they just basically became a dinosaur. is that. the guessing game is over the president good definite prime minister putin could join the two thousand and twelve presidential election. pledging to continue the path of modernization and economic stability if indeed they were. palestine's un statehood bid euphoria degenerates into clashes as crowds in the west bank find themselves battling heavily on the israeli riots. and europe's top financial plan for an inevitable greek default that's according to a week before the photos are sliding markets and spreading fears of a double dip recession.

this is the weekly here on r.t. it's where we highlight the stories that made headlines this week i'm rory some say and that we begin with saturday's big announcement that prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in two thousand and twelve the news came at a ruling united russia party convention current president dmitri medvedev will head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if and when. the historic speech is first. the wait is over. i believe it would be right for congress to support the candidacy of martin we want to tune in the presidential election i. know that. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience

under thirty. years. he sure has got i'm going to say something else as there's been a split within our times and i can see that this is a well thought through decision. putin is running for president with. the pleasure i'd like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor i've got all nature. but you're back to the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask the russian citizens to support the united russia party with the. most. here and i believe you. know you maybe just i'm convinced to become prime minister mahmoud continue to thoroughly modernize our society. the tandem now running on

a platform of taking russia through the next decade promising more growth and stability with their party united russia in december parliamentary elections and next year's presidential run both putin and medvedev have their work cut out united russia's popularity has been falling in recent years by making such a move if they do. as you say they they will send a political message to the russians as a role to the best of the world that if he. is not outdated it is not absolute this is a right. construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even the delegates were actually taken aback with you know a link and of course everybody expected it but it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the west has already started emphasizing how much the move lacks surprise i'm sure that some of the opposition political

commentators i mentioned so you say he's of course the risk of political stagnation and also all these country members very well the era of the seventy's in the eighty's especially one the communist party leadership didn't see the change there and they all stayed there until the weight of five years old now i would rather disagree with those who predict stagnation in russian politics for one simple fact . and this is a healthy. meaning a so-called western style democracy might not be the way for russia something we are seeing the u.s. especially push for across one of the world's most unstable regions i think it's really disgusting how the u.s. is use the arab spring to try to use it to put in their new dictators their new friends and their fictitious democracies to be able to control all the control of these populations. like russia just want stability and stability is something

russia knows this dynamic duo can deliver at least so far russian g.d.p. has almost doubled the level of life in russia all or russia not only the capitals has improved but putin and medvedev want to take it to the next step with the reshuffling united russia already under way new faces transparency less corruption and more growth are all part of a platform from the intrigue is dead and now the real work begins united russia has to convince the country they are the party. has stability towards further development and. has a right to its own style democracy and even now r t moscow. well attracting money from abroad is crucial for developing russia's economy adrian pabst a professor of politics of the university of cambridge england believes that a person becomes president he should make this a priority i think for the best and will only be forthcoming in much greater scope

when corruption and the rule of law you know are changed too much rampant corruption and too little rule of law. i think he has the authority to do something about dance i think after. the present he needs to strengthen those institutions and he needs a government and implement with presidents 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 still a reality moscow and some peace corps but i would say she was perhaps not the case for the region so you really need much greater determination and implementation it's up to the ruling town and to make that happen. working side by side for more than. showing a partnership and. a background of the top of russian

politics move hailed from some. have a political hound for ten years now i too have proved that a double headed eagle on the russian flag is not only an emblem in the two thousand presidential vote after grisel some left office and putin was named his successor it was determined that it who managed his complaint but the world would first hear about five years later when he became prosperity prime minister the senior and influential business magazine in russia would name him the man of the year overseeing national priority projects but they've painted his vision for years to come way from a resource economy modernize the country yet read of caracas oldies would later be put together in his manifesto russia in december two thousand and seven during a similar united russia convention we did it was in formally indorsed as

a candidate for the country's top job and these time it was delivered his successor became a successful compay he's a poor student that is popularity over seventy percent of the vote and in march two thousand and eight he did it was elected president widely 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 i didn't put in makes it to the kremlin in march twenty twelve will serve six not four years signature goal russia transformed into. both models brought the house down. it wasn't the president passing the bus counterfeits instead the two most powerful man in russia. proving don't

