this is d.w. news live from berlin six more years in the kremlin today by the mere putin was sworn in for a record fourth term as russia's president the former k.g.b. officer turned world leader makes big promises to the russian people but for the west no signs that putin plans to change his course of confrontation also coming up he's the man who valen to shake up france and reclaim a leading role for europe on the world stage we look at what president in money will microphones achieved at home and abroad after one year in office and has

looks poised to make major gains in lebanon's election it's being seen as a victory for hezbollah backer iran's. i'm for golf it's good to have you with us not even stalin had this kind of staying power vladimir putin has been sworn in for a record fourth term as president of russia in his inauguration speech today he pledged to turn russia into one of the world's top five economies he called for high performance export or even manufacturing during his six year term a putin won the presidential election with three quarters of the vote so he has almost total authority in the country but his critics accuse him of corruption and of silencing opposing voice. the start of mr putin's day with

carefully stage managed. russian state t.v. broadcast his long walk through the corridors of his office on his way to the ceremony. eventually he right at the car waiting to take him on the short trip to the kremlin hole. then the grand entrance. and the war continued. all choreographed to maintain the suspense as some five thousand invited guests waited for putin to be sworn aimed to be a statistically able what you see is pretty good as putin promise for tech the country since the russian people. he praised russia's return to the world stage is what he calls a strong and influential voice when he talks about the importance of making economic and technological progress which benefits all russians like just was recently

a new quality of life the well being security and health of a person are the most important what's going to these are the issues of the center of all policy focus is russia for the people as a country of opportunities for self-realization of everyone. but all the build up in bombast if you believe mr putin's next term in office will bring much change he's already said that he wants incumbent prime minister dimitri meant that you have to stay in his post putin himself has been in power as either president or prime minister for almost twenty years. most young people have no no other lita and there's no sign of a successor. joining me tonight is constantine for nader he is a russia analyst a columnist and a former b.b.c. moscow bureau chief the different it is good to have you on the show you know we

just heard there in that report that vladimir putin stands for stability and keeping things the way they are so is there or was that his platform is that what was the reason why he won the election. well i think that you can't even say that you won the election because it wasn't an election in the. well sense in which it is seen in western democracy it was rather a column ation not even of a president but of a god head of the commandant of fortress russia that stands up to the west that is today mr putin's main claim to authority and legitimacy inside the country and as for the rest it's all completely secondary if you compare it to his speech six years ago during the third unlike the ration it's pretty much the same saying we're going to make life better ok you have a sense that life is going to do what's right bots have

a lot of economic progress but we've seen a lot of confrontation with the world and i think that this is what mr putin will continue to base his legitimacy on well how do you explain his immense popularity in russia is it because this state has you know complete control of the media and that the voters are getting a constant pro putin message. well that is part of it's of course another thing which is very important is debts misapplied this spend the last twenty years and it was going to write and said he at least starts to write it stalin or at least on and actually at least in terms of his time you know well another thing is that each is his but he has trying to. basically live in the eighty possibility of any serious opposition to him and i have to say this was he's one big success he actually cheated the opposition is disparate. to see first

the q. did what. it was it's so this stability that he plays all the time. pointing to people to the post calling the scales of the ninety's and saying that he saved them then he's good to save them again and i think that these ideas sensually the three reasons he still stays in power but it's for his real popularity well we've never tasted it and never tested it because you can never do fox any serious competitive election mr funny let me ask you do you think that on these are his final six years the constitution has been changed before in russia to accommodate mr putin do you think that it may be could happen again or could he become prime minister again i mean will he leave office and leave power for good in two thousand and twenty four. well i think that he will leave office but he will not leave power and i suppose that some kind of course that you should will change is all probably some dishes to the constitution may well be

worked out in six years to preserve mr putin is a kind of if you don't agree is the probably hide the throat where i was going to be the next president but of that you believe russia is not ready for president for life yet although you may say that he's already kind of present a lot but they get they have to go through this and i have to say that a.g.m. is a very long time yasha it's six years i can spend yes things years can be an eternity in politics that's for sure constantine for they go to joining us tonight with his insights on the next term for what important thank you. thank you. we're now to france its president has been marking his first full year in office at forty and manuel micron is the country's youngest leader since napoleon he has set out to reassert the idea of power for french leadership at home and abroad but earned mixed reviews since his surprise election victory twelve months

