spotlight gives you the opportunity to hear them make their case and this time all good no host. from the right calls party that's coming up next. well. science technology innovation all the moves developments from around russia we've got this huge earth covered. with. hello again a welcome to the spotlight they interviewed on our team i'm very into their we're talking about russia and politics the action counted as a first rate kicked off in russia seven parties will be fighting for seats in the

state duma the lower chambre of the russian politics the general election will take place under some before and this time it may be quite different the m.p. is well served for five years instead of four and the pressure of the candidates have to overcome has been raised making the struggle tens and more entries over the course of the campaign spotlight will give you a unique opportunity to hear from the leaders of all the parties first up today and they do not have the leader of the right cause. russia's most famous shopping mall symbol the cliff faces the kremlin money and power have always gone hand in hand the soviet regime however so the two grow were pods now that business is back its claim in a chair of the decision making these days the right clothes political party describing itself us pro-business is fighting for seats in the state duma the right

whose political party was born three years ago as you result of a merger of three liberal parties no no we each managed to cross the seven percent threshold to gain a seat in the two. thousand and seven state duma election almost immediately after the party emerged it was in ruled in a scandal as the anticipated handle a small school legion branch you've given each market founder of a major move while food retailing in russia flew in the country after criminal charges were brought against him the first major political test for the right was the most goosey to do my election in it too but two thousand and nine the party failed to get any seats it was not until this summer that the party became the focus of media attention it was when one of russia's richest businessman and owner of the new jersey nets basketball team mihail procurer of became the party's leader however in september right cause party members voted to oust the tycoon live in

potential voters possible to over a decision taken just three months before the election the party's leader now is under a deny of who had been had of the executive committee of the right because since the first days of the party's existence. as a wrestler mr noir thank you for joining us today first of all could you explain to our viewers does the word royds in the right cause title mean opposites of the left . as and the right thing to do have a problem he says for both the right thing to do and the right wing politically. according to you i quote stagnation is very likely to happen in the country you said yourself that you were willing to leave the country since you were reluctant to send your children to a russian school what is the reason behind this hopelessness cordons there's no hopelessness in the contrary i'm leading our right course poteen to the state duma

to ensure that people like me would not feel hopeless but rather leave a confident and stable life in this country what i would want to see in russia is not. stability something that often used as a euphemism for the word stagnation rather want to see a developing country russia should be a developing country do you believe that your presence in the state duma would trust to change the situation. this would give us a platform to influence the situation this doesn't mean we would be able to bring about a complete overhaul we don't expect to win the majority in the state form a faction that would seriously compete with that of the ruling party for instance but we would have the platform and deride to put forward our legislative initiatives. a feature of the russian spirit. i think give us the seats of the stay doing other parliaments of the kremlin so that we have the opportunity to implement our creative ideas or we will move abroad the people do it on their own

without a platform like that. wait a minute where all the kind of a political party that unites people who are willing to change things. don't just mean myself is the only group that consists of absolutely new people otherwise none of the political leaders present in the state duma have been able to make a difference over the past twenty two years. i don't mean their record has been that. there were a lot of things done but now the time has come for new blood because we've seen the same faces for twenty five years. what's wrong with that stability is great but people get older and all kinds of things can happen to them so what comes next will their parties be disbanded because they've always been one leader parties that's not right by the way our party doesn't have a single leader it's all about

a team sharing the same political views. going to stem from your election campaign and the one that had been known before you took the helm of the party. because you know i want to second place following the policy in paris. leave the country. like a bad idea. according to the official statistics one point five thousand people have been moving abroad from our country daily really trains packed with people leave daily there's only one way to stop this process that is to ensure these people are in demand here. the most successful and self-sufficient individuals that leave i don't mean the wealthiest i mean those who don't have the opportunity to apply their skills and talents here are some obstacles. to a policy of just letting them but the development of every society depends on the most active part of the population. i'm part of this generation i'm one of the

class of these self-sufficient people. i emphasize again it's not the wealthy but rather self-sufficient people who basically have everything they need we can probably afford buying a new car every three years and sending children to private schools here in russia . but people like me cannot leave without an opportunity to climb the social ladder in a situation where you can gain access to power through one party only. this situation is not acceptable for us. as you know i became a member of. as soon as i joined it once again for me this party is an association of like minded people who help me and all of us to do what we think is necessary in russia people don't like the reach it's well known facts and even foreign. groups do expect to support you. even you mentioned those

