tonight's r t the ruling tandem is separate for rotation brushes probably somebody in a political one for the presidency next year is kind of this it was put forward by the retread better to agree to leave the ruling party and the country. hello this is r.t. from moscow my name's kevin owen it's a leaven pm here now this saturday night on one story dominating on coverage the breaking news prime minister putin will run for president in the twenty twelve elections and so it was made that the ruling united russia is party annual

convention president vet of said been time that he'll head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if they win what is and is now ahead of the historic speech is first up. so a party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another vladimir putin the figure that he used to russia the stability that he brought may have some kind of life in the political world here in the country exactly how it would fold no one knew and more importantly no one really expected at least the people here that it would be ok 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 what job and when but the people that's really been the theme of this day despite the fact that we slowly got hints that maybe today was going to be the date and then president it's great to have that this. year should. i believe you would be right for the

convention to support your candidacy overmuch in your promise and in the presidential election. these two pools mean so i don't have to explain what kind of experience and authority president putin highest. issue here is go slow and i'd like to see something else despite rumors that there's been a split within our times him i can say that this was 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 four 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 because i did cross the 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 if you bet it's a good number and with the parliamentary elections coming in december. russian citizens to support the united russia party we can. count on. you. we just become 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 there are there figures have gone 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 will run it was about what this party needs to do to take russia into the next ten years because the country has to be now they need to see development and that's what today is really about although of course it's being hijacked by this is big news this is a story news. uprooted will run for president and then to meet him it will become his prime minister. said our correspondent there willie we spoke to political analysts and cross talk host people of well explain 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 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 economic tsunami that it's about facing the world russia needs to be a safe haven they need these two leaders and this political party is problematic as it is in my opinion we need to show stability and continuity to 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 medvedev and and putin will do what they need is executives in the government ok in 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 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 it's all nice and fine because both of have the same vision for this

country could have political upheaval very quickly very hard very harsh sometimes i'm 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 somebody 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 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 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 pay your dues and show you're for the for the current political establishment you have to get out there and roll up your sleeves or actually do something and 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. people well there and pete also said a very lively discussion on this very issue in his latest cross-talk debate show today it's only air again next hour of fact you cannot call it already you're an artsy moscow. so the major news in russian politics today promised of agreement

putin will bid for the presidency next year he got the backing from currently dmitri medvedev well addressing the annual conference of the country's ruling united russia party would be to move out of said he will head the party in the parliamentary election in december and become prime minister to carry on his modernization program but only what could now be considered in his first campaign speech with him a potent value to boost russia's economic growth and to continue tackling corruption he stressed that russia should aim to become one of the world's five strongest economies. comments from surrogate really of his political commentator indeed and a member of russia's council for foreign and defense policy says this move may bring a more liberal edge to the ruling party now. 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 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 isn't it so if he becomes a reformist prime minister on this super popular president putin that brings ours so in you political realities 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 and indeed inevitably carry out quite a liberal economic agenda i've been 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 which he's now going to change of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected the 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

producing a new generation of leaders and this is really something new for russian politics. for putin becoming president again may not be a bad option for the west as they already know him as a partner that's the opinion of fred we're these of the christian science monitor. but people will become more certain that there is one. paper that says the power of russia is here to stay i think that's what this is the message of the world is that 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. and was seen as kind of soul reliable predictable part of the. russian interests very assertively. me not so you would like to see in the united states but it works for them it's they know him he's a known quantity he is predictable not 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 try to money from abroad crucial for developing russia's economy perhaps that is a professor of politics in the university of kent in the u.k. he believes that putin becomes president he should make that a priority i think for investors 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 your thoughts each to do something about that i think after trying to present he needs to strengthen those institutions and he needs a government they can implement with president putin 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 was still a reality most peaceful a vibrant city was perhaps not the case for the region so really need much greater determination and implementation that will get up to the ruling town and to make that happen. well we've heard what some of the experts say is more of that to come but we also value your opinion of course as well on our website we're asking what you think about this today this big political news from russia what this witching roles in the ruling tandems going to mean for the country is what you've been telling us still the majority forty three percent this hour was forty eight medical last hours gone down five percent i think the change will be effective because it is what people wanted but of an increase of third if you believe this change will be perceived matter of fact lead but also boost investment the confidence the next . twenty seven percent of you can go to protests say the move will anger voters and increase the opposition chances really good to hear what you think about this story today. that we worked together for over ten

years and even today's announcement means this partnership may be set to stay. over brings us now the background to what's frequently called the. is it you know. a 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 and what appeared to be an official albeit casual fashion. will of hail from sampras broke both at the political hound for ten years now the two have proved that a double handed eagle on the russian flag is not only an emblem in the two thousand presidential vote after brazil's in left office and putin was named his successor it was going to trinidad who managed his complain but the world would first hear about madrid five years later when he became first deputy prime minister the same

year an influential business magazine in russia would name him the man of the year overseeing a national priority project a very painted his vision for years to come and move 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 jury in a similar united russia convention military was in poor milly indorsed as a candidate for the country's top job and these time it was hootin who delivered his successor as successful campaign he's a poor good student that is popularity over seventy percent of the vote and in march two thousand and eight it was elected president why do you regard it as more liberal than his predecessor his term would be remembered for reforms in the conditional system and law enforcement investment in new technology and

strengthening civil society he also approved major changes to the constitution by extending the presidential term so if i didn't put in makes it to the kremlin in march twenty twelve he will serve six not four years. signatured go rushing transponder into. both models brought the house down and it wasn't simply a president passing the bus and saying you counted it instead the two mass powerful man in russia simply swapped seats thus proving don't worry about us competing in the upcoming books as we will reach an agreement between us long before that it's in a great chill but our team mascot. will probably a comment from the experts today here's more of it columnist and political analyst so get struck i'm told is the support putin receives as he sees it is justified really very few people doubted that the prime minister. as the move influential

