well here midday in moscow you're watching our let's take a look at sunday's news and this week's top story thousands of greeks protest against fresh multi-billion euro austerity cuts a bunch of music countries creditors and secure its place in the single currency block. spreading prices a dozen spared song and somewhere growing unemployment important economic growth to see the presidents of the wage moments just months after winning office. to the east asia pacific nations look for ways to energize the economic recovery at

a major summit in russia as the u.s. and european economies along. and as democrats and republicans a brace themselves will battle i hear the u.s. presidential election we hear from critics who question whether there's any genuine towards. russia as a budding partnership with china among other issues facing the country at the moment we touched upon it in all exclusive interview with president vladimir putin which is coming up right down here on out. hello are you watching r t with me kevin know him a very pleased to say today that we're joined by the president of the russian federation of let him approaching mr president thank you very much for making the time to talk to us but i want to talk about first of all is the ongoing at the moment apec summit no way pick is primarily an economic vessel there's

a lot of politics involved as well in the course of all the key players including you including american key players disagree on some very key issues and thinking about syria and thinking about missile defense thinking about iran is there a danger that the politics may stifle get in the way of the big economic deals that the very same key player is hoping to sign at this summit or at least talk about science and if. that is true but in fact you just said it yourself a pig was originally conceived as a forum for discussing economic issues therefore we are planning to focus primarily on economic challenges transport global food security and the task of liberalizing the global economy as far as syria and other hotspots are concerned is using the currently in the limelight we will certainly address them in or deliberations of the forum in bilateral discussions or otherwise they wouldn't be overlooked the. problem of sr you touched on another big subject in the headlines the reddest of

vents that have been unfolding in syria over the last eighteen months now russia's position has been steadfast all the way along the line here you've said this should be no foreign intervention and it should be the syrian people who do the deciding if we don't through diplomacy however that's a great idea but day in day out innocent lives are being lost on both sides is it time for something more than talking should russia be reassessing its position maybe now from what i see it took a listen and put it in you so how come russia is the only one which is expected to revise its starts and don't you think our counterparts in negotiations want to revise theirs as well as we'll. looking back at the events in the past few years we'll see that quite a few of our counterparts initiatives have not played out the way they were intended to take the examples of numerous countries riven by escalating internal conflict the u.s. and its allies went into afghanistan and now they're all thinking about how they can get out of the no you sure the situation will be stable for decades to come and

look at what's going on in the arab countries what concerns us and what i want to emphasize once again is the current hostilities in syria but at the same time we are just as concerned about the possible consequences of certain decisions should they be taken in or pinion the most important task today is ending the violence we must all the warring parties including the government and the so-called rebels the armed opposition to sit down at the negotiating table and decide on a future that would guarantee security for all stakeholders in the syria only then should they get down to any practical measures regarding the country's future government system we realize that this country needs a change but this doesn't mean the change should come with bloodshed i believe that the first thing to do is to stop shipping into the war zone which is still going on but we should stop trying to impose an acceptable solutions on either side because it is a dead end and i think that's what we should do it's that simple understood mr president

other question i'd like to ask you a number of western nations have been covertly to start with supporting the f.s.a. the free syrian army in some of them doing it openly in a course the catch here is that the f.s.a. is suspected of hiring a known al qaeda fighters amongst their ranks so the twist in this tale is that a lot of those countries are actually sponsoring terrorism if you like in syria countries that have suffered from terrible terrorism themselves is that a fair assessment was made to you know when someone aspires to attain and then they see is optimal any means will do as a rule they try will. and do that by hook or by crook and hardly ever think of the consequences that was the case during the war in afghanistan when the soviet union invaded in one nine hundred seventy knowing. it hasn't put the support of the rebel movement and basically gave rise to al qaida that which later backfired on the united states itself today some want to use militants from al qaida or some other

organizations with equally radical views to accomplish their goals in syria this policy is dangerous and very shortsighted let's turn over to the united states the upcoming election there which we're all looking forward to very much of course now the reset button with russia was firmly pushed by barack obama over the last four years but. still that missile defense shield the headache for russia in the east of europe if obama does win a second what's going to define the next chapter of russia and america's relations and is it a chap that you can do business with. i believe the over the last four years presidents obama and medvedev have made a lot of progress in strengthening russia u.s. relations we have saw in the new start treaty to go with them backed by the us russia has become a fully fledged member of the world trade organization there are more reasons to be optimistic about our bilateral relations with these two you mentioned the u.s.

