top job intrigue ends president of and prime minister putin could swap jobs after the twenty twelve presidential election tangible continue to work for russia. emotions running high as palestinians bid for statehood at the u.n. with standing ovations in new york clashes at the border in the west bank. a finnish priest speaking out against the chechen terrorist website finds himself defrocked and disgraced with these plight ignored by the mainstream media. and the greek default is inevitable and even top officials know it leak reports reveal the recession could go even deeper than first feared.

me it's eight pm sunday night here in moscow and kevin know it and this is our review of the main stories of the week just go on and on saturday the biggest secrets in russian politics was finally exposed it's now certain that prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in two thousand and twelve speaking at the ruling united russia party convention current president to be to prevent have made that announcement while agreeing to head the party in parliamentary elections he also said he's ready to lead the government if they win as he said listen now we witness the historic speech is the first time. the wait is over. i believe it would be right for the convention to support become good to see apply fingerprint soon and the presidential election in the house of the thought.

this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experiences under thirty minutes and how does. the show yes i'm going to say something else about it despite rumors that there's been a split within our town with whom i can see that this is a well thought through our decision. who is running for president was. not to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor and golden ages. that you are but you forgot the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask russian citizens to support the united russia party with me. now that. the issue you. know you just what i'm convinced to become prime minister continue

to thoroughly modernize our society. the tandem now running on a platform of taking russia for the next decade promising more growth and stability but their party united russia in december parliamentary elections and next year's presidential run both putin and medvedev have their work cut out you know that russia's popularity has been falling in recent years by making such a. tender as you say they send a political message to the russians as a lot of the best for the world that. is not our beat it is not absolute this is why. construction which. can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even me. silly taken aback with you not only concerned of course everybody expected it but it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the last has already

started emphasizing how much lack surprise sure that some of the opposition political commentators have mentioned so you throw today is of course the risk of political stagnation and after all this country remembers very well the euro of the seventy's in the eighty's especially one of the communist party leadership didn't see the change there and they all stayed there until the age 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 us 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. countries 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 and russia law russia and all of the capitals has improved but we have seen an mit video of want to take you to the next step with a reset for the united russia ready under way new faces transparency less corruption and more growth are all part of the platform. three is dead and now the real work begins united russia has to convince the country they are the party. to move past stability towards further development and so the russia has a right to its own style democracy and he's now i r t moscow. let's get some more thoughts about these developments go live now to austria. professor of political science and university professor thanks for bringing r.t.

international how do you think the foreign policy of russia will change that if putin does become the president again. it. might. prefer so i'm terribly sorry but we've got an awful lot here we couldn't hear a word you say but thank you. professor of political science but at least trying to

get through your thoughts with an arts international try to get back to you later and get a better life so i have to cut that interview a bit short ok and wonders of modern technology now without a dot com just let me tell you we're asking you what you think will happen with president medvedev and prime minister putin do change jobs is what you're telling the so far seems almost a half of you believe the reshuffled tandem will be a success because you think it'll give people what they want twenty six percent of you disagree that's a third of you say it was fraught with anger voters strength of the opposition instead of a quarter of you believe it will attract foreign investment to russia now this instability on the cards but not much else will change otherwise log on to our website. the dot com tell us what you think. history was made this week at the u.n. as president mahmoud abbas delivered the palestinian bid for statehood and received a standing ovation as he addressed the general assembly cheering crowds gathered in ramallah to give him a hero's welcome of the road from new york pressing the rally to clear the beginning of the palestinian spring when he spoke to the un assembly on friday

jubilant things played out across the palestinian territories but words quickly turned to violence on the west bank paula culminating in clashes between police and palestinians artie's poor sleep picks up a story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands liberated post palestine after president mahmoud abbas says it's a good place to be united nations to recognize a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't all true is alongside a celebration violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow of a third intifada we are here in ramallah where there is a scandal between israeli army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road there are tires burning everywhere the army is actually using a new found device known as the screen which in an bearable sound now be a choice and here is very very painful he catches the freight across the i thank my kind of thing and has been killed now what we understand happened is that country

one hundred israelis 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 nick. months these radio me has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians worry to levy will now use these caches as an excuse to beef up its only presence in the west bank and possibly even punish palestinians by withholding tax money is collected on their behalf for weeks the army has been pointing landmines on israel's northern borders to prevent the columbia 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. from trees have mines on their borders without reason but locals are outraged now that it's going to work mines. maybe it's not for. them at the heart of the clashes eyes were in the

