why did russia election two thousand the leaven are to. wash away the vatican a bit before with their grueling united russia party appearing to be clear winners in the country's parliamentary elections as counting continues but so far the winning shot of the overall majority up for a big drop it's about travel and got the latest results and analysis of the country decides. also news around military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. a roundup of the week's top headlines the one of them and why it's commissioner calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china both against the resolution saying foreign meddling with only cause more

bloodshed. it's six am in moscow you're watching us here live from the russian capital with me . special russian action coverage on the week's top stories coming your way. let's go straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary election here on r.g.p. and or votes all over russia being counted now and the central election committee is publishing all the latest figures live for us and he is there at the central election committee right now so maria was one of the latest figures that well indeed you are the countess to on the go well russia is

a very big country it's clear takes time to count thousands of ballots what we hear progressing quite well i have to say eighty eight percent of the counts have already been completed so far the poll topper is the united russia party as we can see right now on our monitors get a little bit more than fifty percent but you have to understand that the votes have been counted right now at this very moment and the figure is attention all the time all the time however and around these fifty percent right now. as the united russia party gets more than fifty percent which is far below previous elections results by united russia when it won sixty four percent fall of by the communist russia with around twenty percent of the vote and it's followed by fair russia with thirteen percent and. and the liberal democrats

also around thirteen percent and these two parties i've just mentioned did pass seven percent barrier needed to get into the new duma three others did not and that means that their votes will eventually be divided between those who did and that means that those four parties i mentioned. these four leading parties will eventually get some extras some bonus photos. and just a little bit about the yabloko party just didn't pass three percent barrier which means that they earn direct financial support from the federal budget back to you and yes so the prose has a vote counting continues but can you tell us of water observer saying about how the election went what has to be mentioned that we are hearing about violations during this is parliamentary election but it never been confirmed by observers

official observers working. here let's not just what they say about how the election went. with the organizational election could hardly be better this corresponds to my experience as an observer in russia and in other post soviet republics in organizational terms they're absolutely excellent the ladies it's very often ladies who run the election commissions are extremely competent there's a very tranquil atmosphere that's rather a festive atmosphere in fact in most polling stations. i just want to add that seven hundred international independent observers and five hundred thousand russian observers have been monitoring these election which is quite a lot and they're quite you know numbers saying that this is a lack when you know that the there was it was transparent and fair and they're

pretty much happy with how it went back to you all right thank you so much maria assays maria promotion reporting there live from from the central election commission. and so far preliminary results show that the ruling united russia is in the ballot with fifty percent of what appears to be a significant drop in popularity and short of a parliamentary majority and our correspondent daniel bushell said the party's headquarters for the united russia has got over fifty percent of the vote but it's still the two thirds majority required to get laws through russia's parliament on its own so people here party officials are disappointed that down not just because the vote is much lower than they saw in the elections four years ago but also because it's lower than many of the predictions for this election and nevertheless this surprise is seen as another confirmation that the elections have been transparent and fair. has spoken of the voting ended he admitted the party will

have to govern in coalition he said that the economic crisis the world economic situation has made some people's lives difficult more difficult and that has reflected itself in some of the anger that we've seen coming into the polls have said that he warned russia does not does not need to rest it needs a powerful ruling party which is able to govern russia effectively we can now listen to exactly what he had to say that the person has to form fairly well the party represents almost fifty percent of the population and this is the result of a democratic process but taking into account the more complex make about the parliament will have to form coalitions with other parties of the various issues and this is what power means and democracies all abound and the leaders of other parties said that they are ready for that. then we have a clip showing some of the party's agenda as well as a little bit of the criticism that united russia has faced coming into this

election which i think we can watch now. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for a do list seats party leader vladimir putin he swapped seats with dmitri medvedev in two thousand and eight and may do so again in twenty twelve after madrid proposed putin for the presidency current campaign slogan future is dos priorities modernization tackling inequality fighting corruption maximizing russia's impact in international affairs criticized as a monolith that's too slow to react to social change the rules for being home to the tons of law to be uprooted and dmitri medvedev wanted russia action two thousand and eleven on r.t. . and delhi was quieter constantine calls the child channel they can meet of foreign affairs in the outgoing state duma and then though they're voting here not at russia party and he says he's happy with the results his party has received.

