headlines kaiser report. breaking news here on. the ruling sector rotation russia's a prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency next year is kind of a seat was put forward by dimitri who agreed to lead the ruling party and the country's got. a very warm welcome for you this is our life from moscow research showing our breaking news for you here. will run for president in the two thousand and twelve elections the announcement was made of the ruling united russia party as annual

convention president if you had said that he will head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if they win seats and he said the historic speech is first. united russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another in the figure that he is 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 would i know i knew and more importantly no one really expected at least the people here that it would be done you say and that's partly because the session opened with the two leaders coming in to gather putin opening with his speech saying that we the two of us do know how this will all unfold and what's important is not who does my job and when but the people so that's really been the theme of this day despite that we slowly got hints that maybe today was going to be the day and then president medvedev that this. year should. i believe it

would be right for the convention to support the candidacy of let's you know putin in the presidential election. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience and authority president clinton hands. the issue here is go slow and i'd like to see something else despite rumors that there's been a split within our time jim i can say that this was a well thought through decision. and what came out as more of a surprise than the announcement that placing her put in would in fact run for president in twenty trial was the announcement and the proposal from listeners who tend 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 timothy mcveigh to to go on to be at the top of the list read the united front some party into the december parliamentary elections he accepted. 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 if you're going to use the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask russian citizens to support the united russia party we can. you. know you may be just what i'm convinced to become prime minister continue to thoroughly modernize our society. the united russia party which shares a great amount of popularity they still have a lot of work to do because they're 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 in the prime minister

understands that president medvedev understands that most of the speeches and. speech was not about the presidency who will run it was about what this party needs to do to take russia into the next ten years the cut the country has to build now they need to see development and that's what today is really about although of course it's been hijacked by this it's big news this is story news that it was easier to put it will run for president and then dmitri medvedev will become his prime minister. he's a nice and i reporter right there standing at the venue where the announcement was made just a bit of a surprise but i did actually take a time to speak to r.t. is a political analyst the host of cross talk of people who fell he explained what lies ahead of a lot of it in and out of the united russia party. you know if the guessing game this was all done on purpose i think this was the intention all along at least one variant of it i think it's because of the united russia is going to be facing

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 that russia needs to be a safe haven they need to these two leaders and this political party is problematic as it is in my opinion need to show stability and continuity in the uphill 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 a little bit more competition in the in the in the marketplace of ideas ok well 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 made better and that's all nice and fine but we did it and 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 and 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 still another opportunity for them to

actually start making a name for themselves you cannot have politics of people you have to have strong institutions ok and parties are part of that institutional process it's been a turned a relationship with a person for years now we see it's poised to continue to turn to me to imagine if and put it. how would you assess some of the legacy of the past are you so i mean he's been close to russia he's been good for russia a user popular politician here it's always been the tandem it's always been about these two men here so if they're going to change places it's all nice and fine because both of had the same vision for this country but rhetorical so it's age difference why maybe one guy likes one rock band and another one like the other organizations who are modernisation corruption how does that doubleheader policy has it worked it is working very slowly in a country were change comes very slow you could have political upheaval very quickly very hard. very harsh sometimes i'm looking at the entire way of russian history but to actually get those roads built and get that infrastructure built and have health care for everyone and he supported 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 moscow itself is an incredibly impressive hub so all financial activity is a big trade as well but if 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 show your good pay your dues and show your for the for the current political establishment you 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 there it's in the into the structures of russia and really start getting on the common road going to come here they've got to be going to have to the publisher and i think it's a great mother let me unfolds 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

four in the last one you said when you talk about half the population or even less not being interested i was going to ask you where is the support for made it medvedev and putin like is this of moscow based support what is it a 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 you value they 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 doesn't come through in a way that people are satisfied they can they can they can fight back they'll say we won't vote when we will vote for any. people develop course those across the we spoke to. just a bit earlier today i just remind you here are so you of our breaking news this hour after a long speculation it's now certain that russia's a prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in the two thousand and

twelve election this was revealed in an address to the annual meeting of the ruling united russia party president medvedev has fully endorsed the move are saying he will head the party in the parliamentary election and become prime minister if it wins you know what now could be considered his first campaign speech could invalid to boost russia's economic growth and continue tackling he said russia should soon become one of the world's strongest economies we will continue to bring you more reaction to this of live from moscow right here. during all this breaking news we did have a moment of sort of your last political commentator and member of russia's council for thorough and defense policy and says this move may actually bring a more liberal edge to the ruling party. firstly mr midriff will green liberal votes for the united russia party because he's of course associated with the liberal agenda and secondly 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 on this super popular president putin that brings ours so a new political reality surprisingly it brings us to reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong here on the sort of thing politics coups in fact. indeed inevitably carry out quite a liberal economic agenda i mean saying that the problem is russia party is that it's not capable of reproducing itself ok it was all focused around mr putin himself with 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 little democrats in japan are into what the p.r.i.

