from steve. santagati. top job entry president really good friend prime minister putin could swap jobs for the two thousand and twelve presidential election both pledging that time will continue to work. emotions are running high as palestinians a bid for the state of the u.s. standing ovations in new york and clashes of the border in the west bank. and greek default is inevitable and he would top officials know it leaked reports reveal the recession could go even deeper than first.

with the week's top stories in the top headlines are here on c this is a weekly with me. on saturday the biggest secret in russian politics was finally exposed. in their prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in two thousand and twelve speaking at a ruling united russia party convention the current president dmitri medvedev made the announcement while agreeing to head the party in parliamentary elections he also said he's ready to lead the government if they win and he said historic speech as. the wait is over. i believe it would be right for the convention to support the candidacy who come to me or preach to me a new presidential election thought. thought . this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty

. hours. usually is because i'm going to say something else despite rumors that there's been a split within our town i can see this is a well thought through decision. who is running for president. i like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor to meet you. if you're going to. be intimate and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask all russian citizens to support the united russia party we can. tell. you. but i'm convinced to become prime minister continue to thera we modernize our society. the tandem now running on

a platform of taking russia through the next decade promising more growth and stability but their party united russia in december of parliamentary elections and next year's presidential run both putin and medvedev have their work cut out and united russia's popularity has been falling in recent years making such a move. or tender as you say they send a political message to the russians as a result of the wealth that if he. is not outdated it is not absolute this is a way of all construction which. can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even the delegates were suitably taken aback when the. calls are really expected it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the last time. already started emphasizing how

much the move lacks surprise i'm sure that some of the opposition political commentators have 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 really change that and they all stayed there until the weight of five years old which no i would rather disagree with those who predict stagnation in russian politics for one simple fact. and this is the healthiest year 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 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 the oil and control 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 alone russia not only the capitals has improved but routine and medvedev want to take it to the next step with a reshuffle in united russia already under way new faces transparency less corruption and more growth are all part of the platform the intrigue is dead and now the real work begins united russia have to convince the country they are the party to move past stability towards further development and so the west russia has a right to its own style democracy and he's now r t moscow. well russia still has many problems the future president will need to tackle major in power a professor of politics at the university of canton england says that crucial investment from abroad at stake. i think for the best we 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 the authority to do something about that and i think after. two presence he needs to strengthen those institutions needs a government that can implement with president mediator 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. ministry capacities around russia. fortunately still around or so you can simply to a vibrant city is perhaps not the case for the region really need much greater determination and implementation will it's up to the ruling town and to make the. right time now for you to get involved with our. website called we are asking what you think will happen if president via their prime minister putin do switch jobs

check out the pie chart right now and i see you are so far about the only hard you believe the reshuffle tandem will be a success because that will give people what they want twenty nine percent think the swap might anger voters and strengthen opposition twenty three percent feel that all attract foreign investment of russia but not much else will change log onto our web site right now i think r.t. dot com do tell us what you think. this is a little here in our city history was made this week of united nations as president with a basket of a palestinian bid for statehood super standing ovation as you address the general assembly but words quickly turned to violence on the west bank border culminating in clashes between police and palestinians. as the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands of feet across palestine after placing the us. a request to the united nations to recognize

a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't all cheers alongside the celebrations violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow up a third intifada we are here in ramallah where there is a scandal between the israeli army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road there are tires burning everywhere the army is also using a new town device known as the screener which to make an bearable sound now the situation here is very very tame right across the west bank one palestinian has been killed now what we understand happened is that thank you hundred israeli take 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 mc. four months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians what we tell of it 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 on their behalf for weeks the army has been planting land mines on israel's northern borders to prevent the kalandia checkpoint scenes from unfolding here the mines are not necessarily there to deal with people who have peaceful intentions but mines are a legitimate form of the sense. countries have mines on their borders for that reason but locals are outraged now they are going to work mines. maybe it's not on for. bringing them at the heart of the clashes are as we nice it is and palestinians both lame claim to the same piece of land jacob taylor has been farming deep in the head one heels for more than twenty years he says this land is his and he has the papers to prove it we are the only people in the world that have got a proof a document a document that these. children in them. well it nice advertised it go

go go but but but not so large and 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 is a very hard feeling but what can i do and i think even if we resist with force it's enough that the surpluses were so it's something the army will come immediately and arrest us this fence cuts through your calls farm meaning that right now i am standing inside palestine and as i walk through here. i'm now in israel it's one thing to declare a state and another to determine where its borders will be policy r.t. ramallah. meantime palestinian officials have accused the u.s. of putting pressure on members of the un security council to keep them from voting in favor of a free palestine others say that washington is keen to be spared the embarrassment

