prime minister vladimir putin announces his to run for the russian president thing twenty trials by and by that might involve acknowledgement from it that the president preventive also revealed he leaves the country's ruling party united russia in december's parliamentary elections and become the new prime ministership when i'm for a. twenty four hour news line from moscow this is not he with me you national thanks for joining us and our top story this morning prime minister putin will run for president of russia in the twenty twelve elections they announced when it was made

at the reading united russia party as annual convention moscow presents me to that it's that he would head be policy in december parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government as future prime minister of the party wins she's an isa now we have the historic speeches i asked her and you noted russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another vote similar prudes in the figure that we used to russia the stability that we brought you would remain and have some kind of life in the political world here in the country exactly how would our old know were new and more importantly no one really expected or at least the people here that it would be easier don't you survey amounts partly because the session opened with the two leaders coming in to gather for dinner putin opening with his speech saying that we the two of us do know how this war unfolds i'm not sure it is not who does my job and one of the people so that's really been the theme of this day despite that we see only dark pins that maybe today was going to be the day and then president moves radiative said. almost yes you're. right in i believe it would

be right for the conventions of support they can to just see of letting their pretend in the presidential election on there was . no other job i just read on for this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience and authority led him or come out in the house. you show your skills and i'd like to see something else just my rumors that there's been a split within our times i'm i can say that this was a well thought through decision. and what came out as more of a surprise than the announcement that lead singer putin would in fact run for president in twenty twelve was the announcement and the proposal from the as he puts into carry on the tradition of modern day russian political tradition which is that now it looks like is that the incumbent president goes on to become the prime

minister and also a proposal for me to be made to go on to be at the top of the list we've become i did cross a party into the december parliamentary elections he accepted. i like 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 but you took up steam and with the parliamentary elections coming in december 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 throw really modernize our society. to the united russia party which shares a great amount of popularity they still have a lot of work to do because there are there's been there's how i'm going 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. his speech was not about the presidency who run it was about what this party needs to do to take russia into the next ten years to 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 being hijacked by this is big news this is a story is that it was in europe which it will run for president and then to meet you know if we'll get his prime minister. sergei brylin of a political commentator and member of russia's council of foreign and defense policy says the power rotational bringing a new political reality and also a more liberal edge to the united russia party personally nice to me that it will bring liberal votes for the united russia party because he's of course associated with of liberal agenda and certainly all those things which have been in the

russian political agenda such as political modernization and also economic modernization and innovation innovation as these are things which are normally associated with mr medvedev name so if you becomes a reformist prime minister on 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 a sort of strong here on the sort of thing politics who's 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's example this 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

reproducing a new generation of leaders and these these really something new for russian politics. and fred we'll get christian science monitor that letting a putin becoming president again may not be a bad option for the rest as they already know. people become more certain that there is one. paper the system of power in russia that it's here to stay with think that's what this the message of the world is but it's not a bad message. despite 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. that we not see what they like to see in the united states but it works for them it's they know him he's a known quantity and he is predictable a lot capricious or excessive in any way so i think that people will just settle

with the idea that we've got putin for at least six more years if not twelve. to build relations with russia on the p.c. . and tracking money from abroad is crucial to developing russia's economy and plants the professor of politics at the university of kent in england believe the creative becomes president he should make this a priority i think for the best would 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 i think after trying to present the need to strengthen those institutions so he needs a government that can implement with presidents mediators perhaps becoming prime minister that might be possible but it's not just changing personnel you need to also change policy and you need to implement across the country we could minister

capacities around russia. fortunately still a reality must consider people who are vibrant city music awards not the case for the regions really need much greater determination and implementation that it's up to the ruling tanden to make that happen. and of course we always value your opinion so log on to r.t. dot com and do your thing switching roles in the ruling tons of will mean for russia and here's how the years are divided so far almost half of the year think the change will be effective because that's what people wanted a quarter to believe the move will anger voters and increase the opposition's chances and finally thirty percent say this change will be a perceived matter of funky but will also boost investment in the country so please cast your vote at r.t. dot com. and also earlier we spoke to political analyst and host of cross cross talk debate show peter lavelle who explained what lies ahead would lead to a putin and a 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 are lacking in the polls and need some support and that 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 ok save the world the russia needs to be a safe haven they need to have these two leaders and this political party is problematic is that is that 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 member 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 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 only 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 all 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 you actually get those roads built and get that infrastructure built and have had no health care for everyone i mean somebody very well you know you just have to go outside of the city when it's about two hundred kilometers and people are not happy and they don't have 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 pay your dues and show you're for the for the current political establishment have to get out there and roll up your sleeves and actually do something that's what united russia should do because i'll tell you

