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jeffrey roberts professor at university college of course an island thank you very much for being with us today thank you so here in russia there are two dimensionally different takes on sterling 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 plow 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

a sort of 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 to would have tried fascism and also the foundations for you know the post-war rise of the sort that you could to a nuclear superpower you know if russia is still a great country. with an important role to play in the world and enormous potential for the future it's because all the foundations that were late during start of 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 taken up. discussion about the cost you could 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 whole point to my course is that the system that stalin built them which persisted off to his death ok when he died. some are more brutal aspects the system disappeared such as the mass terror but sensually it was still style the system but i system is 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 sterling sort of try to establish and said that you needed 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 about 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 deprivation 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 gold which 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 nice 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 why 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 wrecked the war today while there are people in the west who would want to do more just russia but the soviet union's role in winning the second world war well because it's uncomfortable true for them to face up to this whole for a terrier socialist communist regime under this dictator stalin was responsible for tito to defeat a few of them and in fact was responsible for as opposed to nazis well. the those

kind of people also tend to have the view that there was no great difference between nazis among commons and when it started there that were just as bad as each other but i don't think that would be the most prevalent view i think the most prevalent view will be one of the would recognise incidences between nazis of course and the differences between hitler and stalin and hitler was a far more dangerous dictator for the world and star. wars 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 world and russians role in world war two there's always a deficit of historical knowledge to this 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 is too great.

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 thinking russia actually recognized because to what your science moves something the russians roy saying to me why why don't they recognize our role in when the second world war and i would say to them actually most people most people do particularly since the end of the cold war during the cold war there was just ideological struggle going on and part that i looked 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 they used to be yet you would 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 threatening 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 journal is not a new phenomenon i saw a recent poll 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 feel is also part of we've. you know as time goes on the war you know receipts from many memory becomes a much more distant event and the more time of that says. the more possibilities there all for people to you know 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 ultranationalist street nationalism in europe but then because the moment the main reason it's to do with contemporary politics i know economics robert that. history now and that's that's not to say that history isn't important of course because there are many many lessons from history which are open to the contemporary crisis seem believe this 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 different forms of

national. questions what forms of 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 nineteenth for that is where you had a similar crisis that will be going on the result. of the rise of notions of extreme nationalism in europe on the. emotions of a number of the four terrible fractures. regime so that so the less there is a historical lesson there is that there is a great danger that develops 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 this current

crisis do you think talking about democratic institutions to think that a politician with anti-democratic means 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 off 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. the challenge of a kind of nationals in which kind of calls for a life in conditions of economic collapse and political disorder could stick. together as a united europe maybe work as a magic pushing 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 support 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. thank you very much for this interview. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew

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one hundred killed and many others wounded in iraq. just days after. coming back. from a terrorist group of troops next door in syria. international scrutiny of what might happen to his chemical weapons. also a poker privacy social networks have complied with the request personal data this year. confidential. hello welcome to the sports here's what's coming up. winning start russian champions a neat beat on cartoon mill in the opening game of the new premier league season

ball twice forward champions rubin are present all right now. while something else south african ernie else claims his second open crowd after a decade long wait as adam scott implodes on the final day. and fighting talk it's only klitschko reveals his boxing titles to watch as the heavyweight star prepares for his next back here in moscow in september. but first a football where twice former russian champions remain have kicked off their new premier league season with a visit to an adult for being away and not all about the role do seem to know retreat is the need in the russian super cup earlier this month but it's close no doubt his happened i was in front of the stands last thing in the open there on the edge of the box and right before the break i was ten minutes into the second hole while some like unconfirmed russia coach fabio capello watched champions in it get their campaign off to a winning start on fine bitch as of petersburg side beat out the cartoon will the man should also have provided for alexander because you go off to open up to thirty

seven minutes and a similar free flowing route saw the high side awarded a penalty on the i know mark of the said is the man was found in the box with a golf bag to brace on the spot to mail it finished last season's champions running up to comfortable winning this. one and i get to see things and you came from a goal down to win to want to time to go on after just a forty three seconds the past deflected off defender shall call us and looped over a keeper. to put the visitors in front but it's hard an hour later and much pressure later samuel eto levels from. just before the interval might want to see that set up the. it's on the scene to try the way to strike home what you need to be there when i can see his former club to watch. while i like how he helped me a set off not a one one draw or a time to tag ten minutes not to be interval iran off the grassy side in front of that strike having the better start again but in cold front the chechen side were

