in the stomach. so far it's hard to say who ordered the latest attack but it's definitely the result of the war currently going on between major gangsta claims in russia. since you point exists there have been various reports of gangster shootings and assassinations both in russia and in western europe including switzerland spain and greece police found dead bodies of men suspected of being members of this or that gang operating in russia or the c.i.s. but there's still no evidence grandpaw son is in any way connected. everyone knew all capone was they got far though the mafia nevertheless he was jailed for tax evasion the crime which can't even be compared to the horrible things he was involved in proven grandpas sans criminal activities is just as difficult. just a gangster movies with shootouts in excess emissions have become cinema classics but as investigators now try to find the hitman and the organizers of thursday's

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the hour here in moscow we are running down the top stories of today this week. now sweden's parliamentary elections strained the country's democratic traditions with candidates from a far right party claiming they've been attacked and denied freedom of speech. and other stories of the week here on r.t. russia awaits a decision on the extradition know one of its most wanted terror suspects from poland where he was detained on friday but later released. and russia no way reach an agreement in the energy rich barren city it's putting an end to a forty year dispute over the waters. that russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty got the greenlight this week from american foreign policy. now it's going to the full senate for a crucial final vote. with former senator gary hart to discuss both countries

concerns over the start treaty. it's time for the senate to vote on a new start that's the title of the letter signed by some top former u.s. officials as well as some form of senators including gary hart thank you so much for joining a pleasure a few days ago i heard ambassador richard byrd say and that if it had to be enough republican president submitting this treaty the strategic arms reduction treaty for ratification it would have already been ratified i mean no doubt it's been a bumpy ride for the for the trade in the senate but in your opinion how much of that was about the actual treaty and how much about republicans trying to make a point to the democrats well over the course of my active life involved in arms control issues the pattern has been republican presidents get much

quicker ratification easier read a petition of arms control treaties for example president reagan then democratic presidents and one would have hoped after the end of the cold war fifteen or more years ago that partisan approach to arms control would not still prevail but i'm afraid it still does and the questions about the treaty or all coming are virtually all coming from the republican party so i think those of us who signed the letter in the opinion piece or are hoping former secretary of state george shultz and senator he go are hoping that we can encourage bipartisan support for this treaty and hopefully some republican senators will support it mr hart american officials have more than once told the senate that the treaty in no way limits the ability of the united states to deploy missile defenses. you know when

it once and where it wants the senate foreign relations. meeting quote at that point in their resolution but the russians seem to understand this type between offensive and defensive weapons in the treaty as legally binding are we lost in translation or is it just me well i hope not treaties can never be. ironclad in the sense of. absolutely eliminating ambiguity languages language and people from with starting with different language base have different meanings for words but the order of diplomacy in the school was diplomacy is to overcome those knowing which differences and to have a common understanding of exactly what crucial terms mean and i think of the time with the ratification is completed here in the united states hopefully successfully there will be a clear understanding on our part and on the part of the russian government as to

what those terms mean and that's the best we can hope for is so hard let me explain this a couple of days ago i went i went up two rows go to motive to kill u.s. negotiator and start after the press conference and i asked her about this whole debate to on. the connection between offensive and therefore weapons in the train she said yes but the treaty acknowledges that time as a fact and not as an obligation so it is supposed to make sense in legal speak but i honestly don't understand because russians do seem to see it as says legally binding something legally binding which americans don't see it such what do you make of it the skill of both teams is such that they would have. had a negotiating record to clarify this issue so you think they do have an understanding is that it is just outsiders they have to or or they have to agree to disagree that is to say you interpret this we will interpret it that way but that's very.

shaky. way to approach these things because it just leads to ambiguities later i have to believe not having participated that there is a common understanding on this apart from that any real concerns about that treaty among senators as touch upon well clearly the republicans. have. concerns some of them genuine i think others less genuine. there is still i think for many of us not the kind of. understanding. by americans of russia and russians government and where it's headed that we would like. but and i think from the russian side there is still confusion as to why. we have not developed stronger ties in the last fifteen or twenty years i'm not clear clear on

that myself i think we should have but. as time goes on hopefully the questions are being raised again primarily on the republican side will be satisfied at the end of the day there will be a vote on the treaty people will have to vote for it or against it and those who vote against it are going to have to justify why they voted against it and why it makes us more secure not to have a treaty then if we had the treaty and it's a very hard burden to carry may start even with this treaty in place we're obviously very far from the global zero they call a nuclear free world you know with new forces trying to get hold of nuclear weapons i mean they're going to be around for quite some time it's deterring now should we just stop talking about nuclear free world and just tag it as the wishful thinking you know what i think of human beings need goals and more than just rhetorical goal schools that are that are achievable. why don't you see it's a rush or

