in the road system. we can see the fantasy first of all as you united russia because of the. awesome you know to be done much. of the good that's the first thing the second thing united russia is the leader at the moment and most probably just sees now. the largest political force which has made it it is a mistake depending something only on the final results. and then we shall make the final conclusions but right now we can say one thing to the party has made as very very probably for months. responding to it's a political influence and the result that we have police stations who must respond to response to the layout of the political forces in the country we have now but should. we all remember that those things we have talked about by started by your

jora to you. and you know that there might be some minute delays. and that the party might resort to these scenes to change its dominance was the goal of the story but it's stimac right to custody particularly has a national on the show no great performance and the parts of representative in essence fifty percent of all of the population market and that's a result which is a democrat to be resolved or result of the real democracy no method of says whatever and i think that that's a very important lesson another important lesson that we have had in the parliamentary election to the same number sure but what you do and obviously it's early to make sense to draw the final line. but in any case i think you manage that tendency to that mix that is going to be maintained let's recall the recent story michelle what was how. benita you do first there was the party of unity. which

earned about twenty percent something like that. movie that in the one nine hundred ninety nine. in two thousand and three one of the. there was already a united party you can go to dress shop parties and it was a debate but hear them and it was successful but while of the congress got the country was growing in terms of its economy and the country was thriving. and the party won thirty seven percent of the that in this thing and that's quite recent this if you were the next election. it was the what he called the economic growth party has managed to consolidate and unprecedented number and we voted for and rode it all and until today would think that that would result is a little potential potentially possible to repeat but. there should be

a different economic situation to secure it. and today's result that here in the problems that i reflect the real layout of tendencies and i think that it's good that the party shows understanding c. i thought i would like to say that the story in this stable and this where the performance and the baluch is very balanced at the national security state our future development we must. receive. a very very good and what would be able to perform not only well and our parliament and when i was making my statement but urging people to come and vote i said our say we're going to must be efficient. we need we need. very powerful factions of united russia. russia and we need to trill ations with

our partner second so in this parliament that i knew that in the end of the day we want only the more best for our country. that's why a while ago. as the president of russian federation i raised this issue multiple times when i always talked with my colleagues from other parties and the factions. in any case were taken into consideration and more difficult to configure a. you know the president well we won't have to. make that alliances some of these democracy because this is what parliament is about in order to address the issues we need to address and the leaders of the parties and factions said that they are ready to do that and i'm very glad they are because this means that our democracy is getting stronger and your friends up with the idea that it is early to

draw the conclusions but i would like to say. well again i say thank you very much thank you very much to every one of you knows them and journalists and reporters who helped in covering the elections for us by seabrook c.m. claim q. to everyone. who contributed to this result that it was. i would like to also thank. those present here and not only the members of the parties but also they represent is of the me that was wronged but also made their contribution. in order to achieve the effect that we can see today as it outcome of the election and that's why it's all only starting. and our futuristic joint is going to be formed. and i expect that there is soon i'm going to give my speech my address to the federal council to see how much thank you thank

you very much with your. friends who are here at the headquarters of united russia and i was like from here to address all citizens of russia and in the first place those who supported our party whose mother i'd like to say that despite it was why you were difficult period we had previously in our country despite the crisis if you will and the leading political forces in our country you know i don't i thought we had a very special and a very big responsibility for that difficult period on all those little hard things that happened but despite all these hot. huge responsibility that the party has had . people secure their. public for this party has really aspire to. this is the optimal result which

reflects the situation in the country. but if you are with that's the first thing and the second it by all means drawing on this result that we can secure a stable development of our country to everyone who contributed to this i would like to thank you. thank you so much i'm going to go my greetings to everyone that we have been a little late to when we do and if you do so. we're going to meet the. prime minister of lizzie amir peretz and joking there that they will be drinking drinking a little later when official results come in they of course both say they are supporters and mentioned that so far the results that we're seeing official preliminary results have united russia forty four percent the president said something like fifty percent of the population has has really showed the mood of

