yes to talk not only with us it but also with other asia pacific partners but anyway i met barack obama earlier in mexico as i said and had a chance to discuss our bilateral toys and exchange opinions on the major global issues so we do continue our dialogue another woman. domestically again i'd like to talk now about corruption is a word that comes up time and time again here in russia you've talked about before but most notably the previous president was really putting it top of his list of things to sort out whoever went to be treatment but of left office as president he reported remote it what is success at tackling it how serious a problem do you think corruption is in russia in twenty twelve and what are you going to do about it. the problem with little corruption is a problem for any country you'll find it everywhere be it in europe or the united states you have legalized many things let's take the private corporate lobby is it

is it corruption or not it's legalized and so formally it's ok within the law but that depends on how you look at it therefore i will repeat that this problem is an issue for many countries at the more important is the level and scope of corruption which in our case it's quite high but this is typical of transition economies the reason is that while new economic models are evolving many things are not yet adjusted or aligned and the state is not always in control there are also value issues especially when we move from a socialist mindset and planned economy values to a term about this is a complicated process especially if the new market facilitates rapid well fact position for some particular circles or groups of people this is something that is perceived painfully as reprehensible the average person then starts thinking if it's ok for those people to earn billions in a couple of years why isn't it ok for me to do this or that even if it isn't

exactly in sync with the law and moral values are always undermined the very foundation of the campaign against corruption this is a very difficult process but undoubtedly this is an essential part of our agenda and we should continue our efforts in this area. there are a big list. causes there that you cited where do you begin to go about tackling it then when does the when is this some sort of sea change when the hoping for some. one is going to get better if. what we need to start with is to make our entire society detest the very notion of corruption corruption is a two way process with two sides to it the bribe giver and the bribe taker and it often happens that the private givers a more active than the bribe takers just therefore it is a matter of supporting moral values it is also a matter of making our more informed agencies more efficient and developing a legal framework that minimizes opportunities for corruption well this is

a multi dimensional task very sensitive and difficult and we should work on every aspect of it looked at him with a look at only one of the practical ways that you're going about it is this new draft law to prevent government officials my bank accounts and property abroad i don't know what you think about that law but it does beg the question isn't it possible for somebody to use somebody else's bank account how you got to enforce it . and if not of course you could this bill has not been passed yet it's being reviewed by the state duma is naturally implies certain limitations for officials because current legislation allows any russian citizen to have a foreign bank account or property he had limitations may be introduced for some officials especially at a high level i don't see anything extraordinary about this was especially in view of today's realities of the state duma will have to present the rationale for their proposal and develop it into a detailed draft law that is the overall i believe this law has value and would

assist the fight against corruption to a certain extent it of course it will because those people who are willing to commit themselves to serving their country and their people and you should be willing to agree to such terms that if they want to have a bank account it will have to be a russian bank. or a russian branch of a bank although why not many overseas banks have branches in russia one can keep their accounts here why go to austria or the united states to open an account if you connect your fate to this country be so kind as to make public your interests here including financial interests do not hide your money anywhere but. we've got you with us to get your thoughts on the ongoing julian assange case in britain i'm sure you've been watching it is a legal battle with britain and with a number of other countries as well but equally his attempts to get asylum in ecuador which is no god he's holed up in the ecuadorian embassy what's your opinion

about britain at one point he was talking about. revoking the embassies diplomatic immunity if they could actually go in and get him that kind of sounds a bit odd when of course you think as well that russia has a number of suspects that russia wants to talk to in britain is a kind of topsy turvy situation isn't it but they're given safe harbor in britain. this certainly is an unsettling factor in our relations with the u.k. i used to tell my previous counterparts and friends in the british government not those holding office at the moment the britain happens to be harboring certain individuals who have blood on their hands having waged a real war on russian territory and slaughtered people i told them just imagine what it would be like if russia was a hub of militants from say the irish republican army those negotiating and pursuing a compromise with the government these days those are perfectly sane and sensible people but those with

