course has a huge vast reserves of oil and natural gas and i know you're going to be talking to constantine gird give about that in the second half he is from moscow and he's an economist but the article does note that russia's g.d.p. is growing faster than brazil's one of the big four emerging markets so as voters look around at their neighbors to the west and see one economic crisis after another putin's chances of becoming president of russia again are greatly improved so i guess there are lots of protests going on in moscow and st petersburg and around russia but according to forbes they're saying because the economy is so strong compared to their neighbors all over europe it might boost his chances protests this is an emerging social media ploy. think about it make a transition away from natural resources to social media all those brilliant russian programmers and developers creating all the new generation of the son of the russian billionaire is investing in u.s. based social media companies i should invest in homegrown russian social media companies we know from the people out there

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back to the kaiser report time now to go to speak with economist professor constantine good to have constantine. and now teaches at trinity college dublin welcome back to kaiser report thank you all right. wasn't tant if it were to happen what impact would a euro zone breakup have russia there i read it two ways in which the euro can break up and we can call it or the disorderly in the orderly case of a default or breakup of the euro what will happen is the monetary must all that money in circulation currency and euros will be gradually over a number of years displaced out of the existence where they are in one country such as greece or in a number of countries such as all the peripheral countries there are different permutations and the case in this case the disruption will be the most minor and the impact on russian trade and the russian president will savings and investments will be very minor the worst case scenario calms when there's disorderly default or this sort of the destruction of the currency markets and there's a lot of the what happens as overnight euro system exists in a number o

constantine and his associates favored the option of integration. >> constantine was a consummate pragmatistate politician. and i think he gauged well the upsurge of interest and support christianity was... was receiving, and so played up to that very nicely and exploited it in his own rule. >> when constantine came into power and started to favor christianity, he did do many things that plainly showed a support for christianity. he gave money for the building of churches, money for the copying of scriptures, he exempted clergy members from having to perform civic duties on town councils, that kind of thing. >> the bishops are able to take advantage of constantine's mood and his curious intellectual interest in things like christology and the trinity and church organization. they're able to have bibles copied at public expense. they're finally able to ve public christian architecture and big basilicas. so there's a comfortable symbiotic relationship between the empire and the church. >> all that certainly stands in favor of his true christian commitment. on the other hand, he did retain the

and does his recent article help us make predictions were asking political scientist guinea and constantine similar both the kremlin candidates have so far won every presidential race in russia's history the best result of what was achieved eighty's ago when they mirror putin was reelected with seventy one percent of the vote this time around it's a much tougher complaint for him as the presidential race is taking place in the aftermath of last year's mass protests against alleged fraud at the parliamentary election it was the ruling united russia party in half of the vote in the delegate rigging the accusations which infuriated the crowd the biggest opposition really is in russia's recent history did not lead to a knowing the election result with good morgan intrigue into the presidential race the contenders are now faced. with a new political reality a much more active electorate and the heated online debate while a bloody new putin still remains the most popular politician according to opinion polls he might be the first time in his career and not make it in the first round of election c

and constantin sim and that's it for now from politics spotlight will be back with more critical comments from one to going on in and outside russia until then stay on party and take it. culture is that so much. i mean to say she's the. supporters of the stop online piracy act claim they are losing billions of dollars a year to step on the internet. between a rock and a hard place london. to spying inside to russia using an electronic gadget inside a fake stone founded by russian security services in moscow six years ago it is the first british confirmation with a former top aide to us from prime minister tony blair saying it was embarrassing and that the british had been caught red handed. with the arab league mission in syria seeking to broker peace in drawing to an end the bloodshed continues with twenty dead on thursday alone around six hundred killed by security forces since the mission began a month ago meanwhile the e.u. urges and more tough sanctions against the assad regime. plus rage on the streets of romania with crowds demanding the resignation of their government for imposing