missile defense system is surely one of the key issues on today's agenda because it involves russia's vital interests scholars and experts understand that a unilateral solution will not in hans global stability in essence the intention is to upset the strategic balance which is a very dangerous thing to do as any involved party would always strive to maintain its offensive capabilities and the entire thing could simply trigger off a race is it possible to find a solution to the problem if president obama is reelected for a second term i mean principle yes it is. but this isn't just about president obama for all i know his desire to work out a solution is quite sincere but almost before this my feeling is that he is a sincere man and that he sincerely wants to implement positive change but can he do it will they let him do it if i mean that there is also the military lobby and the department of state which is quite conservative let's imagine for

a second we have all the solution the means from now on we jointly assess missile threats and control this defense system together this is a highly sensitive area of national defense i am not sure that our partners are ready for this kind of cooperation got the international at it so we think you can work with barack obama if you get in one of what if mitt romney gets in a quote here from just a month or two ago this is the man that if he makes it to the white russia is without question our number one geopolitical foe they fight every cause for the world's worst actors went on to say russia is not a friendly character on the world stage could you work with them. fortune yes we can we work with whichever president is elected by the american people but our effort will only be as efficient as our partners allow it to be as for mr romney's position we understand that this is to a certain extent motivated by election campaign rhetoric but i also think that he

was already asleep or wrong because such behavior in the international arena is the same as using nationalism and segregation as a tools of us domestic policy its effect in the international arena is the same when a politician a person who aspires to lead a nation especially a great country like the us declares someone to be enemy a priore and by the way this brings something else to mind when we talk about the missile defense system or american partners keep telling us this is not directed against you but what happens if mr romney and believes us to be america's number one foe which is elected this president of the united states in that case the missile defense system will definitely be directed against russia as it is technologically configured exactly for this purpose i'd like to talk about the trial and jailing of pussy riot punk group and there's been much criticism of the sentence handed down was too strong was too much and the whole case was just made

to a big fat actually backfire that's brought all people to their cause with a publicist with hindsight was a beautiful thing but with hindsight you think the case could have been handled differently i have always felt the punishment should be proportionate to the offense no i am not in a position now and would not like in any way to comment on the decision of a russian court but i would rather talk about the moral side of the story. first in case you've never heard of it a couple of years ago one of the band's members put up three effigies in one of moscow's big supermarkets with a sign saying that jews gays and migrant workers should be driven out of moscow i think your thirty's should have looked into their activities back then. after that they staged an orgy in a public place of course people are allowed to do what ever they want to do as long as it's legal for this kind of conduct in a public place should not go unnoticed by the or thirty's then they are loaded video that was on the internet then they turned up at your lock of

a cathedral here in moscow causing unholy mayhem look at that and then went to another cathedral and caused mayhem there too you know russians still have painful memories of the early years of soviet rule when thousands of orthodox muslim as well as the clergy from other religions were persecuted and so in general i think the state has to protect the feelings of believers or if you are will not comment on whether the verdict is well grounded in the sentence proportionate to the offense these girls must have lawyers who defend their interests in court they have the right to file an appeal and demand a new hearing and it's up to them it is just a legal issue we've got you with us let's 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 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 britain is a kind of topsy turvy situation isn't it but they've 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 you know what i was told in response should compare that's exactly why. 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 a this sort of people or not simply because i never had anything to do with it but

even 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 our 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 that you know i won't make a definitive statement but as far as i know ecuador has requested guarantees from the swedish government sweden wouldn't hand the soldier over to the united states still no guarantees of being forthcoming at the very least this suggests that we are looking at a politically motivated trial that. they

