these are the images. seen from the streets and candy that. giant corporations rule today. five thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines a russian woman accused of spying for moscow has won the right to stay in the u.k. it was alleged that catarina as a to leave better tried to pass classified information while having an affair with a british member of parliament she was working for. the second day of egypt's first parliamentary poll in decades which is attracting a record number of voters despite days of violent protests against the army regime but thousands of revolutionary protesters in tahrir square are boycotting the election. and russia turns on

a new radar to guard its western most border in response to the u.s. controversial missile shield in europe strike force is also on the cards if nato doesn't guarantee its systems are in danger against russia. with russia's parliamentary elections set for this sunday artie's algor and of talks with one of the major players of the ruling united russia party spotlight coming up next. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show on our team. and today

we're concluding our election. on december fourth russia is voting for the candidates to the state duma the lower chamber are. seven parties are campaigning for the four hundred fifty six thousand the new law the m.p.'s term in office will do five years instead of four over the course of the campaign spotlight gave you an opportunity to hear from all the parties and today the law but not least i would have thought of your head of the executive committee of the united russia the ruling party the favorite the campaign. as solid as the kremlin itself the united russia party enjoys the leadership of prime minister vladimir putin and the support of president dmitry medvedev the last parliamentary election brought the body sixty percent of the seats in the state duma its closest rival the coleman this but it won six times less votes the coming problem in true action is to show

whether united russia can keep its two thirds majority in the duma the unit to block transformed into the united russia party in the country's political arena in one thousand nine hundred nine the same year vladimir putin became prime minister the party has always been supportive of food in sports. so woods popularity has grown proportionally to the politicians approval ratings stability has been the key word in the party is election campaigns and it has been embraced by menu portions we read from years of to equal an economic turbulence two thousand and seven saw the peak of the party's popularity when it received a record sixty four percent of the vote in the state duma election the party's success was further strengthened by vladimir putin who accepted an offer to become leeds chairman even though neither he nor dmitry medvedev are members of the

party's opponents cuse united russia of abuse and administrative power in achieving its goals as for the current economic stability they label its diggnation six parties are going to challenge united russia's dominance at the upcoming parliamentary election. mr robey of and welcome to the program of all we just heard about your impressive success in the previous elections this year everyone including you says that you expect to lose a number of seats in the parliament but this is very likely to happen. which is why is it a result of your mistakes or an objective situation stores. any election campaign is a very serious event which should be treated lightly based on our memories of the stunning success in two thousand and seven when we were really successful in every area in

the economy in the social sphere we're just doing our work that here we are campaigning very intensely and actively. the fourth of december will show the results of this work. we believe it would be wrong and premature to make any statements prior to this date. don't count your chickens before they have. in the upcoming election presidents maybe of will lead the party rather than putin does your party have to make any changes to compete fairly because of that. as you know it was united russia who nominated me to remain very for president. over these years we've been working very closely based on the guidelines set forth in the president's annual addresses and on our regular meetings in discussions. we've been working together to develop our country therefore we are glad the president very. narrow. competent

politician and we are happy that the president is in charge of all complain. but did you make any changes to your strategy in rhetoric. are different. they are certainly different they want team and this is what matters and this is the biggest advantage of this configuration for quite a long period of ten years. of an united russia have been working together complementing each other. this alliance may seem like something new in its current configuration but actually it's been tested and it works. are you seeing that nothing really changed with maybe idea of replacing putin in your party. does this mean that nothing will change when putin replaces maybe a u.s. president if he wins the election of course you just basically say this does this

mean we shouldn't expect any major political changes in the country. a lot of social political and economic changes have been happening in russia recently. we have achieved a lot. does this mean that everything is wonderful and all the problems have been solved because of course not. we are coming out of a very deep hole where hits in the one nine hundred ninety s. most people are well aware of that it was terrible and it's really great that we've been able to get out of there so quickly something else is more important in our meetings today people ask us to tell them about our plans how we're going to change our health care and education systems and we will make our economy grow how will develop infrastructure that's how we will improve our standard of living in various cities other than. these pressing specific issues dominate on today's agenda.