just a reminder that my guests on the show today are political scientists of guinea mention co and constantin seaman if we're talking about putting political manifesto his recent article published in the is a beast in the national daily journal and we've talked about put inside talking about putting the political system but how it's going to develop if he is elected this is a very interesting social first of all one of the problems that that many people seen with his political system is is that it's not producing any leader any political leader other than let him put himself even the more most loyal medvedev didn't. decided. not to run for the second presidential term and i would make a wild guess that this was a device planted reputed so why is it happening this way. because that's current of tradition of russian monarchy. of one leader. told about debates. talking about tibet. the only one only one case is the. future president took part in the debates in russia it was in one nine hundred ninety. s. i'm not a russian as you know and this was it was up but it was russia yes but not us and. s

lead to well the blue and whites regain momentum and it took them four minutes to level matters constantin going to coffs shot was blocked and they all come out of wasted no time to send it into the net two minutes later and phillipe mark with a seismic slammed shut down and gave demand with the lead to one after the middle period and the helm site continued to buzz around defensive zone enjoying their passing moves amount of heat you are banking on with it boss connected he's got a goal of the season with the ball forest shot and denominated one more to make it four one just thirty seconds later constantin woke up was weakest in the golmaal square miles just sent it back home to his down for into the season and that's how it's been thanks for never better we played solid hockey into p.b.s. and we needed this victory for the playoffs start in a month and a half that's still a long way to go but we focus on every game and try to win it over we're not thinking about the playoffs at the moment that will be a different story and so therefore we were on the road and it was our first match a hun

could collect the two zone pass to get one on one and the bog jump bus to russia's international constantin but all in. and just eighteen seconds after the restored to the host doubled their lead this time grigori shift you grew and broke away leaving the goaltender guessing to nothing after the opener five minutes into the second and the home team earn the penalty shot by ruining turned away shot by deny must move forward me to keep out wanting the game and the frame and it's corliss in the final period dinner were attacking but the twenty seven year old goalie denied all their efforts however even the best russian at minor was helpless when the blue and white scored an empty net in the dying seconds of the game nice in sealed a final score at three to nothing with his first goal for the nama your. preparations for the playoffs are already underway temptation and pressure is piling up in every game our team provided to be united tonight was a well deserved when. we didn't start the season. in the middle of the season some good games. helped this. last too long you know about many games aft

to well the blue and whites would gain momentum and it took them four minutes to level matters constantin going to cost a shot was blocked and they all come out of wasted no time to send it into the net two minutes later and phillipe marked with a seismic slap shot down and gave the nominees to one after the middle and the home side continued to bounce around the offensive zone enjoying their passing moves come out of hit you have a bank account with a boss kinetic he's got a goal of the season with the ball forest shot and you know my added one more to make it cool one just thirty seconds later constantin woke up was weakest in the golmaal square mile to send the bucs home to his down four into the season and that's how it's been a thanks for now but we played solid hockey into p.b.s. and we needed this victory for the playoffs start in a month and a half that's still a long way to go but we focus on every game and try to win it over we're not thinking about the playoffs at the moment that will be a different story as others are or were on the road and it was our first match at home this

he called them promoted to russia's top flight and earlier in the season he spoke with constantine patel path done you left chelsea three years before i bought the club do you feel any regret that you weren't there when salaries went sky high and the blues finally won the league. yeah i think it was about time for me to leave the club but i didn't know at the time that a bit of which was going to come and also. in this time i was not in the good relationship with the coach who was relieved and i had to leave but i was sorry for sure because after two years i left chelsea won the championship you spearheaded team which played in the champions league so why did you decide to make a move to combine a team which has been just relegated the owner of the club and the governor to the region. especially in a manner for me three times in my house on the street to come here i think that was fantastic season and then the club i was working i was sure it is going in the wrong direction because they finish the money and in this moment disklabel need to disappear from for good and i think i did the ri

