but they are calm and lansdowne after a night of election results reactions are tens of thousands rally for and against who the police had entered from the book at some overzealous protesters. a leading us politician calls for air strikes on syria as the international pressure intensifies we take a closer look at the political changes underway in the country. you want nuclear inspectors get the green light to visit our secret iranian military facility president obama voters israel despite its threat to launch an attack on the islamic republic.

thanks for being with us four o'clock here in moscow i'm karen taraji more than two hundred opposition members are detained after a night of election rallies in moscow have all been released some of the gathering spiraled out of control and police had to move in and update now from archies aleksey at a shop ski in central moscow i like to say why so many arrests. were from the first small groups who didn't see anything wrong in this rally just like another one of those rallies we've been seeing for the last three or four months ever since the problem is people in december were pretty much positive not aggressive people gathering their two boys their protest against the election no one hundred eighty surprise of the fact that it was even fourteen gauge victory in this vote there but still there were there to protest against. they voted to protest against the prime

minister directly the opposition leaders were speaking from the stage occluding the third place presidential candidate. who was also there until one moment when people already started dispersing from the square from the bush discuss where one of the opposition politicians said that he would not leave the square until putin resigned and then several hundred people followed his call and decided to stage a sitting protest in one of the fountain search certainly and on a parade a fountain in the center of the square there right police urged him to leave because by the time the rally was officially over the time that the authorities sanctioned for this rally has already passed so they urged him to leave but the people refused and then the police had to literally push them off this square that's when some clashes happened and as a result two hundred fifty opposition members were detained by the authorities later they were all released having paid a small fine for for violating the regulation of this particular mass rally we also

know that some group of nationalists also tried to march the streets of moscow beating up a journalist from one of the radio stations most in the process and more than forty five million russians voted for who how was a bare support being represented on the streets of the capital. well forty five million certainly is a very big number but a small chunk of them around fifteen thousand people were gathered here where i'm standing right now. to congratulate the prime minister with his victory it was not like a political rally it's more like a celebration with singing from the stage and scenes which reminded strongly of what happened twenty four hours before that went on sunday when all the polling stations closed the prime minister the president elect came here himself to thank the crowd for the support it was very emotional about that but certainly there's no time to celebrate now for. the president elect he has already been

having a very hard prime minister he's integration will only come on may the seventh until then she'll be continue working as prime minister. all the rivals of the presidential race all of them but. the communist party leader who refuses to acknowledge to recognize the result of this voting he did not come to this meeting the meeting which i did very important statement from the. peace party united russia will cooperate with the new opposition force which to be created by the russian tycoon a third place candidate in the election today we know that. calls for fair elections which had the very few trip presentation at the election. the largest organizational providing observers to stations across the country the organization which in fact consists mostly of law school graduates and they presented their

facts possible irregularities falsifications and violations to the prime minister. all of these incidents will be dealt with and will be investigated so it is still unclear and to still with us still to see whether this. did indeed become the most transparent in russia's history but we all have. to face the fact that on may the seventh bloody reporting will be officially sworn in as russia's president for the third time in twelve years and will be coming back to the kremlin this fact certain to be an acknowledged by many world leaders who already congratulated. with the victory in the first round of the election however some of the media still doesn't want to recognize the result of the vote and my colleagues. did every force from across the atlantic explaining exactly what this is all about. even before the election the american audience were primed to believe that the presidential voting washer had to be a fraud as this one going to be in the west would call

a free and fair election. it seems highly unlikely that it will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and that is washes made their choice we knew of the results of russia's presidential election before a single vote was cast the unequivocal view of these international observers is that this was not a genuinely fair democratic contest that meets international standards. what i mean victory was confirmed not just by the vote results but even before that by major opinion polls as well the focus of some media on rampant fraud or stolen elections seems to leak out of the equation the vast majority of russian voters would be choose their next president if you look at how western let's look at russian opinion there's a tendency to ignore in community and so support for putin is ignored which is genuine i don't know if it's quite as overwhelming again as the election results

might make but it's this large and sincere i think it's easy for westerners to ignore pinions like that because they don't really fit in the narrative very usually and there was an unprecedented monitoring of the elections in russia with cameras in all polling stations and almost a million washes volunteers to observe the vote certain violations have been reported they are being investigated the question some ask is why would we didn't try to rig the vote when opinion polls before the elections clearly indicated that he had sixty plus percent support very possible to put himself in order any of this stuff but there are supporters or people is a long tradition in russian. culture and history of people underlings trying to please people further up the chain of command so it's perfectly plausible that people you know look you know magistrates or governors people in charge disagree gins they want to impress people for gone by demonstrating how strong support it was in their area so without the necessity of any input from the center people can

take decisions on their own that they do in order to please their bosses unlike the media or the reaction of the white house to the russian elections was more reserved they congratulated the washing people with their elections and said washington looks forward to working with the president elect and urged the russian government to look into the reports of violations when it comes to the media coverage here is not just about reporting on certain irregularities which absolutely should be covered but it's one perception is being created the whole show was a fraud no matter what the majority of russians say any cats the shadow not just on the future president but also on those who wrote it for him i'm going to show you how reporting from washington r.t. . london based a lot of politics journalists markets but by blogger worth of things the u.s. senate now i simply don't want the kremlin to be a powerful rival on the world stage what we can continue to see from russia under like to me putin is