who sit at home and often talk of leaving the country with their families. or those who stand firm on their feet and do not discuss possible migration. you don't see any prospects or a chance for any further prospects for themselves as well as for their children this group of citizens should come and vote for us i think those who seriously intend to leave the country will not go to tool this they're not interested in it. or willing to stay i would rather vote for the ruling party. given the right to make their own choice i think the main point is to get people to vote. it's less important what party they vote for but they should always have the right to say that they have voted on not voted for one party or another. expecting the december election i think sixty to seventy percent of the most sixty to seventy percent is that what your analysis. of the quote of yours on the situation is

policy earlier this year we wanted a leader for our ideas and views ahead of the stadium or election campaign. accuracy of these quotes and that's what i have here while you the party essentially have the wrong choice over to someone else. presidential to speak. of all the party didn't actually hand this ride to the presidential administration it's just the job of the latter to contact all registered parties and perhaps even non-registered ones too but there are only seven registered parties today any of them draws the attention of the country's leaders rather than the presidential administration i want to stress this fact obviously the president gives certain tasks to the administration and the administration's officials are obliged to fulfill them. secondly breve background information says that the party has been operating for three years only it's made up of three parties has the point of its foundation there was a tree in the rate of political leaders who had to make all political and

management decisions unanimously. but in terms of their personalities they were absolutely different. the liberal views which meant there were no one ideological contradictions between them. their personalities were quite different and it was very difficult or virtually impossible to make any management decisions if this situation was good when the party was just founded and all three parties were equal in the integration process. but once they were united definitely the pattern had to change we were expecting to see just one person heading the party i stress it wasn't meant to be a single leader but rather a formal leader. we expected for it to take place in the summer of two thousand and ten however it didn't happen then for various reasons. is it true that we discussing the candidacy of mr could bring then finance minister

. belief so i didn't participate in those talks the time believe it was so according to the media reports in my own guessing and implicit comments by certain the videos mr tobias discussed this matter with the president but it's quite possible that mr candidacy was not supported by his superior of the time the prime minister. proposed to make mr prosser of the. we were about to start the election campaign and we realize that our triumvirate would not be helpful if not harmful for us mr prosser of made his proposal and we responded immediately certainly his candidacy was recommended if not approved by the president as well as prime minister but at our first meeting we did a standard mistake we didn't ask him whether he really supported liberal views or right wing views. we just assumed that since he had achieved that much in the

country he would want to keep the chief and lead the party so. unfortunately that was a mistake. was a mistake. talk about that in the minutes just to remind you that i do not believe the right call. today spotlight moving back in a minute or so after a break so stay with us though. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the bolts. they

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political party. this man mr the knife the last thing you said before the break was that choosing me. as the party's leader was a mistake i think that was both his and your mistake. and most likely it was also the mistake of the presidential ministration as this whole affair was coordinated with this many people tend to believe that jane saw improper of intrigue both his emergence and his removal was part of a plan masterminded by the kremlin with the plan yes they thing that the conserves was deliberately strange from beginning to end do you believe that no i don't believe it indeed there had been consultations between mr proper of and myself on the presidential administration but the concern routine issues and never went outside the scope of general information. you see that's one of the tasks all the administration to be updated on where the various political parties stand and what their election genders are. it is a no win then to impose any opinions in this case mr prothero his nomination was

unique vocal in braised by the administration of us thought that as for the developments that ensued the administration had no see and played no role in ousting prothro from party leadership there is same people that had almost unanimously elected as the party leader in june voted him out in september also next unanimously. obviously the administration could never have influenced the vote of so many delegates. you have surprisingly disciplined ponson members devoted to. then devoted to merits when they were told he is a bad guy. so what has he done wrong he could have fallen out with the kremlin people. policy. mr prosser of right now of course if you find that interesting we're discussing your party member who was is a really high level opposed to discipline. the situation was very simple instead of continuing to position the right course as a liberal or at least

a right wing party decided to position himself rather than the party as a politician with different views which definitely weren't liberal. that was made explicit by his staffing choices which by the way we were often has grounded those he dismissed thousand three hundred members from the party in petersburg with a single stroke of pen. closer to the end of his chairmanship to single handedly dissolve the regional party branch in formally it was dissolved by the party's federal political council but in fact the council never issued such a resolution it was falsified there's one more thing that i have to tell you although i don't mean to accuse her of himself but rather the people had appointed they started extorting money from prospective nominees for the election you can say they offered the party ballot for sale naturally all the party members didn't like

