like colonel gadhafi. that despite reports that russia has sent troops to libya moscow has so far denied supporting have gotten its forces in the offensive on the capital tripoli from long this i'm joined by dr leon is i have he's an expert on international relations at the higher school of economics in a moscow welcome to you know how credible are reports of russia has troops in libya and what are they playing in this little latest battle for the control of tripoli. well good afternoon and. you know until now i didn't see any evidence. regarding the russian troops in libya but i guess we can say about pressure and the first of all about russian structures in egypt and and abia we can talk about the strong cookery shows only be and you should be assistant.