if we're able to address them we can expect the people to support us. i'm glad you brought it up people are asking about education and other things because they want to hold you accountable or current term in power or do they believe that your party can actually improve their lives even further. you can see how emotional this campaign is we see criticism coming from both the left and from the right and your party is harshly criticized indeed which you're the ruling party what else did you expect sometimes it gets outright aggressive that's where thankful for criticism in fact construct of criticism really helps us improve and develop we understand where we're going and we understand our responsibility united russia is the only political party people can touch the only party

people can criticize and discuss the problems with. we are the only party that has opened local offices where people can come with the problems. we're the only party that sends its deputies to small towns and villages to talk to people we are the only party that takes part in debates and dollar bills it is only united russia. does all that other political parties don't have such instruments. mr robey of united russia has long been dubbed the party of crooks and thieves this can be and people openly call you that even on t.v. and in debates if that is why. their store. i don't think it's our party that's called crooks and thieves. actually if you look at the candidates nominated by the other six parties. i will see that some of them have a criminal record. our party does not have any offenders among these candidates.

as regards accusations and insults as the mentioned it is true they are widely used in this complain will reserve the right to fight back within the limits established by law what do you feel offended. feeling offended for the week we can't afford being offended we need to tell people about our plans and achievements and we feel offended people expect a lot from us. we still have a long way to go and that's fine strong in confidence and an absolute majority of russians trust our leaders. we have a clear plan and a program. so actually there is no need for us to be downcast. you're also referred to as the party of bureaucrats the party of government officials i don't think you will deny that at least this definition doesn't sound

as offensive as the previous one should if it's not true. can an asian exist without bureaucracy without public officials of course not matters is how good they are. but as a party which really brings together most of the bureaucrats have an ideology other than unconditional support for the two leaders so. we certainly do it's our program for example our health care reform there's a specific program not just a myth or a phantom it's real work that involves an unprecedented amount of money for instance i come from the region siberia our region has received fourteen billion rubles which is. never happened to the cross region before this means a new perry natal center new trauma centers renovation of the city clinics things we have never dreamed of but it's hard to look back on it but ten years ago

patients had to sleep in the hospital corridor was. there was no room in wards. i myself spent several days in hospital corridor or in mind you it was not in said bierria it was in this hospital in the middle of moscow i was taken there with an acute appendicitis and i spent several days before the surgery in the corridor or unfortunately it's true and we need to fix it this is just one example that can give you many more examples regarding the condition of our neighborhood since it erodes it may seem insignificant for such a global channel and your audience what it would do this may not be a small thing to us they believe it should be a small thing for you is it right for the party senior official to think about neighborhoods this is something that other local residents or local authorities should think of it's not your job you should be busy negotiating with the us over missile defense cuts i mean a couple of the record. books well there's much truth in what you're saying this is one president medvedev suggested redistributing our funds it does indeed seem

somewhat strange that we fix neighborhoods of small towns. therefore decentralization of the budget becomes possible today because municipal authorities are maturing. local south of ministration came into effect in two thousand and nine and what it. says and what i view of the united russia party executive committee spotlight will be back in a minute after a break so stay with us we'll continue. wealthy british scientists are. right.

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around russia we've got the future covered. hello again to welcome to spotlight. and just a rumor and i've got my guest on the show today is. head of the united russia executive committee. and if there were a view of censorship has international audience seen i'd like to ask you if you make any adjustments to russia's foreign policy when they interview your rivals the leaders of other political parties we all said that it has to change me. the digic priority is mutually beneficial partnership no matter how trivial this may sound to some. we have common interests and should be guided exclusively by

vast there is no doubts we may have been vicious projects in plain of asian. and social reforms. we're open for that. i think that's through such joint projects. our diplomacy and our relations will develop successfully. but what about change is there anything that needs to be changed. no major changes necessary we're always open and predictable. leaders regularly present our position openly and clearly. goals and objectives. so i think it is important for us to seek practical application of this big time diplomacy. there were a bit of we all know that as soon as mr putin announced mr me very of as the next

prime minister. mr putin as the next president. as it was russia's finance minister immediately got fired. many people including even some high ranking officials say that when putin moved to the kremlin there would be a major cabinet reshuffle also expect that nearly all the ministers would be replaced. and the mom do world things are constantly changing this happens everywhere in any company in any industry what matters is that a new person. must be more competent more motivated. and better suited to modern reality. and by that i don't mean that they should be third. young we need people who can offer a clear strategy there will produce definite reason olds. this goes for finance minister for regional development minister and all of the jobs. i think this should

be the criterion to be used for forming the future cabinets just have a look at those would you like the cabinet to be composed of united russia members since the party has a majority in the parliament. like mr putin sanda tower convention but when we get a majority we will offer mr medvedev the job of prime minister. definitely indicates that our government will consist of united russia members. which is a big advantage. i believe it's in when you represent a party you feel the responsibility because you have to remember that there will be an election in five years. that. you've mentioned that a member of cabinet must have a clear vision a clear strategy and so on. being

