breaking news on odyssey and the ruling at times room is set for rotation russia's prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency next year his candidacy was put forward by dmitri medvedev doing son agreed to lead the ruling party and the country's government. if you are just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is a line from moscow with me roll recent shy breaking news here on prime minister putin will run for the presidency of two thousand and twelve announcement was made

at the ruling united russia party as annual convention here in central moscow president medvedev said that he will head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if they win and he said i heard a historic speech is the first time. united russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another in the figure that he used to russia the stability that he brought would remain and have some kind of life in the political world here in the country exactly how it was told no one knew and more importantly no one really expected at least the people here that it would be you say i mean it's a party because the session opened with the two leaders coming in to gather it's an opening with his speech saying that we the two of us do know how this will all unfold i'm not sure it is not who does my job and when but the people that's really been the theme of this day despite that we see only god hints that maybe today was going to be the day and then president medvedev said this. yes yes.

i believe it would be right for the conventions of so-called pecan to d.c. over lunch in our permits and in the presidential election. i mean so i don't have to explain what kind of experience and influence emerging markets and times. issue in your schedule and i'd like to see something else despite rumors that is going to. challenge him i can say to their schools a well thought through decision. and what came out as more of a surprise than the announcement that led to her pushing would in fact run for president in twenty twelve was the announcement and the proposal from the lead singer would seem to carry on the tradition of modern day russian political tradition which is that now it looks like is that the incumbent president goes on

to become the prime minister and also a proposal for me to be made safe to go on to be at the top of the list begin i did cross a party into the december parliamentary elections he accepted. the apology but not to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor to meet you thought you were but you didn't respond with the parliamentary elections coming in i'd like to ask russian citizens to support the united russia party we. don't. need. you. to be just what i'm convinced to become prime minister who continue to throw really modernize our society. to the united russia party which shares a great amount of popularity they still have a lot of work to do because their their figures have done down in the past couple

of years there's a lot of work to do over the next couple of months and the prime minister understands that president medvedev understands that most of the speeches and. speech was not about the presidency who run it was about what this party needs to do to take russia into the next ten years the cut the country has to be now they need to see development and that's what today is really about of course is being hijacked by this this is big news this is a story that was even reported it will run for president and then dmitri medvedev will become his prime minister. he's a nice know it right and i wonder i suppose you will artie's political analyst and cross talk host peter lavelle he explains what lies ahead for vladimir putin and the united russia party. you know if the guessing game this was all done on purpose i think this was the intention all along or at least one variant of it i think it's because of the united russia is going to be facing the elections the parliamentary

elections in december they're lagging in the polls they need some support and in the best juice you can possibly get is the two most popular people in the country to agree on something another reason is the turbulence outside russia the economic tsunami that is facing the world russia needs to be a safe haven they need to these two leaders and this political party is problematic is that is that in my opinion we need to show stability and continuity the old battle for the parliamentary elections at the end of the it's not all it's not all the aussie smiles at the end of the anything will be more competition in the in the in the marketplace of ideas ok where united russia has been very complacent since the last election because they do say we're the party of putin we're the party of my bed of and that's all nice and fine but madrid and putin will do what they need is executives in the government ok in the united russia just wants to hang on to their coattails will do it again but you know. don't reward complacency we don't reward people they don't know and i think this is an opportunity another opportunity for them to actually start making a name for themselves you cannot have politics of people you have to have strong

institutions it's ok and parties are part of that institutional process it's been a turned a relationship with a person for years and now we see it's poised to continue to turn to the media there and put it. how would you assess my view this legacy over the past few years how he's been good to russia he's been good for russia is a popular politician here it's always been the tandem it's always been about these two men here so if you're going to change places also my sinn fein because both of had the same vision for this country the rhetorical age difference i may be one guy likes was one rock band and another one like the other organization you talk about modernisation i'd be corruption how does that doubleheader policy hasn't worked it is working very slowly in a country where change comes very slow you can have political upheaval very quickly very hard. very harsh sometimes they're looking at the entire array of russian history but to actually get those roads built and get that infrastructure built and have met milkha health care for everyone i mean to put it very well you know you