worry about. the upcoming book as it will reach an agreement between us long that it's been a gradual r.t. . and you are always welcome to get involved at r.t. dot com we're asking you what you think will happen if president we're there and prime minister putin do you switch jobs now the numbers right here so far about almost the heart of you say they're reshuffled term it will be a success because it will bring people what they want twenty nine percent think the planned swap will anger voters and to support the opposition about twenty four percent feel a little foreign investment in russia but not much else. through the web site r.t. dot com i do so right now that's what you think. palestinian officials have accused the u.s. of putting pressure on members of the u.n. security council to keep them from voting in favor of

a free palestine saying that washington is keen to be spared the embarrassment of having to veto the period which would be disastrous for his credibility as a so-called peace maker but he's made a fortnight and has more on the political complex issues of this case. it was a weeklong gathering of the world's most powerful people but not part of the united nations. the pursuit of peace in the imperfect world america's nobel prize winning president set an ideal tone as the sixty sixth session of the un general assembly open yet at the heart of almost all diplomatic dialogue. demonstrations and media attention was the palestinian pursuit of official u.n. membership. is a time when the arab peoples are through the quest for democracy in the arab spring the time is now for the coolest scene in spring and the time for independence supported by the majority of u.n.

member states president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for statehood i historical bit the us a staunch ally of israel vowed to block with a security council veto these will not come through statements and resolutions of the united nations if it were that easy it would have been accomplished by the get following eighteen years of failed negotiations on borders and security both parties see the path to peace in the middle east quite differently and we will know that they're ready for compromise and peace when they start taking israel's security requirements seriously. and when they start ignoring or restore koeppen action to our intrude on work as diplomats worked around the clock to bring israel and the palestinians back together at the negotiating table. delegations for thirty countries abandon the iranian president during his speech to the general assembly. if some european countries still use the whole acosta after sixty caves as the

excuse to pay finery and some to the zionists should it not be an obligation upon the slave masters or colonial powers to pay reparations to be affected nations the mood ahmadinejad's annual attack against the west and israel was a reminder that peace is hard but we know that it is possible a possibility for the palestinians and israelis to resume negotiations was put forth by the middle east quartet freida russia the us and european union and the un presented both sides with a twelve month timetable to solve this sixty plus year dispute within three months of the negotiation beginning to resent comprehensive proposals on borders and security that is the only way in the end we deal with the difficult issues around the table in a negotiation the un general assembly was this week's biggest political show a spectacular display of pride for the palestinians

a quote theater of the absurd for the israeli prime minister the security council meets monday to discuss the palestinian bid for you when membership as the quest for peace goes on to visions over how to achieve it remain firmly in place perino artsy new york in time dr charles cogan a former cia officer served in the directorate of operations there and also actually head of the near east and south asia division and he says that israel's policy towards the negotiations and palestinians will ultimately. well u.s. position on this issue this week is very unfortunate this has become a sort of theater of the absurd the u.s. wants the two parties to back to the negotiating table when one of the parties keeps grabbing land that is supposed to belong to the territory of the other party that is the palestinians so this is a nonstarter especially as regards the netanyahu government being part which is not

inclined to yield after all netanyahu has twice. floated president obama on the settlements issue and on the borders issue the intention of the israeli leadership is just to continue stalling until eventually the. the west bank remains under israeli control but the problem of that with that is that what it is going to do with all these palestinians who remain inside they can't push them over the river into into jordan so you're going to eventually have in majority arab population in the israel and i think that says it's a tragic lack of strategic vision on the part of the israelis that they don't see this happening or they don't care. from a standing ovation at the u.n. to euphoria on the streets of the west bank there was a real sense of joy among so many of the state of it but on the border with israel