and the most popular political figure he's a charismatic leader is the understand and he has built up his to presidential terms. of stability which was very important for actions and this is the reason why he won the support not only for lead but a fruitful also. whether we like the north this is a reality i think that making such a move. or condemn as you see they send a political message to the russians as a role to protest to the world there to. do it is not our beat it is not absolute this is a rival construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective. i took a turn off vice presidents of n.g.o.s the eurasia foundation he hopes an event it

will find ways to continue its addition if he becomes prime minister i would say that it's not just his ideas it's evident that russia needs innovation rationalists real modernization we need to move. and the g. economy to knowledge based economy we need to pay much more attention to small business we need to reform and to more modernize our financial system so there always are you know we charge we can protect ourselves against the downturns of global markets and they're called that this is something that the new president and the new prime minister will concentrate on. so the event dominated the news today if you just joined us here in the progress of latina putin announced that he will run for president of russia of the twenty twelve election it was revealed an address to the annual convention of the country's ruling united russia party president reach a good read of meantime proposed putin for the top job while in self planning to

head the party in the parliamentary election and continue his modernization program as prime minister of the concord conference with a reputed laid out his economic policy in a speech that can now be considered his first campaign address he pledged to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption. the reaction of coming in starting to at least across the atlantic the white house has said the change in russia's leadership won't affect commitment to the reset in u.s. russian relations and international affairs expert from washington explained to me why i believe russia also is interested in following the process the arms control process in trying to lead us astray. pons the same way the united states. in doing so for russia. arsenals. that since. i don't think there is going to be a major change however there is the issue of missile defense. policy or missile

defense russia's position to it. has continued continued unchanged since it is so if mr putin as president and i believe 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 but that those conditions those demands are going to be continued to a lot of leads to democracy and cooperation in paris says becoming russia's president would have a great impact on european affairs. there are differences there have been big differences between if and putin one of the. things that people usually said i mean if it's that he's mall pick some up or a western road brawl and so on whereas putin it's more our line that's not my view at all or it's after all on the media doing what a presidency would like but the russian children of war was fought in two thousand

we need to build a wall which radically change the balance of power we're going where as it was under vladimir putin as you see that nato enlarged to and including former soviet republics like you also states and of course made his famous question to you crane during your introduction of two thousand and four all those things happened under clinton's were actually able 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 that russia goes into elections in december is very very uncertain indeed it may be an 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 at 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 up people in europe in other words among russia's own

neighbors russia's own role in that new configuration can only be decisive. political analyst told us of our putin's popularity in the 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 russian federation before his first presidency and russia has made it agree to a june twelfth years russian g.d.p. has almost doubled the level of life in russia all russian and all of the capitals has improved significantly the russian economy has been constantly rebuilding and pushes rule and then underneath that it's real and you know set a very ambitious goals during. the presidents. of russia are moving russia ahead based on the resources russia has it's very important the treasury is an

exporting country that contre that produces and to the global production so in this case russia has a very bright future. if you missed anything on air you can always get a full picture of course on a website as well r t v dot com and don't forget you follow some facebook so we can join in the discussion of this story and we're the ones here but our channel you can find updates of all the major news on our twitter feed r.t. and the school column and watch the best videos on our you choose channel to. be used today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. operations.

in norway actually head of russia's foreign affairs committee constantine cause of choice also believes today's decision will bring positive changes for the country's foreign policy they believe there predictability and transparency in what we are doing here inside the united russia party inside of the government the ruling the story this is to be welcomed by anybody else in the world and they believe that the decision which she's taken by four point four six. thank. you. thank you russia to have this strong communication with your leaders continue to your together busy charging you know you know any. other capacities gets to together

will be stronger militia is good for russia it's good for the russian foreign policy and they believe. it can be to provide a pool for some progressive economic ideas cheering his time in office and michael binyon foreign affairs specialist at the times newspaper in london very of can continue promoting these as prime minister. but obviously if he. continues the prime minister will preside over a very similar problem to what we've been seeing for the past few years the objective factors are in russia's favor it has. resources what is needed in economic report will shake up the system great capitalism enterprise by entrepreneurs and overwhelmingly a real sharp attack on corruption in the talks but very little action and i would certainly a challenge for the government yes. various reasons for this one is that it got me a little bit more foreign investment in project but we thought that russia had

plenty of it. be. true but i thought i'd interest i mean the problem is you need a much more competitive edge to probably. too many monopolies and too many. held in place i'm afraid corrupt oligarchy it's been a big day for russian politics generally indeed along with the ruling party united russia two of the major parties held their conventions to end of december elections to the doom of the lower house of the russian parliament the communist party is one of them has gathered to work out their election strategy and select their election candidates one of the oldest parties in the country consistently wins a large number of seats in the parliament and its leader also running for the presidency on a regular basis and this year's election it seems is not likely to be an exception either as the latest poll places the communists every second to united russia among other parties attempting to make it through just russia the liberal democrats and the recognized democratic opposition party yeah blocker. they just joined us this

is our to international provider of russia's main political news today promise of let him uprooted declared his candidacy for the president of russia in the twenty twelve election but announcement came earlier this afternoon during the annual conference of the country's ruling united russia party president dmitry medvedev fully enforced putin's presidency and in turn will lead the party in december's parliamentary election he is also willing to become prime minister should united russia with the what could be counted is his first campaign speech for the most potent pledge to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption it's eleven twenty five pm we've got more in-depth discussion on today's announcement the to vladimir putin will run for the presidency next year in a special spotlight interview show coming up in just a couple of minutes here on r.t. .

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