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u.s. and european economies. as democrats and republicans brace themselves for the battle ahead of the u.s. presidential election we hear from critics who question whether there's any genuine choice. now. with china among other issues facing the country at the moment touched upon in exclusive interview with president vladimir putin which is coming up right now. hello are you watching r t with me kevin o. in 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 now although a 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 and you just said it yourself a pick 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 or due to. a problem of sorts but you touched on another big subject in the headlines the register events 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 there should be no foreign intervention and it should be the syrian people who do the deciding it should be done 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 make me now from what i see it took a listen i put it to 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 opinion 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 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 arab nations have been covertly to start with supporting the

f.s.a. the free syrian army some of them doing it openly course the catch here is that the f.s.a. 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 doesn't it to you know when someone aspires to attain and then they see is optimal any means will do as a rule they will try. 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. more about hasn't put the support of the rebel movement there and then 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 what 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 hearts 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 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 or 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 a little national 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 he went on to say russia is not a friendly character on the world stage could you work with him said. 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 on what is clearly 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 the person who aspires to lead a nation especially a great country like the u.s. 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 our american partners keep telling us this is not directed against you but what happens if mr romney and believes to be america's number one 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 people to their cause with the public

with hindsight it was a beautiful thing but with hindsight you think the case could have been handled differently but i've always felt the punishment should be proportionate to the offense and i'm 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 bands 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 forty's then they are loaded video on the internet then they turned up at your lock of a cathedral here in moscow causing unholy mayhem 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're doing i will not comment on whether the verdict is well grounded in the sentence proportionate to the offense in which these girls must have lawyers who defend their interests in court they have the right to file an appeal and demand a new hearing so 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 of 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 it's 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 you know what i was told in response should come put 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 the 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 a soldier over to the united states no guarantees of being forthcoming at the very least this suggests that we are looking at a politically motivated trial. their

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the sports. hello there thanks for watching and these are the headlines cut above the heavyweight champion the tally cakes go up one more shot in the hole grand turk say he's never been seen crime in moscow. but in the final andy murray beat thomas birdie in the semi to the story flushing meadow. runner lewis hamilton starts on policies first other. picture of. the first boxing heavyweight champion to tally klitschko has successfully defended his w.b.c. crown in moscow ukrainian stopping germany's manuel char in the fourth round of the in peace doctors stopped the fight after kiszko opened up

a cut above his opponent's eye 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 and have great respect and i want you to give me in there a chance i'm sure fans in moscow germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between me indeed and i'm sure you will accept my challenge. when you are my 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 to have a great heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. in ten it andy murray is three to his second u.s. open final after beating thomas burdick in four sets at flushing meadows although he'll have to wait to see he will face next novak djokovic that is semi was halted because of fears of a tornado while the weather wasn't ideal where murray was on court either and it

was burdick who seemed to be dealing better with the strong winds at the start the sixteen he beat roger federer in the quarters took the first set seven five but after that mary found his rhythm and won the next six two to level the match and then took the out right lead after cruising through the following set six one bird it did show more resistance in the fourth and was five two up in a tie break but mary who won a limpid gold last month stormed back to win one seven for a fourth set fig tree. in the spring grove. you know of us getting of those of us who are actually put the group that's so or so it just sort of is just the way to get through. to be in the photo and get the chance to put. you know that you know over your book this was you know. sure.

