one pm in moscow i match as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story global media has been responding to the news that a lot of your putin will campaign to return to his old job as president next year he's been backed by russia's current president dmitri medvedev who is now aiming to replace putin as prime minister and he has more. the announcement itself not a very big surprise but how and when it happened some analysts are saying it was the best kept little secret in modern history of course social networks went crazy with reaction if we take a look at some of the tweets that came immediately stateside from senator john mccain not a big surprise coming from him he of course a former presidential candidate in the u.s. in two thousand and eight says surprise surprise shocking news putin is running for president and then here in russia from a presidential aide arkady dvorkovich we have nothing to be cheerful about it's

better to be playing ice hockey at luzhniki that of course is the stadium where the united russia convention took place and the announcement was made he goes on to say it's time to switch to a sports channel ah another another tweet from katrina vanden fugal who's the editor of the nation says they did it to replace region with democracy russian style lots of they were going to hear from a lot of analysts whether or not this is the path to russia creating its own democracy yes or the state not necessarily. taking beat the western model that we see in the united states and in western europe very different reaction on the social networks and this really is just the beginning i think it's fair to say this announcement happens on the weekends too throughout this monday we're going to be hearing a lot of different analysis about what this means with your pooch and running against a president in twenty two by pushing doesn't joy a slightly higher approval rating than president medvedev it's about three percent

and really he is known for bringing stability to russia after the turbulent ninety's russian citizens of course very much appreciate that ricardo the from voice of russia radio had this to say he's got to start creating jobs just like other presidents other prime ministers have to do across the globe east got to start the russian economic engine. going again restart of the economy there i don't think he needs to change his style 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 but i think people respect whether they're in russia or the u.s. he's 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 the strength of the people can see that's the that's the individual they want in office mates they did it would certainly have their work cut out for them what they need to do now is convince the russian people that it's their tandem

that will take through the next decade and move past stability to further development where the blood amir putin widely expected to take over the kremlin again next year he will become the first russian president to serve a six year term but analysts say a lot of his hands for reform in the country if you want to stay the top man for years to come. putting came out with their make major slogan stability now it's not time we still need to preserve stability but we want innovation something good that if was coming out with so it will depend on how the teenage. able to push for innovation marginalization at the same time present instability because now it's a rather difficult time all over the world with their continuing crises in the eurozone still uncertain is even in the emerging economies there are lots of talk about him being a full twelve years for next to turn so if he wants to be for than two terms in power of course he has to make some progress over the next six years will stay with

us we've got plenty more headed your way including piece by veto palestinian officials accused washington of bullying u.n. member states into delaying the palestinian statehood bid as security council gathers to discuss the issue plus. for the total value of the curfew is good to know about trying to buy some social network sites. there to know about the detour to see who ruminations historic changes in the u.k. is the home office and police impose a bad. but first euro zone leaders are preparing a rescue plan to prevent the escalation of the financial turmoil threatening to send the global economy back into recession this comes as the i.m.f. has warned it may not be able to help out bigger european economies struggling to tackle their debt with a greek default now widely considered just a matter of time the priority is to keep bigger states like italy and spain from being dragged down greece has been hit by another wave of protests against

government austerity measures but as artie's garbage chickie on reports the i.m.f. is accused of being too tough on some countries while being too soft on others like the u.s. where the crisis began in two thousand and eight. the leadership has changed but the methods have not for a desperate economy the i.m.f. still offers that same bitter medicine of draconian by. belt tightening reeses push to redouble its austerity efforts at a time of deep economic recession and to sell a vast chunk of public assets at fire sale prices some have no choice but to cut dificid know the i.m.f. form a hand domenic stress khans said they're forcing greece to pay back its debts would on acceptably impoverished the country and that everyone must be willing to accept losses on greek debt but philanthropy has never been the i.m.f. strong point it's an institution where my main shareholder is the united states of america well any dollar any euro that is invested in the fund goes buck. to the

member principle and interest we're not in the business obsessed of subsidies we're not in the business of giving grants the u.s. and europe are holding the most votes in the organisation and veto power despite the fact that emerging economies have been the engine of global growth in recent years the organisation's policy making it's been under fire for being biased in favor of its top shareholders one of the functions of the i.m.f. is crisis warning and prevention but when three years ago the financial crisis in the us was sending devastating shock waves throughout the world the organization proved completely redundant in the case of united it taking a much stronger position warning about the build up financial effect that i think to be in that right it up to eight thousand level completely dropped the ball and best be able to monitor the rich and like united states as well as other countries