denied victory eight minutes from the time she was so fond of the hand of the fan the ideal scene in the penalty area and power going forward luis come by auto made it one one and just in. time you might be going to chelsea salvias a late one one draw in new york in a friendly against big spending paris on your money in the first of a focal much played at the new yankee stadium p.s.g. have been grabbing the headlines with a go lactic pre-season spending policy defended by coach controversy. tory cheered the hike never in football a euro be out there spend money you have to do investment and. jazzy made this him and his investment then he has a goal and they out at the top but he's a man who started last year and they want to be quickly. go to the top of the european football. psyching bradley wiggins won't be

celebrating his tour de france victory instead turning his focus to the london olympics after 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 bills during saturday's time trial wrapped up the formality of victory of the uk the trio and britain's one hundred nine year wait for champion fellow sky team writer mark cavendish was also the winner of that one hundred twenty kilometer stage we give this one our target a little bit glory in the road race and the individual time trial in his home city . you happy you know i mean it's been a fantastic three weeks i was saying dominating them when they were mobbed being let down by the you know jersey broadly so yeah i mean i dream come true. pretty special. golf now and ernie els has clinched his second open title off the long time leader adam scott spectacularly crumble that role of women saddam's the south

african bird of the eighteenth to finish seven on the pa as australian scott bogeyed the last four holes to come second on one shot else began the day six strokes behinds going to lead since the sixth hole on saturday and was four shots clear with four holes to go and then at the last he needed to hole from ten states to force the playoffs and he failed to hand else a stunning victory return with favorite tiger woods was joint third with and said. oh i just had a good vibe you know this weekend. you know my wife's been telling me do you believe in myself like they believe in me you basically have made everybody else believe that you can do it you can start behaving yourself and i just you know i felt good to a week for some reason you know i stayed in a nice i tell you i stayed the same i tell him ninety six or so tony jacklin thanks champions.

now it's five days to go until the london olympics there are no real surprises on the roster for the russian basketball team coach david platt announced his twelve month squad after their comfortable win in a friendly with you any or just outside moscow the host trial by three points after the opening quarter but they overturned that deficit piece to a one hundred one two seventy nine victory the tally for example notched up by game high twenty six points for russia as the shooting guard proved why he was a part of him pick squad along with other big names such as undertaker lanka such accounts and to a famous golf russia face host great britain in there right now on the sunday. well in barcelona the united states held on for an eighty six to eighty victory over argentina in a second exhibition game kevin durant top score for the reigning olympic champions with twenty seven points as they kept a gritty argentina track to send out a warning to their rivals in london however the 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 a busy build up program will do them the power of good for london. now so out so you know it does we're just trying to get better game by game and is a great warm up game to get ready for london because we know to be ready when we play him over there. meanwhile there's plenty of pressure on the russian women's volleyball team as of kinnick off side a face to the challenge of bringing home the first olympic gold since ninety eight . before it's. 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 and four the team finished outside the top four in the ensuing two thousand and eight games in beijing this year russia fielding one of the veteran

teams at 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 monks the most physically imposing a 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 a gun of all will be banking on their big game experience when they arrive in london alone which is a lot of weighty time well 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 until they see again 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 see the country's first gold in twenty four years uganda gorski r.t. . finally boxing and heavyweight champion vitaly klitschko is due to defend his w.b.c. belles against german manuel cha 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 rain. beginning chance to prove my boxing skills against strong opponent strong as a boxer in my career never ever fought against a strong guy 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 give me a ration for my future fight them why 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 lennox lewis. i am huge fan of. sure are a loner and for me he was one of the best good movement good direction. great technique and. great fighter ever. i like ohio mentally i like linux smike dyson but.

probably personally i'm sure a learner unbeatable to break this if you put all together all skills old walking 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 it. make sure i know i am forty and mostly young sportsman but anyway. my blood of war and. i do are very good performance and satisfied and many young boys doesn't help or. to beat me many of them promise but i can do it. has often i suppose to ask.

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