that the message was if you want to be member of parliament with our party just put the money absolutely right in the way of himself invested heavily in the policy is far as i know you brits and almost all that money so how are we going to raise money now we are definitely very short of money now besides the parties now in a tight spot in terms of organisation the regional branches that proper of has dissolved our reluctantly returning to the party and far from all of the. willing to come back we have less money now but we still have donators and i'd like to emphasize that they support the party's ideology rather than a particular only garc however their contributions are certainly a long shot from investments is a billionaire you're also a very rich person and you also can get your personal money personal rather independent but not really rich so you doing tonight your own money you know i can put up my own money but there's no point in discussing that by the way my company had also invested in the party long before mr joined by the end of the day there is

no the money that could provide for an election campaign. how much can i muster one hundred two hundred or five hundred thousand rubles a cost. as far as i know when you graduated from the university or ten years ago first university. you went to work and. did working for the f.s.b. appealed to you back then. i chose my first university because i loved that profession is the age of fourteen i constantly tinkered with my father's car i was fond of mathematics mechanics and automobiles i like that but i also had another sacred dream i had always wanted to be in the military my father was a serviceman this is so happened that after the university i was offered a contract with the federal security service at the time i actually went in for martial arts so it was

a sponsor related occupation my wife subsequently took another turn. finished my f.s.b. career being a senior criminal investigator. i was starting to get a law degree investigating various crimes was a unique experience for a young man like me i still consider myself young now but back then it was all the more an inside full experience what made me quit the f.s.b. i think it was the realisation by the time that i had a family to support. i didn't want to take bribes or get an additional job i simply wanted to make enough to sustain a family which after the salaries at the time did not provide for now it does if it's been working decent leaving i don't know how they say there is no such thing as a former official be agent is not an exaggeration my service record testifies that i am a reservist. you're just like mr putin you graduated from university did you join the f.s.b. now you're in politics your major milestones are somewhat similar. that's

a confusing comparison and putin is also full of cars if you notice especially. well this is not a similarity was it your love of sport that prompted you to make. the number three in your point she's not the most successful tennis player in russia with a georgian last name to boot. actually her last name is a perfect illustration of our party's stance on the show with mr t. among others in essence we may have the various ethnic groups in russia but we don't really have an issue with this city it has been falsely inflated and the fact that on our list it proves that we don't care about ethnic origin. nothing against. a very noisy. this is not a politician why do you need here is number three just to have a face in your campaign. definitely i am prone to criticize myself for being entrenched because i've already been in politics for three years but is new to

politics we're positioning ourselves as a party of new people in politics and it's not just p.r. most of us are indeed freshman do you really think that's how it would work as an m.p. if she gets elected i think so what choice has she got to remember that in the previous election many celebrities would campaign for a certain party would confess they wouldn't actually work in parliament once elected. parties strongly against using celebrities as campaign mascots that is why we don't.

we have an illusion that there is an army this is one hundred percent illusion because inflatable tanks are the only thing that has left of that army we have some a bit exaggerating we probably have some kind of armed forces now but they are in a desperate state many people accuse me and all the democrats of ruining the russian armed forces but it's not us who did that the armed forces were destroyed in the early nineties by people who discredited liberal ideas in russia. as for me

i consider myself a liberal but i also feel sorry for russia that it has lost all its naval bases abroad. not mistaken could win used to be the greatest liberal in the government and he was the one who opposed plans to spend more money on defense that is a kind of a vicious circle that there could be others and you go i'm not even talking about increasing defense spending they need to steal less corruption in the government defense order amounts to seventy percent is just horrible corruption levels are higher than in road construction in fact what we need to do is to increase control over this money so far we've only heard empty talk we're also talking about because we don't have an opportunity to organize parliamentary control over how this money is being spent fighting for it we need to optimize military spending rather than cutting it and that was good and said i'm not saying that we should increase defense spending and simply raise the salaries of servicemen and ones bare word no that wouldn't be right we simply need to take an optimized and balanced approach

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opposition and implemented a peace plan they brokered to end the bloodshed that's claimed thousands of lives. changing of the new guard as new prime ministers take over in italy in greece hoping to tackle their country's overwhelming debt critics say that the new era of credit prime minister could end up putting brussels and the euro before the interests of their own people. police in the u.s. ramp up pressure on the occupy movement as they crack down on peaceful protest camps and marchers across the country and officers in riot gear raided a city park tearing down tents and arresting activists comes almost two weeks after protesters shut down the city's port after an iraqi war veteran sustained severe head injuries during a demonstration. those are the headlines i'll be back with a recap in about thirty minutes time up next it's the show in this edition she takes a look at the republican party's stance on torture in the u.s. don't go.