a strong russia seeking out influence around the world and been a global player as indeed the united states is as indeed the u.k.'s and as in the front seats as well and backs that's the great is seen in the eyes of western powers will flock to me approaching because i believe what they would like to see in many western capitals washington and london in particular is a weak russia a compliant russia aggression that is dependent on or on the i.m.f. so no electoral system is perfect but the fear the concern in the west is that russia under vladimir putin for the forseeable future will not be that weak russia that the world saw in the nineteen ninety's. certainly has been a wealth of strong reaction online to russia's presidential election and the events that followed we break it down for you on our web site r.t. dot com has all the analysis and forecasts you will need for the latest videos from

the russian capital including the protests at your you tube channel also online for you. the g. eight great fears of mass demonstrations in chicago forced the summit of the world's richest economies to be blown out of the windy city we'll tell you where it's heading next and. retirement at thirty two and a pension one hundred fifty times your salary hungary's constitution it gets an eye popping make over but all that's not what it seems as we explain on our t.v. dot com. more news today borland's is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing in the streets of canada. trying to look for asians through the day .

to a substantial degree and one farm or another socialism has spread but shadow of the regimentation over most of the nations of europe and the shadow isn't croaking. to leave early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases. for misleading them that the united states is trying to build it's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around. we don't have a problem bases on america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean

base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in bases or fly if the noise is wrong or it doesn't bother us at all because there are all bases but for all the people it's almost like a cancer here for these few days since the end of world war two the spaces i've been. working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. because the appeals to get everything you needed. it's twelve minutes past the hour and here with our t.v. leading senator john mccain has become the first u.s. politician to public publicly call for airstrikes against the syrian regime he says washington has a moral and strategic obligation to force assad out thousands of syrians have fled

to neighboring lebanon as government troops and armed opposition forces continue their offensive our correspondent maria for notional reports for presidential candidate john mccain has become the first. senator to publicly call for a u.s. led military strike on syria to and eleven months long conflict here in the country just copies of mccain's speech have him telling the senate that serious crisis has reached a decisive moment and the only realistic scenario to preserve innocent lives is with military add power we're also hearing from the free syrian army here on the ground that it's waiting for foreign weapons to arrive earlier it confirmed it had received weapons and anti aircraft missiles from u.s. and french sources meanwhile original media reports that more french officers have been detained in the city of homs that's become a center of the conflict between the authorities and the opposition here in syria and they're now being held in their field hospital where we have been receiving

information earlier that more than a hundred french paratroopers have been detained in the city of bones on the ground political efforts to find a way out of this conflict are in full swing. the need for democratic change pushed the syrian people to the streets last march a year on pro-democracy slogans and mostly forgotten and political reforms passed almost unnoticed wrongly. claims a member of the baath party who is almost a fifty year rule was ended by the country's newly implemented constitution he believes syria is going through a historic transformation of. the country's billion stagnation for a long time and multipoint uses to move finally pave the way to competition development and do you see. all opposition and more angry with the.

hundred percent fake talk we do not trust our people do much less. what ever he promises we've tried that too many years ago and too many times and he's never be an artist but not all opposition members are so skeptical some have decided to take it there and run the parliamentary race ninety days before the elections at least six new parties appear their names reflect society's vital need and the party's aspirations for have democratic entitle for either national or solidarity the allens our party is just four weeks old its members say the hardest thing will be to persuade people to actually vote but they believe the ice has broken from susan finally of the dog was closed for so many years is open we should use it and activate because political will work of yoga has up to skeptics main

concern is that this noble impulse could not come at their worst time no one in syria will set the table of the regime why killing is still going in the streets. and bombing is still going in the cities but suffer i could talk for all i'm sorry possibly the reforms could be an important tool in finding a solution to the country's projected crisis and many more injured done i can describe the situation is painful and we can resolve it together our party is preparing documents for the president and the governor we call on all parties to start dialogue what a military solution and foreign countries have to fear and it will only make things worse we should know and to be and we should start assigning. and your constitution is the latest in the package of reforms that also included believed in of emergency laws and the release of political prisoners of war that has really says these changes could be a double edged sword making the country. stronger also you will ponder about the

foreign influence. there are people and their salaries are in dollars reels and dramas they want to destroy the country we don't want changes we know we can have no changes to happen year they have just moved reformation and we should stand still to resist it which maybe the fears of change at home and just as powerful the syrian parliament has seen many changes in its near century old history it spilled and used to be home to many political parties within the last fifty years the political life within these walls hasn't been all the colorful the total dominance of the vast party the democratic changes the uprising brought iran are expected to modify the political landscape here in syria but the same transformations are yet to come in people's minds and this is something which will take a lot longer duration. damascus syria liberal campaigner and jacob hornberger thinks that mccain sees a military strike as the perfect opportunity for washington to install a new u.s.

