else claims his second open crown after a decade long wait as adam scott implodes on the final day. and fighting talk the talk it's coming reveals his boxing idols to r.t. as the heavyweight stop prepares for his next back to moscow in september. but first to football where twice former russian champions remain will surely kick off the new premier league season with a visit to cross nadar going to the match on the back of a barrage of them sitting two nil victory over the need in the russian super cup earlier this month however i kept him grandchildren all said his side should the balls in that success instead switch that focus to this evening's league match for me while also and i am concerned russia coach fabio capello watched champions league get their account by an after winning start on her instant petersburg's side

car to know the man should all cough provided for alexander courage of golf to open after thirty seven minutes and a similar free flowing move saw the hundred side awarded a penalty on the hour marked off the set against the mark was found in the box and maybe to brace on the spot to nail it finished last season's champions running out comfortable winds. while in dagestan who sitting sound came back from a goal down to win two wanted time to get back on after just forty three seconds past deflected off and carlos and leave him but keep up with the new group off to the visitors in front but half an hour later and much pressure late on sunday it's a level for andre. now that's just before the interval the boxer seemed faster to debutante the scene a try henri to strike home what proved to be there when i asked his former club so you want. what i like and also helping us a bit off not a one one draw or time to tell right ten minutes off to the end of all. the girls

they side in front and that strike up the better side again you haven't caught. that's the chechnyans side were denied victory eight minutes from time as the baluch found one hundred percent the ideal sit in the penalty area and hard white forward luis come by zero made it the wrong one and this england. i mean watch obviously when a chelsea salvaged a late one one drawing a friendly against big spending paris and you're not in the first ever football match to be played at the new yankee stadium in new york yesterday have been grabbing the headlines with aguilar to pre-season spending see defended by coach call the wind chill to. tory chair the hike no one in football and europe be out there spend money you have to do investment and. jazzy made this him and this investment that he has a goal and they out at the top but he's a man started last year and they want to be quickly.

go to that. they are beyond football. psyching now and bradley wiggins won't be celebrating his tour de france victory instead turning his focus to the london olympics are to becoming the first ever briton to win the world's greatest road race on sunday the thirty two year old finished ahead of sky teammate chris froome after blowing away the field during saturday's time trial and wrapped up the formality of victory and the trio to end britain's one hundred twenty nine year wait for champion fellow sky team either mark cavendish was also the winner of that one hundred twenty kilometer stage weekends will now target a limb to glory in the men's road race and the individual time trial in his home city. about to happen you know i mean it's been a fantastic three weeks i was saying dominating them when they were with mommy not out but we are a jersey of brierley so yeah i mean i dream come true will be pretty special. to golf and ernie els has clinched his second open title after

a long time leader adam scott spectacularly crumbled at royal lytham and st john's the south african birdie the eighteenth to finish seven on the pa as australian scott bogeyed the last four holes to come second on one chills else began the day six trucks behind scott who led since the sixth haul on saturday and was four shots clear with four holes to go and then at the last he needed to hole from ten feet to force the play off and he failed to hand else a stunning victory return would favor tiger woods was joined third with ground snedeker. oh i just sort of did but you know this weekend. my wife's been telling me to. believe in myself like i believe in me you basically have made everybody else believe that you can do it you can start to save yourself and i just you know i felt good to a week for some reason and i started and i said tell your state the same i tell them minus six or so tony jacklin next champion.

now is five days to go until the london olympics there are no real surprises on the roster for the russian people team coach david platt announced his twelve month squad after their comfortable with in a friendly with this you idea just outside moscow the hurst trial by three points after the arguing call to overturn the deficit to a one hundred one two seventy nine victory with ali things are not stop a game high twenty six points for russia as the shooting guard crew for who was a part of the reports for along with other big names such as an thank you to lanka such account for the famous golf russia faced host great britain in their open up on sunday why barcelona the united states held on for an eighty six eighty victory over argentina in their second exhibition game kevin durant top score to the reigning olympic champions in twenty seven points as they kept a gritty argentina in check to send out a warning to their rivals in london however they next phase

a friendly against european champions spain on tuesday which will be a rematch of the final in beijing four years ago and the american stars believe that busy build up program will do them the power of good for london. are also out so you know it does we just try to get better game by game and these are great warm up games get ready for london because we know to be ready with lamb over there. oh man thomas plenty of pressure on the russian women's volleyball team a set of side to face for the challenge of bringing home the first olympic gold since nine hundred eighty eight little skill reports. the women of the soviet union were well used to dominating competition at the net winning for gold from one nine hundred sixty eight to nine hundred eighty eight but they've been deprived of the best spot on the podium since then unable to rise above second place in one thousand nine hundred to two thousand and two thousand for the cheer finished outside the top four in the ensuing two thousand and eight games in beijing this year russia fielding one of the veteran teams in the games with an average age of

twenty eight six players on the team also participated in either greece or in china the squad also monk is the most physically imposing the seven players measuring taller than one hundred ninety centimeters cuba are sure to be amongst russia's main rivals the country taking the baton from the soviet union by winning it all in barcelona atlanta and sydney two time gold medalist china and the star studded two thousand and eight winners brazil could also prove troublesome for the russians but the likes of thirty one year old you could syrian agana of all will be banking on their big game experience when they arrive in london alone which would go in the middle of the vote was a weighty time world champions so we've played in begin impeachment before i participated in finals twice before we had a subpar outing in beijing so i think this is the perfect chance for us to win it all they see in a few other russian players have been there and done that which could serve as

a game breaker in their opening preliminary round match against great britain the hosts along with turkey will be making their olympic debut in their july twenty ninth clash so a squad of seasoned veterans primed to bring russia back to its former glory as they seek the country's first gold in twenty four years uganda gorski r.t. . finally boxing and heavyweight champion vitale klitschko is due to defend his w.b.c. belt against german manual charge here in moscow in september but in the meantime he took the chance to ask the elder klitschko brother who he considers to be his idols off the way in the. beginning chance to prove my boxing skills against strong opponent strong as a boxer in my career there are four it's a game so strong. against a strong. box always. good boxing skills never.

means so many so many punches in the fight saying for them for legs for great experience what i have. experienced gives me the quick reaction for my surprise them wide personal opinion he was one of the greatest fighter. ever one of the straws for the same level as mohammed ali the same level as mike tyson and lennox lewis. but i am huge fan of. sure for a lender and for me he was one of the best good movement gets correction. great technique and. great fighter ever. i like ohio mentally i like. mike tyson but.

probably personally who are a loner unbeatable the greatest if you put all together all skills old blocking skills. you have to feel that and decide right now's a moment to leave the sport. i hope i hope i find some. time point when i write typo and. when i do that. make sure i know i am forty and mostly young sportsman but anyway. my blood of war and. we were not a good performance and size fight and many young boys doesn't help or. to beat me many of them promise but can do it and that's

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