it will only add to its credibility some experts see the intimacy between the i.m.f. and u.s. corporations as a matter of concern all of the big decisions at the i.m.f. are made by the us treasury department well even the head of the world bank has accused the top advanced economies a few congress in their policies when countries with large fiscal deficits preach fiscal discipline to poor countries what are they really saying do what i say not what i do when countries pay homage to free trade but hold back developing countries with barriers what do they really say do what i say not what i do a do what i say not what i do world will fracture to the detriment of all. the old ways can in must change with the arguments of wealthiest members themselves facing their own problems many doubt whether the organization will be able to take adequate measures to work off possibly another global crisis as well lending money

to the world's weaker economies the i.m.f. is still facing the challenge of offering viable solutions that do not come with crippling measures but one thing is clear the world demands an i.m.f. that does not work solely for the benefit of the few i'm going to check out with forty four last r.t. . and we spoke with russia's finance minister alexei kudrin who says in order to tackle the economic crisis countries in the west have to deal with what provoked it in the first place out of control consumerism more on these thoughts in the interview coming up in a little more than an hour here's a preview. the way western countries are vital has become somewhat outdated as huge consumption and little investments and savings have provoked this crisis at this point most western countries are not ready to reduce their consumption and preserve the pre-crisis development. this does not left them from crisis and their consumption is not substantiated with real economic

results this consumption is putting them into debt so western countries have this issue and they're trying to resolve it by printing money which only delays the solution we can't predict when the economic point of view if this printing of money on supporting the artificial demand will help kick start the engine of the western economy so far this is not yet happened after all what the federal reserve system. now we can see the situation is becoming worse as those measures have not been announced and one can expect the printing of money will resume. all the latest coverage of the turbulent financial situation around the world can be found at our website r t v dot com here's what's also a click away. from dozens arrested as the protest of the occupy wall street in lower manhattan enter our second week police stepped up attacks during the demonstrations under control. the finnish pastor suspended by his church for

speaking out against one of the world's most notorious terrorist find out about it at r.t. dot com. palestinian euphoria following their statehood bid at the u.n. is starting to fade as the security council prepares to discuss the case later today the palestinian authority gave the u.n. two weeks to decide on the issue after accusing the west. committing member states to bog the big down a bureaucracy the shadow of a u.s. veto also hangs over the proceedings obama vowed to prevent the recognition of any free palestinian state without the approval of israel pro palestinian activists nor oday questions why israel would want peace with a state that comfortably occupied for a long time. as palestinians we have a very heightened sense of national pride at this moment and even though we know

the veto is most likely coming out of the next week or the other it really makes no difference but there is a very high sense of national achievement at this point because for one south of 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 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 un resolutions then it's purely pointless. as president obama struggles to contain fallout from the palestinian bid new reports of emerge that he secretly approve the transfer of fifty five high tech

bunker buster bombs to israel to deal allegedly happened only months into his first term in office something about the bush administration had rejected fearing israel would sell the technology to china but according to author and historian william blow for obama it's more about campaign fund it. well the u.s. has been giving israel all amount of her decades and decades this is nothing new it's not based on logic i mean if you asked a rational explanation that is not what he is pro israel because of money he gets his election campaign yes a function to jewish lobbies and jewish individuals that's what motivates him and that's the only rationale he hasn't have to be logical. and consistent. the u.k. government has granted police the power to prevent far right groups from marching through several parts of london for thirty days scotland yard says it applied for the ban over fears of violence and disorder planned by the english defense league

earlier this month but as our healer emmet reports it's prompted concerns that a dangerous precedent has been set in terms of police authority and freedom of expression. the view of workers activists on the home office ban on marching is clear it's an attack. on this country through september in six areas of london anyone marching like these people did last winter is liable to be arrested and fined or even imprisoned. the ban was prompted by plans by the anti muslim english defense league seen here in luton in february to march through tower hamlets the area with the highest concentration of muslims in the country but instead of banning one march on one day the home office banned all marches in six baros for an entire month activist richard seymour sees