of having to veto the bill which would get disastrous for its credibility as a peacemaker. reports from iraq. it was a week long gathering of the world's most politically powerful people but part of the united nations. the pursuit of peace in an imperfect world america's nobel prize winning president said in an ideal tone as the sixty sixth session of the un general assembly hope it yet at the heart of almost all diplomatic dialogue . demonstrations and media attention was the palestinian pursuit of official u.n. membership. i just don't want the arab peoples affirm their quest for democracy in the arab spring which imo is now for the palestinians the time for independence supported by the majority of u.n. member states president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for statehood the historical bid the us a staunch ally of israel now to block with

a security council veto these will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations if it were that easy it would have been accomplished but up 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 costa after sixty cade's as the excuse to pay for a ransom to the zionists should it not be an obligation of all the slave masters or colonial powers to pay reparations to the affected nations mahmoud 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 friday russia the us the european union and the un

presented both sides with a twelve month timetable to solve this sixty plus years dispute within three months of the negotiation beginning to present comprehensive opposes on borders and security that is the only way in the end we can. with the difficult issues around the table in the negotiations the u.n. 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 needs monday to discuss the palestinian bid for you when membership as the quest for peace goes on divisions over how to achieve it remain firmly in place for nigh on r.t. new york. more on the user analysis on the situation in west bank and the palestinian bid for independence it's all wild web site all at sea dot com but there's plenty still ahead of you in the program here are three as we're doing the

weekly including who will be the first to face charges of crimes against humanity but hold colonel qadhafi or french president sarkozy who is now facing possible lawsuits over the military intervention in libya. part of being a drug industry destroys afghan lives and fuels terrorism but little is done to stop it up and coming to an artsy admitted weekly we report from kabul. are you with r.t. live from moscow researchers good to have you with us today a finnish priest has been temporarily defrocked for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorists that have been bought off pastor you want more laurie denounced the center website which she believes act as a. campaign to discuss the issue when are joined by finnish human rights activist johan blackman he's been following the case for several years good to see you sir

can you just please clarify how the church actually explains his decision to strip this priest of his role. well the finnish lutheran church has been delivering kind of a propaganda against the priest to harm all henri for a long time now and they are saying the everything you hear maurice saying against the islamist terrorists and their activities in finland the is something that he should not say as a priest but actually do you harm or is only repeating what he said about the activities of all of this terrorist organization by united nations by the usa by russia while russia and moscow caught reasonably well the russian media by the international media so actually you home already cannot repeat the same information in finland which is said in the international media about these terrorist

organizations and this is really shit is strange but there might be some that would it would take from your comments that if they finish authorities are stopping and defrocking this priest and stopping him from talking about this website that obviously promotes terrorism some might say the author already isn't and then thereby supporting this website the most terrorism. or views that they are supporting the website the problem is the the person who is responsible of the website of the server. who is the sponsor under finals of the world the web site and he has organized some way gratian off the militants from turkey to finland and now he is facing charges he's prosecuted in finland over the same time and he has a very strong support on the highest level of the finish. and also in the finnish government so the situation is really strange finland ease

actually protecting these militants under they are all going i think their activities on the territory of finland why means of the center website which. includes. terrorist propaganda threats against russia and russians etc so the police in finland for example is you know quite difficult situation because they they are on the one hand they should do their duty to put on the other hand they face the pressure from the level of the finnish government for example so if indeed the finnish authorities are in some form or another supporting this terrorist website defrocking a priest and casting him down obvious job for speaking out against it why does finland you think actually wants to support terrorism. well first of all it is obvious that the some elements of the finnish politics are

supporting these activities are full of course not everybody or not is not every everything but but some some very influential elements for example the minister of development of finland head of hope always very close partner who. was the organizer of the terrorist internet resources under final financing and actually the ministry of foreign affairs of finland has has been financing illegal immigration or if they just jump in here i don't apologize for interrupting you i do apologize as you are just alluding to if i may after the deadly bombings in the water metro in two thousand and ten and start to show who runs the controversial website said he admired the moscow metro suicide bombers and supported the militancy if we can hear an artist bring up his photograph here we have a picture here where we see him with the finnish minister of development now what do you make of that. well. everybody