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in. sunday's news and the reach the top stories of thousands of brits protest against fresh multi billion euros dirty cuts to these of the country's creditors and secure its place in the sun comes to block. please spread in prices doesn't space france way growing unemployment employ economic growth see the president's approval way down it just months after winning off that's. bad so give it to the east asia pacific nations look for ways to energize economic recovery at a major stomach in brush as the u.s. and european economies are planted. and as democrats and republicans brace themselves will best the lead of the u.s. presidential election and hear from critics who question whether there's any

genuine choice. sport is next the way the andrew who's got more of a heavyweight title fight in moscow last night plus action from the penn. hello again thanks for joining me and these are the headlines cut above heavyweight champion vitale klitschko stops man more charge in the fourth round to retain his w.b.c. crown in moscow. the final landing murray beat almost burdick in the semi set a stormy flushing meadows. down from london with hamilton secured his fourth hole of the season as he seeks the first ever italian ground for a victory. to start the boxing now and heavyweight champion batali klitschko has successfully defended his w.b.c. crown in moscow ukrainian stopping germany's manwell char in the fourth round at

the lim peacekeeper arena doctors stopping the fight after a klitschko punch opened up a cut above his opponent's side klitschko clearly won all four rounds of the contest but afterwards char said he felt he could have carried on and won and then asked for a rematch but was told to wait for the. greater respect and i want you to give me a chance i'm sure fans and most germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between me and you and i'm sure you will accept my challenge. when you were i understand your great motivation to fight me once again the problem is you're not the only one who wants it there's a lot of worthy contenders who are waiting for their turn to get a title sean you've already had your chance tonight you've proved evergrey heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. and tennis andy murray is three to his second u.s. open final after beating thomas burdick in four sets of flushing meadows although

he will have to wait to see he will face next novak djokovic and david ferrer sammy was halted because of fear of a tornado when the weather wasn't ideal when mary was on court either and it was burdick who seemed to be dealing better with the strong winds at the start the seventh seed beaten larger federer in the quarter is took the third set seven five but after that mary found his rhythm and won the next six to to level a match and then took the outright lead after cruising through the following set six one but it did show more resistance in the fourth almost five up in the tie break but mary who want to limp it gold last month stormed back to win nine seven for a four set victory. it's been this big growth. you know of us getting of those of us who are actually put the group that's so far so it's just you know it's sort of just the way to get through. to be on the phone. to put. you know that you nor your

book this is you know. the thought i mean of course right now it's it's of course i don't like to i don't like to lose them some of them are showing use. in the same switch which i thought that i had a pretty good chance but you know i would say that the first two were going to the wind blew it away for me while the weather got worse by the time the second semifinal started and i was fair race to a five games to two lead against know about geography before play was halted over fears of a tornado play juju raging later on sunday with the eventual men's final being played on monday. and all that rain means the women's final between top seed victoria azarenka and. rina williams has been delayed too until later on sunday. in formula one mclaren lewis hamilton will start on pole position for sunday's

italian grand prix with teammate jenson button alongside him on the front row in monza morton staying focused on the task at hand amid rumors of a move to miss avies next season history on the twenty seven year old side to the six of the last ten italian events having been won from pole two thousand and nine world champion was second quickest in qualifying with ferrari's felipe massa third fastest and overall standings leaders in the long so start back in twelfth after he suffered technical problems at the spaniard has a twenty four point lead over sebastian vettel who will start from fifth. in other news the russian football team fly to tel aviv today as they prepare to face israel in their second world cup qualifier fabio capello's men beat northern ireland to nail in moscow on friday but believe tuesday's match will be a lot tougher. i want to team is playing at home always more difficult to play against i'm sure when we have to play northern oil go first and live

