but ahead a little over a year ago turkey was being hailed as the new leader in model for the muslim world on many turks the. foreign minister scott peterson thank you very much for sitting down with r.t.

well it's a pleasure iceland has recovered remarkably well following the two thousand a global financial crisis can you briefly describe to me how iceland came out of the circumstance they found themselves in in two thousand and eight we were the first country down during the crisis but we were also the first country or. apart from the rest of the countries in europe with him problem was the fact that. made an economic plan with me stuck to the plan we stayed because we took all the difficult decisions. we didn't put but you know we we want a little bit different we're going to grow up in countries instead of just. adopting everything measures we also raise taxes quite a lot moving about this. much greater income. they did make it able to pay that. and that of course we also put money into

infrastructure projects to stimulate the economy so we went in mixed mixed path really that is what was different between us and europe but considering the turmoil in the e.u. economy which may go into a recession now but iceland be better off just staying away from the european union i don't think so i'm pretty convinced that the e.u. when you go on will go through the present difficulties and will sail through the rough seas in the believe that the euro will be a stronger currency long before but you already see that it holds more than hold for example against american bhalo during milk. for example it was point five. stronger than the dollar so i think it is a currency that will wait in iceland you have this special situation where we are

probably the. smallest the nation with an independent currency and then be globalized world we find ourselves i mean if you are a small country with very little independent currency you you become like a prey that is apart by all the sharks all the hatch for so. therefore a lot of icelanders they think that in future there will be shelter with the new growth so that this what we really are seeking really oh yes. but won't you this is something that will be it's a decision that will be taken by the people also holding a referendum already. putting a lot of what we're seeking by joining the european union is. greater currency area with greater stability lower rates and hopefully better shelter for another crisis that may loom in future for europe and i said let four of its big banks fall in two

thousand but supported sectors of its economy europe is doing the exact opposite right now it is forging our aid to the alan banking system while imposing austerity measures on the people why isn't the european union learning from iceland's experience one of the big companies they probably had of articles the big countries the big comfortable asians never look at the small fish in the pond as consoles why are they doing well but what we did what was completely opposite to the euro zone countries and to you even to the united states is that we didn't socialize the losses we didn't let the taxpayer. shouldering the burden what did all of that. phone call. good risk.

go away with losses but we did the whole thing we sell. millions the average person let's just say the state government did the passage of the in there with yours so you put the people first before the corporations that's why it happened that's what we do in life. that sounds pretty nice pretty considerate it worked for us it worked for us and in the end i mean only four years after the crisis you know what when the world completely wrote off iceland what you see a small country that is doing well we have the highest rate of growth in europe now the new figures showing about the growth in iceland three point five percent projected to be that. in the same area for the next two years unemployment is down to four point five percent four point five zero point five so on and it is working the icelandic system is working do you think that a european union will survive with all of its current numbers or just think some

will have to pay off loaded greece i think it will survive and i'll tell you why i think greece as you put it so eloquently will be offloaded because it will be so expensive for europe it will be a very expensive for some of the rich countries of europe from so i think people will just come to terms and come to the conclusion that it will be. easier cheaper too. and i think that is what will happen iceland is one of the key players in the arctic region that is estimated to hold thirty percent of the world's undiscovered gas deposits and thirteen percent of the world's undiscovered oil deposits could the arctic become the new middle east just a few decades from now perhaps not a new middle east but. the arctic contains a lot of untapped resource. if you just think about iceland in the future of

iceland limiting within perhaps twelve or twenty years you will have three oil fields north of iceland one with the iceland economic zone about one which we know this business pretty well. should just that may be huge so i think definitely in the arctic you will see a lot of new wealth drawn from in the future that will be to the benefit of countries like yours like russia like iceland like greenland possibly the fairways of as well and some others but it isn't the only opportunity i mean if you look at iceland we are placed so to speak in the affluent of the arctic ocean and some of these spills are exactly in the areas where we knew where the current poor go between iceland and greenland so let's just think for

a moment the pub what happened in the gulf of mexico christ if that would happen worth of iceland at the extreme low temperature oil doesn't the great need to really but the catalyst doesn't do not work it would be a couple strokes so we have to tread very very carefully. but the answer is yes i think a lot of nations will drop a lot of well from the arctic how do you respond to recent reports of chinese investors becoming increase. singly interested in leasing land in iceland and what do you think china's involvement in the region will mean geo politically well the icelanders. reacted very positively in the first place thought this was a very. interest they welcomed this interest and china like russia has always treated iceland with respect you know our friends in the past even of systems like russia did during our crisis i think there's

a lot of apprehension now by the iceland support. this is probably and possibly by . external media about all seem to be afraid. but what will happen is that there will be a new traffic route across the arctic definitely and china is looking at the because it will cut the cost so. transporting chinese goods from asia to europe by foot. so in iceland there is a lot of interest in certain areas to work with chinese on developing this route in the future i think. you will see that anyway however things developed by stunt will be one of the stepping stones between. europe where the ice has melted in such a manner that you will. have a new car group. that will be pretty soon perhaps within some two years

