a boom blew in. so i see the ruling taliban is set for rotation russia's prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency next year it's kind of this he was put forward by dimitra but better to turn agreed to leave the ruling party out of the country governed. by for moscow this is r t it's ten pm here now and one story dominates our coverage tonight the breaking news problem is supposed to build one for president of the twenty twelve elections there and smoke was made that the ruling united russia party is and will convention president medvedev said that he will lead the party in

parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if they win out he said listen we heard the historic speeches first. united russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another or put in the finger that in years 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 a new and more importantly no one really expected at least the people here that it would be you say and that's partly because the session opened with the two leaders coming in to gether putin opening with his speech saying that we the two of us do know how this one folds i want to make sure it 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 presidents made it that this. year should. i believe it would be right for the convention to support the

candidacy of launching new products and in the presidential election. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience and authority president putin hands. issue here is god's will and i'd like to see something else despite rumors that there's been a split within our time jim i can say this was a well thought through decision. and what came 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 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 me to be mitigated to go on to be at the top of the list read the

united front 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 get the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in i'd like to ask russian citizens to support the united russia party we can. count on. you. maybe 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 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 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 how stability now they need to see development and that's what today is really about although of course it's being hijacked by this this is big news this is story news that it was easier to put in the will run for president. dmitry medvedev will become his prime minister. our correspondent a listen now with a well earlier we spoke to a political analyst in cross talk host people of well i would explain now what lies ahead for the putin and united russia party. you know if the guessing game this was all done on purpose i think this is 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 and parliamentary elections in december they're lagging in the polls they need some support and 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 anomic tsunami that is of a place in the world that russia needs to be a safe haven they need to be in these two leaders and this political party is problematic as it is in my opinion we need to show stability and continuity a little bit 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 medvedev and that's all nice and fine but we did it in and putin will do what they need is executives in the government ok and united russia just wants to hang on to their coattails will do it again but you know. voters don't reward complacency they 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 it's ok and parties are part of that institutional process so it's always been the tandem it's always been about these two men here so if they're going to change places are it's all nice and fine because both of had the same

vision for this country could have political upheaval very quickly very hard very harsh sometimes when looking at the entire array of russian history but to actually get those roads built and get that infrastructure built and have health care for everyone i mean it's a pretty gray 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 a political party like united russia has to say we are here to help you we can go to moscow we go to the parliament we can 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 go pay your dues and show your for you 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. also said a lively discussion on this very issue in his latest crosstalk to date show go programs coming up later this year on out. so there's major news in russian politics today prime minister vladimir putin will bid for presidency next year that's the top line

he got with parking from current leader dmitri preventive while addressing the only real conference of the country's ruling united russia party to be to be vetted said he'll head the party in the parliamentary election and in december become prime minister to carry on his modernization program so it works now because it is first campaign speech for the vowed to boost russia's economic growth and continue tackling corruption and stress that russia should aim to become one of the world's five strongest economies. the coming continue so he really obvious of political commentator and member of russia's council for foreign defense policy he told us this move may bring a more liberal edge now to the ruling party. firstly mr medvedev 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 in. the russian political agenda such as political modernization and also economic modernization and innovation innovations lisa things which are normally associated with mr

medvedev name so if he becomes a reformist prime minister than this super popular president putin that brings ours so a new political reality surprisingly it brings us to a reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong here on the sort of thing politics could in fact indeed inevitably carry out quite 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 using the job of the 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 the ruling party which is capable of reproducing a new generation of leaders this is really something new for russian politics

columnist and political analyst told us the support received is justified. and really very few people doubted that the prime minister. as the move influential and the most popular political figure he is a charismatic leader is the understand and he has built up his two presidential terms. of stability which was very important for russians and this is the reason why he won the support not only for for lead but a fruitful also. i think whether it will like the north this is a reality i think that by making such a move. or tender as you see they sent a political message to the russians as a role to the best of the world that it will be. it is not our beat it is not

absolute this is a rabble construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective. but do you think about this big story from russia today go to our web site you can have your say there are what switching roles in the ruling tandem is going to mean for the future of russia here's how the views of been coming in so far i said last i would bring you the results really are almost half of you think the change will be effective because it's what people wanted that's what you telling us that was the third believe the move will anger voters and increase the opposition's chances and twenty six percent of you they're saying this change will be perceived matter of fact lead but also boost investment in the country so your take on it is well if not let us know r.t. dot com tonight. will be working together for over ten years and today's announcement means this partnership may be set to stay now it is a cartoon approach over the next brings us the background to what's frequently called the putin and.

