from the russian capital this is the weekly here in our top stories now rise against austerity in greece thousands running at cuts targeting some of the most vulnerable even even the most price is hardly creates insensed. and euro boys take their toll in the french with freshly elected president francois hollande and watching his ratings plummet blow by economic blood. it's almost dead heat between republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to set apart their remarkably similar. plus russia turns eastward of the asia pacific summit economic and political ties with china growing at

a stronger which could on the u.s. and its moves for influence in the region. oh up next it saw exclusive interview with president vladimir putin where we discuss russia's budding partnership with china among other issues facing the country. 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 now although a pick is primarily an economic vessel there's a lot of politics involved as well and of course a lot of 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 players 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 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 usually the currently in the limelight and we will certainly address them in or deliberations of the forum in bilateral discussions or otherwise they wouldn't be overlooked the . problem of sorts but 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 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 and put it to you so how come russia is the only one which is expected to revise its stance don't you think our counterparts in negotiations want to revise theirs as well as we. looking back at the events in the past few years will see the 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 us and its allies went into afghanistan and now that we're all thinking about how they can get out of the you know you sure the situation there will be stable for decades to come and look at what's going on in the arab countries what concerns us from what i want to emphasize once again is the current hostilities in syria but at the same time we have just as concerned about the possible consequences of

certain decisions should they be taken or opinion the most important 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 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 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 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 in. the present 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 to the united states the upcoming election 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. and experts understand that a unilateral solution will not in harms 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 defensive 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 in 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 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 get 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 went on to say russia is not a friendly character on the world stage could you work with them to. 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 cute 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 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 our 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 is elected as 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 this brought people to their cause with a publicist with hindsight is 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 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 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 you're thora he 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 awful dogs 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 these girls must have lawyers who defend their interests in court they have the right to file an appeal and demand a new hearing 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 that britain at one point 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 to aid 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 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 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 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. they're cloudless childhood was overshadowed by this tragedy. they still feel the fear

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in fifty minutes from now the meantime cage is next with your sports. ira thank you for joining me for the sports headlines. front runner as the red bulls fail to finish mclaren's lewis hamilton holds up sergio perez to win his first ever italian brawn prix from paul to go second in the overall standings. while fighting through holder novak djokovic comes back from a second down to be down to four sets in the rain delayed encounter to set up a us open final against andy murray. allan a cut above heavyweight champion vitali klitschko stops manwell cha in the fourth round to retain his w.b.c. crown here in moscow. but first a formula one where mclaren's lewis hamilton has won the italian grand prix for the

first time from pole to clinch his twentieth career victory and go second in the overall standings this was a dominant performance from the briton who held off the threat of severe paris late on the mexican also enjoyed a brilliant race scoring his way up from twelfth on the grid to pick up his third podium finish of the season for salva however the two have to share the spotlight with binondo along the spine is stated his ferrari to third place at the pole race and now leads the championship by so if you're eight points ahead of time i think it's seven races to go impressive returning to me rihanna is a point further back off to coming in fierce while other title contenders hopes to go below feeding the red bull jew of sebastian vettel and mark webber who failed to finish along the jenson button. to do it it's been fantastic to win here you get the best crowd and it's just so happy for my team it's really a fantastic day and i know that to encounter incredible her out.

johnston is now defending champion novak djokovic came back from a set down to be fair in their weather delayed last fall much to set up a us open final against andy murray the match was postponed following two to ferrer in the first set g. toward tornado warning but twenty play started again the spanish four seed served out the opener six two however dr beach pulled back with a vengeance to take the second set six one four inch in a close of that sets export and was wrapping up victory in two hours and thirteen minutes to reach his fourth final at flushing meadows and olympic champion andy murray will be waiting in that final the briton came from a set down to knock out big serving thomas burdick the sixth seed who beat roger federer in the last eight took the first set seven five but then murray found his rhythm and won the next six to to level the match and then took the outright lead after cruising through the surge six one but it did show more resistance in the

fourth and was five two up in the time break but mari stormed back to win it nine seven and take victory in three hours and fifty eight minutes the twenty five year old will also replace rough on the dollar as well number three when the latest rankings are published on monday. there's been there's been growth. you know obviously the beginning of this there's two of us well actually play great so far so it's just you know something about is just the way to get through. to be in the photo and get a chance to put the program. you know that you know. this is you know probably the last big show but if you look at thought i mean of course right now it's it's set of course i don't like so i don't like to lose the match and some of them may shake. in the same way switch which i thought that i had a i had a pretty good chance but you know i would say that the best order the wind blew it