the country so this really lets us know how the country feels about stability of this party of course and prime minister putin mentioned that promising this vote he said allowing them to continue with stable to develop meant for us i just want to bring you up to date on what the preliminary official results have the numbers that so far seventy percent of the votes are counted united russia like i said actually that number has gone up forty six percent of the vote according to those preliminary results the communists are in second with just slightly over twenty percent while the liberal democrats around fourteen percent and fair russia has a little over thirteen percent now according to the data the other three parties taking part however have broken the seven percent threshold well not yet clear exactly of course how the newly elected duma will look we are seeing some reforms and with votes still being counted and official results still do throughout the evening we want to give you an idea of how the lower house of the russian

parliament actually works few people not to take a look here's our tests are cilia. this right here is the state duma the lower chamber of the russian parliament where laws are adopted and all bills are first reviewed and the term comes from the russian dumont meaning to think it was founded in one thousand nine hundred six but does survive the one nine hundred seventeen revolution however it did bounce back in one thousand nine hundred three when a new constitution was introduced and the upcoming election and the makeup of the six duma since one thousand nine hundred three. or four hundred fifty seats up for grabs in the duma and the elected deputies will serve for five years well as it stands the state do must be divided between for political parties. in other words for currently has three hundred fifteen seats the biggest

party in the duma it's followed by the communists with fifty seven seats of the liberal democrats forty seats and a fair russia has thirty eight. let's look at those parties in detail now the ruling united russia party has a constitutional majority in the current parliament and is led by prime minister vladimir putin that would be upcoming election of president dmitry medvedev will be at the top of the party's list of candidates for the party's representation in the duma is not only made up of career politicians but celebrities as well such as one of the most decorated gymnasts a two time olympic medalist. former n.h.l. star the salt as well as the first man to walk in space alexei now the party's platform essentially revolves around modernizing the economy uprooting corruption and add to radicalism however united russia is also often criticized as bureaucratic inefficient and to some extent blamed for political and economic stagnation. and the second of the number of seats is the

communist party headed by its own shall and. got off the communist saw the biggest opposition force in the country constantly in second place and one of the most prominent deputies in this sector. is a nobel laureate in physics in two thousand and the communist party promises a not for the first time the nationalization of key industries they're often criticized for sticking to a platform that caters to an elderly constituency that still dreams of returning to the glory days of the soviet union. or another old timer of the russian the state duma. he's a leader of the liberal democratic party of russia and what's often called a one a man party is widely considered to be a show matt has over his eccentric behavior and sometimes shocking political views for example he advocated forcibly retaking alaska from the us and openly expressed his hatred of certain ethnic groups from that is that in the last years often

turned his words into action on a lighter note since resting chopping i'm excited to read it was elected as a united russia deputy there's been no more poles in the state. fair russia is headed by he said again and as the name implies its platform is based on the principles of fairness freedom and solidarity calling for the proper functioning of a well first. this is the usual working place with the deputy no bells and whistles just a mike and a device with which to vote but not all deputies are interested in the daily debates over bills last year a huge scandal emerge when it came to light that some deputies consistently missed sessions and simply asked their party called leads to vote in their absence now only after public criticism from the president they returned to work despite the four comings of russia's politicians there are still hopes that the country will be able to put together the kind of polling that it needs to address its people's demands and navigate russia's future so who exactly will be filling these four

hundred fifty seats of the state duma who won't be long now to find. and official early results do predict a new makeup for the russian parliament will continue to monitor the developments as these results come in live from our special studio here in moscow join us for extended coverage at the top of the next hour here on r.t. .

whether it's life in the fast lane or most slow but today anyway. shouldn't alongside naam. natural science and technology updated. the diversity of this land is unlimited. cold. arctic circle on r.t. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for a do list seats the party's ever present leader vladimir zhirinovsky by far russia's most boisterous and controversial bully politician current campaign slogan we are for russians priorities food housing transport and science big success here in the polls third in russia's first presidential election critics cry over racist remarks personal violence and populist slogans no