a wider motive. doesn't necessarily mean to say that march isn't going to happen it just means that. more powers and that's part of the wider problem but if you're restricted to a static demonstration the police have a right to. arrest you very. small. these people behind me are amongst the lucky few they still can march just by pure accident of geography we're hitting lumbers which is not one of the six baros affected by the ban but if as many fear the government extend and widen the ban to take in more parts of london the scenes that you see behind me both small and large marches through london and many other cities across the country could be a thing of the past the band comes hot on the heels of widespread rioting in many english cities in august it also coincides with the introduction of government austerity measures which some say amounts to the dismantling of the entire welfare

state many say public fear of civil unrest is being manipulated to prevent unions from turning out to protest fierce cuts and pat. reagan from the workers revolutionary party says it's just the tip of the iceberg to the talking about area curfews that talk about shutting down facebook social network sites they're talking about it or you know civil war measures because what they're doing in britain is creating a historic change including inevitably. the majority of the population will oppose them the home office can only stop marching it's powerless to prevent people from gathering but because organizations argue it's no good just standing that you've got to be able to march to make a statement as the unions did in march when more than a quarter of a million people turned out to protest the cuts activists say that's exactly what the government's trying to stop just in terms of where we are at the moment in this

country with the process of the stereotyping pushed through by the government trade unions are one of the major blocks opposed to that no public order legislation does tend to be used against striking workers i mean that's been very clear i mean there's just there's been some recent examples of people being pulled off the picket lines and not to obviously we can see any resistance to the cuts freedom of expression and dissociation are enshrined in u.k. and european law with the u.k. renowned for its powerful union organizations but the ban gives police the ultimate power to step in and arrest demonstrators merely for exercising their right to speak out against the government and that's a dangerous precedent to set your enemies london started now at some other stories making headlines across the globe syrian tanks and machine gun positions have been banned barring the opposition held city of a last stand in the west of the country reports say three people so far been

injured in the army is preparing to storm the city this follows a sharp spike in antirejection sentiment around the country this year is seeing some of its biggest protests and blogs. president assad blames the unrest on foreign meddling in stabilizing the country. the french senate elections have taken a historic turn with the left winning enough seats to gain control of the upper house the first time it's happened for more than fifty years the change comes just seven months before the presidential election and is a serious blow to french president nicolas sarkozy and the conservative government . in spain where the last scheduled bull fight in catalonia ended in clashes between bands and eyeball fight campaigners scuffles broke out you're in a reading in barcelona after the end of the show a ban on both fighting brought in by catalonia as parliament comes into effect in january after pressure from manual rights activists but many still see bullfighting

as part of their heritage and want the tradition preserved. libya's ruling national transitional council is reportedly struggling to form a new government as fighting continues near the city of sirte still loyal to befall meter momar khadafi the ongoing civil war has claimed the lives of an estimated thirty thousand people so far meanwhile in the capital tripoli a mass grave was discovered estimated to contain almost thirteen hundred bodies believed to be the remains of those inmates in khadafi top security prison abu salim the site of a massacre in one thousand nine hundred six. we've got more on libya on our website r.t. dot com find out just how much the u.k. ministry of defense and spent on bombing out of power. officials say two people have been killed several wounded during a shooting at the u.s. embassy complex in the afghan capital there's unconfirmed reports the attack happened at a building used by the cia and afghan employee of the embassy was reportedly behind

the assault it's the latest in a string of attacks on powerball the taliban is surging the stage an assault on the same district two weeks ago leaving dozens dead and wounded. just days ago a former afghan president and key peace negotiator was assassinated in his home and u.s. officials blame pakistan for the surge in militant attacks but artie's military contributor things washington just doesn't want to admit that it may be losing a war. during don't latest u.s. senate's armed services committee testimony admiral mullen and the new u.s. secretary of defense jointly accused of the pakistani military and specifically the pakistani intelligence i saw i in the connivance and complicity in orchestrating the hakani network attack against the united states embassy in afghanistan there was nothing new in these accusations and allegations except that

there is been hearing them for almost ten years the american intelligence leadership has completely lost the dynamics of the overall picture of clear and present danger to the interests of the united states in the region specifically in afghanistan and pakistan in the last day cave a us foreign policy in pakistan has suffered at total and complete moron back its nature of threats and complaints and military and financial incentives turned out to be totally counterproductive and personally it has made the highly respected flag officer admiral michael mullen and his new boss. one of the most popular laughing stocks and scapegoats all of the u.s.