your thought i mean of course right now it's it's of course i don't like to i don't know. some of them. that i had a pretty good chance but you know i would say the first word against the wind blew it away from me when the weather got worse by the time the second semifinal started and david for their race to a five games to lead against novak djokovic before play was halted over fears of tornado was coming play due to resume later on sunday with the eventual men's final being played on monday. bad weather means the women's final between top seed of twenty as that anchor and threw in a williams has been delayed until later on some. day to. mclaren's lewis hamilton will start on pole for sunday's italian grand prix with teammate jenson button alongside him on the front row in monza how more than 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 here six of the last ten italian events having been won from pole two thousand and nine world champion button was second quickest in qualifying with ferrari's for lead to massa third fastest overall standings lead different andrew alonso start back in ten after he suffered technical problems the spaniard has a twenty four point lead over sebastian vettel who will start from fifth. in while the russian football team fly to tel aviv today as they prepare to face israel in their second world cup qualifier probably a capello's men beat northern ireland to kneel in moscow on friday but believe tuesday's match will be a lot tougher. when a team is playing at home always more difficult to play against i'm sure when we have to play northern ireland and bowl first we'll find life much tougher we understand of the game against israel will be very difficult for us it will be going there to win and get all the points scotland in serbia opened their bid to qualify for the twenty fourteen world cup with a goal of strong glasgow alexander color of their went close for the visitors early

on i'm robert snodgrass had a good chance for scotland midway through the first half but the best opportunity of the gang fell to teammate steven naismith but his effort banks past the post. and in the other european walk up qualify on saturday denmark to the czech republic that neil neil. and the reigning champions now moscow were top of the table after beating you could a five three the muscovite now one two one of their opening three games but what if jaroslava less second after their two one victory over this first season back in the cage. since the tragic plane crash which killed their entire team a year ago sparta crashed for one and there were also wins for the nominee and to scar elsewhere victories for some of the lists and scarfs appear be to put a five. but a narrow win over. meanwhile a more ice hockey match has been plaguing our savile exactly

a year after the tragic locomotive plane crash which killed every member of the k.h. l.t. navy and russian select teams went head to head with the business is winning five four to level the series at one a pace to remain games will be played in canada. because. we cannot get these guys the only thing we can do now is how different sports events in the memory everything is done to support the families in the last ten days we conducted several charity games across russia and all of them were devoted to the tragedy it would shocked everybody at the paralympics it looks like russia will finish second in the medals table with just one day of comp. titian remaining three goals on saturday giving them a tally of thirty five to more than britain who are in third china are way out in front with a staggering ninety five goals but victory for you in even over in the women's t thirty six one hundred meters and golds in the pool for. russia take second spot with almost double the number of goals they got in beijing so

a hugely successful games for the country will start turning their focus on the next winter olympics in sochi with more on cost us. if 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 gold you. 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 it 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 that we will achieve similar levels of. spectators and also a presence of media as you said the winter sports is not as extended like summer one consequently we need to compare to who is interested or who could be interested but there is no question in my mind that all the big countries that you have here have winter sports one of them are going to also have a lot of interest because. we have here has been very important multiple paralympic medalist. who will be. traveling home with a gold silver and a 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 leaves have to being the country symbol missed if you don't think you understand who feel all the stadiums

because the paralympic games are not only the greatest event for people with disabilities but also an example will. people not only in sparta and often on games i think the interest in paralympics force will increase. the closing ceremony will be a landmark for the global paralympic movement and assault she 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 forward see you from the headquarters of such it's one of the fourteen here in london. in goal phil mickelson shares the lead with v.j. singh at the b.m.w. championship after making ten birdies in indiana the californian left hander carded a sixty four to charge at the leaderboard and goes into the final day on sixteen and overall along with sing sing found himself in

a bit of trouble on occasions but got out in style here and went round in sixty nine world number one rory mcilroy is a shot for the back along with lee westwood seen here in the red top while tiger woods is three shots off the pace i played well today i mean i had a lot of good charts i was really pleased with the way the round where it 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 for whereas today they seem to go in and on the european tour there is a four way tie for the lead at the k. l. m. open england's graeme store was the overnight leader in the netherlands but then let slip a five short advantage over the last half a dozen holes and is now joined at the top of the leaderboard by spain's gonzales and there is a star. and scotland scot jamieson they are all on twelve under going into the final day. i. understand it leads by two shots going into the last round of the russia challenge cup it's a lever course just outside moscow he carded

a one over par seventy three on saturday in very windy conditions and sits two clear of alexander from france and morton madsen from denmark to your four player to me is. with this condition these are all employee maybe. every player possibly to read to more so it's windy here windy in the states let's find out what the weather is doing where you are that's next.