decent competent modern person must be elected president of the country a person with whom possible to work in tandem. four years later the baton is passed in what appeared to be an official albeit casual fashion. move hail from sample his work both at the political how for ten years now the two have proved that a double had it eagle on the russian flag is not only an emblem in the two thousand presidential vote at a brisk office and putin was named his successor it was determined that it who managed his complain but the world would proceed here about five years later when he became deputy prime minister the same year and influential business magazine in russia would name him the man of the year overseeing national priority projects he

did it painted his vision for years to come away from a resource economy modernize the country get rid of corruption all these would later be put together in his manifesto though russia in december two thousand and seven during a similar united russia convention and it was informally indorsed as a candidate for the country's top job and these time it was putin who delivered his successor a successful campaign he supported that its popularity seventy percent of the vote and in march two thousand and eight bill bennett was elected president why do you regard it as more liberal than his predecessor his term would be remembered for reforms in the judicial system and law enforcement investment in new technology and strengthening civil society he also approved major changes to the constitution extending the presidential term so if i didn't put in makes it to the crown in march twenty twelve he will serve six not four years.

signatured goal russia transported into gold today both models brought the house down and it was simply a president passing the baton to a new candidate instead the two most powerful man in russia simplist what seats that's proving don't worry about us competing in the upcoming vote as we've said we'll reach an agreement between us long people that exceeded their children our team mascot. is committed to thirteen of its past ten pm here in moscow if you just joined us this is r.t. international and the main story dominating our news tonight promise of a potent announced that he will run for president of russia in the twenty twelve election that was revealed in an address to the only real convention of the country's ruling united russia party president demitra preventive in turn proposed putin for the top job while himself planning to head the party in the parliamentary election and continues modernization program before as prime minister during the

conference but in a putin laid out his economic policy in a speech that can be considered his first campaign address he pledged to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption. plus find out how the news has been received cross the atlantic let's go to washington should we be joined by. international affairs expert this is isha thanks ever so much being with us so how was the news of limited running for presidency received in the u.s. the as a go and. well of course as you know the decision was taken very early in the morning so we'll have to see what the white house is on the other experts politicians perhaps in the heel in the congress both the general impression before the signal announcement was made is not surprising because of the great popularity of mr putin. vast majority of the electorate and the greater working

relationship between the president and mr putin the prime minister it was so straight to know that this is the show was going to be taken so i don't think it came as a surprise. in fact that one can say that in general the main policy is followed by mr medvedev us president it would have been approve. his prime minister you know mr putin so if there is a continuation of the policies initiated by president and continued by president so i don't think there is going to be a major i mean i don't think that here in washington there is such a much price regarding the decision taken to the united russia large course we saw the reset of relations at the start and the start treaty all this progress in russia u.s. relations with made out of my advantage presidency he thinks is going to continue

after next spring with a new man at the helm. well i think so indeed i believe that russia will also see interested in following the process the arms control process in trying to leave us historically were pons the same way that united states interested in doing so for russia's strategic or weapons arsenal. in that sense i don't think there is going to be a major change however there is the issue of missile defense and the policy or missile defense russia's opposition to it is something that has. continued and changed since the days of mr putin as president and i believe that the same arguments are used by russia. they want assurances from nato that the missile defense system based in europe is not going to be used against russia that those conditions to those demands are going to be continued as you know russia is going to continue to

maintain them if they are not full field and that's what i've said now is going to be in my opinion repeated by mr putin when he'll be elected president or he'll be elected president if those assurances are not provided by nato then russia reserves the right off initiating a rearm i mean to try to neutralize what they perceive us dangers to there is to it that you can nuclear forces. by missile defense systems and being willing out from the start treaty potentially you know what at least russia have said that they're going to wait till two thousand and nineteen to see what's going to happen in that regard what's your take on how approaches in the past get on him as president let him approach and of course only work with the bush administration if obama does stay in power in the u.s. and putin gets the top job how do you explain their relationship to work. well it all depends in great measure to not just the personal empathy to develop when they

meet but also in terms of the policies followed by each country if for instance a united states would follow a policy perceive your morse code threaten in their interests or the principle of multipolar in international relations as most corporate ceded the bush administration was doing you know like with the invasion of iraq the presence of nato in afghanistan. policies would be repeated if obama is reelected or whoever is in the white house let's say that the republican presently selected becoming republican candidate again putin and russia would like. their relationship both to. determine c. no in the united states is to try to pull out from those areas of trouble pulling out from iraq pulling out or reducing the presence military presence in afghanistan so it may be that there will be

