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but your religious jew calling another jew and not the way they really didn't. follow this is r.t. from moscow one story dominating our coverage tonight the ruling taliban is set for otay shouldn't russia's prime minister of the dream of putin is said to run for the presidency next year his candidacy was put forward by president dmitri medvedev and we agreed to lead the ruling party of the country's government so more on what that means now for russia next in the latest edition of a special version of our interview show spotlight coming right up.
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i'm too far into the show on our i'll do we are going to do we're talking about the presidential race the decades biggest political myth we have to find yourself. in his presidential bid being nominated by. this. country for many of us. inside and them as the nomination is backed by the current president. agree to become prime minister and that is russia party. russia's top political elite is unlikely to change the next six or even twelve years. to russia what do we have to expect from the. december and out the wash two thousand and twelve when the presidential election will take place we'll be discussing this with political analyst and research fellow at the
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institute of world economy and its national. and political columnist so let's start with what the trade medvedev had to say. i believe it would be right for the conventions. in the presidential election. i mean so i don't have to explain what kind of experience and. thank you sure you're skillful and i'd like to see despite rumors that there's been a split we're going to know it turns him i can see that this was a well thought through decision. tree.
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mr publisher mr harper thank you very much for joining us on the show welcome to a sparkling no is this it so do we know the name of the next russian president thing would you say actually i think we're already know boss of the limos and that's trashing president and their next trash in our prime minister but you know i think it's not due to the reasons that some experts say i think there. has been over twelve years in public politics has proven to be a real leader of a new russia russian g.d.p. has almost doubled and of those twelve years while social stability and. steady development have been achieved so there are good grounds for continuing the. way of conducting wars foreign and domestic policy and most russians who really support the stand to do dude mutually agree that this is it and the intrigue intrigue is no no longer i would say never say you're sure especially in russia
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because because. we have seen a lot of times during the last twenty years or maybe even i would say twenty five years. it's very difficult to predict something in russia for sure the situation may develop you know lots of ways but. fortunately or unfortunately now it's more or less clear that in march the president will be inviting them. according to to the changing of the constitution the russian president will be elected for six years he could be there for two terms so do you think that let me put it will be there for the next twelve years or. we cannot be so sure now we know now we're talking about about six years well i think the russian elite since one thousand nine to one has been pursuing two apes first team is political stability you keep power and money. the second is to integrate this newly into the western political
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putin is responsible for the first priority so he will be number one and he was number one during most of those years and midriff is responsible for the second priority so he will always be an answer to in so they stand. in general we'll see how the situation develops i think the choice of you know the time then called keep riding with merely a first signal broom yet another term i think the choice shorts that there are some hard times ahead so all the time in internal politics for ensample russia and for the world you know the euro groundling lots of other things europe is russia's largest economic partner so when europe gets gets a call that russia will be also sneezing so all of this leave the auto for a safer bet not doing the best of banks. even in their own states. the quarrel they would call medvedev lame duck right now do you think in russia he
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would be a lame duck now i mean by by american standards are not or is the difference in russian politics i think in russia it's really different and first of all the basic reason about you know not only in russia but in other. countries of the most high valued commodity is stability and economic development and i think that one of the major achievements of paulson has been the creation of a system where it doesn't really matter who is the president and who is the prime minister because of the general course of the crunch it goes on its way and in this case i think i don't. no matter whether putin will hold his course as a president for two consecutive terms or whether there will change with a very for any other. and the other person who maybe we don't know but the basic idea is that both rationally it as my colleague has said and russian general public
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are interested in stability instead of elop and so they're able to get used to this people are experts are predicting a hard times for world economy for russian economy in the coming years so first of all i like i'd like to know your reaction how may the the the markets react to this news that that we're hearing today and and is putin's first or middle east first. is it going to be hard i mean. economically. but i think the markets will react positively because there is split in steam everywhere in russia so the fact that the padron is back and. he's now been away one hundred percent i mean what kind of percent of our now he's back well i'm not so that's good news for markets but he's facing hard times and i will say this of all the western politicians western politicians including vice president the u.s. vice president joe biden who came here made it very clear that they would prefer to
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deal with medvedev. a victory on the court which who is going to meet our president today may also be a little disappointed because he also bet on me dear friend now he still can call their lame long normally saw visually there is a certain there is certain disparity they call to me between the markets and western politicians and i think that shows you how i would see you really stick is western policy towards russia sometimes the markets say one thing and the militias say it's quite why i was asking about the hard times because because putin did promise i'm screwed now to to reason russia's g.d.p. to a level of seven percent but on the same day finance minister in putin's government mr goulden said that the next decade is going to be lost because of slow world g.d.p. growth people some are even expecting a crisis coming how are these two promises compatible isn't it well yes this is