just have to go outside of the city limits about two hundred kilometers and people are not happy and they don't have as we see with the atlas i talk a lot and were saying earlier that more moscow itself is an incredibly impressive hub of financial activity is a great trade as well but the further you go from moscow that's the reality of russia and then we go first full circle to rory and that's where a political party like united russia has to say we're here to help you we can go to moscow we go to the parliament we can be your representative personally i don't see enough of that ok and i think it needs to be done it doesn't have to be a place where you just you show your pay your dues and show you're for the for the current political establishment have to get out there and roll up your sleeves and actually do something that's what united russia should do because i'll tell you like it or not the communists do that but they do it for the wrong reasons so united russia needs to get out of it to the into the structures of russia and really start getting on a common road going to come here they're going to have to do for the parliamentary elections was a great mother living in polls and said right now and some of these are very good ones very honest very transparent they're looking at less than half the population is interested in them ok that's far different than it was before was two thirds for

the last time when you said when you talk about half the population or even less not being interested i was just going to ask you where was the support for mitt medvedev and putin is this moscow based support is it is national international people with very very national they represent values that russians feel very strongly about do you know you know so i spoke earlier about leadership qualities this is what something russians very much a value be like a strong leader for good or bad reasons that's part of the political culture here. at the same time it's not just about popularity and being a strong figure it's actually producing the goods ok it's the contract the social contract the government will do this you support us ok if the government doesn't do it doesn't come through in a way that people are satisfied they can they came they can fight back and say we won't vote when you won't vote for anybody. that was just begun. just a reminder of our breaking news here russia's prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in the two thousand and twelve election and of the move has the full backing of the current president dmitri medvedev but this was revealed in

an address to the annual meeting of the ruling united russia party if yet if in self will head the party in the parliamentary election saying he could lead the government if they win and continue as modernization program from that post and what essentially was his first campaign speech valve to increase russia's economic growth continue tackling corruption and boost business we'll be bringing you more reaction to this as we get if you stay with us here on its. ear city. all right we spoke to a. political commentator member of russia's council of authority in defense policy he says this move may actually bring a more liberal edge to the ruling party. firstly nice to me that it will bring liberal votes for the united russia party because he's of course associated with the liberal agenda and secondly all those things which have been inserted into the russian political agenda such as political modernization and also economic

modernization and innovation innovations these are things which are normally associated with mr medvedev name so if he becomes a reformist prime minister found this super popular president putin that brings ours so in you political reality surprisingly it brings us to a reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong here in the sort of thing politics coups in fact and indeed inevitably carry on with great a liberal economic agenda i mean saying that the problem with the allies russia party is that it's not capable of reproducing itself ok it was all focused around mr putin the to be example this change of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected but united russia he's now becoming something similar to what the liberal democrats in japan are into what the p.r.i. party in mexico used to be that is to say it's the ruling party which is capable of

reproducing a new generation of leaders this eased really something new for russian politics. to cover time to get some insight and analysis from adrian pabst a professor of politics university and i thought it prudent becomes president it will have he will have to make an effort rather to attract money from abroad. i think for the best we will only be forthcoming in much greater scope when corruption and the rule of law you know are changed there's too much rampant corruption and too little rule of law. i think it has the authority to do something about god i think after. presence he needs to strengthen those institutions and he needs a government i can implement with presidents have becoming prime minister that might be possible but it's not just changing now you need to also change policy and you need to implement across the country we can minister capacities around russia. fortunately still a reality in moscow and st petersburg

a vibrant city has got some of the case for the region so you really need much greater determination and implementation to get up to the ruling town and to make that happen. although today here on r.t. we've been gauging reaction to an argument for the prime minister vladimir putin the russian pm will run for the presidency next year we also spoke to columnist and political analyst sort of. support putin receives is justified. very very few people got out of the prime minister. as the movie influential and the most popular political figure why is he why is he the most influential why is he the most popular figure when it comes to russian politics well he's a charismatic leader is the understand and he has built up he's two presidential terms on the ability which was very important for russians and this is the reason why he won the support not only of our feel for lead by their fruit faults