cities and palestinians both main claim to the same piece of land jacob taylor has been farming decon the hebron hills 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 approved a document a document that is in national and international know it nice advertise it go call it the bird book but not so much 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 you can get to it and it's eating him up watching jacob farm it is a very hard feeling but what can i do. in the resist with force it's a half a percent of the series was so it's up to the army will come immediately and arrest us this means cuts through your calls farm meaning that white now i'm 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 closely r.t. ramallah. so no to social political analyst. joining us from ramallah mr rather thanks very much speaking to jubilant crowd of upon his arrival home afterward a bus routes the beginning of the palestinian spring of course but it is likely to be vetoed by the us what is next for palestine in reality that. well i do believe that the palestinians have regained quite a lot of the things that they have lost of the past few months which is primarily an increase and intensification of the national identity there is now realize that the peace process and negotiations with israel have been futile and they felt that it was time to have it with things in our own hands and that's what precisely abu mazin did by going to be united nations and thereby save by stating if it can lead

to the world that israel is not clearly and is not willing to have peace with the palestinians so we'll do it in our own way and we go to the international legitimacy for that that's the political side of it but of course there's the politics plays so does the trouble as well i mean the day that was presented we saw clashes a lot of trouble on the border as it was presented and i think vetoed a lot of people are afraid that third intifada could begin is that a likely scenario do you think. it is possible but i think for the short term it will not be so it depends tenuous are willing and are saying and clearly stating that yes we are willing to sacrifice assistance from the u.s. because it is our dignity it's our right to have peace even if that right implies that we will have less and less economic assistance from the americans who are willing. to sacrifice for that and maybe in the long term if this becomes very hard

on them we might see an intensification of agitation and hence perhaps another intifada but i don't foresee it in the short term look back to the politics of middle east peace corp that's calling for peace talks through. how will the bit affect the process do you think. well i think the palestinians are for peace the majority of palestinians support a peace settlement but with the current israeli government the majority of palestinians believe that it is not a good peace partner they are not willing for peace and they are not supportive of peace and that makes them right anguished and right. suspicious of the intentions of the israeli government and as such don't put holds on what the quartet is saying because the court is precisely saying exactly what palestinians have been going through in the past twenty odd years if it did all work out if palestine did get the statehood how those big problems on the border

are going to be so those big issues of whether people living under spain to grab what's going to happen to them. well i think that is quite problematic and different palestinian state because it is then you can become the international responsibility responsibility of for instance around the world to make a settlement a final settlement because if that doesn't happen then we are going to see further and further escalation in violence and further destabilization of the region and that could reflect for you on the rest of the world i think ok live from from ramallah thanks for british your thoughts political and the socialists on r.t. thank you very much. now we go back to our top story may recall if you were there just with us about fifteen minutes ago we were trying to talk to. professor good professor of political science at innsbruck university talk more about the big

political news we heard yesterday prime minister putin says he's going to run for president literally twelve elections as trying to catch up with professor i'm going to give professor good to see if we couldn't hear last time i know it is quite a long answer but i'll repeat it again let's do this all again if we may how do you think the foreign policy of russia will change if putin does become president. i do not think that it will change substantially. not in essence. this russian relations toobin who can lead to the presidency relationship very strained. with initiatives lives as once however there is a big question mark it's for me it's going to win elections and united states. it is the case that. related. things are really how.

relations. for his part to be true madrid still president of course very much. for the last rest of his term he's been trying to lead russia on a path to modernization all through his presidency was kind of his initiatives now when he becomes the pm. but. if it becomes a crime yes well both christian stress and sheer. diggles accord the process of the modernization i do think it will have a different understanding of what modernization means miss again is no doubt to say has to believe in modernization and more than a solution for mystical kinship for presently coral. whatever things that one incision needs to know how to support its model of society not just the state and it has to go on to more than isolation. including the liberalisation of political

system or more freedom for the media and and i do not think. gratian between the two is differences in what they think of our organization. what about putin is going to pick up if he does become president where he left off or you think there will be some change we just put a bit more of the bones of. what i think there needs to be a substantial change in what we will not see. because situation in russia is different you two thousand or so she can present russian you can auntie to asia is not precious economies growing again i have. only about one percent of the budget deficit is is going to rise despite substantial very strong volunteers exports it's because of our of the creases and it has been found to not

