he's innocent now i reports. well it all started with the weekend's big news that led to mayor putin will in fact be running for president in two thousand and twelve and he'd like president medvedev to go on to become his prime minister of finance minister former i think you could say now of course finance minister alexei kudrin it's common sense up about that news him saying that he doesn't see himself working in images governmental obviously talking about him possibly becoming prime minister the president not happy about those comments that were made in the last one was there and a visit he calls them utterly inappropriate and this is what he had to say when he sat down with it yes it was if you think your views on russia's economic agenda differ from mine as president you can resign but you have to answer right here and now are you going to resign the should do no what's the. furnish the gist of my opinions do differ from yours but on only take such a decision after i've talked to the prime minister listen to say that she's

finished most of social skill you can talk to whoever you want including the prime minister but as long as i'm the president i make these decisions and you have to decide very quickly and give me an answer today i'll give you reconsider the differences you're talking about or if these differences do exist i see no other way than for you to resign although this would be an unpleasant and coming buddy of mine was still a thought yes because of some very harsh words there from president medvedev as well except on the spot there is if it's all the position now and then what this means of getting near future of us in politics no one can really say oh we're going to see some reaction force upon the markets and for all those that were saying after the weekend's news that boston politics are stagnant and boring i might just be that they were very wrong the reaction has been a very mixed here in russia and up cross the flow out of course social media was just a buzz in a day if you look at twitter and lots of comments both positive and negative that.

if we just go stateside in this not very unexpected western media really our guardian and their criticism about russia and its democracy i just want to take you through one of the tweets that was written by a u.s. senator john mccain known for his anti russell rhetoric by nancy putin in specific rhetoric saying surprise surprise shocking news which it is running for president again in the back here in moscow the presidential aide to meditative our party to our coverage she writes nothing to be cheerful about it's better to play ice hockey stick a stadium that of course is where the big announcement was made on the weekend and he goes on to write it's high time to switch to a sports channel now with that said it's no secret that both to and many dead in their so-called and into a very nice here in russia putin as president is known bringing stability to the turbulent ninety's next to tell you that he is very much seen as a strong leader here in the country and that's part of this new form it's in and

made it on a ticket bringing united russia to the parliamentary elections in december and then on to the presidential elections next. artie's nissen our there are fast moving developments but earlier on the saving of russia's politics. eurozone leaders are working against the clock to set up an extensive rescue plan for the region to head off from plunging the global economy into a new recession the idea now is to apparently boost the size of the eurozone bailout fund to two trillion euros that's after the i.m.f. orde it may not be able to help out the big european economies leaders are also putting to write off half of greece's staggering debt but analysts say the focus of the cards greece has seen another wave of public protests against public cuts but the priority now those to prevent the so-called too big to fail countries such as italy and spain from being dragged down to and there's going to church you can report the global end of the i.m.f. is being accused of disproportionate policy. the leadership has changed but the

methods have not for a desperate act. kaname the i.m.f. still offers the same bitter medicine of draconian budget belt tightening greece's 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 ahead domenic stress collins said that 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.'s 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 principal and interest we're not in the business helps us of subsidies we're not in the business of giving grants the u.s. and europe are holding the most votes in the organization and veto power despite

the fact that emerging economies have been the engine of global growth in recent years the organization's policymaking has 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 they should have taken a much stronger position warning about the build up financial. to be. that right. and that. completely dropped the ball and it must be able to monitor the rich and united states as well as other countries it will lose 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 the 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 well fracture to the detriment of all. the old ways can in must change with the i.m.f. swankiest 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 connelly's 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 more parties. we've seen palestinians optimism over the un statehood bid but now they have to play the waiting game as the security council considers the proposal the organizations expected to study requests for several weeks of his report is across the latest in new york. it's no secret that the united states has promised to veto the palestinian bid for u.n. membership and state but nonetheless palestinian president mahmoud abbas made history on friday as submitting an application for palestinian statehood and the security council house to consider that application store consultations can last for weeks we do know that there are six security council members that have already thrown their weight behind the palestinian bid needs to be nine out of fifteen security council members to approve it for it to pass but we do know that the u.s. said that they would wield their veto if they have to now washington doesn't really