also. michael whether we like it or not this is a reality i think that they make in such a move if they do or candombe as you say they send a political message to the russians as well to the best of the world there is the do it is not out beat it is not absolute this is a viable construction which can work for years you see it you describe effective. and you are with you live from moscow of course we value your opinion on this and many other stories or if you go to our website you can have your say and what switching roles in the ruling tandem will actually mean for the future of russia cast your vote and check out what other viewers think as well arts and dot com. and to remind you of our breaking news this hour here on our prime minister vladimir putin has announced that he will run for the president of russia in the two thousand and twelve election he made the announcement just hours ago when

addressing the members of the ruling united russia party if you would if you gave his full backing for putin's kind of a city in turn said he will lead the party in december's parliamentary election in what could be counted as a first campaign speech. russia's economy and tackle corruption if you stay with us for all the latest updates you want to hear. we did take a moment to speak to michael been you know the foreign affairs specialist at the times newspaper in london but he hopes that our dmitri medvedev can continue its economic policies if indeed he does become prime minister. obviously if he. continues the prime minister who presided over a very similar to what we've been seeing for the past few years the objective factors in russia's pay if it had such. results is what is urgently needed. economic reform a shake up the system take capitalism enterprise. and overwhelmingly

a real sharp attack on corruption where the. actions i would certainly have challenge for the government yes various reasons for this one is that. need a little bit more foreign investment and foreign expertise although russia has plenty of. the. broader picture of outside interest and the other problem is you need a much more competitive edge to some of these. too many monopolies then too many. held in place i'm afraid if i correct all the car i will suspect john laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris john says to put in a becoming russia's president will actually have a great impact on the european affairs. there are differences there have been big differences between make it different one of the. things that people usually said on it it is that you small somehow pro western pro football and so on where scrutiny is more hardline that's not my view at all it's after

a lot of media president see it like that the russian children's war was fought in two thousand money to build a wall which radically change the balance of power we're going to be where as it was under vladimir putin as that nato in march to. including former soviet republics states and of course made its famous push into ukraine intramural traditional to me i was known for all those things happened under them to us watching the show but i'd like to make one point and that is that the international situation that russia will face as. takes over power again as president next year and as the russia goes into the elections in december is very very uncertain indeed it me in obvious point to me but i think it's worth recalling that we are looking now as has been said in the press now for many months of the breakup of the euro in other words we're looking at a seismic shift in the political composition of the european continent and in those circumstances of immense up people in europe in other words among russia's own

neighbors russia's own role in that new configuration can only be decisive that has done a lot when from paris therefore bannister we spoke to him just a bit earlier here our teams were doing this breaking news for you out and of course the russian prime minister vladimir putin is running for the presidency of russia two thousand and twelve now r.t. is that correct retro now brings us the background to what's frequently called the putin met if he had ever turned. it's not a surprise that they are being referred to as a tandem because the two i've been working together very closely as political associates for over ten years now well just a short recap reminds me of how both made it to russia still jobs in two thousand. he is. there was an early election in russia and vladimir putin won in that election in two thousand and four he was reelected as the president and the me trim and that is joined he's the so-called side but just for

a team. in two thousand and five he became russia's for a steady prime minister after a very successful academic career and richard bennett was largely tasked with overseeing the major modernization and reforms program in russia in two thousand and december two thousand and seven at a similar united russia convention or putin may first tense about the policy of what they kind of it's for russia's next presidential term and it was an informal backing informal backing of mr medvedev has a future president and because obese massive support which will set his popularity significantly from event one the presidential election in two thousand and eight ever since his. has been a wife modernization program also he introduced some major changes to russia's constitution such as enlarging the presidential term from four to six years so if

putin wins in the presidential vote on march twentieth he will serve in office for six years in a row. these are going to overwrite that now if you missed anything on there you can always get the full picture on our website r c dot com but also i was there for get you to me follow us on facebook or you can join the discussion on all of our main stories. on all the major news on our twitter feed as well that's artsy underscore and to watch the best videos on our you tube channel. today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. day.