this result is frankly speaking i may confess now is a bow above our expectations of course during the campaign we were declaring much higher expectations but this is a very good result for the night across more than fifty percent is enough to get through most of the decisions to be taken by the state duma we need the so-called constitutional majority two thirds just to take the so-called constitutional laws which are quite few and for them i believe we will be able to create coalitions in any case the most important outcome of this election for me is that we keep the. killed the nation and cooperation between the branches of the parliamentary brain should the executive power of the parliament of the government the president if you continue to work and this is

a very good for russia because russia has gone through the greatest economic crisis much better than many other countries and they believe that this is the reason why the united russia party still enjoys the support by the majority of russian voters . and there's no party has gained an overall majority there is speculation that a coalition may be formed in the state duma but the liberal democrats hart standing in fourth place accounting as counting continues say it's not an option for them as he's president of a small but i was talking to the heads of the liberal democratic party's national headquarters here in moscow and he told me that under no circumstances would the liberal democrats enter into a coalition with any of the party. and he also told me that under no circumstances would united russia finish below a fair russia i could tell you the results are telling saying something completely different right now

a fair russia having jumped just of the liberal democrats to deliver them is currently just under twelve percent of the vote is what they've got now twelve percent is an increase on two thousand and seven and two thousand and seven they picked up the eight percent earning them forty seats in the duma they look set to increase that number of duma seats but it may be at the expense of being russia party they appear to be slightly edged out at the moment by a fair russia but they campaigned very strongly on social issues such as alcoholism and drug abuse they also come pain strongly on immigration the liberal democrats very strongly want to impose limits on immigration into russia this is something that their campaign rhetoric did echo quite strongly now we can hear what the liberal democrats are all about. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats the party's ever present love them usually ne 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 our ski poles third in russia's first presidential election critics cry over racist remarks personal violence populist slogans no no. no putting 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 fund or two. hundred people have been arrested in moscow as political organizations pro-government and opposition try to stay trolleys on election day and outings draycott greaves has been monitoring events in the city center for us but as we said actually these opposition protests will be somewhat lost on the ground that's radical nature throughout the course of the day there will be more individuals than

say parties of movements as such no less the less drugs were detained that's just behind me outside of the credible zone manners square a few that numbers to tell you by police this is a police tactic we've seen used throughout the whole day where one number of the linking of across the with over there are making sure the having them in a funneling these protesters towards the area they want them mainly metro station this is after nine o'clock or nine o'clock or so it's all in the end of the day or sciences periods not allowing for electioneering protests to take place but here it is then that because the poll stations have no clothes around russia. drake agree reporting there from central moscow. is work university political science professor gary hart told us earlier that the loss of votes by the ruling party united russia have increased western acceptance of the elections democratic and

that elected to do elections. to reshape some of the. elections is an electoral process is simply manipulate it completely and so will the ruling party has lost considerable today does she looks great then it has been expected right western powers sort of image the whole building of course is very important to have an influence international relations and. russia. and dr patrick fuller of capital science connections who has extensive a volved and international business and technology ventures in russia says that whatever changes may result from a new parliament it's vital that russia's drive towards modernization stays on quarles. modernization is really key for the russian economy isn't it as we go forward over the next ten or fifteen years as oil and gas revenues decline you have

