lattimer's of science alexander should have been president thank you so much for joining us north korea remains one of the few mysteries today everything is known information about everything can be found easily but north korea maintains that shroud of secrecy while. you were it happened so that for centuries korea was detached from the rest of the outside world this has to do with the fact that back in the middle ages that frequently suffered from invasions by the mongols and japanese this convince the ruling class that the country would live better if it reduced its contacts with the surrounding countries to a minimum as a result koreans were even banned from setting up settlements in certain locations particularly on the sea shore information inflow was controlled and restricted when japan occupied korea in the early twentieth century this policy was preserved by the occupants in order to retain this colony under its control the first thing japan did was to take all the foreign relations of korea under its control and

start the japanese ational korea the koreans were forced to adopt japanese names not to speak the korean language under japanese language was proclaimed of fishel and so forth all this dark legacy both historical and cultural has to a great extent affected the views of the korean leaders. but not only is korea an informational mystery it's also one of the very few remaining islands of socialism communism how does it maintain to do that. the fact of the matter is that the koreans proved to be very consistent in their convictions korea as with china is a confucian country where confucianism dominates the thinking of the habits of the people to quote one example when china had given up most of the confucian traditions korea was rigorously following them all the same so when chinese scientists wanted to find some information about confucian rituals they had. to go

to seoul for the relevant documents it so happened that when the northern part of korea came to believe in communism and socialism it became an even greater teacher of a then the soviet union itself and other socialist countries which have already given up this ideology and system while in korea just like in china they are still trying to build socialism in the korean fashion their own model of socialism. but today in the twenty first century way the economic ties are in the world do you think that this policy of isolation will help north korea progress economically liberal flawless that our level there is no doubt that the country needs its foreign economic relations expanded as according to estimates by foreign specialists on the understanding served by north korea itself it would be impossible to modernize the economy without an investment from outside i would like to draw your attention to something i find very interesting there has been the much talk in the west about north korea opening up and its integration into the world

community however real policy is very often at odds with such statements some sort of best area broke out in the media recently around the fact of the swedish department store began selling jeans manufactured in north korea if the west is really interested in north korea developing some industries for it to enter foreign markets and thus having people interested in contacts with the outside world working with what's trapped with the selling of a battered jeans pose to the western world safety and well being it will be absolutely in significant in terms of economic competition the same applied to the joint north and south korean industrial complex in case on a free trade agreement was signed between the u.s. and south korea several years ago which has not yet been ratified but the refusal of us to include spoons and forks and other consumer goods manufactured in our area into the agreement was one of the stumbling blocks the u.s. did not agree for a few million dollars to enter the markets and yet it's hard to imagine how this

could threaten the u.s. and world economies. so in your opinion it's beneficial in some ways for certain countries like the united states for example to have korea isolated. the village. unfortunately we have to draw this conclusion we cannot explain everything entirely by north korea's town but of course much depends on the past and the tradition on the fear of opening up because that may lead to him desirable political consequences on the other hand they say north korea needs to become a civilized country and to be integrated into the world community there never too keen really to do things to let it happen what's more the west and the united states in particular need a bad guy in that region to justify their military presence in the southern part of the korean peninsula and to perm and deploying their missile defense systems there that's something that's been done there are somewhat more actively done in europe

indeed until now the u.s. and allied military presence in the region was justified by the soviet threat but it's been twenty years now since the soviet union however the u.s. is not going to give up their military alliance as established during the cold war now it's very convenient to have a bad guy in pyongyang that can be used as a scapegoat for everything now it seems ok to have talks with russia or china and smiled and keep face saying because of kim jong il we have to keep our troops and send our aircraft carriers there. on the north korean threat is appears this face will be hard to keep as it would be clear who the troops on the missile defense are actually aimed at it will be obvious that it's not against north korea weakened and worn out by long economic turmoil but against a rising china and russia as well. so recent statements from people like former president jimmy carter who went to a korea and said that he saw signs of north korea willing to work with the

six party talks and take steps toward denuclearizing itself do you think that's just good p.r. . i think of carter sense the mood in north korea he's an experienced politician who's been there more than once the thing is that north korea realizes that without an agreement with the united states it won't be able to solve its main problem the removal of the military threats north korea was really frightened by the events in iraq in yugoslavia when the u.s. unilaterally change the regime and both those countries even without the consent of the united nations north korea is really afraid of us secondly it's a worry but due to the u.s. sanctions it will have difficulties to get money from international financial institutions and other countries to modernize its economy this explains the fact that north korea is quite consistently pursuing the policy of signing bilateral agreements first and foremost with the u.s.