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a misquotation really i mean it was moving i mean cauldrons i mean it's it's it's it's called haitian because i wouldn't said absolutely the opposite i think it's a go into the last decade for the world economy that is slumping in the recession while he said nothing about russia so he said it would not be easy for russian economy before us and he saw the context is that russia is an exporting economy and no exports are much higher than our important orders because that adds to the global g.d.p. . we know the country that has positive. export import balance in this case russia is the contradiction adds up to the global g.d.p. and it will not it's not going to face any major crisis of course there is a global economy and we know there are crisis in the euro zone which could easily cause the collapse of the whole euro zone if greece is followed by spain italy and
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other large conscious you know european union is now a major. partner but also. the science of second wave of recession in the united states so it's not going to be easy in russia but you know the first wave of crisis both three years ago was passed by russian relatively easily not only in economic terms but it's social demographic and political terms so russian are the pillars of russian political system. as well i guess and these. are the global economies going to have a lost decade while the russian economy is going to develop where you're really you're really only said the reason i'm asking is that putin's popularity let's face it i mean within his first term in office was very highly based on the higher prices he gave a lot. so will he be able to give as much in his next. well i would agree with. comic policy all because they had legs because the country
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didn't collapse during the financial crisis and indeed the standard of living improved. you know the problem is in modern economy you can never be sure that next year you won't have a major problem we've seen it many times in europe and in other places and certainly i think that. tandem with grayson up for hard times and not for the best of times both of you in the studio. are expressing the opinion that there were there will be no will we will not be facing any surprises either on the elections to elementary election they can stay doman december or the presidential election so what about the turnout are people going to to use their legs to walk to the and probably stations to vote do you expect a high turnout when medvedev is leading the ruling party in actions and later which
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is running for president where people say well what difference will it make well i think. it will depend on the propaganda strategy of the board of the state and their position will use their position a during the last few months i've heard their position basically saying that we should not discourage people to vote because if you don't have all of your bulletin can be used by you know of by the state the way it was so basically. i will not be surprised if the turnout is not so bad. who could or i plan to agree or. it depends on propaganda much because the russian electorate is in russian people are much more experienced and they're not naive at all and they're not good subject to propaganda they have seen so much in their last few decades so they know quite well home to elect
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a political analyst you're going to laugh and be three by the spotlight will be back shortly after we take a break so stay with us don't. twenty years ago in large this country. listen to. what how did you come. to teach began a journey. where did it take the. class. welcome into the future the weapons grade plutonium is turned into a vital new resource nuclear waste becomes a few will spring leaks of the environment and energy outposts among the ends of the earth russian scientists lead the way in making these innovations are reality
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to prefer the fears of nuclear conflict the future revolution in the comic energy on technology obsolete we've got the future covered. welcome back to spotlight i'm al we're not just a reminder that my guests today are political analysts eager hostile often to be three bob each and we are discussing the latest news the russian projects. prime minister putin has. agreed to become the next president of russia to run rather for the next president russia after the current president made trinidad your . proposed him add the. congress of the united. russia ruling party so today we we see were facing an upcoming reshuffle in the town that so the prime minister is going to become the present president is going
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to become the prime minister and this well looks as if it's the side i'll really at least among the russian but it political elite so gentleman do you think that this decision that and that was announced today. how she was so you can live you know maybe maybe even back in two thousand and seven what would you say what wasn't initial plan to go in this way i don't think the initial plan because russian politics doesn't include very sophisticated skin so you see it goes as a girl's thing has proven to be a really good president because if you have been living in russia all this period and i can compare the situation back in one thousand nine hundred nine and twenty zero eight and what is happening right now so he has really proven to be the leader of all the russians are because i can see talking every day to people in russia
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that he is popular both with small business raj business ordinary people are travel extensively all russian creating poor regions of the north caucasus really supported them people in the not courses caucuses are really grateful that impressive fire this region and contributed a lot to the quality of living there and also pollution is very popular among very young people people maybe who children when he got into power one who went to kindergarten he's popular among them and there's a huge future electorate in this context i think there's no mastermind plan plan at all it goes as a girl's really proven to be a national leader and a little bit of has already also contributed a lot so now we are going to see another six or maybe two consecutive presidential terms that's twelve years and i think this change is going to develop or the way it as it did before. i get this right brain structure rosy picture
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because despite all the children's well let me give you an example with the north caucasus in detention i was pressure for it there is no war going on that's a huge achievement but terrorist activity in neighboring darkest. he's huge it's much worse than in the ninety's the same thing in the year so basically the problems never disappear they used to be spills all to other places and that's why i don't think the decision was taken along a goal because i think the tend to react to new challenges every week well i think one of the reasons why i would see the more conservative variant was chosen. to watch extend it was the west policy of the west in the lead never quite accepted the russian elite as it spot basically it was hostile we've seen all this i would put it your stool are all ruled so to have to gas pipelines all these things joe