failure in afghanistan be back with a recap of our top stories shortly green is up next though with the business news stay with us here on r.t. . hello welcome to business fans here in articles for joining me this hour russian markets a bounce in back kept a sharp falls and a fast hour of trades there digesting the news that vladimir putin will be making another there for russia's presidency and that actually could and could be stepping down as finance minister warned globally european leaders have made progress on agreeing the size of the bailout but critically not how it should be funded now let's get the latest from peter all of our who is at the r.t.s. stock exchange stuff hello peter so it seems things are improving there a little bit. but yes both the r.t.s. and the my six have made try to regain some of the ground that they lost last week they're both up at the moment last week a really terrible week for both the russian markets here they they both suffered

major major losses this was really a knock on effect from some gloomy growth predictions from the united states also the ongoing debt crisis in europe know over the weekend there was a meeting of eurozone finance leaders that only ended up throwing up more questions than answers however they they did say that it may take almost two trillion euros to bailout those countries still need a bailout in the euro zone so many factors making the markets incredibly volatile at the minute so when you stole into the mix the big domestic news from here in russia that vladimir putin will run for the presidency in twenty twelve and also the finance minister aleksey could that in could step down it's hard to see how much of an impact that is having on the markets right now because due to the the outside factors that are already leaving the markets calm incredibly volatile as i say things going on in the united states also in europe so at the moment it's

difficult to see just how much of an impact the news that putin will run and the day he could and could step down is having on the markets right now. ok thank you peter all over for thanks very much and now let's take a look at the figures here in moscow he has recovered from earlier losses as we've just said now. one point three percent in the mines x. is up over three percent this hour now let's have a look at some index movers on the my xix most energy majors are bouncing back from earlier losses with look oil gaining now almost four percent telecommunications giant ross telecom is also off the company's listing twenty five percent of its approach as in london and the banking stocks are no exception with more than three percent over three percent. and european markets are higher as well banking stocks which were under pressure are rebounding although mine is continue to be under pressure due to the commodity prices gold and silver i heading down as investors rush for the ultimate safe haven for cash gold is losing over to make up percent

false over is trading below thirty dollars. and oil prices are mixed investors are speculating that europe's over in debt prices will cut fuel to an ample supplies brant blend it is trading at one hundred four dollars a barrel while losing twenty two cents and is trading at seventy nine dollars about . russian british oil company b.p. has approved a special force top dividend of one and a quarter billion dollars of the see that the decision and will see the decision as an attempt to move on from the damaging shareholder dispute minority shareholders in the company are claiming five billion dollars of damages from b.p. over its failed attempt to form a partnership with. ukraine says it has achieved significant progress in natural gas talks with russia president viktor yanukovych met russian leaders late saturday to discuss the terms of gas transit and supplies the parties agreed to hold an interim government meeting in ukraine in october crane claims it is paying too much

under the current gas supply deal and wants to change the terms russia says it's prepared to provide a disk. but in return. a stake in ukraine's pipeline network. the national energy security fund it's the simplest solution for can. we must solve the problem of. who will do the propose the program who will be the proper it will this pipeline in my opinion is the most realistic way to give russia at these fifty percent in this pipeline system and the russia will give serious a discount because it's an official position they were there the merging of us from the gas the price in ukraine will be the same as in russia now the price in russia every price is approximately one hundred twenty dollars so three times cheaper than ukraine be so very simple solution but if you create in. will be disagree with this proposal if you can will still insist on discount without solving the problem of

pipeline system so my idea is very simple if ukraine doesn't want to give it to systems ukraine will have no other choice but to give all equally meals with countries sold the choice is very simple. you can join me in about forty five minutes from now.

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these iraqi headlines permalink comeback the world reacts to the news that vladimir putin is running for the russian presidency again next year with dmitri medvedev now planning to replace him as head of government while some are skeptical about the move the tandem continues enjoying high approval ratings among the russian people. european leaders preparing a rescue plan as they battle to stave off a double dip recession and the prospect of greek default while the i.m.f. wards it may not be able to help out a bigger economy but the fund is being accused of being too tough on some countries while taking a softer stance on others including the u.s. where the crisis began in two thousand and eight. a clampdown on freedom of expression in the u.k. as a historic precedent is set over a ban on marching in parts of london police say was required to prevent violence and disorder planned.