and then a multilateral agreements such as those produced by the six party talks north korea demands that they should have talks with the u.s. and then proceed further north korea views the us as posing the biggest threat and believes that the main obstacle for their economic development comes from the u.s. standing in the way of international aid. let's try move from the economical and political more towards the personal you've spent so much time in north korea i believe you've even met kim jong il personally what kind of a man is he. i met kim jong il both as a journalist and the diplomat in particular during the then president putin's visit to north korea in two thousand i carefully read out a number of state leaders who met him as a president wrote about him. well have to say that kim jong il appears is an energetic and informed person who knows what he does and knows what to strive for i

think that the stereotypes appearing regularly in western and frankly also in russian people are caissons about some unpredictable politician and regime are absolutely ungrounded because an irrational and unpredictable politician would hardly be able to hold power in his hands for the past two decades when many revolutions broke out in many countries actually disappeared money expected the north korean regime to fall however for a number of reasons including purely pragmatic and realistic policy and the ability to outplay the enemy even though some small things like the north korean regime managed to survive. and you mentioned that the north korean leader knows what he wants for his country and from his country he's calling a party meeting that hasn't been held in thirty years and many in the west specifically are very excited trying to guess why exactly or what he's trying to say to tell the world by doing that what do you think that the purpose of the

conference and the workers' party meeting where you figure. if we talk about detail the only thing known to be on the agenda of the forthcoming conference are the elections for the governing bodies of the ruling party and it really makes sense for it's been forty four years since the previous conference and thirty years since the previous party congress money leaders who used to be members of the governing politburo in secretariat have died the central committee must by now have less than half the men from the original list so it appears to be high time for elections the second thing on the agenda which is perhaps the key thing is about a successor to the incumbent leader it's no secret that there have been many reports about his we can't help but at the same time go money people who have met them including people from russia and in particular cultural figures who often go. there believe those rumors are exaggerated i can't rule out the possibility that kim jong il has begun to ponder about his possible successor who would have to lead

the country after he himself leaves the political arena but i don't think the conference is due to pronounce on even as a successor most likely such a person will simply be elected into the government which will allow him to prove his eligibility by his achievements in areas he would be in charge of. now if kim jong il decides to follow in her father's footsteps and name his son as his successor there's very little known about the man what what do we know who is he what does he what does he have what whole brain to north korea. first of all i think we shouldn't expect any dramatic changes right away because power in north korea is built on succession and continuity principles kim jong il became a leader first and foremost thanks to his image of a true follower of his father's legacy and ideas not of some destroyer of the foundations or the person to lead the country's policy into a sharp turn so obviously the same is going to apply to kim jong il successor if it

should be one of his sons for example i shall not make any predictions as to which of them it could be about as much talk about the third song and anyway this would be a young person who hasn't earned much authority in the party or the country and who was not very widely known and i don't think that kim jong il is going to quit entirely now he will continue ruling the country as long as his health from the circumstances allow that's why the decisions to be made by the conference will in their essence be shaping the environment under circles nowell to the new successor some advisors who will guide them through the challenging situation north korea is in these days at the beginning of the twenty first century.

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moscow will be seeking to make it two wins out of two in the champions league when they take on jay leno at the luzhniki stadium tonight richard poor feet now looks at what is a great chance to top their group. spot i find themselves in a great position going into my state to a fantastic one no way no way in must say as given by lady cop inside a good chance even if this early stage of trying to make the knockout stages of the first time since ninety nine to six the last guy its opponents from survive here maybe the group outsiders this past like the church says his team certainly won't be underestimating women. that there are absolutely no problems with being motivated for this much as it's impossible not to be going into a champions league encounter it doesn't matter who the opponent is be it chelsea marsay or yelena we may be a bit tired going into the match as we will have played two games in just three days it's been a long time since apartheid last won

a champions league match at home in fact the red and white have failed to win in this competition of the luzhniki stadium in over a decade the cup inside will certainly be looking to put that right on tuesday he says he certainly won't be worrying about any statistics bear the risk myself going into the game with say everyone was saying that russian clubs weren't able to win in france but we managed to win over there a couple of weeks ago or so we're not going to take any notice of any statistics and is hoping that we'll get a result we need on tuesday to. spots are getting good form recently in the russian premier league but in find of the last seven brazilian striker valid turn scoring nine times during this period the polish are leaner of injuries and patchy form over the last mum including a four one defeat to chelsea in the group opener the carpenters he won't be taking them lightly it's called webpage of let it come to think of it i know for a fact that our opponents don't have a player in the class of someone like leo messi when you have

a good striker can c.c. you for someone who so too is very good with the ball at his feet you have a feeling he could cause us one or two problems. spartak will have a great chance to make it two wins out of two on tuesday when they take on the group videos and if they can get their first home champions league win in over a decade they'll be a strong position going into big double header with the group favorites chelsea which r.t. moscow. chelsea are favorites inspired actually they beat jelena for one last time and host french champions marsay tonight their london side what we without star striker didier drogba who still serving his three match ban after being sent off in the quarter finals last year while frank lampard is still recovering from a hernia operation chelsea lost their first premier league game to manage to city if we can get page color until i think isn't unduly worked. i don't need. to see a reaction from my players are good they will do. very good good because it is an