ago. this was his moment of triumph. emmanuel mccall the newcomer who led the on mass movement shook up france's political establishment defeated the far right national front and introduced a new style of government. never was any couldn't off course. promise hasn't time such a powerful leader for decades. even on the show the goal of the presidency wasn't such a top down operation to see it can be brought always about by himself this is not a president who conquers a party but rather a party that took shape after his victory. in disavowing the long standing right left political spectrum has tried to join pro e.u. forces with those opposed to globalization has tried to unite right leaning

business leaders with left leaning intellectuals what remains is a splintered opposition which has served to fuel michael's power to the dummy to pull money this has enabled him to introduce rapid and radical reforms especially in the job market the railway system. a sense that something even nicolas sarkozy didn't manage to do. but not caused a mistake politics have made him a polarizing figure it is ambitious european agenda that's won him more praise in france he wants to introduce a special if you finance minister with a separate budget and in army. now the european spotlight has shifted to mexico away from the german chancellor something on the america will have to get used to after her central role on the european stage went virtually unchallenged for so long. and here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world italy's president shares geo turlough has called on the country's

deadlock over. parties to back a temporary neutral government more than two months after inconclusive elections matter rather says that italy cannot wait any longer for leadership now the country's two largest parties say that they prefer early elections instead clashes have broken out between police and residents in the south african township of so whether near johannesburg residents had staged a protest after squatters tried to erect shacks in nearby fields the incident is the latest in a series of flare ups over the contentious issue of land distribution in yemen at least six people have been killed in airstrikes by the saudi led coalition the missiles targeted the presidential palace in the capital sanaa which is currently under whose the control with this is a two powerful explosions hit the building which is in a residential neighborhood. well tonight lebanon's prime minister saad hariri

says that his sunni dominated political movement has lost a third of its seats after sunday's parliamentary elections eliminate a result suggests that the iran backed shiite militant group hezbollah and its political allies have made significant gains despite the losses mr hariri still heads the largest parliamentary bloc and is the front runner to form the next government election was the country's first parliamentary vote in nearly a decade official results are expected later on monday. our lives pull in our correspondent now and sean voer he is following and she is following the election forced from the lebanese capital beirut so we understand lebanon has waited a long time we said a decade for this vote so what is the atmosphere like there on the streets in beirut. but i want to we've been hearing celebrations in the form of gunfire from supporters of all factions in lebanon on his beloved supporters

started gunfire last evening they were pretty certain they're going to be doing well along with their allies has blessed such may not get more seats. with their alliances they from very clever alliances this time around leading parties and along with then they have done very well you're right lebanon has waited a long time indeed for this election this election took place on was after a decade the last was in two thousand and nine people were expecting many different things one of them was that hizbullah disarms they do not want an internal party so to say to the armed david like lebanese army to be stronger but that's not going to happen now because it's been less trouble than every legislation that goes to has to have his blessing on what this is due to the foreign policy of lebanon if you have a stronger presence of hezbollah in parliament i mean you know outside of the country people will be asking tonight does this mean that iran has a stronger whole on lebanon. absolutely i mean that's a that's

a no brainer absolutely yes hizbullah's essentially going to use this to tell america and other western countries look we now have political legitimacy as well we're not terrorists secondly our parties in our allies have done well so we are a legitimate political power broadly in the region if you look at middle east lebanon is a tiny country but it's very important when you look at broader conflicts playing out it is a problem for israel and it is a problem for saudi arabia because the saudis see his alliance with trio his billows gains as essentially iran doing the weather which is what it is input is really his below was half assing them off on their border in lebanon but also now has a presence in syria and south city and york by golan heights so israel is quite troubled not as well as always been strong but essentially political gains would mean that israel and saudi arabia cannot handle this problem in lebanon which is events expansion through its build up literally and they can handle it politically other

going to take an aggressive approach that's an open question i mean what do you think of me do the chances of a military conflict now are the increase because of these election results. well what are these election results have done is that hezbollah will have a stronger see in the parliament when they have a strong the say in the parliament which means foreign policy decisions will go to his beloved what is his bill us foreign policy they are fighting israel that is why is the last problem for the united states what is with us policy it is pro iran that is a problem for saudi arabia that could lead to war we've got to now connect that with all the rest that's happening in the region dollars it's going to be talking about whether the nuclear deal goes through or not any dance going to be apparently taking some step or the other gets israeli soon and as well as going to take an important role and there will be no political power here to stop them that's what's important all right very good insights there from you have you corresponded on chalkboards night from beirut and hoping very much. art here's

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