a radical agenda do you know what i was told in response should compare that's exactly what the soviet union used to do aiding people like that first of all i'm a former soviet secret service operative myself but i don't know whether the u.s.s.r. used to aid this sort of people or not simply because i never had anything to do with it but each. if we assume it did that was back in the cold war era you know there has been a cardinal change in the settings the soviet union is history and what we have today is a new russia how can we allow ourselves to be dominated by our old phobias and outdated perceptions of international relations and the kind of relations between nations it's time to let them go but if we are constantly lectured about how independent britain's judiciary is it makes its own decisions and no one can influence it one about julian a song they ruled him to be extradited what is that if it's not a self evident example of a double standard i won't make

a definitive statement but as far as i know ecuador has requested guarantees from the swedish government the sweden wouldn't hand the soldier over to the united states through no guarantees of being forthcoming at the very least this suggests that we are looking at a politically motivated trial. ok we'll be following the developments there and we talked about some of the problems that russia faces one of the long term problems that russia has been facing is the drug trade the import of drugs from afghanistan it's increased manyfold nato went in there over a decade ago to try to do it in twenty forty what then does russia have any hope that you can curb this huge drug problem. what can you do. so far it's not being solved but we're constantly engaged in dialogue with our partners including those nations who have troops deployed in afghanistan yet the situation is not improved instead it's deteriorating going to the amount of drugs produced in

afghanistan has increased by sixty percent in the past year by the way i'm not sure about the exact figures but some ninety percent of heroin peddled in the u.k. comes from afghanistan this is a common challenge and a common threat for us all to russia this is a very serious threat to our national security it cannot be overstated more than twenty percent of the overall drug traffic coming from afghanistan is marketed inside russia that equates to seventy tons of heroin and roughly fifty six tons of crude opium as of last year which is an immense amount and it definitely qualifies as a threat to our national security. could you explain to the viewer. what the correlation was why did this problem in crease while nato troops was there was there any connection what was what why was that happening. there is an apparent link i won't bring up any criminal schemes right now none of the nations who are currently committing their troops to afghanistan want to make matters worse for themselves by

combating drugs in afghanistan which it will because drugs are afghanistan's way of making a living almost nine percent of that country's g.d.p. comes from drug trafficking if you want to replace the one percent you have to pay for but you have no one wants to another the place and you cannot get anywhere with me as statements about how you are planning to make up for those drug revenues with other kinds of income talk is not enough or do you need is substantial economic policies and financial assistance and nobody seems willing to provide that and they would want to complicate matters for themselves by taking on drug trafficking because if you take away drug revenues from these people you affectively compel them to starvation and that means making even more enemies in afghanistan and if you go after drugs people will go after you that's all there is to it drugs are closely related to terrorism and organized crime but that is something everybody is aware of already just everyone those the drug revenues

a party used to finance terrorism but even this awareness and the realisation that europe is being flooded with afghan produced drugs is not enough to encourage our partners to seriously tackle this issue and this is very sad but of course. for a final thought from you mr president while you'll be talking money and finances at the forthcoming apec summit that you're going to looking at the world economy from where you are generally do you think we're heading for a second global slump but if we do if we do is russia as well prepared to bet it off as it did last time we did pretty well luster butt. it is well prepared this time. you're the most vicious michel which i believe we are even better prepared because we've already experienced the first wave of the crisis and we have an understanding of what's to be done about it and how we should do it and we have the instruments the crisis management moreover i tossed to russia's previous cabinet as early as last year with upgrading the already tried and tested instruments drafting

new laws and adjusting our regulations we asked parliament to assign two hundred billion rubles to a government reserve fund and parliament agreed therefore we are generally equipped for managing a crisis on top of that as you know we have enjoyed fairly strong economic growth a rate of four point two percent which is the highest among the world's largest economies next to china and india still in the euro zone's average growth rate has been three point nine percent was four point two by the way both the international monetary fund and the world bank of predicting negative growth of minus no point three percent for the eurozone next year and this year we are still counting on positive growth ranging between four and five percent that's precisely why even if russia should face economic difficulties it will have plenty of instruments at hand to deal with the challenge we have reinforced or golden currency reserves almost bringing them back to pre-crisis levels we presently rate third worldwide next to