ago iceland came up with something called the modern media and national have its legal framework to promote investigative journalism considering the fact that iceland and you yourself have become the victim of wiki leaks what's in it for iceland to promote such a legal framework well i wouldn't phrase it. the way you do with. a victim of intellect but you'd power to your face as well i mean you're talking to a guy who certainly saw a confidential report my. splash storm of the pages of the media actually the big leagues group made the first trial run with documents related to iceland because they had some particular connection to icelandic individual but. in the end this resulted in this bill of

like islay shalott is being proposed in the icelandic parliament and that has been embraced to a certain extent by all sides of the house i mean iceland at least tries to be a partner but wants to be transparent but this doesn't mean that we want to be a haven for illegal things multiple but what we're trying to do of this bill. individual m.p. is trying to lay a groundwork for a corporation between nation where it is easier to blow the whistle to publish things that might be negative for individual institutions or governments but nevertheless good for the society as a whole i mean for example if you have corruption within government i think it is positive that it should be put out in the op open. that's the. but the.

foreign minister thank you very much for your part thank you. the sun rises over what seems like and lost forest but here in the new directions crime hundred kilometers north of la de vos stalk as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. markers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system are filing down the forests of the poem or ski region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis we are on the hunt for illegal loggers and it's not going to be easy the forest is enormous and our chances are slim now for now we can stay in our dreams but as soon as we find solid tracks we'll have to drop our wheels and

get out silently in order not to scare the loggers off alexander someone in ca has been a ranger for over twenty five years he can spend weeks at a time tracking a single group of loggers easier to work when snow falls in autumn it's impossible to find human tracks and even transport tracks are hard to see after hours of driving we get sent in the right direction by word of mouth you can see that the ground is soft here which means that they've twelve's the tractor trails are very fresh which in fact means that we need to be quiet in order to not scare them off as we get closer. to. this team says they're illegal but have no documents now xander can now call the police to take over his work here is done he is overwhelmingly outnumbered there are too few rangers working in the promote the region and the w w f says the government isn't doing enough to stop it just you. know one. to stop them in just five years the force will be gone what will the

people who live afterwards do it's a question more and more people are aware of today climate change and the safety of our environment as a whole are being discussed around the world and perhaps it's those small steps that might be a start to people living in harmony with nature. and. the mission of free cretaceous and free in-store chargers free arrangements three. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and a free media dog r t v dot com. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. pro-government militias in libya keep up their assault and seizure on colonel gadhafi his former stronghold of bani walid phares clashes in the outskirts of the town have left over twenty people dead many more injured with reports that chemical gas is being produced. fresh unrest reported in beirut with people injured after a weekend of fall and clashes sparked by the assassination of a senior intelligence official the opposition blames damascus and the lebanese government but protesters demanding the prime minister's resignation. was america's . global position is the topic for obama and romney's final turn on t.v.

are head of the presidential poll in two weeks they're running neck and neck right now and voters are having a tough time telling them apart r t has in-depth coverage. sports now with kate. hello and welcome to the latest sports bulletin and here's what's coming up. remove disgraced cyclist laws all strongly stripped of his seven tour de france titles by the sport's governing body and banned for life. while keeping up discovery ten man ravine and telex edge on cost to maintain the pressure on leaders and he made close before top of the russian premier league. and the battle of moscow caroline wozniacki aims to return to the world's top ten after a three set triumph over some stars are to win the kremlin cup. but first disgraced

cyclist lance armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles on what the sport's governing body calls a landmark day for cycling the forty one year old was also banned from life after the international cycling union agreed with a damning report by the u.s. anti-doping agency on the one thousand page dossier claims armstrong wants the kingpin of a major drug ring helping him dominates the tour de france from one thousand nine hundred ninety nine to two thousand and five and the organizers say they'll keep the titles vacant well meanwhile the texan has always denied any wrongdoing but refused to fight these charges and last week a cancer survivor also stepped down as chairman of his charity foundation lives. this is an unmarked day for cycling. cycling indeed has endured a lot of pain as it has absorbed the impact of the usada report u.c.i. would ban lance armstrong from cycling and u.c.i. would strip him of the seven tour de france titles. lance armstrong has no place in

cycling. moving on to football and says coach len it's not ski has praised his players fighting spirit after digging out a two nil home victory over ten man rubin to go within two points of russian premier league leaders and g. while i will also discuss side have played for their countries during the international great and lets he says that maybe you can try to get out they took the lead from the penalty spot with twenty minutes to go in nigeria's musso was up ended. and sweden's rasmus elm slotted home for minutes later the day got even worse for makana the story straight red card after a high challenge. and the army man made the most of the extra man as scored their second eight minutes from time after latching on to alexander sound as pops. while in the early kick off either live or die in cobol i didn't josey modesty i was cross midway through the second half to end high flying to right i wonder when it was the czech genocide picked up their second straight victory and finished the