joy it quickly turned to violence culminating clashes between police and palestinians. text of the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands of wages palestine after placing them up with buses making the case to the united nations to recognize a palestinian state that has feared it wasn't orci is and on side celebrations violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow of a third intifada we are here in ramallah where there is a standoff between israeli army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road they are tires burning everywhere the army is also using a new found device known as the scream which in mecca and variable sound now the choice in here is very very tame to be clashes the freight across the way thanks to my kind of thing and has been killed now what we understand happened is that country nine hundred israeli fake it started burning the trees belonging to

palestinians in the village the army was called in and the result was one palestinian shot and killed in the nick. months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians worried to levy will now use these clashes as an excuse to beef up its army presence in the west bank and possibly even punish palestinians by withholding tax money it collects neighbor half for weeks the army has been pointing land mines on israel's northern borders to prevent the columbia checkpoint scenes from unfolding here the mines are not this isn't really there to deal with people who have peaceful intentions of mines are a legitimate form of the sense many countries have mines on their borders for that reason but the locals are outraged now get out of going to would. it maybe it's more comfy. for a program at the heart of the clashes are israeli settlers and palestinians both claim claim to the same piece of land jacob taylor has been farming deep in the

hebron hills for more than twenty years he says his land is his and he has the papers to prove it we are the only people in the world that have got a document a document that these. children in the measure know it advertised the code of but but but not so was or makes the same claim he insists the land has been in his family for some eight hundred years but now this is the closest he can get to it and it's eating him up watching jacob farm it it's a very hard feeling but what can i do nothing or in the resistance forces soon after persepolis says with. the army will come immediately and arrest us this pains cuts through farm meaning that white now i am standing inside palestine and as i walk through here. and now in israel it's one thing to declare a state and another to determine where its borders will be policy r.t.

ramallah. i know we've got much more news and analysis on the situation in the west bank and the palestinian bid for independence on our web site dot com still up plenty still ahead for you in the program here on our c including a who will be the first face charges over humanity crimes battled colonel gadhafi or president sarkozy now suffering the loss of so over the military intervention. and yet another high profile taliban assassination underlines the ongoing instability in afghanistan as the country appears to be losing its battle with militants and failing to cut off their main source of income. and watching the weekly here r.t. now leaks reports suggest that some of the euro zone's finance ministers already regard the greek economy as a lost cause they say the country is doomed to default on its debt to go around three hundred fifty billion euro and the i.m.f. is reportedly given the e.u.

countries six weeks to build up a financial firewall to protect themselves from the shock wave of the greek default the new one hundred fifty billion euro bailout package do you want taber is now just seen as a means to buy the eurozone some time this comes after the markets in europe and the us saw their worst trading week since two thousand and eight a constant widespread fears of a double dip recession james at midway the senior economist at the new economics foundation a think tank believes we are seeing the beginning of the euro's pain. because it is out of the bag and to be quite honest this statement is quite close to simple statements of the facts greece cannot supposedly repay its their homes under current circumstances the growth isn't there the debt is far too big and the simply no earthly way is going to be able to repay this debt and on any causal time scale certainly not by twenty twelve which was the original kind of hope that the european nations the divisions that are in place right the way across europe now with countries completely unable really to agree on any kind of. way forward out of

this mess other than the essentially tried and tested and tried and failed methods they've heard last year which essentially is give a bit of bailouts to certain countries then impose austerity measures we are certainly i think in the early stages of disintegration europe the deep rooted structural problems inside the euro system imbalances that built up the last ten years so i'd be surprised to see the euro continuing in its present form given the situation we're in at the moment. the greek debt crisis however bad it may seem to be is likely to affect russia's economy that's the view of the russian finance minister alex it could read you can watch an exclusive interview with him by here next hour for another preview. there would be the first to be impossible not resources to save greece and so we are hoping they will shoulder with us to do that and by that stop the spread of this contagion look at. these risks remain at the

