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a free media. you. please. please. welcome to. the studio. to say to you. during a visit to moscow to try to secure. the growth and something called state of south. what to get. my studio to talk about. the president of south. used to work as high school teacher but you know early eighty's he joined the

k.g.b. after the collapse of the soviet union to be able became a chief of south of sixty eight intelligence during the georgia south acetic conflict in the ninety's of the major general played a key role in the internationally mediated peacemaking efforts last april that i need to be. president among his stall priority is a recognition of south of the world. countries rebuilding. elyssa to believe welcome to the show. hello yes let's start with the visit to moscow. this is your first official visit here. by president putin invited to discuss i quote russia's assistance so the cd is social and economic development. that's the purpose of your visit.

so what is this is distance finance we talking about financial aid. there is a new department now established within the president's executive office you mean the russian president yes there is a special department for social and economic deals exclusively with south a city but sorry just to clarify it doesn't deal only with us to see hear or see as well. it works with both a policy in south a city after meeting with you said moscow would continue supporting. is this supported vital. and what if it stopped. he'd be able to survive without they see it. south a silly it definitely needs the aid has been receiving from russia.

this is because georgia has been khorassan south of syria for the past twenty years . so. the events of nine hundred eighty nine are still fresh in our memories. the situation was very difficult. georgian nationalism revealed its true colors. their slogan was. for georgians. who wanted to force all the assyrians south a city. they wanted us to flee. to russia. to russia of course this is always been the only option for us. and this had a very negative effect on our economy and infrastructure. do you mean georgie

intentionally destroyed this how is he an economy. ga clearly violated all the agreements we had and wiped out everything in south a say yeah but what exactly had you had. when we were still in autonomy our agriculture in our industry actually did pretty well. we had twenty seven production facilities in south a city. but then georgians destroyed practically everything. which you are seeing in essence is that the public would not be able to survive without russian aid. it would be very hard for us to survive without this

support. because you talk about rebuilding your economy in one of your recent interviews he said that. expected to develop a healthy efficient economy within the next eighteen months or so. but given its current devastation that would require an economic miracle. i think we should do it step by step what we can to procrastinate. either. we were already started revolving our agriculture. our republic has always been an agricultural area with the great opportunities for cattle breeding and producing other regular cultural goods. we also used to produce grain and basically all other kinds of products. so i think if we go back to this same level of agricultural development. our

country will become self-sufficient in terms of these products. and the same goes for our industries. you're also saw the cities reaching mineral resources. right. and other minerals. we just need to prospect darley deposits and get an accurate asked amount of what exactly we have. so basically south a city has every element that's on the periodic table. but at the moment. so i think that will definitely work on developing our economy. also just as an example we have a lot of mineral springs in south a city and. so if we do it the right way.

we can supply drinking water but also. as you know. quality mineral water is in high demand on the market today. it's least i can tell you that here in moscow tap water is appalling. so i think if we concentrate on these matters we can gradually develop our economy over the next several years so that our contrie would no longer need this much aid from russia. so we're working on that. issue security is another issue which i'm sure you have covered in discussions with president putin. this is you know with the russian troops stationed in south.

what is russia's role in maintaining your security. we discussed evora radio we shoes during our meeting and of course security is always high on the g.n.d. . but also at the ball i have to say that the current situation in south a city he's very different from what it used to be prior to the. two thousand and eight war. the fifty eighth army now has a base in south a sadia base number four. also russian border guards now patrol our borders together with our forces you mean you guard your borders jointly with russian troops our border guards and the russian border guards protect the border together so they stand there post side by side they work together which

are you. still. so i think security is very important to our republic. have you discussed with president putin how long the russian base will remain in southeast bilis agreement is for forty nine years with an option for a fifteen year extension of this kind of process that we. i see when you invited president putin to south you said a quote it would be in jail in the event. that i did that what makes putin visit special. i'd like to see that the people of south a sadia are very grateful to russia to the russian government and especially to president putin. the decisions taken in august two thousand and eight have truly determined our future.

as you may know george's attack on south a city it was code named operation clearfield. had not russia intervened with its peace and forstmann top aeration. to russia not recognized south a city is independence the situation it could have been very different. so as a person who has witnessed the everything that happened in south the city in the august of two thousand and eight and even of prior to that. i can say that president putin has made a major contribution. to the improvements we see in our republic today. that's why i genuinely think that his visit would mean