today constantine is heading for the so-called chored zimmy all black lands one of the most environmentally troubled regions of kalmykia it is found two hundred kilometers southwest of comic his capital s start his mission is to monitor the work battling the deserts of the cation and samara come here is an arid region located in the southeastern part of european russia. this is my home land. when we were children playing in the steps of the grass was so tall that you could barely see if this were the more they say that climate change takes millions of years but all steps of change right in front of our eyes. it was plowed in the one nine hundred sixty s. . they planted corn. but it didn't work out and it grew in the steps of coal is very hydrophilic it drew out all the water and left small sand junes in its wake is. throughout history the cow mix of lived as a nomadic tribe the third has lived in harmony with nature breeding horses camels and even a special breed of cow make sheep these sheep look perfectly suited to life in the desert they grazing did no permanent damage to the grass as hi

manager done professionally speaking there with constantine to top off in the season now revenues russia have reached the finals of the under twenty world ice hockey championships beating host canada six five and i. real thrill in calgary the russians have been six one up after a hat trick from uganda because in itself but the host then stormed back with four goals and five minutes in the final period to set up a really tense finale however russia did manage to hold out and the defending champions will now face sweden in the final after they came continual down to beat finland three two in a shootout. over to the tennis courts where defending champion roger federer has brushed aside two thousand and ten when it. to move into the second round of the cats are open the swiss monstro also beat the russian in last year's final an early clash between the two former champions them proving lopsided able to bring in sat in a mere twenty two minutes taking it six two. was unable to regain his composure after a poor start there with federer taking the match six to sixteen in just under an hour or s

with a powerful wrist shot and denominated one more to make it four one just thirty seconds later constantin woke up was weakest in the golmaal square mile to send that back home to his down for into the season and that's how it's been issued. for now but we played solid hockey into p.b.s. and we needed this victory the playoffs start in a month and a half it's still a long way to go we focus on every game and try to win it but we're not thinking about the playoffs at the moment that will be a different story with others or we were on the road and it was our first match of honduras year so we're supposed to start aggressively and take an early lead we failed but fortunately founder of game in the second period and came from behind to grab a well deserved when the namur earned an important three points in. leapfrogged don't want to go third in the western conference while no poor breaks off for the feast story defeat and are now ten points off a play of sporting concerns about both or cheat. and finally former n.b.a. star might have retired from basketball last year but still remains a toweri

a ball forest shot and you know my added one more to make it four one just thirty seconds later constantin woke up was weakest in the golmaal square mile to send that back home for his downfall into the season and that's how it's been issued thanks for never better we played solid hockey into p.b.s. and we needed this victory the playoffs start in a month and a half and still a long way to go but we focus on every game and try to win it but we're not thinking about the playoffs at the moment that will be a different story as others are or were on the road and it was our first match of honduras year so we're supposed to start aggressively and take an early lead we failed but fortunately found her game in the second period and came from behind to grab a well deserved when dynamics' earned an important three points and leapfrogged out for him to go third in the western conference while no poor brit suffered a feast or a defeat and now ten points off a play of sport concerned about out of order team. possible now and in the n.b.a. the atlanta hawks are these two a one hundred new. eighty one p

thrashed earlier in the week by scout but recovered perfectly with a comprehensive win over blunt constantine to top off reports had suffered forced three defeats and said if in the western conference eight points behind third place dinara both sides had been thrashed in their previous encounters and were eager to bounce back in front of russia head coach. who attended the clash it was that very lack of defense if we were in this that allowed didn't i want to score carbon copy goals late in the first period and they blew and why it's never looked back first collected it to zoom past to get one on one and the jump bus to russia's international constantin but all in. and just eighteen seconds after the restorative the host doubled their lead this time grigori shift you goon broke away leaving the goaltender guessing to nothing after the opener five minutes into the second and the home team earn the penalty shot by rune and turned away a short by the numbers new forward mikaela needs him to keep up wanting the game and the frame and it's corliss in the final period dinner were attacking but the