a professional politician do you think it is better for every minister and every member of the presidential team to have their own vision and strategy an ideology or to follow that of the president which way do you think is better more efficient . i'm not trying to i'd really like to know. personally i prefer team work sport. definitely think then so i government should pursue the same strategy. but i don't that kind of see what the news of the team just does what the coach says rate. on the other hand it would be wrong could see members not to share their opinion not to offer their arguments that would be unprofessional. every player must participate every minister every member of a can meet every deputy in the parliament the wall should be part of the discussion . here but it is why mr putin came up with the idea of

a popular front on may the sixth. this is why we tend to set up an open government . this is all for the purpose of making the decision making process absolutely transparent and predictable. in other words doing to make a decision before you talk to n.g.o.s. and local residents. we saw that with the health care reform and with the fishing bill. because if a person wakes up in the morning and decides to adopt a new law that doesn't people's interests this is wrong. and. you're taking part in many discussions sometimes even in the kremlin with the things you're talking about does this really happen to people who really argue disagree with putin tell him that he's wrong in what he suggests his room because

judging by media reports those discussions are very quiet and calm and country you were to have real debates behind closed doors. we have talented and brides people working in the media. this is true i agree i can only add that we also have many talented people among impedes. thank you. and learn to remind you that it was mr putin who suggested having public discussions before adopting a new bill. but let me give you an example when. a famous doctor spoke out against the new health care bill that he spoke on behalf of many doctors and nurses. the activists who supported seem insisted on making some adjustments to this new bill. this is a small but

a very specific example the bill was suspended and experts we asked to consider and discuss every detail. and only after the second reading was scheduled. true it really happened. putin has recently met political scientists many asked him why the russian political system doesn't produce bright in strong politicians at the federal or international level. basically put in did not answer that he mentioned bibi idea of and said that on the whole everything is all right and there's no need to worry can you answer this question or do you disagree if you think that the russian political system produces politicians who can be opponents or to mean leaders. you know let's wait and see. i don't want to make any predictions but i can tell you that we have many bright young people working in the state duma. let me give you an example.

of this city of scoff. a very rich province well a young man from score of launched an initiative concerning the poor condition of the roads it brought together twenty or twenty five young people to the group evolved into a national wide movement young person started out as an activist and today he's a young politician you see alexander yes he is a young politician who believes that this specific situation needs to be fixed. he's very promising so who knows maybe he will be the most outstanding russian politician in ten twenty or thirty years from now except that he will no longer be young by the time in fact you are considered to be young politicians but how old are you. on forty one forty one then you are

a mature politician by european standards but you're still young by russian standards you agree yes you maybe writes perhaps it's thing that the factory of youth always determines political success it's not always. ask you one more question the current election campaign stands by the number of competing violations including the media violating the rules for example there was a situation where the police raided a village where leaflets criticizing united russia were found is this local bureaucrats being overzealous trying to be more royalist than the king as the french say or is it your policy because you are afraid of losing the election but. first i didn't think that you know. and russia has more violations than all the passes at the second if we have the time. markets have easily given you many many facts before the show

a few posters are brought as examples of provocations staged by other political parties party one going to say very carefully that our political culture is crazy developing ten years ago political debates always ended in a fist fight. for their. term of eyes debates were considered a failure if there were no insults accusations if no one was humiliated. yes boring for today we're making progress today televised debates on decent forty four percent of the russian people say that they would like to watch political debates on television so this figure is unprecedented. the level of interest is extremely high. i think that our political system is developing and it can step over centuries in decades of anoint which is have been wrong and would

have violated the development process but our political system is developing and putin and medvedev do their best to promote political competition. last question just briefly your container look exactly like the billboards of the central electoral commission inviting people to come to the polling stations. is that a coincidence or is it is smart p.r. move it out of us. and i don't know the details but perhaps one of our branches the branch came up with this logo you and then somebody else borrowed it. it's may have been the other way around anyway it's up to the central electoral commission and regional. electoral commissions to decide to visit violation and take steps to fix it. especially to thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest was on duty but i'll be off the head of the united russia

party executive committee and that's it for that from all of the spotlight will be back with more credit and comments on what's going on in pendleton russia i'm so many stay on r.t. and take you. as it.

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