you. prime minister vladimir putin announces he's drunk with the russian president thing twenty twelve funded by the man in office now to be treated for the privilege of also ability to lead the country's ruling party united russia and descend the parliamentary elections and become the new prime minister should win in other words in the. twenty four hour news live from moscow this is as he was me you know and our top story this hour prime minister putin will run for president of the twenty twelve elections that ousland was made of the ruling united russia party his annual

convention in moscow president medvedev said that he'll head be passing december's parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government of prime minister gave the party wins and he says now it heard the historic speeches firsthand. united russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another in the figure that he is to russia the stability that he brought would remain and have some kind of life in the political world here in the country exactly how would i hold no one knew and more importantly no one really expected at least the people here that it would be to tell you today i might support it because the session opened with the two leaders coming in to gather it's an 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 so that's really been this day despite that we slowly got hints that maybe today was going to be the day and then president medvedev said this. yes. i believe it would be right for the

conventions of support they can get to see over lets you know putin in the presidential election. these two pulls me so i don't have to explain what kind of experience in the florence he bless him he's in the hands. the showing is god's will and i'd like to see something else despite rumors that there's been a split somewhere now in china jim i can say that this was a well thought through my decision. and what came out as more of a surprise than the announcement that led to her put in would in fact run for president in trying to twelve was the announcement and the proposal from the lead singer would seem to carry on the tradition of modern day ross and 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 imitate or to go on at the top of the list because 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 you but if you didn't respond with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to russian citizens to support the you know it's aggression party we. don't. need to. you. know you maybe 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 their their figures have gone 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 to 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 is big news this is story. it will run for president and then to meet you need it it will become his prime minister. and sergei brylin of the political commentator and member of russia's council for foreign and defense policy says the power of rotation we're bringing a new political reality and also a more liberal edge to the united russia. personally nice to me that it 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 these are things which are normally associated with mr medvedev name so if he becomes a reformist prime minister are those super popular president putin that brings ours so a new political reality surprisingly and brings us to a reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong sort of thing politics could infer and indeed inevitably carry the 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 himself with this change of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected of united russia ease 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 of this he's really something new for russian politics fred we'll the christian science monitor says that he may put in becoming president again maybe not a bad option for the west that they already know. but people become more certain that there is one. paper the system of power in russia it's here to stay i think that's what this is the message of the world is but it's not a bad message i don't think it's quite some of the troubles of the putin you know between the west and east. and was seen as the sole reliable predictable. part of the. russian interests very assertively and it's also that mean or so you would like to see in the united states but it works for there was it's so they know him he's a known quantity and he is predictable he's not really it's a crucial school or excessive in any way so i think that people will do settle down

to the idea that we could put in for at least six more years if not twelve then go build relations with russia and that piece of. attracting money from abroad is crucial for developing russia's economy and adrian perhaps the professor of politics of the university of kent in england believes the creation becomes president he should make this a priority i think for the best it 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 has the authority to do something about that i think after trying to present he needs to strengthen those institutions so that he needs a government that can implement with presidents mediated perhaps the coming from minister that might be possible but it's not just changing course now you need to also change policy and you need to implement across the country we could minister

capacities around russia. fortunately still a reality you must consider people who are vibrant city people it's not the case for the region so you really need much greater determination and implementation when it's up to the ruling town and to make that happen. and of course we always value your opinion so look on to r.t. dot com and tell us what you think the switching roles in the routing tangible mean for russia and right now here. divide it so far so well was hardly you think the change will be effective because it's what people wanted a course of believe the move will anger voters and increase the opposition's chances and finally set a percent say this change will be pursued much or frankly but will also boost investment in the country so please cast your vote at r.t. dot com. and earlier on we spoke to political analyst and host of cross talk to bait show peter lever who explained what lies ahead for the legend of 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 is about facing the world 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 who don't want competition in the in the in the marketplace of ideas ok where united russia has been very complacent since the last election because they say we're the party of putin with a party of medvedev and that's all nice and fine but madrid and and putin will do what they need is executives in the government ok in 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 you

know 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 all it's all nice and fine because both of have the same vision for this country could have political are people very quickly very hard very harsh sometimes on 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'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. both might have been working together for more than a decade they get out and that their partnership is likely to remain firm for years to come what is it it's irrational it tells the background story of the target at the top of russia that it is that you know them but only. decent competent modern person must be elected president of the country a person with whom possible to work and. four years later the baton is passed in what appeared to be an official albeit casual fashion. would hail from sampras burke bald 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 ambulance in the two thousand presidential vote after boris yeltsin left office and putin was named his successor it was dmitri medvedev who managed his complaint but the world would

first hear about it but if five years later when he became first deputy prime minister the same year an implantable business magazine in russia would name him the man of the year overseeing national priority projects with a painted his vision pour 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 goal russia in december two thousand and seven jury in a similar united russia convention was in formally indorsed as a candidate for the country's top job and this time it was putin who delivered his successor as successful campaign he's a poor student who got its popularity seventy percent of the vote and in march two thousand and eight it was elected president widely regarded as more liberal than his predecessor his term would be remembered for reforms in the digital system and law enforcement investment in new technology and strengthening so. will society you

also approved major changes to the constitution make standing a presidential term so if not him or putin makes it to the crown and in march twenty twelve he will serve six not four years. signature goal russia transformed it into gold pushing both lot of those brought the house down and it was simply a president passing the bus and saying you counted it instead the two most powerful man in russia simply swapped seats thus proving don't worry about us competing in the upcoming vote as we will reach an agreement between us long before that exceeded our children r t. the intraparty kind of deputy head of united russia central executive committee says the most important consequences of the decision is that they turned and scores will continue and with it stability the most important