want to be put in a position to do this because its credibility and influence in the middle east is at stake and that is why the obama administration worked tirelessly all last week to try to convince the public study and leader to not present the op with his application for u.n. membership and statehood now there is another option if this fails in the security council there can be a vote in the general assembly the majority of u.n. members to support the palestinian campaign for membership and statehood at the u.n. it would elevate palestine to nonmember observer status and that would allow palestine to join and participate many forums and file lawsuits with the international criminal court president mahmoud abbas said he will only return to the negotiation table if israel halts settlement construction and accept the nineteen sixty

seven lines on a basis for talks those guidelines were not put out by the middle east quartet and as a result of that and israel has not has not stopped or halted building settlements as a result of that president abbas said there is no point of doing business as usual this is. it's been a process that has lasted for nearly two decades so at this point it doesn't look like the palestinians are being very receptive to the middle east force quartet statement that allowed both parties to go back to the negotiation table within one month and then have everything settled within one year right now all eyes are on the un to see if the palestinian bid for u.n. membership and statehood will and will in essence go through more important. in syria tanks a blocking key parts of the strategic opposition city of elder a stand in the west the u.n. believes more than two thousand seven hundred people have died there since the

country's violence began seven months ago russia's foreign ministers met a syrian counterpart to assess the crisis that meeting finishes fifteen minutes ago dr graham aleutian from jordan university joins me now to talk more about this he's written extensively about the syrian situation in the wider middle east thanks ever so much for being with us tonight dr louche i'm sure up to speed to this process this meeting just finished fifteen minutes or so ago we're getting the news wires through now about the outcome following the meeting we hear the syrian foreign minister said the russian position which calls for both sides to hold dialogue now provides incentive to damascus to introduce reforms but how soon could we see damascus really putting those words into action do you think. well i think the mouse course has already proven that it is very serious about instigating reform has initiated a series of regulations regarding the media a multi-party system and it has martial law state security court

and a whole bunch of other things but the opposition unfortunately has been refusing to sit down and dialogue with the regime so the problem here is not the syrian leadership but the opposition which is being encouraged by interference from abroad whether by the gulf cooperation council or the nato kirky especially and other groups working underground in syria using arms we have been seeing. here but i guess the opposition is still saying it's too little and too late they have a point. well i think what the syrian regime has offered in comparison to any other regime and the region that has faced some of the similar problems is extreme. really great i mean the syrian regime has been seriously attempting to instigate dialogue if you watch syrian television you actually see they only sessions with

people represent of civil society and non-governmental governmental organizations in the sheer thing dialogue over various sensitive issues and the way the country is being run and governed so whatever you are hearing about this is being followed through the media but we're also hearing not very accurate we're also hearing the u.n. very reputable organization saying that you know more than two thousand seven hundred citizens have been killed in your country since this all started up the page is going to go very deep isn't it before negotiations start. well let me first say i love and jordan and i have visited syria three times over the last few weeks and i have to tell you lots of those two thousand few hundred people working with him they are soldiers they are with the state security there have been

military attacks on government installations and on military positions so if you are and russia and you are facing a tax on government installations and military positions what would you do i think the obvious thing to do is to defend yourself lots of those are not civilians they are people affiliated with the government so let's make that part well ok with the u.n. saying some of these people you know are citizens have been killed the crackdown to take your point is well the the u.n. the u.s. and the european union are pushing for president assad to go of course we know that russia still warning not to let a libyan scenario happen in syria as time ticks on this is going to months and months and months now how likely is military intervention in this conflict drags on do you think. i think military intervention has already started for several months

now we have been witnessing ambushes and we have been witnessing assassinations in syria practiced by so-called peaceful demonstrators the television the syrian television has been showing truckloads of arms being smuggled smuggled into syria lots of money was being funneled into those groups undertaking military actions against the syrian government and that's are present at the end syria so i don't know what you define as military intervention but if you have an armed mutiny that is being financed and supported from abroad i don't think you can call that a peaceful uprising another another thing i would like to point out i do not necessarily agree with you about the unbiased nice of the u. n. the un and many of its agencies has merely been

a spokesperson for the united states government and the nato alliance so not everything that comes out of the un is necessarily accurate and many cases the you and as a cover for imperialist designs whether in the arab homeland or across the third world. dr thank you very much for your views on the program as much appreciate it's very very good to have you on here on our teacher and if you're a very much you are well you know your thank you. people of britain have long been able to march in protest but those voices are being silenced in parts of london for an entire month the government sledding police stop a blanket ban on public gatherings in several areas for some people is putting freedom of expression under threat as more and reports for. the view of workers activists on the home office ban on marching is clear it's an attack on the basic democratic rights in 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 wants a bias past doesn't necessarily mean to say that march isn't going to happen it just means that the police 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 pen you in. a restroom very. small doses or not offenses these people behind me are amongst the lucky few they still can

march just by pure accident of geography we're here in lumberton which is not one of the six bars affected by the baton 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 talk about shutting down facebook social network sites they're talking

about it or your civil war measures because what they're doing in britain is creating a historic change 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 workers' organizations argue it's no good just standing there 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 or one of the meter box opposed to that no public order legislation does tend to be used against striking workers something that's been very clear. there's been some recent examples of people being pulled off the picket lines. obviously we can see any resistance to. freedom of expression and dissociation in shrine didn't