to ask yourself what what is going to move in to plug the gap so building an economy that's able to capitalize on the intellectual strengths of russia which is where i see the important changes taking place is really key and my questions are really about things like the skulker innovation project and so on is that which was mr medvedev project is that going to continue to prosper if we see. the decline in the one russia ruling party if mr putin comes in next year as is i suppose widely expected as the as the new president will he continue to favor skulk for all to be some changes there this is really this is a really crucial issue i think for russia to grapple with in the coming years. so almost ninety percent of the votes have been counted in russia's parliamentary elections so far preliminary results show that the ruling united russia is leading

with around fifty percent down from the sixty four percent share they won in the last elections four years ago and short of constitutional majority so stay with r.c. for the most in-depth coverage of the poor with all the latest developments figures and analysis. tarting is now a brain in forces say they've shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country the aircraft he's for spying was recovered on the ground large and damaged american radio host and dependent blogger stephen land says it's part of america's long running campaign against uganda. these drones patrol you were order . carstens. we've been doing here in america so if you do we need to in many other countries but i want to remember for

a long time persians and nine hundred seventy s. america instead of brother you know one of our war with and basically wanting to change the regime to make it some syrians to you which interest. is there's a crazy notion he believes it is the right to lose all sovereignty to run it's all government to conduct its august fears it doesn't have to go into the water you want to disagree you do realize the cause. and also the steps and returns to believe that the incident is a clear breach of international level. there's an r.q. one seventy advanced stealth reconnaissance drone which what i'm hearing is said they lost it over afghanistan last week others is saying must be busily looking at this drone and what a great way of. creating technology transfer this is an incredibly serious event

and it's of course against international law the united states yet again breaking international law with these drones it's interesting that even some neo conservatives criticizing obama saying well we're talking about nuclear facilities iran is thinking about a much bigger game and this is really about influence within the region egypt is a big loss to the united states after the fall of the u.s. back to where barak from the atlantic to the indian oceans and of course even greece backing some actions against syria against iran this is a case of the western media feeding loads of people the idea that these countries are isolated when in fact the world is now changing and syria has reportedly accepted the arab league plan to send a mission of foreign observers into the country and this comes in the wake of

sustained foreign pressure on the mosque is where the uars high commissioner for human rights going to appoint a national intervention just that four thousand people have been killed in. our series on bottom of the you responded by warning that the solution to the crisis can't come from abroad a resolution that could have paved the way for military intervention in syria was blocked by russia and china they believe the u.n. continues to ignore reports of atrocities committed by opposition fighters and think that foreign meddling would only make the situation was this doctor haitian gas said questions just sanctions that have been imposed are aimed at. these sanctions are meaningless actually i think they're meaningless and on every level on the level on the economic level and on the security level it will not stop the violence western powers particularly the united states now to use these sanctions to use the decisions of the arab league for their own purposes to put pressure on syria to put pressure not for the syrian regime to stop the killing as they put it

no they what they want is to weaken the city and to g.m. and to weaken the alliance between syria iran and lebanon i don't think they they. so much for for syrian blood in libya more than one hundred thousand people were killed by nato bombings come through as devastated that nobody said any word so i can't actually believe that they're now searching about three thousand syrians when they are not actually what about more than one hundred thousand libyans it has nothing to do with stopping the violence on the contrary they're feeding the bodies we can't expect the syrian government and the syrian army to end the violence if the other if the gangs do not stop atrocities against the syrian armed forces. police have arrested more than a dozen occupy protesters in the u.s.

city of portland the latest crackdown on the movement across the country please find overnight they are parks what had been set down but some activists refused to go demonstrators accuse officers of using violence against a peaceful rally people to the claims a teenager was hit with a baton and operation follows a wave of police to dismantle occupy headquarters across the u.s. in the past three weeks but it actually is marina and i reports their movements message is beginning to resonate even with those whose job is to control. occupy wall street has become an undeniable american house. old name. was already out and police crackdowns against the democratic movement have become something of the norm not so normal is seeing one side endorse the other. retired philadelphia police captain bray lewis became the game changer on nov seventeenth arrested while demonstrating with occupy protesters on the streets of

