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earlier over doubts the country is doing enough to reduce its enormous debts. to major medvedev has settled kiev a dimmer putin would have stood for the same goal as if running for the presidency that person's popularity among russians makes him a better candidate and he's explained why he would root for the race in an interview to the russian media. of course that interview is coming up next in full here on r.t. . when you do mr president last week a major and long awaited them and have been in politics at the united russia convention you suggest that if their them are put in should run for president i mean i wondering what your motives for your approval rating is high and you're a young energetic politician with a good reputation what was the primary motive behind your decision usually

presidents see cory election you're a politician and politicians are ambitious people what was your ambition in making this decision children were shown it's there with the bush let it alone and with a new media my biggest ambition is to be useful for my country and my people this may sound a bit pretentious but it's true unless you have this ambition you shouldn't go into politics you should focus on something else instead of politics or government service that's for my reasons on the one hand there are obvious on the other hand there are many questions about them i'd like to stress that both for me and lety me opposing the top priority is to be of use to our homeland our nation and we both belong to the same political force but both putin and dmitri medvedev were nominated for the presidency first him then me under the current model of power by the united russia party. put in was number one of the united russia slate and yours truly is this time. so we really represent the same political force we belong to

the same political force and our views are very close of course we may be different on a personal level each of us has his own habits but our views are very close on most strategic issues in fact on all the strategic issues of how our country should develop and on other issues as well so sharing the same views should we compete against each other should we argue and fight. i've read a few pieces by political analysts the basically say why don't they go into the political arena and vowed to fight each other to the end why don't they have an open rivalry but that's not the way it happens anywhere in the world those people who represent the same political force always decide between themselves who will run for this all that office which in some countries they use primaries for this purpose we don't have much experience with primaries in russia although we have seen positive examples in some countries the decision is made simply by at a party convention or by the leaders themselves can you imagine barack obama

competing with hillary clinton you may remember they both saw the nomination and there would be impossible they both belong to the democratic party and their decision was based on who would get better results and this was also how we made our decision was of course it's nice to know that people trust me as president and that my approval rating is quite high under current circumstances but i also know the prime minister putin undoubtedly remains the most popular politician in our country at this point and his rating is even higher which somehow people tend to forget about that. now those may just be practical considerations but every politician should pay close attention to them if he really wants to be useful to his country and not just fight against other people in fact this is exactly what people often want us to do they want us to become enemies and enter an open confrontation on the political arena at least that's the kind of recommendation i hear from the opposition and from some political analysts let me tell you this is

not going to happen what we are after is a political result we want to win the elections both the parliamentary election in december and the presidential election in march not just to satisfy our ambitions every responsible person should have an ambition to serve their country i strongly believe that. a good hour or or a lot of speaking of your plans for two thousand and twelve you've had quite a few interviews in recent months. yes or you hinted that you did not rule out the possibility of running for office why was that if you genuinely feel this way in a time where you simply didn't want to break the news or the decision you made to get with them to the head of the time part of your. ship it. let me tell you and of course all our people absolutely frankly we are dealing with practical politics and practical governance everything may change in this life it's true we've long had an understanding on how to configure the power should our people show us trust in

twenty eleven and twenty twelve it's true and we said so at the party convention but at the same time alive could have made unexpected and paradoxical changes to our plans what if the preferences of the voters change for some reason i must take this into account. putin and myself are holding the top two posts that of president and prime minister and we must basically be a backup for each other because we're ordinary people after all therefore when i said i did not rule out such a possibility naturally i was not cheating anyone a life could have taken an unexpected turn but we did have a certain understanding between us in fact i believe that in any situation even in the future should we succeed in implementing our current plans we should always think about the future and what we should do in various difficult situations that we can hardly foresee or predict connecticut ality this is why i said what i said. little of what seized this a president now