it is good to have you with us here on our breaking news all day here live from moscow with me roll research register remind you of our top story here just a short while ago prime minister vladimir putin announced that he will run for president of russia and the two thousand and twelve election he made the announcement when addressing the members of the ruling united russia party medvedev meantime fully endorsed presidency and in turn will lead the party in december's parliamentary election in what could be counted as its first campaign speech live and it wouldn't pledge to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption they are elected after. we did take a moment to speak to a political analyst that you go off of us earlier that up popularity and a change in russia under his leadership pre-determined today's decision. you have to understand that. has been extremely popular in russia since.

he became prime minister of russian federation before the presidency and russia has made it agree to a june twelfth. russian g.d.p. has almost doubled the level of life in russia all or russia not only the capitals has improved now russian economy has been constantly rebuilding and. pushes rule and then underneath that it's really you know sort of very ambitious goals during. the presidents of them and in ization of russia. based on the resources russia has it's very important to try chaison exporting climate change controversy produces and. global production so in this case russia has a very bright future. we did also get a moment he will speak to fred we are of the christian science monitor it. does become president it won't be the worst option for the west as they already know him

as. but people will become more certain that there is one. type of system of power in russia and it's here to stay i think that's what this the message to the world is not it's not a bad message i don't think. despite some of the troubles of the continuing you know between the west and east. putin was seen as kind of solo reliable predictable . partner the. russian interests very assertively and that may not see what they'd like to see in the united states but it works for them it's the mill he's a known quantity and he is predictable. capricious school or excessive in any way so i think that people will just settle down to the idea that we could put in for at least six more years if not twelve. then we'll build relations with russia on that basis. now the head of russia's foreign affairs committee konstantin call such off the talk to us about what today's news crash mean for the country's

foreign policy. they believe their predictability and transparency in their would be are doing here inside the united russia or inside of the government the ruling this or it is nice to be welcomed by anybody else in the world and they believe the decision she's taken. for. using. the. russian to hear this from completion we will need to continue to hear together busy charles you know you know when you. look at this it is going to give you the strong completion is good for russia it's good for the russian foreign policy and they

believe that. it has been a big day for russian politics along with the ruling party united russia two other major parties also had their conventions ahead of december's elections to the duma the lower house of the russian parliament the communist party was one of them that got a tour of working on its election strategy and select the election candidates one of the oldest parties in the country it consistently wins a large number of seats in parliament but its leader also running for the presidency on a regular basis this year's election is not likely to be an exception the latest poll places the communists second only to the united russia among other parties attempting to make it to the duma just russia and the liberal democrats and they recognize the democratic opposition party. and i just remind you of our breaking news this hour here on our teachers a short while ago russian prime minister vladimir putin announced that he will run for president of russia in the two thousand and twelve election he made the

announcement when addressing the members. the ruling united russia party has fully endorsed the presidency and in turn will lead the party in december's parliamentary election and what we could could because it doesn't his first campaign speech because let me put in your pledge to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption i do stay with us here on r.t. for the latest event. but as a global economy struggles to break free of its downward spiral the head of russia's d.t.p. bank says that today's announcement will encourage foreign investors. i think it's good news for the international muslim community particularly now in the very good writing. reports of investors now can see the stability of the full force the stability of the konami of course. which in particular on the line the need for speed economic growth you mentioned the rate of the world for the fall

six seven percent of g.d.p. as one of the mean targets for. the world will be quite new for the next two years also some quite the numbers keep walking economic ysu like one of the zeeshan like an improvement on infrastructure many on the body. things we can look forward to the program of course you. do because we see all the economic force one move it will be a prime minister it's also i think quite exciting this season so all these congress . party is coming to life in moscow all the news out of alice on the latest rotation in russian politics at r.t. dot com i'll be back in just a matter. feel . the

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