be implemented russia is running. a deficit in two years from now and then the energy sector internet sector and all the research in come on . which is unnecessary for this group is wishing he could pop and. so continue here a different course. and i should probably see. well you need a professional. government. would you rather. like the liberal government. is first and his first words will be much more asking much different. just just briefly before you go i mean they didn't run against examiner there was a lot of speculation that they might maybe even of a party would be formed so that that could happen it also prized. by yesterday's announcement. was not. obviously had

to. be. announced. change in the leadership now they cannot believe it was that's great it has been progress that it's really good and that's not what rush can afford and give. each other actually. clouds behind these two and the currents would have lost. both plans when. those two. interests very good to get your thoughts on the program good bye and good professor of political science of its book university level the most to catch up with you were last there thank you. for the big story for the week a finish priest has been temporarily defrocked first speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorist. past. and that's the center website which

he believes acts as a mouthpiece for more of the deadly campaign finishing with right side with your man says the authorities a shelter of militants by protecting their websites activity. actually you harm or is only repeating what is said about the activities of all of this terrorist organization by united nations by the usa by russia by the international media so actually you are morally cannot repeat the same information in finland which is said in the international media about these terrorist organizations the person who is responsible of the website. he has organized the mass migration off militants from turkey to finland and now he is facing the charges he's prosecuted in finland but at the same time he has a very strong support on the highest level of the finnish officialdom and

also in the finnish government for example the minister author of development of finland had hoped always very close partner to. solve a situation is really strange film and he's actually protecting these militants and they are all going to i think their activities on the territory of finland. we call it more a web site r.t. dot com of course including you are mulattos blog on the controversial website and its activity claims that the sense is already written some two hundred insulting articles about them if you want to furnish more details of where this ongoing story it is on our website and. libya's transitional government forces have stepped up an offensive on one of his last strongholds of sirte that's after saturday's attack failed to defeat the colonel's loyalists meanwhile some western leaders are facing accusations at home over the legality of the military intervention r.t. tell you bush will examine the reasons behind the claims you may find some images

coming up in this report disturbing. french explorer minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to. first libya's deposed leaders of 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 fridge lawyers to turn against big government because the faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presidents of committing crimes against humanity this 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. so they using missiles with

depleted uranium which causes cancer in tripoli i saw people crippled by nato attacks office workers who had nothing to do with the fighting that's why we're seeing president sarkozy for crimes against humanity and nato 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. videos spider-man toys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack is wife and child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home their toes accused of deliberately campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly nato wants and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply

cannot take it anymore. western leaders a poised for their first big legal challenge of 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 politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. paris i talked about a website just now worth mentioning will you keep up to date as well with all the latest on how the situation is unfolding in iran libya also live from us tonight i . seed of course the stories get a lot of clicks too from you this sort of rush is heading back to mars after a twenty year pause a scientific probe is blasting off to the red planet again find out about the mission more details that are teed off point. out as britney spears kicks off a world here in russia we speak exclusively to the american pop the verb find why she sees herself as an underground staff.

talks of a possible greek default grew louder this week leagues report suggested some of the eurozone finance ministers already regard the country's economy as a lost cause the i.m.f. has reportedly given e.u. countries six weeks to build up a financial fire wall to protect themselves from the shock wave of the greek default it comes amid rising fears of a double dip recession of the world's markets or their worst week since two thousand and eight part for you on the executive director of the investment advisory firm says the paid to the global financial crisis was inevitable now at this stage. let's look at it in the united states of america growth is perfectly any 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 lights of greece and if we look at somewhere like china which has been a huge engine of the global economy well they had some pretty bad manufacturing numbers come on and that too is leading to

a big fear it may be china is finally heading the bosphorus 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 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 the world economy is in for a very very difficult year in twenty twelve. or the greek debt crisis of a bad it might turn out is unlikely to favor russia's economy at least that's the view of russian finance minister alexey cauldron you can watch our exclusive interview with him in a few minutes time. from the debt crisis does produce it does not affect us to not please direct me because our banks do not hold any of the green with the french and german banks on the other hand will suffer greatly because they will have on their hands that would not be cleared this will cause problems with him used by its problems with these. problems on these markets because banks are after all the

leading players. very interesting chat coming out with him in just a couple of moments time in fact a couple of minutes is now coming up to eight thirty pm it's eight twenty seven in fact here in moscow my name's kevin o. and thanks for being with us but at the sport as well in fifty minutes after that interview kate reveals tonight how russia sports minister thinks the bears fought lions at the rugby world cup more than shortly thanks for being with r.t. international. and. if. you.

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