like it or not the communists do that but they do it for the wrong reasons. and peter lavelle also hosted a lively discussion on this issue his cross-talk debate show so don't miss it on the program this hour here on r.t. . both men have been working together for more than a decade and so today's announcement means that their partnership is likely to remain firm for years to come out is because you know it tells us the background story of the turned up at the top of russian politics. decent competent person must be elected president of the country. 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 both at the political hound 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 the grizzly also left office and putin was named his successor it was determined that it who managed his complaint but the world would first hear about it years later when he became first deputy prime minister the same year and in financial business magazine in russia would name him the man of the year overseeing national priority projects with very painted his vision for years to come away from a resource economy modernize the country caracas all these would later be put together in his manifesto the russia in december two thousand and seven jury in a similar united russia convention it read it was informally indorsed as a candidate for the country's top job and these time it was putin who delivered his successor in a successful campaign he's a poor student that its popularity over seventy percent of the vote and in march

two thousand and eight he did it was elected president what he regarded 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 by extending the presidential term so if not him or putin makes it to the kremlin in march twenty twelve he will serve six not four years. we did signature girl russia transponder into google baltimore those brought the house down and it was simply a president passing the bus until a new candidate instants the two last powerful man in russia simply swapped seats thus proving don't worry about us competing in the upcoming vote as if search will reach an agreement between us long before that it's immigrant children r t moscow.

the intraparty kind of deputy head of united russia central executive committee the most important consequence of their decision is that the terms and scores will continue and with it have been it the most important thing for the majority of people here is that the fortunate few years or the year will be going to need to view the problems the actions of the party and of the cambodian general so this is the most important piece of it down there was it would it be too good if it's there for people to think in the same direction and of people who support the same basic values to be stricken columnist and political analyst says that stability was the hallmarks of letting the persians previous presidential terms and making him the most influential politician in the country. really very few people doubted that but the prime minister. as the movie influential and the most

popular political figure he is a charismatic leader as you understand and he has built up his two presidential terms on the deal of stability which was very important for russians and this is the reason why he won the support not only of lead but of prove faults also. whether we like which it or not this is a reality i think that the right making such a move. or tandem as you see they sent a political message to the russians as a role to the best of the world are there to. do it is not i would be to it is not absolute this is a viable construction which can work for years you see it you describe effect. under a quarter of vice president of the eurasia foundation and the president's made that it will continue to implement its initiatives after he becomes prime minister. i

would say that it's not just his ideas it's evident that russia needs innovation really is the art of modernization we need to move or be energy economy the knowledge based economy we need to pay much more attention to small business we need to reform and to modernize our financial system so there always are you know we charge we can't protect ourselves against the down. of global markets and that this is something that the new president and the new prime minister will love concentrate on. and just to remind you the top headline here not go prime minister let him it will run for president of russia in the twenty twelve election then else mccain of the i know conventional the country's ruling united russia party presents me with that a proposed solution for the top job while he said he's planning to have a party in december parliamentary election and continue it's not an initiative at

future prime minister that inclusion in a speech that he's passed or the campaign pledge to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption. so what's the reaction been to the news across the atlantic the white house has said that the question as to who will become the next president should be for the russian people to determine and it expects the restart relations with moscow to continue in any case and as such an international affairs expert from washington also believes that there won't be any major change i believe that russia also interested in following the process the arms control process in trying to lead us astray weapons the same way the united states to use interested in doing so for russia to you could weapons arsenals. in that sense i don't think there's going to be a major change however there is the issue of missile defense. policy or missile

