this is the weekly here all of the top stories now rise against austerity in greece thousands rally of cuts targeting some of the most vulnerable leaving even the most crisis hardened greeks incensed. russia turns eastward at the asia pacific summit economic and political ties with china are growing ever stronger which could on the of the u.s. and its move for influence in the region. plus it's almost a dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to set apart the remarkably similar platforms. but up next our exclusive interview with president vladimir putin when we discuss russia's

budding partnership with china and also 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 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. that is true but in fact and 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 or due . to problems 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

maybe 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 or to revise theirs as well as we. 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 from 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 you can 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 unacceptable 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 in a 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 was not 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. more but 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 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 harness 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 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 with the national 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 or is not a friendly character on the world stage could you work with him said. torsion 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 only just clear 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 photo which 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 big a deal of fat and actually backfire it's brought all 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 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 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 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 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 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 do you know what i was told in response should complete 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 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 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. lines . would be soon which brightened if you move on someone from phones to pressure inside. these phones don't totty don't come.

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without bail. top stories this hour on r.t. rise against austerity in greece thousands rally of cards targeting some of the most vulnerable leaving even the most crisis hardly greeks insensed. russia turns eastward at the edge of pacific summit economic and political ties with china growing ever stronger which could on the u.s. and its moves for influence in the region. plus it's almost dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to set apart their remarkably similar plan. b. but with more on those stories with the news team and other stories for in fifty minutes from now in the meantime the latest in the world of sports with kate's.

but i thank you for joining me for this force to help on the. front runner as the red bulls fail to finish mclaren's louisana also holds up sergio perez to win his first ever a tally and drawn from paul to go second to the overall standings. while fighting through holder novi joke of it comes back from a second down to be daddy. sets in the rain delayed encounter to set up and us open final against andy murray. alice cuts about heavyweight champion vitale kitco stops manwell cha in the fourth round to retain his w.b.c. crowned here in moscow. but first to 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 the man the long as i as the spine is still at his ferrari to third place at the race and now leads the championship by so if you're eight points ahead of time it's been seven races to go impressive returning to me right there is a point further back off to coming in fierce while other title contenders hopes to go below including the red bull of sebastian vettel and mark webber who failed to finish him on the jenson button. to do it has been fantastic doing here with the fans crowd and just so happy for my team. and i think over. the top. on stan is now defending champion why that joke of age came back. from a set down to be fair in their weather delayed last for much to set up

a us open final against andy murray the match was postponed by the pair in the first set g. toward tornado warning about twenty play started again the spanish fourth seed served out the open at sixteen however the big full back with a vengeance to take the second set six one. closer thanks x. six for racking up victory in two hours and thirteen minutes to reach his fourth final 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 mary found his rhythm and won the next six two 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 tie breaker 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 this big growth. there's two of us. actually play great so far so it's just you know it's just the way to get through. to be in the photo and get a chance to play. you know that you know. this is you know probably the last show. 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. in the series which. i had a pretty good chance but you know i would say the first order the wind blew it away from me. on the boxing now and have. 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 olympics carried a don't stop the flight after a to choke puncture opened up a cut about his opponent's life that clearly won all four rounds of the contest but off towards chance that he felt he could have carried on and won and then also very much but he was told he'd have to wait. i have great respect for you and i want you to give me in there a jones i'm sure fast and muscular in 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 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 tel aviv 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 outclassed 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 and if cheers days match will be a lot tougher. when a team is playing at home always more difficult to play against him i am sure when we have to play nor the northern gulf first will find life much tougher we understand of the game against israel will be very difficult for us but will be going to win and get all the points while elsewhere scotland and serbia opened 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 then 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 pasta pitched. sounds just like him last time nothing could separate denmark and the czech republic is the only other qualifying match on saturday but us are outside the top to include the media all the supplies leaders had to do that twenty two hour run itself it's. 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 that goal number thirty six in london this tally was enough to ensure the country finish second overall behind choi to an achievement celebrated with a former reception in the british capital among cos or africa or its. long since paralympic games so the russian athletes cemented 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 first problem smith skills. of performance of sport. by this method is the best methods to the way. i 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's a little like or sheree for instance now seems closer than ever following the russian sweep of medals in one of the disciplines no push pull my path to paralympic success was a difficult. i also took part in the beijing games though i was only eleventh book

then but i've been doing great of 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 it 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 three years later sunny brazil will welcome this summer at least but it all began to 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 rebel it's asian 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 ramon koester

of artsy stockman's will u.k. now want to go and sweden's present hanson has have the perfect warm up for the ryder cup by sinking an eagle on the eighteenth hole to win the k l m open by two shots in that adolescence and clinch his face european to a title the victory was all the more impressive as this week came close to it during off his baby son was missing to hospital on the way they want to play god to put a strain on the call final round of sixty seven so him finish on fourteen on the paul overnight comida problem could only cause the final hole to finish second along with scotland's richie ramsay hansen's former peace europe captain jose maria on a softball with less than three weeks to go 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's i don't shoot off pulled away from

compacted because i met with the finishing line inside raised his arms in celebration only for cuckold to burst through to came to a photo finish in the shared gold medal the thundering rain didn't deter thousands of runners from taking all the time i took them to appear in cars when i was approach so yeah i think believes the weather is a blessing in disguise. but i think having the reindeer in the marathon only helped us and thanks to haywood we worked together and got a great result about it i'm very pleased with today's race. and that's all from the sports desk i said. the new super secret lover of taurine to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't dorna found anything tunes

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