a few words that the united russia convention elliston did me first but a huge number of participants which and so we are learning from our foreign colleagues exactly it looked foreign to me with all the cameras banners and flags at the same time the atmosphere was very warm friendly and i would even say in senate at roundtable meetings curtis and spoke about things that were close to their hearts now and then they would forget were to say look in their papers and go on even more eloquently then to crown it all to a very respected figures appeared and said they had agreed on how to distribute to club jobs in the government between them many people watched theirs and said it has all been decided already been money and the elections was that all. and of elections if everything has been decided it was worth zero is going to work for first of all i agree that the atmosphere of the convention was very warm i've attended many different events and i assure you that i can't fake it i'm out of what some people say no matter how much this convention and they remind me of the

communist party congress as of the past the atmosphere of trust was in the there and you're right about that now about those ideas you mention i consider them absolutely irresponsible misleading and even provocative what are you talking about the election campaign has just started let's ask ourselves a simple question which one of our people reject us with my beard and permitted what will happen to these decisions by the convention these decisions are merely the party's recommendation to vote for those people that's all the choice is made by the people and these are not me or words it absolutely true any politician and any political force may lose an election we've seen this happen time and again both in our country and abroad anything can happen what you mean everything has been determined let's imagine for a second that we've reached an agreement we've gone are these you're gonna love the dean is a man of ski sell again on earth and others they will not run as weak the big time politicians will that would have really been an invitation or they thought they

will they will take part in the elections both in december and march they will take part in the state duma election and they also have presidential ambitions where the people decide who they should vote for whose popularity is greater only our people can make a final decision by voting for a candidate is or a political force all turning them down or this is what democracy is about what is democracy. which mr president you are the only person at the top of the united russia federal list how much are you personally gone to be involved in campaigning who else or what else will united russia use for its campaign and do you expect tough competition during this completely. it is that the world is again i see you indeed i am at the top of the united russia list the party asked me to do this and it's a serious choice for me first of all it was united russia the nominated me the presidency second i've been working together with united russia all these years with

a party supporting the president's initiatives and therefore united russia is definitely closer to me of the political forces it's a great responsibility for me as president of united russia made this decision which i surely expect the party to win and i expect our people to make their choice of the elections at the same time let me remind you that i am still president bush i have a lot of responsibilities both domestically and internationally first naturally are not going to take a vacation and i will not occupy myself with any special campaign activities people should evaluate the president and the government based on their work if they see that things are going well they will vote correspondingly if they see that the leadership is doing something wrong they will vote against it this is what democracy is about consequently i will be performing my duties of the same time i'm sure there will be tough competition the competition will be tough but hopefully proper and we have the necessary legal mechanisms to ensure that. we.

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of all the stories this hour and it's a report in the bulldozers the slogan a road block out the border with northern ca suppose it follows news that a shoot to kill policy was a force near the disputed checkpoint as i'm sure their reach new heights. resolve bracing themselves for yet more cuts and higher taxes and the latest round of austerity measures pushed through by the government as part of a bid to prove the nation is fair for another slice of the bailout cake the decision was splendid earlier over thousands of the company is doing it off to do since a normal step. mission have been. you can buy the where putin would have stood for the same goals if running for the presidency but it does popularity among

russians makes him the better candidate these explain why he withdrew from the race in an interview with russian media. now back to that interview the president medvedev has given to russian media over his decision not to seek a second term in office. but there are other shots of president i think my next question is of great interest to many political if not a first definite refers which gets ignored affairs have been many speculations about this what do you know as you say you know i'm not actually stadium elections we all know our country well we all know how regret always become stupefied when you learn about physicians. don't you think that are in therapy community of system are in favor of me freeze for a cure of time. or the abortion that would be very bad because everybody should

work like clockwork until the presidential term expires and the government resigns at the same time it's true that such a decision should be announced at an appropriate time otherwise bureaucrats may go crazy that happens to i think we made this announcement not too early and now it's too late for the same time we need to make sure that everybody is doing their job diligently responsibly occupying themselves with administrative work rather than political intrigue this applies to both the president of the russian federation the cabinet and all the other government agencies look at like we can put forward is a still mr president in any people who are bored they felt like everything has been decided but they were only bored for a few hours until it see quitting was sacked his resignation was totally unexpected again people say different things about this resignation some say he was out of line and they're obviously it was an issue of discipline at the same time some say it was a subtle political move to sack