party in mexico used to be that is to say it's a ruling party which is capable of reproducing a new generation of leaders of the east really something new for russian politics. to the breaking news here our breaking news for the past several hours we've been gauging reaction inside russia and all around the world to come over to catch up with word we're of the christian science monitor tells us that if putin becomes president again it won't be the worst option for the west as they already know him as a partner. people will become more certain that there is one. paper the system of power in russia and it's here to stay i think that's what is the message to the world is not it's not a bad message i don't think it's quite some of the troubles of the you know between the west and east. clinton was seen as kind of solo reliable predictable partner he advanced russian interests curious certainly and it's also let me not see what he'd like to see in the united states but it works for them it's they know

him he's a known quantity complete me is predictable he cannot use capricious 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 build relations with russia on that basis. and that was a hardware from the christian science monitor adrian pabst is also another person we spoke to a professor of politics at the university of kent he says that if putin becomes president he will have to make an effort to attract money from abroad. i think for the best 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 that and i think after enterprises he needs to strengthen those institutions and he needs a government they can implement with president perhaps 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 could minister capacities around russia . fortunately still a reality in moscow and st petersburg vibrant city is but that's not the case for the region so you really need much greater determination and implementation it's up to the ruling town and to make that happen well it's not just the experts we're going to hear or hear from here our value your opinion as well whatever you have to say have your say on our web site or r.t. dot com talk to us about what switching roles in the ruling time will actually need for the future of russia to vote and what others think as well but r.t. you got a car. i just remind you of our breaking news this hour here on r.t. the big announcement prime minister vladimir putin has announced he will run for the presidency of russia for two thousand and twelve he made the announcement just

hours ago when addressing the members of the ruling united russia party would be a definite gave his full backing for putin his candidacy and in turn said he will leave the party in december's parliamentary elections on that post he plans to continue his modernization. in what can be considered his first campaign speech. to russia's economy and tackle corruption i do think with us here on our. projects. we did have a chance here on our t.v. to speak to sort of columnist and political analyst to regarding today's breaking news that he told me just a bit earlier but the support for putin is absolutely justified. really very few people doubted 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 leaders you understand and he has built up he's two presidential

terms on the d.l. stability which was very important for russians and this is the reason why he won the support not only of for lead but the proof also. whether we like it or not this is a reality i think that the right making such a move if they do or or candombe as you say they send a political message to the russians as well to the press to the world there to. do it is not our beat it is not absolute this is a reliable construction which again it can work for years you see it you describe effective. we certainly will support and so i from what michael binyon before in a first specialist of the times newspaper in london dimitri medvedev can continue his economic policy so if indeed he does become prime minister. i think. obviously

if he. continues the prime minister will preside over very similar policies to what we've been seeing for the past few years the objective factors are in russia's. resources what is urgent plea needed. economic reform a shake up of the system let's take capitalism enterprise. and overwhelmingly a real sharp attack on corruption where there's been a lot of talk but very little action and i was certainly a challenge for the government yes. various reasons for this one is that. need a little bit more foreign investment and foreign expertise or to russia has plenty of its own. you know a broader spectrum of interests and the problem is you need a much more competitive edge to some of these. too many monopolies and too many monopolies held in place i'm afraid. in coming analysis from much on laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris we spoke to him just

a bit earlier here on our team jonathan says put into becoming a russia's president i would have a great impact on european affairs. there are differences there have been big differences between the get different groups in one of the three main things that people usually say about me it is that he's moral some are pro western road liberal and so on whereas scruton is more hardline that's not my view at all but it's after all under a million president said life that the russian george of war was fought in two thousand and eight to be a war which radically changed the balance of power in the go estimated years whereas it was under vladimir putin to see that nato enlargement. included former soviet republics likely baltic states and of course made his famous question to you crane it during your introduction to me us and for all those things happened under the aegis marginal 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 unsettling to get it me in obvious point to make but i think it's worth recalling that we are looking now as has been said in the press now for many months after the breakup of the euro you know as we're looking at a seismic shift in the political composition of the european continent and in those circumstances of immense upkeep for in europe in other words among russia's own neighbors russia's own role in that new configuration can only be decisive. well if you've missed anything on air you're out so you can always get the full picture on our website as a few clicks away at the top come out both of those forget you can follow us on facebook and join the discussion and all of our many fine updates on all the major news on our twitter feed as well find out of the under school come and watch the best videos on our you tube channel.

