the biggest secret in russian politics was revealed prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in two or to twelve currently that dmitry medvedev made the announcement while speaking at the ruling united russia party convention mr medvedev has also agreed to head the party in parliamentary elections and leave the government as prime minister should it when all she is nice in our was at the event likely to have forced the shape of russia's politics for years to come the wait is over. i believe it would be right for the convention to support the candidacy of lodging near putin in the presidential election. yes thank you. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty putin has. issue in your scuffle of my i'm going to say something else despite rumors that there's been

a split within our tandem i can see that this is a well thought through decision. putin 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. but your but i could see the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask all russian citizens to support the united russia party with dmitri medvedev at the helm. and i need you. but i would 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 with their party united russia in december's 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. or tender as you say they send a political message to the russians as well to the best of the wealth that it. is not our beat it is not absolute this is a wabble construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even the delegates there were absolutely taken aback when they are not only confirmed of course everybody expected it but it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the west has. readies 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 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 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 and control these populations you know countries like russia just wants to build 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 loss in russia alone russia not only the capitals

has improved but putin and medvedev want to take it to the next step with the 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 has to convince the country they are the party to move past stability towards further development until the last russia has a right to its own style democracy and he's now r.t. moscow. recount a young political analyst said the voice of russia radio station in washington says putin is a figure that russia needs to lead it through the economic uncertainty now gripping the world. will have his hand. once again soon as the office of the presidency simply because he's got to start creating jobs just like other presidents other prime ministers have to do across the globe at least got a start the russian economic engine. going again reset of the economy there i don't

think he needs to change at this point he has been very consistent as showing himself as a very strong decisive leader and he certainly has done the same with his protege obviously president. and this is the kind of political intelligence this is the kind of smarts that i think people respect whether they're in russia or the u.s. be shown to be very decisive very strong and has a vision for russia and i think that whether it's the u.s. or russia or any other country when you have a leader who has a vision and a strength that people can see that's the that's the individual they want an office . and at altoona call where asking what you think will happen if president medvedev and prime minister putin to switch jobs so far almost half of you believe the reshuffle turned on will be a success because it enjoys wide popular support you say and eighty percent saying these talks would anger voters and strengthen the opposition and the remaining courses feel that change will have little or no effect at all so please go on

outside of the heart to tell us what you. history was made this week at the united nations as president of the ballston a but the palestinian bid for statehood receiving a rapturous standing ovation as he addressed the general assembly thousands of cheering people gathered in ramallah to give him a hero's welcome home as he returned from new york addressing the rally compared his campaign to the arab spring saying that an independent palestinian state is inevitable his speech to the u.n. general assembly on friday was greeted with jubilant scenes across the palestinian territories but on the border with israel instead of joy there was violence ati's politically about the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands celebrated his palestine after president mahmoud abbas said let's 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 of

a third intifada we're here in ramallah where there is a standoff 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 found device known as the scream of which unbearable sound now b. situation here is very very tense be clashes have spread across the west bank one palestinian has been killed now what we understand happened is that country one hundred israeli fitness started burning the trees belonging to palestinians in the village the army was called in and the result. what one palestinian shot and killed in the mix. for months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians what we tell everyone 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 very to deal with people who have peaceful intentions but mines are a legitimate form of defense many countries have mines on their borders for that reason but locals are outraged now they are trying to work mines. maybe it's more comfort for. ripping them at the heart of the clashes are israeli settlers and palestinians both lame claim to the same piece of land jacob taylor has been farming deep in the hebron hills for more than twenty years he says this land is his and he has the papers to prove it and we are the only people in the world that have got approved a document a document that these in the. interim measure no it is advertised they call it the bible but not so what 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 even if we don't resist with force it's enough that the settlers as we said something the army will come immediately and arrest us this fence cuts through your course farm meaning that white 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. appropriate stan actually told r.t. that despite the likelihood the u.s. will veto the statehood bid at the security council palestinians still regard misusing it at the u.n. as a major breakthrough as palestinians we have a very heightened sense of national pride at this moment done even though we know the veto is most likely coming very next week or the other really makes no