a major change from these reset both on policy you know follow i think it's in the interests of both countries to try to. police stable relations if not goober good but at least good to some degree and stable oil thanks ever so much for the program international affairs expert as you are joining us from washington thank you. gets more reaction now that should join now from rome by julie it appears he's from a member of the european parliament mr cares a very good even geo thank you for being on the program let's get a european perspective on this and she german chancellor angela merkel's already said relations between moscow and berlin would be good no matter who leads rochelle what about the rest of europe there are several of you. why i believe that in the west and in europe some leadership would prefer the. presidency more than forty why is that why this is my question because putin is

perceived here has been perceived that during the last years there is a million. a powerful russia and almost worked to a certain extent the largely independent from the judgment of the west look at the as an example of the situation of the war in libya where mr putin was very clearly expressed on disappointment while president medvedev at the very beginning civil much more convinced and this it was very clear difference on the point i believe that there is a perception in europe are enough lunch certainly from the point of view from the official point of view only body will react the normal either like a normal poli the judgment but in the i believe it.

is a little bit more worrying from the point of view of the west running have today's announcement of the rumor circulated and there was a split in the tandem but judging by what we are today today's conventional very on the line that is not the case what is in those rumors was so widespread what was the take on those rumors in europe. well you know from from my my of salvation in the last year a war where there in moscow is going on some kind of political fight but it was very large expressed by many political observers they believe in the position of the v.a. there were different in many respects there from those of mr putin in the internal affairs and especially in the external affairs this was a discussion very large a little. open at the even the among the russian political observers that being poor. i am not surprised by this outcome i expected that

not everybody was convinced the war would have been automatic that means i believe that there. might be from an idea isn't there to be seen on the we can see a good team of the two was very solid it has been very solid from the very beginning i have the impression that it has been decided a long time ago a long time and think that's what they're telling us as well what are your thoughts about mcclellan's presidency how does europe view medvedev you mentioned in the beginning this interview that maybe our europe some of your a proceeding is an easy chair to get on with do business with it just tell us a little bit more about how the vote is viewed in europe. well. there i do i would not forget the proposal the mr medvedev made it seems to me two years ago about the conference. for the european overall security which was

a certain kind of continuation of the proposal of the paris conference at the time of god but of course you don't you use racial but well enough clearly litigators tried to open a new chapter of the cooperation between russia and europe this as not been at all by the european union members by the european western community there was a big silence said no reaction no a cause and these as been perceived in moscow will not really qualified to from our point of view and not the well in in our only with the idea of a resetting relations let me answer from this point of view i believe that put in a will probably propose something different in the next the monks as soon as he will be elected the new presidency i believe there. are some ideas about the big

question of the european security in this new sea push ok we'll all be revealed in the fullness of time of course had here's a former army. been on the program. because you mr the on air with their cereal or t.v. you can also get a full picture on our website as well r.t. dot com we got a vast team updating out for you so you're always on the ball with the latest news don't forget you can also follow us on facebook as well where you can join the discussion of all our main stories you can find updates all of major news as well on our twitter feed r.t. of the score tom i want your personal views on are you chub channel. today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world mistreatment can in fact.

well it's a pretty big girl room for russian politics along with the ruling party united russia two of the major parties also held their conventions ahead of december's election for the duma that's the lower house of the russian parliament and communist party was one of them as it gathered to work out their election strategy and select their election candidate one of the oldest parties in the country consistently wins a large number of seats in the parliament with its leader also running for the presidency on a regular basis this is elections not likely to be an exception either as the latest poll places the common is second only to united russia among other parties attempting to make it to the duma the shearer just russia the liberal democrats and they recognize democratic opposition party looker. if he's joined us it's now a ten twenty five pm moscow time our main story tonight prime minister vladimir putin to clear his car dizzee for the president of russia in the twenty twelve election but announcement came earlier this afternoon during an annual conference

of the country's ruling united russia party president dmitry medvedev fully endorsed putin's presidency and in turn will lead the party in december's parliamentary elections he also said he's willing to become prime minister should united russia win and what could be countered this is ghost town plain speech but in a pointed pledge to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption. more analysis on this now with our a debate show cross thought coming your way in just a couple of minutes time special version for you after brought you up to date on the study's main event if you are just caught it here on our team international from moscow i'll be back in just a minute for to. the

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