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biden saying that he would not be taping to see him and put him back and grammarian so in this situation that we were who jill biden what makes you happy i don't think you look sions in you know the country is in russia it was i believe it was me to meet him by now. but it was old region or where it was old. exactly the opposite effect to and the one that biden might want to have i think it contributed . contributed to the decision that was taken today but i'm not quite sure that biden is as smart as to wish to become the new president and to do it this way you know provocative russian elite into a sort of you know defensive stand but i think the general result was that the west has been hostile there is no time table for russia's integration into the european union into european structures in general so that's why i think the more
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conservative variant was stronger and you know i have to be in portland with the rest in the lord is always a bad allman for russian leader is most all russian public is pretty conservative not hostile but conservative towards the true intentions of washington and brussels and the russian. spared but the basic idea of the worthless to turn us into the colony importing from russian natural resources and exporting their dollars in euros so in this case being popular with the lord is a not a sign for any russian leader oh well the politician popular with the west only right now he's getting ready to to to to go into any other political seat with him and with the modernization of the country prime minister putin today made another very important now incident and let's hear a quote right now. i'd like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my
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candidacy to run for president it's a great honor. thank you. and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask russian citizens to support the united russia party we can meet you. and i believe you do you. know you really did i'm convinced to become prime minister continue to thoroughly modernize our society. both put in and medvedev and later method of first secretary mr peskov after the. close yesterday said that there will be a reshuffle of the government the government we need a major reshuffle said so do you think that this is the next intrigue that we will be following in russia what's going to happen to the government two of the
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ministers will will keep their seats well i would say that i did your question on yourself to be less conservative in canada of personnel than what a reporter i was a reporter has basically stayed with the same ministers during all his tenure. as the prime minister and most of his term he also had to to. change the prime minister several times but he didn't change the minister simply the surprise to stay the same or all just make some small changes so in general. for seeing a sort of a personnel reform. it's just sometimes easier for him to fight people than for mr putin but i would also like to see you know there is a very contradictory. objectives that they're the condom faces because i agree with igor on the one hand russian public is very suspicious of the western intentions
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towards russia and rightly so while the other hand the aim is to integrate russia into the world economy so every russian leader faces these daily not to be too popular with the west that will make him a little be very suspicious to his own audience and not to alienate the west because they're only in danger russia's you know integration into global putin is coming back he's likely to come back in less than he used to be. we should we expect something new from the new presidency we had put him in terms of interlude politics in terms of economic policy in terms of the general mood in the country. most of all you know any politician is there any actor has to reinvent himself to stay popular with the public as spars they can nine hundred ninety nine when putin came into power first as prime minister and then president. there to
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actually was. a deal all of securing them what was left of the soviet union stabilizing recon she and adding more security to. the people and generally this task has been solved by russian g.d.p. has been. steadily growing since generally the quality of living in russia has been improving but of their own huge challenges putin has grown in you. in russia and that's already a fact these people demand are more freedom they demand more political freedom they want to take a more active part in the social political life and in this case i think. putin has also or proven him to be a person who is ready to change with the conscious of the country changes he also changes we have seen primaries of the united russia or russia party primaries which
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are a bit different from what is usually. under this wording in the american experience because you know half of. our so-called porton people's front gets into do mine they're not members of united russia those are people who don't belong to any party they're just poor people in their village in their district but people know all of them are spared with them and they want to see them. do more that is the law and. russian parliament you know this is a very important sign that it is reinventing itself as a political leader and he feels the trance and russian society very well. it is a very good remark and i also notice that today that would seem to be very proud when he spoke of the congress and when he was saying that that we do have a civil society russia and that this whole he said is a demonstration of the civil society but he said half of the list of the ruling
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party is going to run from another party members and of what do you believe to be true do you think do you think this is just of that propaganda that you mentioned were well put it is really trying to become a new committee well yes and got because. on the one hand i agree that what the american legion is a very capable politician and he's very capable to change his own a.d.'s with time i think the west has made a major mistake when they saw him just as a former k.g.b. officer and didn't see for example his and caprino experience so they underestimated him but part of his team which didn't change from in years is a bit so i would say is not as dynamic as well would like to be thank you thank you very much dmitry and just reminded that meet me by be sure needed across what political analyst and columnist were against on the show today we discuss the latest political news from russia and that's it for now from all of us here
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