a stingy finance minister who refused to give money to agricultural producers and service in an etc point in human history who would not be so stingy before the elections and would give everybody what they asked for so how much of couldn't resignation was a matter of discipline and how much of it was his differences. did you really have serious differences with the finance minister of the us what shipping. schools actually i made a very public statement about this and made all the necessary equipment in fact i did it practically live on air but i don't mind saying it again from the legal perspective and that's the only perspective from which we can talk about those differences all the decisions on government spending including defense spending the wages for military personnel and so forth have been made by the government and kerry the signatures of all the key officials all those decisions carry the signature of the former finance minister i think you should be forthcoming in such a situation if you don't agree with these expenditures because for some reason you

think they're wrong but then it's obvious what you should do or if you approve the expenditure you don't make any comments about it. so the situation with mr could really is a matter of discipline in government service that's all there is to it we don't have a coalition government in russia we are a presidential republic not a parliamentary one our government is the president's government it implements the president's policies if you don't agree you should step down that's the only way it can be it's a tough rule but i'm very strong about it and i will insist on it in the future and i'm sure that whoever is the head of states in future they will follow the same principles as for mr khodr and it seems to me that perhaps he stated bit too long in his job and was bored in fact he came to see me in february or march and said he was aware that it made no sense for him to work in the future government because he'd been finance minister for a very long time and naturally he knew nothing about our understanding with mr putin and the recommendations we were going to give at the convention because he

did not have any illusions that's why his remarks amazed me anyway the decision has been made that's for alexi good or in future he's a good professional with a lot of experience so he will find a good job and a way to be useful to the state because last. minute mr president many people both . russian abroad consider you an advocate of liberalism however recent events seem to indicate that liberals in russia are somewhat disorganized especially after the recent situation with me hope proper off what happened to your pride cause party in your opinion and is it possible to implement their right cause idea in russia is a good example and do you personally i think for a long time right cause has been suffering from a lack of responsible leaders after all it's the leaders who help their parties achieve results of the right causes have a streak of bad luck with leaders of course recent events weaken the party i'd like to remind you that dmitri medvedev is at the top of another party's list so i'm not

going to comment on the situation in right cause of their problems there is only one thing i can say and it is also our party's view because like i said of the party convention our party is magnanimous our parliament should reflect the electoral preferences of all russian people left wing sentence right wing conservative democratic and so on it in other words it should include all those who can influence people all those for whom people vote or would like to vote a parliament is much more legitimate if it includes all those forces that's my answer to your question. with the locals speaking of society mr president many believe the social base were right wing liberal party in russia is still not sufficient due to the lack of a fully developed proprietary class or a middle class whatever you call it but where that basis is definitely sufficient is the internet and i have to tell you although you have probably noticed it yourself good things such as the situation with mckay brought over which mr ernst

mentioned or aleksey quit his dismissal or the united russia convention all of that didn't go down well with the russian blows here as an active internet user do you feel any pressure from the growers here have you replied to any of the. posted to your account lately what would you like to apply to know right now that really what this is about you're a shill doubling if you know if i literally felt the pressure it would be very difficult for me to work as president of the same time you're right to say i pay a lot of attention to the internet now to be precise the have been different reactions to the united russia convention the difficult situation in right cause and the recent resignation there are people who start saying that's terrible democracy is over and then there are people who cheer and say finally we should be even tougher on them it's the blogosphere reflects all the different attitudes and views that form public opinion it's a different matter that for