thing for the majority of people here is that because of the t.v. is the will be going to need to get the problems and actually of the party and of the kind of the general so this is the most important thing so that down the way we're going to need it if it's there. for people who are thinking the same direction and the people who support the same basic values. and sergei truckin columnist and political analyst says the stability was the home of legend of patience previous presidential terms making him the most influential politician in the country. really very few people doubt of 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 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 for lead but of fruit faults also. whether we like the north this is a reality i think that by making such a move. or candor as you say they send a political message to the russians as well to the press to the world that to. do it is not outdated it is not absolute this is a rabble construction which can work for years you see it you describe effective and recoat you know vice president of the eurasia foundation and you know that the president made a very it will continue to pursue and implement his initiatives after he becomes prime minister. i would say that it's not just his ideas it's evident that there actually needs innovation actually zero modernisation would need to be solved and

the g. economy the knowledge based economy we need to pay much more attention to small business we need to reform and to more broadly modernize our financial system so they're always argue we charge we can protect ourselves against the downturns of global markets and are told that this is something that the new president and the new prime minister will love concentrate on. and the top headline here in moscow prime minister legitimate reason will run for president of russia in the transfer of election they announcement came at the annual convention of the country is really united russia party president to make sure that a proposed putin for the top job while he said if planning to head to passing december's parliamentary elections and to continue his modernization initiatives that teacher prime minister letting the creation in a speech that can be viewed as his past of the campaign pledge to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption. so what's been the reaction

to the news across that line take the white house that that big question as to who becomes the next president should be for the russian people to determine and expect the reset relations with moscow to continue in any case and in the oceans and international affairs expert from washington also believes that they won't be any major change. russia also is interested in following the process the arms control process in trying to limit u.s. history weapons. united states interested in doing so for russia sr the u.k. were considering arsenal. in that sense i don't think there's going to be a major change however there is the issue of missile difference. policy or missile difference russia's opposition to it is. continued on change since it is so for mr putin us president i believe that the same arguments are used by russia.

and assurances from nato that the missile defense system based in europe is not going to be used against russia but those can be sure those demands are going to be continued and join a local and from the institute of democracy and cooperation or carrots as the international situation next year because significant changes and a new elected russian president will have to be i thought if to deal with them. but there are differences there have been big differences between make you different one of the. things that people usually said are if it's that he's mall somehow pro-west and grow it all and so on where it's good you know it's more hardline that's not my view at all but it's after all under a million president said life but the russian children of war was fought in two thousand and eight to build a wall which radically change the balance of power we're going to egypt where as it was one of the to make it easier to see that nato enlarged. and included former soviet republics like the baltic states alone and of course made his famous

question to you here a nature of your enjoy the show to make us known for all those things happened out of them to us right you know but i'd like to make one point and that is that the international situation that russia will face as. in takes over power again as president next year and as the 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 as has been said in the press now for many months as the breakup of the euro in other words 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. as the global economy struggles to break free of it down what's the head of russia's haiti bank has been outspent all encourage for in about. karmazin things

are good news for an international muslim community particularly now and a very difficult time in the. very last. and best is now can see the stability political force the stability of the konami force and supports in particular the line the need for speed economic growth mentioned the rate of the wealth of the whole 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 a number of important even though he seems like more than a zeeshan like improvement on his approach and many of the very important things we can put forward into the program of the party and to the contains you the economic force one mr president will be a prime minister is also i think quite exciting decision so the song goes. and if

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because the child's body is that what's most important about an hour spent is that it means both person and rivera will stay together and the country's help they believe their predictability and transparency in their would be are doing here inside the united russia party and say the government be doing this story this is to be welcomed by anybody else in the world and they believe that the decision to choose to. work for you might want to use it thank. you and. thank you for it. so i thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you dear it's russia here this can be really simple leaders continue to hear together this is a charge it you know you will never hear another confess it is not sleep together

live in this transformation is who through russia it's good for the russian foreign policy and they believe it's. and while in office president smith very of has searched progressive proposals for russia's economic development and michael leaning on foreign affairs specialist at the times newspaper in london hopes he can continue promising these promoting aware that these as prime minister i think that it. 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 about how large the. result is what is going to be needed in economic report will shake up of the system great capitalism. and overwhelmingly a real sharp attack on corruption. a little action and i would certainly a challenge for the government yes. various reasons for this one is that. we need

a little bit more foreign investment in foreign activities or that russia has plenty of its own big. picture of outside interest i mean the problem is you need. to be a bridge to some of these. there are too many monopolies and too many. held in place i'm afraid by corrupt oligarchy so it's been a big day for russian politics and along with the ruling party united russia two other major parties how their conventions ahead of december's elections to the lower house of parliament the communist party was one of them that gathered to work out its campaign strategy and select candidates to run one of the oldest parties in the country but when a life with a large number of seats in parliament with its leader gennady zyuganov also a presidential candidate in past elections latest opinion polls plays an economist second only to united russia and among other party attempting to make it to the gene are just russia and the liberal democrats and to recognize the classic opposition party yabloko. and to remind you of russia's main political news today

prime minister vladimir putin declared his candidacy for the president of russia in trying to twelve election the announcement came this saturday during the annual conference of the country's ruling united russia party president dmitry rivetted fully endorsed putin's presidency and in turn will lead the party in december's parliamentary election is also willing to become prime minister should a united russia when so can be counted at least task of pain speech letting the president pledge to boost russia's economy and tackle corruption. and more in-depth discussion of the announcement that met him if he will run for the presidency next album no spotlight interview cher and a few minutes just after i recount off the top story on our see.

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