a key to this because we have. ninety percent of the nuclear weapons on the earth and we cannot go with the two of us the russians and the americans cannot go to china or to india or pakistan or any other nuclear power france great britain and say reduce your nuclear arsenals until we've done our job so it all begins with the bilateral negotiations between the united states and russia. if we are serious about hermetic reductions in these nuclear arsenals then we widen the club and bring in all the nuclear powers and. ideally at least north korea and even iran for that matter and say enough we're all we're going to get rid of all these it does seem like. kind of ideal dream but it is a goal to reach for in your opinion who is america afraid have right now well i

can't speak for three hundred million. americans. there is still deep concern in this country about terrorism. one thing that a lot of americans don't realize is we're not the only target of terrorism russia is the target of terrorism many countries have terrorist problems pakistan and many others it's a global problem a post cold war global problem where almost any country one way or another can be vulnerable and can be attacked so the international community has to combine to try to solve this problem i think president bush's war on terrorism it's not the right approach but it's you know america is not the only one in this that's being victimized by this so hopefully we can have greater cooperation not only between us

and our european allies but some russian and others. who suffered the same threat me so hard russia has so many times in the past offered the united states to and create this joint defense system missile defense system and there are people who are very skeptic about it saying watching us their interests are so different what would you tell them in a way there's a very sound logic to that if in fact these technologies or purely defensive and have no purpose other than protection. why not i mean what what is what's the argument against. every or at least countries that we can trust having this capability and if it is a confidence building measure as it should be it seems to me that a worthy thing to discuss very complicated technologically. to transfer

these technologies from one laboratory to another but may be sophisticated russian scientists might be able to help us with some of this just to be fair on missile defense cooperation u.s. officials did express willingness to work on and do you see some real signs of such cooperation coming sometime in the near future maybe well i would hope so i've been i've spent a lot of time in russia unfortunately i haven't yet learned the language but i've spent in the cold war years and post cold war years off a lot of time in russia i met a lot of the russian people in leadership and it always seemed to me after the end of the cold war in the ninety's that the two scientific communities should have gotten together and i'm not quite clear why that didn't happen for example president we have yet to win to silicon valley. within the last year

very. well reported trip. seeking cooperation seeking investment in the russian technology sector scientific sector i have always thought from the early ninety's on after the end of the cold war that there ought to be very very close cooperation. not only between government laboratories but in the private sector also american investment in russian technology russia has some brilliant so it is mathematicians physicists and it would seem to me it ought to be a natural partnership and hopefully it's still coming up and it's not happening i don't know i hope i haven't been able to go to russia nearly as much in the last few years so i don't know mr hart when the first starting of course remember that was signing was a breakthrough. breakthrough that would change the world will. change

the world and how will it not in the dramatic. historic sense it's a step. and it's a step it will get rid of dangerous unnecessary nuclear weapons on both sides so will change the world incrementally in a rather large and important step but it will not be the hinge of history that people will look back on and say that was the. that was the event that that fundamentally changed the world there are going to be more coming there has to be step by step by step thank you very much very much or thank you.

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candidates from a far right party claiming they've been attacked and denied freedom of speech. and other stories that have shaped the week russia awaits a decision on the extradition one of its most wanted terror suspects from poland that's why he was detained on friday but later released. russia norway reach a milestone agreement on the border so the energy rich see it's putting an end to a forty year dispute over the waters. all right you know here with the latest sports update so all the approaches and so finish the russian challenge cup all. the former he's got all the latest in just a moment some top quality golf going on as well but that's coming up in just a moment.

great to have your company sports today i'm you know me let's take a look at some of the stories making news today. the top of the pile leonor girl russian challenge cup comes to an end. with spaniard more all writing his way into the record books. reigning supreme dominates the podium of the silverware rally with russians taking gold silver and you guessed it bronze in the truck section of the country's most prestigious motoring competition. on surf's up king of the waves for the past decade kelly slater edges towards his tenth world surfing cry on it factory at the early pro in california. let's get going pit side were an own goal draw on f.c. in the russian premier league are result doing little to aid either side's hopes of european football next season they ruin men breaking the deadlock half a dozen minutes for the break. netting his first goal of the season four were not.