new york city the twenty four year veteran was held in police custody for eleven hours and received one comment from a new york cop nobody this one individual said that i had the testicles of an elephant although all of america's police force is part of the ninety nine percent captain lewis says cops secretly supporting o.w.m. face dire consequences by going public tremendous fear of losing their job being disciplined being fired and then what do they do everybody in the ninety nine percent figure and police officers also they cannot risk they have children they have one what would they do once a fire there are no jobs available the nighttime raid on zuccotti park and subsequent arrest of dozens of journalists covering the story are among many reasons captain lewis says he temporarily transplanted to manhattan that's close to dictatorship when you exclude the media. that's what dictators around the world and

that is very scary brutal scare tactics such as pepper spray the tongs and flash grenades canisters have been used against occupy camps throughout the us oakland california resembles something of an urban war zone this fall leaving a war vet in critical condition and the eyes of an eighty four year old burning from tear gas oakland police officer fred chavez is the only octave cop who's gone on record with his support but totally agree with occupy wall street even to understand what i can broker i am a part of the ninety nine percent but most poor people are peaceful and i want to see. many believe the biggest change could calm when or if u.s. law enforcement officials stop suppressing the right to assemble and begin supporting it despite his arrest captain lewis is back at zuccotti park showing unwavering support for the occupy movement standing roughly ten or fifteen feet away from him

a group of new york city police officers yes they're here securing the area but some are beginning to show little interest for the first time i had an officer break ranks yesterday at the barricade line a white officer named officer mower introduced himself and he started asking if you question do you know the risk you're taking and he was so brave they said this is still america and until a supervisor ordered ordered me back to the line i'm going to talk with you i hope to get mainstream america involved the police involved realizing that world of corporate america and america has got to be stopped marina port r.t. new york facing his new government has fired dr the package of emergency austerity measures aimed at saving the euro from collapse the crunch decision comes on the eve of monday's meeting on the german and french leaders to discuss close a fiscal union within the e.u. as a long term fix for the blogs deepening financial troubles because of the growing pressure

on these finances the new austerity package was agreed a day earlier and its hopes to chop twenty billion euro from the country's debt stricken budget until then twenty fourteen fears about italy's solvency have sent its sovereign boring costs rocketing with the size of its economy meaning that it's piling difficulties could sing the you are what economic analyst michael moore also believes european leaders are just creating a facade of action because the problems i had to stay. every week we have a new emergency meeting every week we have a news every week we have new hopes and every wreak nothing happens so this is the prognosis the forecast also for the e.u. summit next week and when angela merkel says no to euro bonds this means nothing else then no to the euro because you must not be an economist to know that the common currency cannot work without a common bond market in europe we are twenty seven different countries with

different cultures and different ways of living and of course we don't want to be ruled by brussels and nobody wants us also the germans on one day and this is the real problem we have with this common currency it is not backed by the several governments if you want to have a common currency you have to have one single rulership in europe brussels for example but nobody wants it so we are in a contradiction we are called the sec so i don't know how you will solve this problem. in other news this week pakistan is boycotting an international conference on the future of afghanistan due to take place in germany next week is the latest sign of a deepening crisis in relations between washington and islamabad following the most recent deadly nato air raid on a pakistani border post pakistan shut down a vital ally a supply route going to stand in response to the helicopters trying to kill twenty four of its soldiers the incidents described by a top pakistani officer as

a deliberate act of aggression triggered anti-american protests across the country and some experts predict the troubled relationship will get worse as the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan draws closer. i think that both the united states and pakistan have this very strange relationship that they need each other and that probably before it absolutely ruptures there will be some concessions but you know the the united states is planning to leave by two thousand and fourteen all its troops there what will be left behind pakistan is determined to have a force in kabul that actually pakistan wants to support it in other words for similar to the taliban that is pressure to the base this is quite opposed to anything that the west wants so i think that the next two years are going to be fascinating when you've got two wholly different dynamics unfolding there. and

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