day third four points adrift of angie. while the focus turns to the bottom half of the table is monday night as clearly as so that's off who are eleven welcome both i'm side valda you've won just once this season kind of six points from safety. when we last was at moscow have been dealt a heavy blow ahead of tuesday's champions league matches home to benfica after scans revealed a second choice goalkeeper. will be out for at least a month due to a broken leg the shortstop up picked up the injury joining spots x. two one defeat at premier league on saturday the ball is set to deputize between the sticks. for me while in england on sunday wrong button g.p.l. drew one wrong even for everton who had stephen dean are sent off and sunderland snatched a one one draw against ten minute also very late goal from death in the bar. now moving on to tennis and former while the one caroline wozniacki was delighted to have returned to winning ways twentieth career title with

a gruelling three set win over some stones that if the crowning cup. here in moscow the dane cruiser the first set six two but the australian top seed back in the second to take that six four and it was a close of their in the decider before wozniacki converted her second match point to edge that something like this across the second title of the season and the twenty two year old could also great back into the world's top ten should she win the tournament of champions which gets underway in boulder area later this month. was because they are well on. such a good for her sly's has some. different things to some of the other players start to know the serve place more men's kind of tell us which makes it difficult with the spin and everything but i was very pleased about they were handed over. now the new olympic bobsledder track in sochi will stage its first test event this week

with competitors claiming it's an easy out but safer run than the one used at the vancouver games where one loser died ahead of the tournament and several competitors crashed out the twenty two of russia got to get underway on tuesday on a new track which was approved by delegates from the international olympic committee this year and after this week's bigger international events next year in the run up to the olympics and so far the competitors have been positive about the new run. the new super bowl compared to the track this one is easier but it does mean worse as last olympics there were some bad accidents as you know and a lot of athletes were hurt it's certain sections why am i saying this streak you see for. the price. while meanwhile over in spain there was a dramatic end to the runner worlds two series as russian chants just missed out on being crowned champion at the final race of the season in barcelona and with more

his concent in but out of. fourteen point separated the neal crew out from stuff in a van doren before the final race of the competing and i went to a dramatically affected the results of the morning qualification session as well as the race clear out felt no pressure and captured a crucial pole position while his title rival headed disaster's run and had to begin from sixteen sports yet the twenty year old belgian produced a fantastic start as he overtook ten opponents to go six on the second leg but he dodged another car in the torn and one door and was forced to retire for the first time this season and had to finish on the podium to grab the title unfortunately you have to decide i touch with somebody and i went out of the race so. then stan i thought ok it's it's all gone gone again meanwhile korea set the stage and was comfortably head of the chasing back but first date in year old was fined for not

making it stop on time and sleep to the third and then his team played from a changing tires as the tread dried and it was impossible to keep up his speed so that he had to watch as a victory sleep through his fingers and he eventually finished eighth in a real option for the. tires of the truck seem to go to sleep period and red and there were some clouds coming in with the rain will roll down again so. as to mimic sometimes wrong choice doesn't make right choice today was wrong choice all of the roland of the ford tech team was the first to take the checkered flag pole while it was wondering who stole the show as he was crowned the season's champions and takes home half a million euros our i feel really delighted after after securing a title but i mean after all today after qualifying it was it was going to be over and. i was going to have to lose the championship because i was starting p.-six dean and my rival was starting on pole so i think it will it looked on. it's like

an incredible job but my team and everybody around me really supported me and said it was not done yet it was a thrilling climax to do it while we're at the circuit i've got a little year hopefully both one door in and will take the next step and move up a cholesterol formal orion or three point five and maybe in a couple of years time we'll be watching them compete in formula one constantine brother of archie barcelona spain. and finally the first season of the international student basketball league has got underway in moscow with twenty two teams from six countries taking part so far but russian organizers hope more teams will soon enroll as rank us referee ports. then uniforms i is d.l. united states highest echelons of state in basketball from russia ukraine delivers kazakhstan lithuania and estonia the sport's popularity in those nations is a long way from north america's and c.w.a.

march madness but there's no doubt the organizers will do all they can in the inaugural season so that she believes one gypsy and expansion student basketball in russia is not at the level that it would like it to be and the long run so i'm sure that they exist and so the premier league call student basketball teams plus the international teams will help us to a result issue and we probably will go to the next level next season but this is a trial season so probably there will be mistakes they'll be problems try to make it work they've her national student basketball league has been a work in progress for many years and mosco state university along with sponsors and russian government officials have finally made that first step towards creating a highly competitive college pool was capable of the good ole miss basketball is generally a game for young smart people and here we have students who are just that good basketball has always been extremely popular with students and we hope that one day

our team will be taking part in top international university competitions and come out as winners of course was to bring this to discourage you going to the seas in the eye has to be as exposure will be limited to the six former soviet republics but the players themselves will get a chance to assess their strength against and see them play and top european universities as soon as may of next year at the international student basketball festival in the capitals of the rest where i am on call for of our take calls and as. i said.

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