a much tougher we understand of the game against israel will be very difficult for us to go in there to win and get all the points where scotland serbia opened their bid to qualify for the twenty fourteen world cup with a goal of straw in glasgow alexander cologne of their went close for the visit early on and robert snodgrass had a chance for scotland midway through the first half but the best opportunity of the gang fell to teammate steven naismith but his effort banged past the post. and in the world cup qualifier in europe that took place on saturday denmark three with the czech republic. down the k h l reigning champion moscow top of the table after beating you five three the muscovites if i wanted to and was one of the only three games documented jaroslava left second after their two one victory over this to first season back in the carriage since the tragic plane crash which killed their entire team a year ago a spark that crash left for one and there were also wouldn't have been armament to

jazz and scar victories for atlanta afterward believe their city to be a be torpedoed five three in armory to go to an era when i was slower than the normal moscow five three in the modern memorialise hockey match was played in yaroslavl exactly a year after the tragic locomotive plane crash that killed every member of that canadian and russian selecting went head to head with the visitors winning five four to level the series at one of pace the two remaining games will be played in canada. if we cannot get these guys the only thing we can do now is how different sports events in their own and memory everything is done to support their families in the last sunday's we conducted several charity games across russia and all of them were devoted to the tragedy which shocked everybody not only in this country but also throughout the world but life goes on and i saw it in europe always was and will be. the paralympics it looks like russia

will finish second in the medals table with just one more day of competition remaining three goals on saturday giving them a tally of thirty five more than britain who were third china away at him from staggering ninety five goals with victory for you even over and the women stay thirty six hundred meters and gold in the pull from pavel. mchale zemin i mean russia to take second spot with almost double the number of goals they got in beijing so a hugely successful games for their country will start to focus on the next winter olympics in sochi with more. of you expected them to triumph in such fashion but with the whole winter games in sochi looming it seems only natural that russia had no option but to storm the paralympic told you. i'm doing my best to visit kids with disabilities to speak to their parents because you should never give up in any case you can bring your kid to the swimming pool or any other type

of sport the main thing is not to give up have a go and go for it and you will definitely reach at the london games have revealed that like many other nations britain also needed a push towards greater acceptance of people with disabilities and the local spectators demonstrated just that by buying up almost all the tickets available that prompted a question to the international paralympic committee whether similar exposure could be achieved come the next winter games in sochi i'm confident we will achieve similar levels. spectators are also a presence of media and as you said the winter sports is not as extended like summer one consequently we need to compare to who is interested to who could be interested but there is no question in my mind that all the big countries that you have here have winter sports and all of them out of going to also have a lot of that is because. we have here has been very important multiple paralympic

medalist. will be traveling home with a gold silver and bronze is also the ambassador for the twenty fourteen winter games in russia's black sea resort city of sochi so it's probably safe to say that for her the work is far from over as she is about to switch and that leads to being the country symbol of you don't think you understand all the stadiums because the paralympic games are not only the greatest event for people with disabilities but also an example. people not only in sparta and after the london games i think the interest in paralympics tourists will increase. the closing ceremony will be a landmark for the global paralympic movement and salty which is the next capital their winter games is ready to pick up world london left off and that's continuing to promote limited mobility and universal acceptance for people with disabilities

calls for a four to see you from the headquarters of such it's one of the fourteen here in london. engulfed phil mickelson shares the lead with d.j. sing at the b.m.w. championship after making ten birdies in indiana the californian left hand that carded a sixty four to charge up the leaderboard and goes into the final day on sixteen and over all with seeing icing found himself in a bit of trouble on occasions but got to hand it in style here well number one rory mcilroy is shot for the back along with westwood i see in the red while tiger woods is three shots off the pace i played well today i mean i had a lot of good shots and was really pleased with the way the round when i was it felt great to make some parts and see the ball roll in i played very similarly yesterday but a lot of parts went up to the lip and just didn't quite fall whereas today they seem to go in and on the european tour there is a four way tie for the date at the k. l. m. open england's graeme stormers the overnight leader in the netherlands but then let

slip a five shot advantage over the last half a dozen hallways and is now i joined at the top of the leaderboard by spain's comes out of finance and cost on a popular and scotland's scot jamieson they are all on twelve under getting into the final day. so that's the sports. world with. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. sigrid laboratory. was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tombs mission to teach creation why it should care about

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