knows if you know that there are a very close partner of the sun they established a kind of a front organization for the activities of tools for a couple of years ago they established an organization called finnish russian civic forum and what they are doing is they. receive the russian propaganda and they are working together and this is the whole which works you know. has a very strong support on the highest level of the finnish government he can do whatever he wants but basically all but how does finland get away with this if indeed if indeed it's part of the year pin union and and such policies threaten other e.u. members as well as for getting away with it surely this must be the very least bizarre to other members of the e.u. year. well the problem of the internet resources has been of course because for many years now i mean they have been in various

countries in lithuania and the lithuanian special for security services they kicked them out and tried to prosecute they had been trying to prosecute sweden and they are no there is a new crime investigation ongoing in finland but the problem is that when the prosecutors and the police they try to make their job it's very it gets quite difficult if there are influential politicians for example here in the hotel in finland or other board politicians or the highest level of the finnish foreign ministry i mean it then the prosecutors have much less space to operate in and they are facing problems and the process gets longer and longer etc and they that for example they are delivering propaganda in finland. the front organization the finnish rawson civic forum they are delivering propaganda claiming

that the question is only about the human rights or freedom of speech etc so it's very they are also delivering this propaganda internationally and he'd get some really problematic from the prosecutors for example but. he's being prosecuted in finland what when he was prosecuted haiti hotel or who is now the minister of development in fear my mother who was formerly a member of the european parliament she's she said that she will witness against the prosecutor in the benefit of. him until it actually makes or help make healthier runs this controversial website certainly does have some help and support in the powers that be among the finnish author he's a human rights activist and your hand back when i'm afraid that's all we have time for thank you very much indeed. with r.t. live from moscow and weekly here today covering the top headlines of the week and

libya's transitional government forces have stepped up an offensive on one of the last strongholds of that of the town of sirte that's after saturday's attack failed to defeat the colonel's loyalists and meanwhile some western leaders are facing accusations at home over the legality of a military intervention into your bushel examine the reasons behind the claims of war and you may find some of the following images disturbing. fridge explorer minister roland two more says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his wrist but nato will have to follow him because first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if this finds him will kill him and some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against the government because the faces lawsuits over this award many people in libya lawyers here are frauds

accuse the prisons of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam where the u.s. sprayed tens of millions of liters of talks ins 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 bombing this residence where thirteen civilians including four children died then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos spider-man had toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military

in another attack how is wife or child or grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato's accused of deliberately with campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly new ones and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. western leaders are poised for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as a chickadee it will prove once and for all that western justice really used politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. paris. or that latest update on how the situation is unfolding in iraq libya are available on line of course r.t. dot com where you'll also find out many other items. well including a alarming statistics are showing that one in five english youngsters leave school without basic literacy and then struggling to find

a job. and snooze on the move a russian firm unveils its dream design called the sleep problems peaceful shelter from airport hustle and bustle. we are featuring the week's top stories here on artsy talks of a possible greek default grew out of this week leaked reports suggest some of the eurozone finance ministers already regard the country's economy as a lost cause the i.m.f. has reportedly given me countries six weeks to build up a financial fire wall to protect themselves from the shock wave of the greek to fall it comes amid rising fears of a double dip recession for the world's markets or their worst week since two thousand and eight patrick young the executive director of an investment advisory firm says the repeat of the global financial crisis looks like this stage let's look at it in the united states of america growth is peaceably and the match in europe group is very low or it's going backwards in all of them if your economies

and also we've got this terrible terrible north sideslip beach issue with the light . and if we look at somewhere like china which has been a huge engine of the global economy well they've had some pretty bad manufacturing numbers come on and that too is leading to a big fear that maybe china is finally hitting the ball at least for the time being it's had a huge credit expansion in the last two years that looks really rather like europe and the us looked in sort of two thousand and five two thousand and six two thousand and seven and i really fear that i mean if we see that happening in china then ultimately all the role of the world economy is in for a very very difficult year in two thousand and twelve. the greek debt crisis how about it may turn out to be is unlikely to affect russia's economy but that's the view of the russian finance minister alex going to watch an exclusive interview with him in just a few minutes here on r.t. but for now up a quick preview. from the debt crisis to spread news that's not affect us too much

these directly because our banks do not hold any of your books for the french and german buying something or hunt will suffer greatly because they want the loans on their homes that would not be periods here to produce will cause problems within these banks problems with these fines credits and overall problems on these markets because banks are after all the leading players although. this interview with the russian of finance minister coming your way up in just a few moments here i see that will be after a recap of the week's top stories. i

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