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welcome back to spotlight. just a reminder my guest in the studio here is to be president of south a city that's meant to be the let's continue discussing if he is relations with russia he recently said that in the future you hope to unite the two c.t.'s. you. got it right so used to be a part of georgia and notice he is a region within the russian federation so do you mean to say that the two publics would unite into a sovereign independent state or as part of the russian federation. and you have

to realize that the assyrians are divided people. divided by a mountain range. yes by a mountain range but. in other words are people have been artificially divided and this division is causing a lot of hardy people both in the southern and northern parts of a city and. today we are in an independent state. but we never give up on the dream. and want to see you choose eventually come true. we know it won't happen overnight. but i do hope that

one will be one nation again. so after all do you contemplate an independent state or being part of the russian federation how do you see yourself actually i have already answered this question. should be together is part of russia. and that is exactly why we have kept the ruble as your national currency of. nias but actually. this is not the only reason we use the russian ruble as our currency. but i know what about the timeframe will it take years or possibly decades i think it is difficult to set a timeline here i agree but any assumptions i think we should move in this direction that we. turn to georgia where is the question really any party had lost in recent elections my own foreign minister designate my up and. said one of these

days that georgia's foreign policy would focus. on strengthening ties with its neighbors in other words with south as well as normalizing relations with russia. if he did as mean business what steps should be undertaken to normalize these relations with. what punchy kids says is true and there are some forces in georgia who are intent on the building a healthy relationship with its neighbors this is a good sign. but in any case georgia has a long way to go. and you know i would like to stress that right now we have no ties whatsoever with georgia. so

we do discuss some aspects of post conflict settlement support of the geneva talks . which is a serious platform for post-war talks. georgia has so far refused to sign a document. binding need to refrain from using force against south a sadia or a posse. and this keeps causing our concern and this is why we are cautious you know how we treat georgians . i see i see. also georgia has yet to recognize its genocide against the syrian people. and there are many more questions that's remain unresolved.

ever since two thousand and eight the georgian government has repeatedly tried to convince the international community that they were not guilty that the world was but following the recent election. the winner said it was georgia really in particular who had started the war in two thousand and eight actually it's going to know what is it there behind these words and how important to you is this deviant made by george's new leader. actually you know any spill is not the first person to say this earlier is some other people said it was circus really who started the war. but at that time there was nobody openly condemned what he did.

there was also an independent commission chaired by a high d'italia beenie. and it also placed the blame on georgia in its report. so even if released. each minute is nothing. but actually the whole world knows that it was georgia who attacked a south a sadia. but because of the double standards and the international community turned a blind eye to what actually happened in two thousand and eight two. so i really don't think that even an issue really is teeth meant i will make much difference to our relations. in the.

e.u. of course you've already touched upon the geneva negotiations on security in this health copus this. third thing at the end of the day how efficient and productive do you believe these negotiations have been. if you he takes mutual understanding for talks to be the fish and. the money. and like i said the key office stickle he said georgie is unwilling to me to sign the agreement that's been drawn up by the south acedia a policy and russia on the no on the use of force against these countries. similar protests that you just with us. i want to stress unless you would you agree stu signed these documents we can truly say these talks are efficient or

productive. in this sense particularly. but i do believe the geneva talks are you only platform for discussing. settlement of this conflict conflict but so i think we continue should. talks you know a final question of the recent election in georgia mistake really said they georgia would continue developing closer ties with the west including the to do you think georgia's hypothetical accession to nato would pose a threat to india so in what way is it something you worried about. georgia has already demonstrated how it can be a threat to south acedia. and as for plans that the georgian authorities me have. it is up to them to decide what they want to do. well if we cannot impact their decision whether the shooter or shouldn't join nato.

soloed georgia make its own decision about what is important to us is that our country's independence has been recognised by such a great power as russia and for obvious reasons will stick to this policy. spicier thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest of the show if there was need to feel the president. said and that's it for now from all of if you want to have your sales wildlife or have someone in mind who you think i should into the next guy just drop me a line at. are you and that's q. spotlight in three you will be back with more comments on what's going on outside russia until then stay on r.t. to take. us to.

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report on. the legacy no one should be proud. keeps of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the spitzbergen archipelago don't make a pretty picture the guiding principle here is the worse the better locals like to tell the story that back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they also expressed amazement. at how prosperous this settlement was well times have obviously a challenge when they saw it lags say it's still attracting the region tourists are barons word i've heard that cons watch native cash that's why one big bad they're ruining our goal is common as was uncovered here

a few days ago instead of drawing it that way the local administration decided to paint a venue and put it at barron's work central square that can do nine hundred eighty daryn's work was a burgeoning mining community the soviet union was determined to maintain its own costs. are located halfway between north america and western europe the space bergen archipelago is part of norway but a special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the middle of the cold war. served as the useless hours westernmost outpost now it's one of the soviet union's last preserved relics. it is essentially a picture of what would have happened to the soviet union if it was cut off from any financial support for two decades it's a curious site for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russian travelers to keep its presence on spitsbergen russia still maintaining a coal mine here but in terms of profit is far behind local shops so between

married bill it is a big hit the defunct are incurred and still helps keep the money flowing. it's a rush. but you can't play in. your local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards these modernization efforts are not very popular with tourists if you come into a very authentic place like bombs should stay the way it is that would be my wish i mean that's the part of the let you know authentic tradition here. i should not i would not like to have it in a shiny condition to be on the time to change even for the better is not always good for business something that even a local band has become attuned to when they try to add the morning russian songs to die repertoire the audience called all they wanted to hear it was

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