good for pushing them out britain says poison dollies under litvinenko on the party list and ensuring his parliamentary protection. the liberal democratic party of russia election two thousand to eleven fun r.t. . top stories this hour naughty voting in russia's parliamentary election is over the main question is can the united russia party take over fifty percent of the vote will count. falling short with what looks like a significant drop in their share the common it's a second in the race and the liberal democrats third. iran's military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency incident follows this week's tensions over students storming the british embassy in tehran in response to fresh sanctions. expelling iranian diplomats in retaliation. and the un human rights commission of calls for

international intervention in syria to protect civilians from the government forces but russia and china voted against the resolution condemning the violations saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. we continue with our coverage of the parliamentary election here in russia a little later in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime the sport is next with kate. hello welcome to the sport and these other headlines. all of brazil captain and midfield legend socrates dies in hospital at the age of fifty seven. while mouthwatering time hold a city all draw against league title rivals united for a crunch managed to dominate the third round of the f.a. cup. and sizzling start alexanders of course kick start his quest for

a fourth world cup crown as he needs russia for money bobsled to victory in austria . but first to the sad news that former brazil captain and midfield legend socrates has died in hospital in sao paolo eight fifty seven following a short illness the former corinthians player had been in a critical condition with an intestinal infection since friday though he'd also been in hospital in august and september with internal bleeding widely regarded as one of the greatest ever made fielders socrates only turned professional when he was twenty five months went on to play in two world cups winning sixty caps for his country which were nine hundred seventy nine and nine hundred eighty six and scoring twenty two goals in a glittering career. same with football and english premier league top to match to city and manchester united have been drawn together for a mass watering third round darby in the f.a. cup holder city will host their arch rivals that he had stadium on january the seventh still revelling in their six one league triumph at old trafford in october

united will be added to avenge that defeat their worst home lost since nineteen fifty five city also beat united one mil in last season's f.a. cup semifinal and leave the red devils by five points at the top of the premier league table. i was one of two all premier league encounters to emerge from sunday afternoon stroll with new consultation in the other while for third place top minutes taste fourth tier chelton town and they're shut ins are small well from the championship side leeds liverpool will play the winner of the we played between the old and while chelsea against portsmouth meanwhile on sunday robert his score the fifteenth minute went up stairs to everton one mail to great reference victory goodison park for thirty years and steven fletcher schooled a late second half brace which moved four point drop so they too will win ten to sunderland who will watch button coming manager martin o'neill karen richardson and

on the fifty two minutes for the visitors but sebastian lawson missed a penalty that would have made it to no longer factor to quickly equalize go on to find the winner. and in the meantime a chelsea striker and malka is the latest start to be linked with a big spending russian side and she the blues have accepted transfer request from the thirty two year old frenchman as well as from defender alex is twenty nine the pair are expected to be sold in the january transfer window with clubs considered to be an option for anelka and hughes billionaire owners who live in karimov has already signed samuel eto roberto carlos as well as chelsea minute as your call of well meanwhile blues boss andre force says there was no ill feeling about the requests to leave. position was was was fair and and very very frontal and direct with the way the players i mean the players have shown their interest in leading the club it put on the transfer request for quite some time. dr professionals and

their professionalism and integrity was never in question. tennis now and rafael nadal fought back from a set down to beat one martin del potro in a struggling force that match to see of spain's fifth davis cup title in eleven years for the first time in his career world number two nadal had the chance to clinch the vital points to give his country victory and did so three one from the home ground in seville but he had to come back to do it after former u.s. open champion del potro raced through the first set six one outs nadar regained his form to take the next three sets the fourth on a tie break just then while argentina became the only nation to have reached for finals but never won. one on sunday a russian boxer alexander ovechkin retained his w.p.a. heavyweight title after knocking out american challenger cedric boswell in the eighth round in helsinki the thirty two year old russian had balls were on the ropes by the seventh round and finished on his former sparring partner next remain

undefeated inching his twenty third professional victory and sixteen it's not that it's that he said he dearly love to fight the undisputed heavyweight champion but in your fridge for you to take on show marc mormeck next weekend spies on the going on operation to remove a kidney stone on saturday. and russia volleyball coach alike nor says he is the happiest man on earth after his charges beat poland in japan to lift the prestigious world cup on his forty first birthday it was a back and forth thriller in tokyo going full way down to the fifth set eventually prevailing to claim their second piece of silverware this season like none had also led them to the world league title in july that's russia and poland possibly still qualify for next summer's london olympics. in winter sports three time former overall champion alexander's a cough has led his four man bobsled team to victory in the first world cup race of the season in austria so called unco could have done better in the second heat