defense russia's a position to. it is continuing continued on change since it is so for mr putin us president i believe that the same arguments are used by russia. they want to assure and such from nato that the missile defense system based in europe is not going to be used against russia. those conditions those demands are going to be continued. you know a lot planned for today instead of innocuous and corporation and pirates as the international situation netscape that significant changes and a new elected russian president all have to be upset if the deal with them. there are differences there have been big differences between midriff and one of the. things that people usually say about it if it's that he's mall could be some upper west and only brawl and so on whereas in it's more hardline that's not my view at all but it's after all on the media doing what a president said life that 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 to review where as it was innovative who teaches that nato enlarged. and including former soviet republics and it also states and of course made his famous push into ukraine literally hundreds of thousand and four all those things happened under the aegis marginal are going to make one point and that is that the international situation that russia will face. as. takes over power again as president next year is that russia goes into the 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 and has been said in the press now for many months after the breakup of the euro you know it's we're looking at a seismic shift in the political composition of the european continent and in those circumstances of immense arqiva in europe in other words among russia's own neighbors russia's own role in that new configuration can only be decisive.

as the global economy struggles to break free of a downward spiral the head of russia's v.t. bank says the announcement will encourage foreign investment. karmazin things are good news for the national muslim community particularly now in the very difficult time. for a what's. best for us now can see the stability of political force the stability of the moment force and submissive to underline the need for speed economic growth to mention the rate of developing the fall six seven percent of g.d.p. as one of the main targets for. the wealth of the economy for the next two years is also some quite the numbers keep walking economic ysu like modernization like him proving that one is a structure many of the many important things we can put forward into the program

are seen. to be contained see all the economic force one mr putin will be a prime minister is also i think quite exciting decisions all of these numbers. and if you missed something or now you can always catch up on our website as he took home where there's lots more besides and you can go to our facebook page to have your say on our top stories and check what out of yours thing but also don't forget you can find updates to what all the major news in our twitter feed that's on t underscore com and while you're online check out our you tube channel for the best media as well. today is once again. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for each of the

a. returning to the news that was your opinion is to run for president of russia in next year's elections the head of russia's foreign affairs committee konstantin because the child believes that what's most important of all the announcement is that it means both cushion and image that it will stay together at the country's house. believe there predictability and transparency in the work we are doing here inside the united russia party inside of the government the ruling the story just is to be welcomed by anybody else in the world and they believe that the decision which is taking me. this morning i might want to thank you thank you. thank you and thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you eric you are rushing to

have this strong communication leaders continue to allow you to give this a child that you know you will never give any other capacities got to stick together or to destroy them in asia is good for russia it's good for the russian foreign policy and i believe in it. and while in office president medvedev has a progressive proposals for russia's economic development and michael pena foreign affairs specialist at the times newspaper in london hopes he can continue promoting these at granite. think of primitive 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 had to. resort to what is simply needed. economic reform and shake up a system capitalism and to provide. overwhelmingly

a real sharp attack on corruption in a lot of talk very little action certainly a challenge for the government yes. various reasons for this one is that. need a little bit more foreign investment in foreign activities or that russia has plenty of its own big. interests and the other problem is you need a much more competitive edge to some of the. too many monopolies and too many. held in place i'm afraid corrupt oligarchy so it's been a big day for russian politics and along with the ruling party united russia to other major parties held their conventions ahead of december's elections to the lower house of parliament the communist party was one of them as a gather to work out its campaign strategy and finance candidates to run one of the oldest parties in the country and wins a large number of seats in parliament and with its leader gennady zyuganov also presidential candidate in past elections latest opinion polls plays the communist

second only to united russia among other parties attempting to make it to the dealer are just russia the liberal democrats and a recognized democratic opposition party capital. it's and just to remind you of russia's main political news today prime minister vladimir putin declared his candidacy for the president of russia in the two thousand and twelve election that ousland pain this saturday during the annual conference of the country's ruling united russia party president to be committed that it will be endorsed putin's presidency and in turn will leave the party in december still in a free election is also willing to become prime minister should united russia when it will can be counted as his first campaign speech pledging to put in place to boost russia's economy and tyco corruption. and more discussion on this analogy cross talk with host pete about and his guests in just a few minutes but before that out of back with every cop all top story.

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