difference but there is a very high sense of national and she meant at this point because for one so after those very disappointing years of the so-called peace process the political leadership and the popular popular public opinion are in line and they're in an on one side of the political debate if you will going back to negotiations is not something palestinians oppose on principle but if we go back to negotiations with our occupiers and that's what israel is without any terms of reference without israel clearly committing to international law clearly committing to its obligations according to international law and relevant u.n. resolutions then it's purely point blissed. palestinian officials have accused the u.s. of putting pressure on members of the u.n. security council to prevent them from voting for an independent state for palestine and say that washington is keen to be spared them barrus mint of having to veto the bit which would be disastrous for his credibility as

a middle east peace maker. has more from you it was a week long gathering of the world's most politically powerful people the heart 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 six session of the un general assembly opened yet at the heart of almost all diplomatic dialogue. demonstrations and media attention was the palestinian pursuit of official u.n. membership. at a time when the arab peoples affirm their quest for democracy in the arab spring the time is now for the palestinian spring the time for independence. supported by the majority of u.n. member states president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for statehood a historical bid the us a staunch ally of israel vowed 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 by the 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 holy cost after sixty cade's as the excuse to pay fine or ransom to the zionists should it not be an obligation upon the slave masters or colonial powers to pay reparations to be 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 year dispute within three months of the negotiation beginning to present 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 at 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 meets monday to discuss the palestinian bid for u.n. membership as the quest for peace goes on divisions over how to achieve it remain firmly in place. r.t. new york. this is our sea and coming up who will be the finest to face charges of crimes against humanity and battled colonel gadhafi or president sarkozy faces possible legal action over the military intervention in libya. and the building

drug industry destroys our lives and fuel with terrorism but little is done to stop it report and. punish lutheran pastor has been suspended by his church for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorist dr maher of the church and is being sought for a series of deadly terrorist attacks on russian soil over the last decade pastor your heart mollari denounce the crap that sent a website which he believes as a. finnish human rights activist john your home by the back. sheltering militants by protecting the website activity actually your home 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. has organized some migration or militants from finland and now he is facing the charges he has prosecuted in finland over the same time he has a very strong support on the highest level of the finnish. and also in the finnish government for example the minister of development of finland here the whole deal is very close partners. so the situation is really strange finland ease actually protecting these militants and they are all going i think their activities on the territory of finland. and you can find a lot more on this story on our website that's r.t. dot com they read your blog on be controversial website and in fact cities it

claims that the cap has sent out has a ready reckoner center hundred your family tree and insulting articles about them so find out more at r.t. dot com. talks of a possible greek default grew louder this week and leaked reports of some of the euro zone's finance ministers already regard the country's economy as a lost cause the i.m.f. has a reportedly given six weeks to build up and i shall fly out. from the shock wave. coming in need of rising fears of a double dip recession the world markets saw their worst weeks as to thousand and eight and patrick the executive director and advisory fans haven't been told the global financial crisis that's inevitable. learn to look at in the united states of america growth is basically a new marriage in europe groups it's very low or it's going backwards in all of them if you're economies and also we've got this terrible terrible north side

slippage issue with the likes 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 that maybe 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 over all that the world economy is in for a very very difficult year in two thousand and twelve. the greek debt crisis however bad it may turn out is unlikely to affect russia's economy that is the view of russia finance minister alexei kudrin and you can watch an exclusive interview in several minutes but here's a quick preview. if the debt crisis does spread it does not affect us too much at least directly because our banks do not hold any of the greek. french and german

banks on the other hand will suffer greatly because they will not own their homes that would not be cleared this will cause problems within these banks problems with these banks credit some overall problems on these markets because banks are after all the leading players. libya's transitional government forces have stepped up an offensive on one of gadhafi last strongholds of sirte that after saturday's attack failed to defeat the colonel's loyalists meanwhile some western leaders up facing accusations at home with a legalities of their military intervention is daniel bush will examine the reasons behind the claims and you might find some of the images in this report disturbing. projects foreign minister roland jamal says he is ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to follow in the colonel's first libya's deposed leader is it 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 french lawyers to turn against the government because he faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the president of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam where the u.s. 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. they're 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 seeing president sarkozy for crimes against humanity nato