china and japan with upwards of five hundred billion dollars in gold and currency reserves parallel to that the government is rebuilding its own reserves we have two government reserve funds the eighty billion dollars national wealth fund i mean the reserve fund which is worth roughly sixty billion dollars to finance a budget deficit should we suffer one but so far we don't have a deficit the next year's budget registers a surplus a slight one it may be unemployment rates of the lowest possible while unemployment averages a live in point two percent in the eurozone and reaches twenty five to twenty six percent. in economies such as spain and reaching seventy percent among the youth we maintain an unemployment rate of five point one percent which is even the low pre-crisis levels discovered this doesn't make as careless and complacent but we are fully aware that the tricky aspect of the global economy is the unpredictability and you can always never be sure that the greatest challenges and

threats will emerge next that is why we closely follow everything that's going on in neighboring economies and our partner economy is a lot we wish them success and we are honestly willing to assist them as good partners certainly because any kind of economic mishap in the eurozone for instance is bound to have painful ramifications for the eurozone is our major sales market should it shrink and our own production will immediately decrease therefore our interest lies in seeing the eurozone survive and our main part of our economy's getting back on track because we need europe's leading economies such as germany france and britain to be in good shape this is something we'll always keep an oil on and this will be a primary topic for discussion at the bloody vostok apec summit. position. well we wish you all the very best president vladimir putin thank you for talking to what we thank you very much. and that was russia's president vladimir putin

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dogged by broken promises as well as the country's growing debt and unemployment. and so they have lines here in our t.v. sports next. thank you very much marina welcome to the sports headlines here's what's coming up . all set maria sharapova remains on course for a second grand slam success of the year reaching the semifinals of the u.s. open with a three set win ever marion bartoli. meanwhile on the outs in the men's draw world number one watcher federer crashes down to the quarter final stage after surprise defeat to thomas. gold rush rush us a pass that beijing's current medal tally with a few days of competition still left in london. the first tennis and maria

sharapova has booked her place in the semifinals of the u.s. open she came from a set down in her reign affected lost a tie with marion bartoli leading a four love in the first one play regime there on wednesday julie took a six fool drop of a however a bounce back to see out the way ample power plays in the semifinals where she now faces topsy turvy i think. i think we both play pretty aggressive game. and you know we were competitor we were up to when the who doesn't. but she's had such a solid year this year you know kind of her breakthrough in terms of winning a grand slam being so solid so consistently number one in the world the first time . meanwhile serena williams made it a hat trick of two thousand and twelve grand slam winners into the last fall she went on a run of it in straight sets to set up a loss for taiwan actually sat on it. that is off to iraq maybe how compadre it rebuts eventually in straight sets six to six for the school line and she remains

on course to reach our second grand slam final of the year after losing to sharapova in paris. meanwhile there was a shock in the men's quarter finals as world number one and top seed roger federer crashed out he went down in four sets to big serving six seeing thomas but it's from the czech republic the twenty six year old now with a dandy memory in the us. i cannot count on that i'm going to be beating the street certain that you know not to get even any trouble you know i was i was always you know careful that anything could happen and actually it happened in the in the third said that you know came stronger. but. you know even more happy with with the way that i was able to to you know. pressure and you know it's something extra for us that well murray the third seed

earlier became the first man through to the samis it wasn't easy though against croatia. one stage was a set and five one up before the title and the scots eventually come in for four three six seven six six two six the final score. meanwhile the carton has come down an alley roddick's career the american lost his last sixteen clash with arjun time juan martin del potro bringing to an end his twelve year professional career which saw him win the us open in two thousand and three and which three wimbledon finals i fell right at the back end of the golden generation help and so i was just the cards that were dealt but. as tough a situation it is in the grand scheme of things it's a dream i mean it's something you want i mean that's not hard for someone who's got a you know however many kids and is working two jobs about food that's hard but what i did it wasn't hard. elsewhere a legend of italian football has found