same time if the debt crisis does spread it does not affect us too much of these directly because our banks do not hold any of the greek debt issue but food french and german banks on the other hand will suffer greatly because they were the ones on their hands that would not be cleared for us will cause problems within these problems with these banks credit some overall problems on these markets because banks are after all the leading players on this in turn means. and this could have circumstance of the facts a lot of would like to stress that we would respond just like during the latest crisis where this time the prices will have a much smaller affair. with a story that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly here out see that libya's transitional government forces have renewed fighting with loyalists of the ousted leader khaled athir this in his last stronghold of sorts but meanwhile some western leaders are facing charges at home over the legacy of the ongoing military

intervention has done a bushel examine the reasons for the claims of the war you may find some of these images disturbing. for ejects foreign minister roland two more says he's ready to defend good bare feet in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to join the comal first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin laden some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving frige lawyers to turn against the government because the faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the president of committing crimes against humanity his lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam with the us sprayed tens of millions of liters of toxins on crops in the sixty's and seventy's causing brain disorders

miscarriages and birth defects to this day are. they using missiles with depleted uranium which causes cancer in tripoli i saw people crippled by nato attacks office workers who have nothing to do with the fighting that's why we're soon president sarkozy for crimes against humanity. first denied this residence where thirteen civilians including four children died it then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed books videos. had toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack a we'd use wife a child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. warnings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply

after five months of deadly need of ones and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. western leaders a ploy for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as chickadee it will prove once and for all that western justice really used by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. paris. in the week's top stories here on r.t. thousands of mourners gathered in the afghan capital kabul on friday for the funeral of the country's former president. but a hundred in rabbani was assassinated on choose there by a suicide bomber with hidden the device inside his turban also claiming to be a taliban envoy. who had heard the country in the one nine hundred ninety s. was the key figure in current peace talks with the militants this attack followed a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of the current president's half brother in july sultans

a political analyst and former afghan says rabbani was trying to maintain stability polices last may affect the alignment of forces because. he was a very moderate figure and he was. very important influence in bringing moderation and. stability in there in the politics of the country and then mr karzai and others will miss that the president with their problems that we are facing are monumental problems so three years is not very much time for the problems that afghanistan is facing and i don't think. figures like that and the absence of those kinds of figures do not render themselves more stability and do not help stability the radicals are winning this time. and with the taliban stepping up its attacks all across afghanistan one of the main sources of income is in full bloom the country's infamous drug trade kills tens of thousands of users worldwide each year it's completely renewed criticism of the blind eye turned by nato to the deadly

problem despite its ten year long presence in the country you got a piece going off reports from kabul. penalty for drinking beer in kabul is sixty whips on the back publicly it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for drugs right there but it is a bridge in the center of the seat with all this coming and staring at them. in same conditions ways then rubbish being formed right here where we're standing right now this is just incredible seacat heroin marijuana it's all cooked mixed injected or small town right i'm on these piles of rubbish or rotten meat and indescribable aroma and not one policeman anywhere near but that not all who are told these people don't just come here to do drugs and many of them call the scorm pakistan and candy and they don't have any job they don't have any

and i think you do if you can pay for the war but i didn't buy the help of a study commissioned by the us state department shows each family has at least one drug user all kids are they are found in breast milk and all kids even knew was that morphine in their blood there's no doubt the theory of plantation song with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities start i'm. i believe that the war was the root cause that forced afghan people to turn to poppy growing their own ninety percent of all the opiates in the world are produced in a realistic interval cleans the markets global treaty has long surpassed the five hundred million dollar mark or russia is one of the worst affected states where around eighty tons of heroin start to a new essential in a country like india will it's tragic that despite the enormous resources nato has put into afghanistan including military force drug production is just phenomenal

moreover the head of nato military committee personally told me fine. drug production is not their goal there is no such directive. and many experts find this a bit strange given the fact that a large part of the revenues from drug money is used to sponsor the taliban and needles key enemy in the region meanwhile the international community annually spends billions of dollars to fight afghanistan's drug traffic but since nato has no legal way to coordinate the funds are spent would be little positive results while officials say the multi-billion dollar i'm going drug network has the whole world and it will work you got this kind of orgy kabul afghanistan. all right our special interview and the sports news are coming your way shortly up but for now after a quick break and c and i. thank

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