away from me. once a boxing now a heavyweight champion vitaly klitschko has successfully defended his w.b.c. crown here in moscow after ukrainian stopped germany's manuel chill in the fourth round of the only miscarried don't stop the flight after a touch co-conscious opened up a cut about his opponents i think clearly won all four rounds of the contest but off to woods charles said he felt he could have carried on and won and then also very much that he was told he'd have to wait. might have great respect for you and want you to give me in there a jones i'm sure fans in moscow 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 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 shown you've already had your chance tonight you've proved to have

a great heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. on to football now and a fully fit russian squad held a training session here in moscow before flying to tell of a u. for their second world cup qualifier against israel the twenty three players spent less than an hour on the pitch after the session was cut short by rain while fabio capello's men out clause to northern ireland two nil at the locomotive stadium on friday evening and are top of group s. ahead of portugal on goal difference but star striker alexander golf who assisted in one of russia's goals and hit the post in their opener believes cheers days 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 del first we'll find life much tougher we understand of the game against israel will be very difficult for us but will be going there to win and get all the points while elsewhere scotland and serbia open their bids to qualify for the world cup with a goal of straw in glasgow and examine the color of went close for the visit is

early on and when robert snodgrass had a chance for scotland midway through the first toff. so the best opportunity of the game fell to his teammate steven naismith is if it pans past the post. just like in the last game nothing could separate denmark and the czech republic in the only other qualifying match on saturday but us are outside the top to include armenia all the supplies leaders have of us twenty two hour run as well it's a. now russia has finished the final day of the paralympics in style beating ukraine one nil to win the men's football tournament and making it goal number thirty six in london this tally was enough to ensure the country finish second overall behind china an achievement celebrated with a former reception in the british capital among cos a referee quartz. london's paralympic games saw the

russian athletes cements their place among the world's best their success is attributed to several factors primarily the russians no longer feel at a disadvantage when it comes to equipment or training facilities but equally important is increasing social inclusion which among other things resulted in more competitors if we enlarge our base behind the paralympic team include more people who have problems with skills to. the performance of sport. by this method is the best methods to make our live picture more and more credible and more successful. the majority of gold medals came through athletics and swimming but sports where the podium was previously on it salable like or sheree for instance now seems closer than ever following the russian sweep of medals in one of

the disciplines in a push pull my pov to paralympic success was a difficult one. i also took part in the beijing games though i was only eleventh back then but i've been doing great have a since i've won medals both on the world of european stage go into these london games so my form has been building up and in the end i was strong enough to win here in london. so the paralympics are now moving on to inspire other nations in twenty fourteen it will be the russian winter fest and two years later sunny brazil will welcome the summer athletes but it all began are right here in the u.k. sixty four years ago still the magical games became the first ever recognized sporting event for people with disabilities the year was nine hundred forty eight and old german neurologist dr and the good men wanted was to speed up the red billets ation process for sixteen british world war two veterans and it makes me wonder if he ever dreamt that he's notion to help if you will eventually transform

into an international celebration for over forty two hundred athletes on cost of artsy stockman's of l u k. now want to go from sweden's present hands and has had the perfect warm up for the ryder cup by sinking an eagle on the eighteenth hole to win the k.l.a. of open by two shots in the netherlands and clinch his fist european tour title the victory was all the more impressive as the swede came close to withdrawing off days baby son was admitted to hospital on friday what to call the eighty three in the park final round sixty seven so helping him on fourteen under par overnight co-leader public will could only par the final hole to finish second along with scotland richie ramsay hansen is quoted royalties europe captain jose maria on a hobbled of less than three weeks ago before the match against the united states at medinah. and finally to a story that proves that you should never give up or celebrate before crossing the

finishing line as the moscow international peace marathon ended in a dramatic draw on sunday after running neck and neck for the whole race as the rain pelted down in central moscow russia had to shoot off all the way from compacted recall pool to off and with the finishing line in sight raised his arms in celebration only for who thought of two best through to clinch a photo finish and they shared gold medal fun during rain didn't deter thousands of runners from taking part but money to the bank could shoot off from hearing his rivals approach though the athlete believes the weather was embarrassing in disguise. but i think having the reindeer in the marathon only helped us and thanks to work together and got a great result i'm very pleased with today's race. and that's all from the sports desk i think.

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