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 books videos spiderman had toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack how does wife a child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato's accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly nato bombs 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 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 use run by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or

r.t. paris. and all the latest updates on how the situation is unfolding in and around me there are available online and also touting. you can discover it. some say that wall street could become this scene for what they're calling the american version of the arab spring. and it's also russia is heading back to mas after a twenty year pause a scientific for overseas blasting off to the red planet find out the mission details on r.t. dot com. another high profile killing shook afghanistan this week the country's ex-president behind a deal rather any was assassinated less than a year after leading peace talks with the taliban robin he was killed at his home in kabul with it so sad bomber gating entry by claiming to be a taliban envoy his funeral ceremony took place at the presidential palace friday with thousands of mourners gathering in the capital to pay respects the bombing followed a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of current president

karzai how brother in july as the taliban continues its attacks in afghanistan one of their main sources of income is in full bloom party to go off reports from the country the drugs trade is still rampant just by billions of dollars spent every year to combat. the penalty for drinking. sixty whips on the back publically it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for doing what's right there under this bridge in the center of the city with all the screaming and staring at them all these insane conditions we used to rubbish being free and wait here where we're standing right now this is just incredible secret. they're all in all. it's all cooked mixed injected or small to write on these piles of rubbish and not one policeman anywhere near. but that

not all we were told these people don't just come here to do drugs and many of them call this home pakistan game here and we don't have any job we don't have any editing to do if you can't pay for the war on the other. hell of a study commissioned by the u.s. state department shows each family has at least one drug user or are found in breast milk and all kids even newborns have morphine in their blood there's no doubt that the area of plantation song with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started afghanistan 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 afghanistan interval claims the markets global trade has long surpassed the five hundred billion dollar mark or russia is one of the worst affected street with around eighty tons of heroin thought to a new resettle in the country. 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 fighting drug production is not their goal there is no such directive. 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 nato is key enemy in the region meanwhile the international community spends billions of dollars to fight again it stands drug traffic but since nato has no legal right to coordinate the funds are spent with very little positive results while officials say the multi-billion dollar afghan drug network has the whole world in its grip you've got this kind of forty kabul afghanistan. other news stories from around the world a plane carrying told to view mt everest has crashed killing one thousand people on board survived made to died in hospital the catastrophe occurred at the pilot

failed to land at a port in defense fall and eye witnesses claim it to house in a nearby village before crashing but no casualties were put on the. suicide bomber was wounded twenty people in an attack on a christian church in indonesia packed with hundreds of washed clothes that occurred in the city of solo in the central java province after a sunday service continues in president susilo bambang go to yoga says initial investigation suggested ball that was part of a domestic terror network based in chile born three hundred kilometers east of the capital jakarta extremist islamist group has been blamed for other outrages including at that time going to police mosque in april. women in saudi arabia are to be granted the right to vote and run and when you support elections in the future relinking a doll announced on sunday it's a major change for the conservative muslim kingdom that enforces a strict version of islamic law has banned women from taking part in paul's of

politics before the king also ruled that women can be appointed to the currently all they can all male consoles chip chip career counselor for the first time saudi arabia holds only its second ever nationwide local elections on thursday but women will only be allowed to vote in the next ones for twenty fifteen. and asked if he had children will fight in spain's north eastern region of catatonia and that in clashes between five thousand and table five campaign it is couples who broke out and renamed barcelona after that of his trial the killing sawed into boards knocking dando the career to known as parliament bondable fighting in july twenty ten for a signature connected campaign by all right sounds great but the action didn't get support among the majority of population who don't want to become trees famous traditional show to become ready to pop. wow care up to

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is also his weekly review of these are top stories. told job intrigue and president medvedev and prime minister putin good enough of the twenty twelve presidential election pledging that tonto will continue to what. emotions running high as palestinians bid for statehood at the one with standing ovations in new york but clashes at the border in the west. also finished priest is speaking out against a chechen terrorism website finds himself to from time disgraced with his plight ignored by the one stream media. great default is inevitable on the top officials now wait leaked reports reveal the recession could go even think about it. and staying on the subject of economy also he spoke to russia.