important game for us tomorrow and the first blows of the of the group just for this well aston also suffered a defeat at the weekend at the hands of lowly west brom will look to put that behind them when they travel to parties and belgrade the gunners won their opening great game against braga six nil but won't be without six key plays for tonight's game goalkeeper. yet is out with an elbow injury says fabregas bent never marilyn and was caught up but the coach has faith in the squad. i believe. i have the same contradiction or between two please i have very little. i know much of and we can play better than what we did on saturday and but what we want to show tonight rianne madrid coach shows a marine always looking to kick start his side they face france and haven't had the best of any openings today domestic season reale were held to a goalless draw against advantage that weekend and sit on third in the league

a marine who doesn't think will be straightforward tonight. expect a difficult game. is difficult to play. against a team that plays the first match at home. then with diversion ruby to a very very high and that to me is very well organized. and i'm with you for a difficult match. now let's catch up with the latest from the russian premier league with c. wins from three games still hasn't been enough for a treatise of yet of to climb out of the relegation zone in the summer side easing into a three no win over angie monday so fixture creo at least seeming to understand decrement they find themselves in blasting him three first half goals to throw at the sentinels deflected effort opening their account within minutes on the clock like even of them maybe two on twenty eight minutes with another scrappy go. while the

thirty penalty from the kenny savin right before the break had the tie done and dusted three nil a final score the same our side remain second from bottom of the automatic relegation spot and you also should be able to close for comfort to the drop zone and it doesn't get any easier for them with games with spartak moscow than normal this is right around the corner. so after week twenty two or thirty it zennie to remain very much the team to catch this in petersburg men life all points ahead of champions rubin but crucially hold a full two games in hand can't be ruled out of the equation in third as they also had matches for spain because of some of. looks now like a straight three white scrap and spot it now and spartak moscow for the to europa cup spots down the other end its career and said big sit in the danger zone at the moment. well on the ice metal might need of course have gone joint top of the k h l

one win over mood in regulation time enough to put them at the summit level on points with the nominations other matches on monday night sore scarred beat to scar after a penalty shoot out it's a big of the better of a guard defeated than armorica so good stuff the matter local be hoping for another influential season from circuit board of he came back to russia after winning three stanley cups in the n.h.l. danny met up with the trophy like stuff. for. the twenty eighth of july two thousand and nine the kontinental hockey league strike gold three time in the chill stanley golf winner surrogate returns to russia to join a chill side middle income given. scored by a russian born player in the n.h.l. unique skating skills combined with old standing defensive ability all these qualities have made expertly point zero is three great players you want to know

what good one of the still standing russian ice will be players ever do the food of the year rules to monitor boris from particular. my brother played a few years back my father was in good contact with the former management former director of the team and former manager of the team and my brother played pretty well for this club few years back especially in play offs so connection were or there and interest always were. very big compared to other clubs and annoying but worse because they sold hard to club brought up the rights for players who are here. i mean a really good market and the services also. financially very stable and also it was a dream of mine and my family also to play together with my brother one of russia's

biggest steel and iron works that's what this city really the course he's best known for it could be seen like a pretty boring environment for not hokey superstar buster gave the order of his always proved that yeah it's looking into the future both on and off the ice i think. any city is like this like industrial cities will present something really really. quality let's say we have cup. four legs here we have a couple environments here where you can go. i don't know and do sightseeing or you can go you can go and. walk around we've been to the factory factories incredible the biggest factor and probably all chain europe and. really really. do a lot of business and a lot of steel so technology there it's been really really good so it was an

interesting trip too but as far as a city and simple city but everything we need to have here and it's very comfortable we come students the gate chills maajid two feet they could be very good must be good took priority you know three year old brother and he's one just about everything there is to win the ice well professionals here and. any predictions of history you need to back them up and well certain precious already applied to. team our new coach for a new manager and so i'm not going to be. predicting anything but i like to. say in the next like month or two we really will know or we really will feel how far we can go a stunning twenty seven time gil's one more n.h.l. record store the week in the good of household what he's all too much here children

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you're watching live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program that russian president dmitry medvedev has sided to create firing the moscow mayor you were it was cough who was in power for almost two decades the kremlin says it was due to a loss of confidence in the city's top official archies a dynamic of a joins us live from moscow seems there for more so to tell you what happened when the news reached city hall. well the yearly spoke came to work this morning as if nothing has happened he scheduled to meeting for ten o'clock in the morning when the news came in completely ignoring the fact that he was not supplied by the kremlin that either he would resign or he would be fired who spoke said that he's not going to resign he even announced that he would go on three work treats abroad in the nearest future big caps trying to convince muscovites that he's not going to go anywhere although recently he went on the vacation during which according to the press.