four news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for racial rule today. welcome back everybody live from moscow i'm wrong research and we've been doing breaking breaking news scuse me for several hours as i'm sure you can tell the story is there is a big announcement today coming out of central moscow that the russian prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency of two thousand and twelve. brings us the background to what's frequently called a putin of time. it's not a surprise that they are being referred to as a ton of them because that's that 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. how did he is. there was an early election in russia and vladimir putin won in that election in two thousand and four he was relaxed so that the president and to me trim it that you have joined he's the so-called side because we're a team. in two thousand and five he became russia's for a steady prime minister after a very successful academic career and nutriment but it 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 would lead to more putin may first tense about the policy of what the candidates for russia's next presidential term and it was an informal backing informal backing of the mission that has a future president because of this massive support which listed his popularity

significantly to mention that it won the presidential election in two thousand and eight ever since he's made it has been a wise 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 kind of an approach over there giving us some of the background behind the times and relationship of a person to their friend prime minister putin soon to be the president of two thousand and twelve just remind you of breaking news this hour here on r.t. is just really short while now. putin saying that he is going to run for the presidency of next year. at the same time as making that announcement he was also enjoying the full backing from the current president to be true and if yes now he made the announcement in an address to the annual congress of the ruling united russia party. the party in the parliamentary election saying he could lead the

government if they win and continue with modernization program from. what essentially was his first campaign speech. to increase russia's economic growth continue tackling corruption encouraging business to lift revenues out of reaction as we continue to get it on a twenty four hour basis here when i see. that you go to horcoff was one of the guys to come in to give us some analysis things that political analysis he says that just popularity and the change in russia under his leadership was already predetermined in today's decision. you have to understand that. has been extremely popular in russia since ninety nine and he became their prime minister russian federation before presidency and russia has made it a great way to those. russian g.d.p.

has almost doubled the level of life in russia a little russia not only the capitals has improved now a russian economy has been constantly rebuilding and pushes rule and then underneath it it's real but you know we did have such a very ambitious goals during his presidency of them a disease of russia russia ahead based on other resources russia has it's very important to try she's an exporting country of contre that produces and to the global production so in this case russia has a very bright future. here on the program and we also took a woman to speak to the head of russia's foreign affairs committee. believing that today's decision it will bring positive changes for the country's sort of foreign policy. they believe there predictability and transparency in the what we're doing here inside of you know to our support the state of the government the ruling good

story just east of the work or. anybody else in the world. and they believe the decision she's taken. for. the. russians to have this strong completion will be discontinued throughout your together because each of you know you when you look at this it just gets together to destroy completely sure he's good for russia it's good for the russian foreign policy and they'd be. right as you can tell here on r.t. it's been a big day for russian politics along with the ruling a russian party united russia two other major parties held their conventions ahead of december's elections to the duma the lower house of the russian parliament the

communist party was one of them together to work out its election strategy and select their election candidates and one of the oldest parties in the country and consistently wins a large number of seats in a partner with its leader also running for the presidency on a regular basis by this year's election is not likely to be any exception as the latest poll places the communists second only to united russia among other parties attempting to make it to the duma just russia party the liberal democrats sunday recognize the democratic opposition party look. well as the global economy struggles to break free of its downward spiral ahead of russia's d.t.p. bank says that today's announcement willing courage foreign investment of course that announcement being that of prime minister vladimir putin running for the presidency of two thousand and twelve. this is good news for the international western community particularly now in the very very frightening. reports of

investors now can see the stability of political course is there because of economic force and the police in particular on the line the need for speed economic growth you mentioned the rate of the growth of the most six seven percent of g.d.p. as one of the main targets for. the building of economy for the next two years is also some quite the numbers keep talking economic ysu like most of the zeeshan like improvement on the structure many of them we wouldn't be so we sure are going to look for you to be the party. to the cookies you will be economic force one mr ms it will be a prime minister is also i think quite exciting this season so all these congress. this is our sea life from the center of moscow it's good to have you with us to today just remind our breaking news for you this hour just a short while ago prime minister vladimir putin and that he will run for the

presidency of two thousand and twelve he made it he asked but when addressing the members of the ruling united russia party meantime fully endorsed prudence presidency and in turn will lead the party in december's parliamentary election in what can be counted as his first campaign speech light of a broken pledge to russia's economy and tackle corruption if you stay with us for political reforms on this story. and i'll be back with more in just a moment ago. luminous . it's just.

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