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 emmett's r.t. london. always what was hard hitting stories on our website as well exclusively if you haven't checked out our web site already let me take you through a couple of stories that might catch your eye if you go there now britain's estimated to have a whopping two point seven billion dollars over libya that's seven times more than planned there's no know exactly how much the military shelling out so on. from us russia's state of the art mars probe there it is it's a ship was due to go on a major mission to dig into a martian moon to reveal the secrets of its soil it seems that it's all going ahead

you can catch up with more of that r.t. the commons well tonight. at midnight twenty one moscow time that's the news looks this next we talked to a former nato secretary general of explains where he thinks the lines today is taking the right direction. s. s.

thank you very much for being with us again later now you've managed. you're on a board of one of the world's top energy companies are there any similarities between energy markets and the war theater. well we we both operate a global marketplace we're dealing with globalization politics. everything whether it's national politics all international politics so i didn't leave completely behind what i did they took it because one of the things i didn't need to i wanted to do it. relations with russia and to bring russia much more in. the mainstream western so you know i'm in russia for a russian company. you want to join now you once said what i will remember most

from my time in the chair is meeting children to the countries that meant to moscow . a decade later do you think his children live in a better world for instance if we take libya how come there are so much child. casualty in will be during the help aeration these children. will live in a better world a more prosperous world and a world that sign chile free year of a lot of the fear as the previous generations the world war of localized war so there is no ego that keeping prosperity of the world has improved the chances of living and the quality of life that's what we were seeing in the arab spring was a younger generation and remember that something like sixty percent of the middle eastern population is under the age of still saying they wanted

a bit of that action as well they wanted a bit of that prosperity a bit of the enjoyment people don't want to see all the g. seven i don't want to see by and large they want. they want to have a host the want of a nice family they want the children to go to great schools and that's a huge events of desire whether it's don't turn. don't turn a mosque or don't. now i don't think that there were large numbers of children casualties. in tripoli i knew of the targeting is done in a tube and it is done very carefully if there were casualties it is because colonel gadhafi put those children on those civilians to deliberately into danger and that of course has happened before and yet if you were head of nato today is there anything that you would do differently in libya no i wouldn't have done anything different i think secretary general rasmussen has done

a very difficult job highly successful because no one knew that nato troops on the ground at all it was all done in either of the of the population who themselves. the lead cell of a transitional government you know made the offer of the refuge to those who wanted to. leave couple gadhafi i think in retrospect although it strained nato to the live in a chilly was a very good operation we should leave a lasting legacy in libya for the people that they will welcome here also a member of the british parliament are you concerned that the british military has set foot on another nation's soil for the british military and none of the nato countries set foot on libyan soil but me a bit small number of people there giving some advice but by and large it was done by the libyans themselves and it was done with the backing of the arab league and it was done with the backing of the un security council so i think this is her

template of home these things should if there is a necessity to do it there was no need for any old say intervention is in the people did it themselves no need for military intervention in egypt the people did it themselves but in libya you had a desperate at the time despicable dictator with a chart a great coat of mourning his own people who were undoubtedly have done it if we hadn't taken action but that look why don't we try to do the same thing in syria look at the casualties that we have that we take. well because you can't intervene everywhere doesn't mean that you shouldn't intervene where you can't you know the war is not a weak resolution there was a u.n. security council resolution either of these things apply at the moment to what's happening in syria but that's a region at the end of the study just as it is and it won't it may take some time to walk over and there are hundreds by which you can out of economic political

diplomatic and has what i've been saying at this conference speaker period for the next surprise or keep all of the weapons available the weapon of last resort because the military pay for that you use economic poll used to put my they use political influence. chief the aims of trying to take people. was only taken in libya because gadhafi threatening his own people so that those who would rebel to be wait. thank you very much for this into. question. twenty years ago largest country in. the certificates of.

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