a new home down under event is still what i was on the del piero signing with sydney f.c. on a two year deal worth around one point five million dollars per season the thirty seven year old's movie is the highest profile signing in any history movies all time leading goalscorer insisting he wants to add australian titles to his six crowns and one champions league winners medal the two thousand and six world cup winning three plenty of interest from around the world with liverpool southampton i'm braga among the clubs who had reportedly been vying for his side since. that secret was i'm going to play for sydney to try and score for sydney and try to win for sydney and also try to get a certain food bill to evolve with my suggestions i have this determination and one day i hope to play in packs a doom's. now in golf ahead of this weekend's b.m.w. championship tiger woods has sent out an ominous message to the rest of the field the thirty six year old says some aspects of his game a better now than they ever have been i've really hit the ball well you know this

entire your entire year and specially summer on i've really had a well and it's just a matter of you know making a few more parts and a couple more up and downs here and there i've started to do that now so that's a good sign and the work i've put in with shaun it's really coming together i'm driving the ball probably better than i ever have i'm hitting a further i'm hitting a straighter which is a nice combo and i think my statistics kind of reflect that which is great because sure you know where i was and how bad i was driving it to now you know how well i'm driving. now to the world of cycling where a former teammate of lance armstrong says allegations that he's a drug cheat are true tyler hamilton rode with armstrong at the u.s. postal service team from one thousand nine hundred eighty two thousand and one the accusations he made in his new book entitled the secret race inside the hidden world of the tour de france doping cover ups and winning on costs in hamilton says armstrong and he used illegal doping techniques strong denies all allegations

although he recently dropped his challenge of charges brought by the u.s. anti-doping agency and the doping star and u.s. postal before lance was there. so it's not like he came in and brought this doping culture you know i mean the culture was already in the sport. you know obviously it continued when he came in and then reaction i took a step up and. you know i was encouraged to the blood of the first time in the year two thousand. that was with lance meanwhile alberto contador now leads the spanish role to after a sensational way in stage seventeen responded only returned to the school last month after serving a backdated two year driving ban himself the twenty nine year old won the beltre in the only other time he competed in two thousand and eight and now hundred one minute fifty two second lead with four stages left. to the paralympics in london

where it's in russia has drastically improved on its medal tally from beijing four years ago the country moving into second place in the overall medal standings with seventy three including twenty eight golds most wins coming in athletics and swimming but there were also a number of first time successes as were my closer i found out. it's taken race it should but it got fifteen long years to finally clinch paralympic gold yes there were several world and continental goals in the run up to the most significant start of her life but all those achievements faith in comparison to what she accomplished in london but he has them way when i come home from the paralympics thank god for the stick to me and that he saved my life because i was on the verge of death at the end of last year then my friends and will celebrate my great performance russian athletes are traditionally strong in track and field and swimming disciplines and proved just that in london as well with the medal counts going into double digits in both events in them about one gold in the fifteen

hundred meters that becoming her second top paralympic calculate in eight years what do i devote this mystery to those who supported me but first of all i devoted to my coach and his wife because if it wasn't for them this victory would have never happened at all they are like my second parents like doctors and psychologists. with a few days still to go the love them there in a big star russia has already surpassed its medal count in beijing four years ago it's now clear that the host of the nextel winter games in sochi will fight for a place and that's all free but more importantly russia continues to show an upward trend when it comes to the medal count and the number of athletes participating as well among cost of artsy from the paralympic park in london. now it's boxing where tali klitschko is aiming to and manual charles run of perfection on saturday the elder of the ukrainian brothers putting his w.b.c. heavyweight belt on the line in moscow against the syrian born german who jump

between twenty one pro fights now the clash may be one of the last chances for fans to catch the heavyweight legend in action with politics very much on the pitch goes mind there's no sparring opponent too small for his twenty seven year old opponent shell who seems in high spirits as you can see ahead of the biggest fight of his career to go though his big favorite having not lost since his super fight with lennox lewis in two thousand and three a forty one year old seeking to extend his legacy by hanging on to the belt once held by legends such as muhammad ali mike tyson and louis himself. and finally to ice hockey where in the cage the league's all time leading scorer i was on the redo of got off to a losing starts with a new side the army man lost a spot on one nail in moscow darby guys mark again with the only goal there was a little bit of land three one on her own. and that is all from the world of sport for now there's plenty more later here in the world whether it's next.

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