after trailing america's first team balance russia's first rung had given them an edge of nine hundreds of a second which was good enough to give them the accurate victory ahead of the usa germany completed the podium in the spirit of niggles while russia second team were fourth fastest on the day. golf in northern ireland rory mcilroy has stormed back to win the hong kong open to give alive his contest with luke donald at the top of the european tour money list the u.s. open champion fired a closing round of sixty five to finish on twelve under par two shots ahead gregory half way down some it was a further shot back with him coulter tied for fourth mcelroy can stop donald from topping the race to dubai if he wins the dubai world championship and world number one donald french of ten all worst. and finally with the n.b.a. lockout almost over russia's top basketball star lanka and if i must go of all

white. off to play for our country and i also have reports of. europe's arguably the best number five player he took a center team of famous golf he's only the seventh russian to play in the national basketball association he signed a three year deal with the new york knicks in twenty ten but was then traded to the denver nuggets where he still under contract must go over thirty keep kids during the lockout in the n.b.a. but he always knew that as soon as the standoff was over he would be on the one of the first planes back to the united states through group i've shown here in russia what i've learnt in america or tournament on the n.b.a. are two different leagues if you get to see at least one n.b.a. match then you'll know right away that it's wrong to compare to twenty thing else i at twenty five years old to know if they had already become a living legend in russia and the moscow region in particular despite knowing that his services are required in the n.b.a. a.s.a.p.

mas golf didn't hold back in his final match for him keep picking up sixteen points for rebounds four assists and two block shots it's earned him an impressive performance to ensure his side maintains a one hundred percent record in this season's united need to believe it was a need in our team so he's a better chance with it but if i can do a little bit there itself is just of them all and maybe a small kids what they're telling old small kids but here i think is what perspectives in the future just because as most understand this the loss of a college is so here because this is what i told these at the. they must golf took part in his leaven matches for denver this year but has still not had a chance to display his full potential on the court as he has not been in the starting line up yet however he has been more prominent during his time with the new york knicks averaging thirteen point five minutes per game in his thirty four

appearances so if all goes well with his current club we could possibly see the sensor in different colors when his contract expires we're going to talk about him a bit one year and have it when you have the free agent i'm absolutely sure that the a lot of the weasel loves him and i mean issue that needs no one to receive him back because he did a good job and needs them to the fans of nice was a bit of a loner now the former thinking number twenty five is dedicated to his new club the n.b.a.'s denver nuggets staying in close touch during the lockout his mind is now probably already in colorado where it's hoped he'll reach new heights and make his family friends and country proud and must go knows what to do in order to approach the sixty six and be a season in top shape. yeah there were you this was not a start training a soon as i arrive in denver it's very important to get a climatized quickly especially in ten for because it's the highest city in

american basketball and it's harder to breathe if you're not used to such altitude so the first week will be tough that's for everything else well i'm returning to my old home and hopefully my old life to timothy miles golf will not be all alone in denver as his wife is taking the transatlantic trip with him because our friends in denver are already waiting for us where settled there so when we arrive i'll probably be resting for a few days and getting used to the time difference after spending five months here in russia do you still luck out in the end the a russian star center team a famous golf is making his way back to the north american league the twenty five year old will certainly be a minister here at home but it's highly unlikely that anyone will hold a grudge against him for representing russia in the world's top basketball league room on cosgrove r.t. moscow region. that's all things for us to ask i think.

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats party leader silly game you don't know was known as a strong supporter of loving your putin plus speaker of the federation council current campaign slogan for russia without swindlers and feeds priorities a welfare state free education and health care progressive tax fair russia is praised for calls to return to electing instead of appointing governors and senators criticized for new almost populist sloganeering against the power structures he was part of abroad for opposing russia's accession to the w t o tev russia election two thousand and eleven on party.