in the back of his own team's net to make it. that's how it would end both sides remaining it meant. well in the day second game not long over champions rubini left it late but they did take the win against. dennis curry. the death being to within three points of leaders in a one nil how it ended. do have a full two games and one of those will be decided on monday. aiming to keep their own talk in chechnya grozny lie in wait then there's a clash of the two. the game kicking off also in southern russia third place will fully expect my. points against a rock bottom severe in the late game. the much of the day in the english premier league was on doggedly at old trafford where months chest united and liverpool did

battle for the very first time this season they were bragging rights well the looks set to be heading to monk chester by the time to. had clinched his brace on the mark in liverpool looked dead and buried but up steps who else but steven gerard the england scoring first from the spot and then with the support of three however united ensured top spot in the league berbatov again not minutes from the entry to the score after on the march united's. they're currently one goal to the good in the half time whistle just a bike to go in there while a win later for chelsea against block you'll see the champions league programme on united to that summit. has moved to spain where barcelona can move to within a point of leaders real madrid in the premier league on sunday the reigning champions taking on a great liberal a shock to you boys hercules last time i was ready of the pressure and charges

it was only much they put a huge mid week and i cost in the champions league it should have restored confidence somewhat but comp new reality off the table with seven points from three games but can seize control of it with victory over hercules bottom dwellers live vontae will be seeking their first points against. another team hoping to get off the mark are resetting up the expense of visiting sorry gulf. to day's. the first ever russian challenge cup has reached its conclusion to see a live golf club victory going the way of carlos del moral meaning this is a great chance of getting his place on the european tour proper next season on farmer went along for us. so it was a fitting finale to what has been a hugely successful tournament jack nicklaus design course colace the moral started

the day four shots off the late but by the final hole he'd fight his way to the top of the leaderboard with a one stroke advantage over his nearest rival. all are seen and although del model found the sand he recovered well to finish on eleven and overall and that was enough the victory after all isn't missed his part means that the morrow walks away with twenty eight thousand euros in prize money and also boosts his chances of qualifying to play on the european tour next season i came here four years ago for a european tour event it filled awesome i mean we went to the red square it was just very cool we felt awesome especially with africa's great conditions great golf . so tonight. do you only have to see here so he's smiling but so too is the russian golf association it has big plans to promote this sport across the country and the sleeve a golf course here has proved itself to be a championship quality and is being raved about by the place i think the reflection

from the players certainly the players i've talked to which is pretty much everybody has been a good response. enjoyed the course immensely they have told me that it's been prepared to the highest standards. the practice facility. every part of the facility even down to the catering and the club. has been welcomed by the players they've loved it while it is only the second time the challenge tour has come to russia which still only has a handful of courses but after the last week who knows russia might just have found its way into golf's calendar on a permanent basis andrey farmer r.t. moscow region there is a new truck or at the top of the tree in russia edwarda nikolayev best thing. right favored. to win the twenty ten silk way rally the country's most prestigious motor

sport event no no mark in this tournament or even fencing to keep this spectators but neither cause nor rocky roads could stop it topping off if stage two in his first major cross-country rally twenty six year old taking victory by a massive twenty two minute margin over chargen remarkable sights on the podium but russian drivers taking gold silver and bronze could be you're off the mountain. also ending their eight day journey and saw she way where the car competitors somewhat of an anticlimax reaming champion carla suns often led since early in the week on the spaniard didn't waste his eleven minutes of advantage heading into suffered a producing another solid effort to win with eight minutes to spare the money pushed him hard over the past few days that's in the. securing second to for all but mark millar thirty one two three for volkswagen. cricket is still reeling from

the allegations of match fixing centered around pakistan's recent test with england fans around the world then will be hoping the upcoming high profile clash between australia and india will get focus back on the green a sentiment echoed by the players the advance of the last couple of weeks of impact i'm sure around the world in the world of the game is he's viewed. but. that's completely out of our hands nothing we can do that about that as a as a strong cricket team all we can do is play the best brand of cricket in the most attractive brand of cricket the way comply. double olympic champion how they get. on the great north run the with insurance runs from athletics crazy ethiopia dominating the prestigious half marathon in england. the men's world record holder in the marathon and entered the room running event fear it didn't feel to deliver as deep. you the biggest athletics festival of its kind thirty seven year old breaking away from kenya. and to the halfway point ever selassie simply revealing

happiness by the time we reach the finish line and get said with the rest of the field well of the frame twice a limb pick champion the only competitor to cover the twenty one plummet a run and less than an hour the celebrations continuing alongside compacted for honea derail later that same victory in the women's rights. let's finish with some big waves where kelly slater's march towards an unprecedented half century of elite tour surfing victories shows no sign whatsoever of a basing the florida native wrapping up title forty three on the opposite coast line at the latest stop of the hurdy prevent the nine time world champion are looking to reach double figures this season propelling to the top of the overall standings trestles southern california but he's pushed hard by the man who defeated him on the same piece of beach in two thousand and six that was durbidge.

to reach the decider of what that's where the australians highlights thirty eight year old slater dominating the two metre waves to east to victory and pocket one hundred five thousand dollars in the process. i'm just i'm just trying to soak in this and not think about everything right now. i just want to week i mean we looked at as well forecast path now we're taxiing in like laughing on the phone going look what we're going to get next week and i just told pat i'd like one hundred five thousand people punch me in the face to surf these waves we're going to go and you pay me money and that wraps up the sport for this hour i'll see you soon in just under two hours in fact but the weather's coming up just a tick. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around

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