a number of the reasons the internet has a larger share of younger users as compared to all the people and sort you see here it's not an entirely accurate picture of public opinion i think the fact that the internet the longest fear social networks react to politics is a good thing it means there's a vivid feedback to what we're doing the reactions vary but this difference of opinions is one of the elements of direct democracy a modern twenty first century democracy of course internet polls and their results an open legally binding for governments nor do they accurately reflect all public opinion because as i would like to stress once again you won't find a lot of right wingers hanging out on the websites of left wing parties and vice versa people who share communist ideas would hardly be regular readers of live journal for one where the audience is more liberal minded all right leaning it's great that they're all those different opinions and i believe that the authorities should react to what's going on in the blogosphere without getting into a pressure of calls the government should be up to date and it should pay attention

to opinions expressed including those expressed by the internet it's a must for any politician of any level in the world today so which. was your typical so to follow up on mystical the second question is for president if you noticed one alarming trend with our society lately in the me that it was. has been turning its back and politics turning its back on the government actually the problem with upward social mobility in the pieces on t.v. do not change so much ours for example yes including ours national yours sure not ours there was a case of a clear already for a decade now and no matter how successful some individual companies or managers could be there is a distinct feeling that some people have been in their jobs for too long which of course i would not like is to follow the advice of ivan the terrible music personnel decisions quite frequently still would be to be done for new strong individuals to appear in this country because obviously the demands that exist

scenically do you wish that shelob was the last first let me say a few words about the weariness i've been thinking about it quite a lot maybe because i'm one of those who do for their official status are often shown on t.v. and spoken about in other media is that over there if you must remember how our people myself included perhaps you too although you're a long time media professional used to watch news bulletins in the early one nine hundred ninety s. we were glued to the screens particularly when say the sessions of the congress of people's deputies were being held hours of political broadcasting overshadowed everything any movies or t.v. series i think that's a clear sign of poor living standards the better our life is the less attention people will pay to them because they are more or less happy with their life however they should not become indifferent they should go to the polls and vote for this or that political force this is the constitutional duty if you will of every citizen is not a difference of the destiny of their own country and their homeland so talking of

people being weary and indifferent let me stress once again i don't have such an impressionable sometimes they say our life has degenerated into uninterrupted entertainment on the television is only entertaining but what of the other options which are nine hundred ninety three style television to be honest i wouldn't want it maybe there are. some who do want it after all our country is a democracy in this respect now what concerns the need for the new faces you were talking about i'm fully with you on this it's not only about stagnation stagnation is always dangerous and may lead to very bad consequences what's crucial is that those in power should eventually muster up enough strength to leave it to somebody else such changes should not happen abruptly with everyone resigning at once waving their hands in farewell with lydia putin and me saying goodbye we're off they must be continuity we must know who succeeds as at the helm of the state however there must be a real and a very serious one again trying to make sure that this renewal is continues. in the

past three years as a result of my decisions only half of regional governors have been replaced and those who left were not all of retirement age those were very different people some had been appointed only a few years even several months before the decision that they should resign. they should be going on everywhere among regional governors in the police in the municipalities and of course at the level of federal government or government doesn't like shake ups i often receive messages from citizens with a demand like file is a minister immediately shame on you there's been a disaster good he's still in office he must realize that not everything goes wrong because of a minister that we do have quite a difficult situation in the industrial sector and our economy in general but there must be new faces in the government therefore if it happens that our nation the citizens of russia can trust the united russia party to form the next government i mean if they vote for united russia if our citizens vote for our presidential

candidate and if i become in charge of forming a new government it will be a totally reshaped government a government that will feature fresh faces this is what i believe to be of paramount importance thank you for your input or a little of that if how did your family respond to a way just events i was lazy. you know my family is used to all kinds of things but the way they feel is that if everything we're talking about comes true if the elections take place in just that way and we get a mandate to run the country in the government they will hardly be able to see me more often than they do now although it's not something they're happy about they continue to help me in every way. no starts his term and their thank you for the see interview and although we have brought some of the political commentators so the chance to pull forward their theories potential voters seem to have been given answers to all the questions that were in the air i believe this is the most important mission of television thank you thank you it was.

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