approved leader and syria the standard new conservative mindset for an intervention involving the us government in the affairs of others. this case it happens to be another we change operation obviously we can't ousting this dictator from power in order to install a us approved dictator obviously the us government had no reservations at all at utilizing this period dictatorship for the person reason of it. until all of a sudden a tide changes and he'd been a feeble now we've got a cancer alpha's guy let's start intervening people sympathize with the syrian people nobody likes people suffering under a dictatorship but the us government needs to butt out this is a this is a case that should be resolved only by the syrian people. so i have for you this hour israel's american arm twisting

a threatening top to top. if. they're going to be not just going to be defeated washington involves to stand by its increasingly combative ally despite israel's readiness with tarp program. more of the world's main news now yemen's a new president is vowing to push to the militants who killed more than a hundred soldiers on sunday suicide bombers a detonated their explosives at two military posts outside the city of change a car in the deadliest ever attack on the army president hollande he took office a week ago replacing all the bluster there. for thirty three years. around he's been held outside the chinese embassy in seoul in protest over china's arrest of dozens of north korean defectors and its plans to repack free them human

rights groups i fear that the captured men will face torture and possible death if they're not sent back north korean leader kim jong il to punish anyone who tries to leave the country. the u.s. attorney general says the government can legally assassinate american citizens who attacks against their country from abroad eric holder outlined how such moves by how such moves are governed by the laws of war but that the u.s. could actually without seeking court permission he also said the u.s. would be allowed to use technologically advanced weapons to kill terrorists. around it is to allow u.n. nuclear inspectors into a military side where it's suspected the country is developing and out of not but israel is not backing off from its threat to use force against iran coming up we talked to a former u.s. and vast. what are the two israel on iran's nuclear situation. let's give iran what

it says it wants which is a civil nuclear program but let's do our best to create the maximum amount of effective inspection so that's a fire wall a road a roadblock a break between their civil program and a military nuclear program you ought to know that iran is also bound by the nonproliferation treaty and then on proliferation treaty says you have a civil program which meets civil needs only and doesn't do things that could be used only for military purposes. president obama stated the hill use any power necessary to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon that includes backing israel even though it's got a finger on the trigger as liz wahl reports. it's an annual tradition more than thirteen thousand people gathering in the nation's capital for the american israel

public affairs committee annual conference it gives people from all over the country a chance to come and revitalize their prose real roots it is very important the united states will back up israel well apac is considered to be one of the most powerful lobbying groups in america and they host this conference each year showcasing american israeli unity to see how much power this group has over u.s. foreign policy there is controversy speaking at the conference president obama reiterated america's dedicated to fostering strong ties with its closest ally has said the want to comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon i will take no options off the table and i mean what i say. that includes all elements of american power statements like that make the world wonder is war with iran just around the corner. the israelis are pushing us into

a regional war that. is one of cataclysmic potential apac support for jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in the side of peace. but they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on u.s. politics politicians you know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups come exorbitant amounts of money and some political campaigns. and in meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that we are you and you watch it together and while netanyahu stress israel will always be a master of its own fate obama insists united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel security their sowter israel has warned they will launch an

attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice and washington. time now for the business news with a tree and it seems a russian is a no gloom and doom kind of and that's absolutely true it seems the hype from the presidential elections when the team of person was reelected has gone away we did see growth of around one percent the previous session but now if we take a look at those numbers they're down both more than three percent that's on the r.t.s. and the thing is the factor of stability that letting a person's reelection. promises is has already been pretty much priced into the market the r.t.s. has gone below the psychologically important mark of verse seventeen hundred points and several analysts have already said that if the r.t.s. closes at sixteen hundred something then that's a sign that the market is going into a several several several sessions over correction so we are potentially seeing the

beginning of a downward trend at the moment as you can see there the out years declining three and a half percent secular the main movers on the markets on the mice my six notably energy shares are down gazprom more than three percent financials are not feeling well as burbank benteke lighning two point nine percent d.t.b. also three point six percent lower and metals and mining group m k is also down now several factors here at play of course the some say that street protests that we've seen in moscow on monday are also investors are not really welcoming these kind of things as though this is arms of political instability but mostly i would say this is. a correction which has been in the making for a long time we've just seen several several consecutive weeks of growth even now in europe pretty much the same picture before c. and x. also declining more than one percent banks and mining stocks also pushing in the

seas lower and lower oil is of course not really helping the big correlation between the russian market year russian currency the ruble and the oil market and we seeing light sweet and brant under pressure declining more than sixty cents a barrel each and also in the currencies markets the euro is slightly lower than the dollar bizarre whereas the ruble is not seeing that much support a lot of selling there going notably. the dollar twenty three copecks the rouble declining versus the dollar and the euro strengthening by around. the. well and now that the presidential elections are over the question everybody's asking themselves is what comes next well fitch ratings agency says if russia does not tighten up budget spending it might overlook its long term credit rating now the agency says that putin's election campaign promises will cost the budget a whopping one hundred sixty billion dollars now putin also pledged to increase the

pace of the country's economic growth around seven percent a year getting a dog in from a place to stammer is skeptical about this. year with. all structure of russian economy and mostly resource oriented tax exports resource around the country we are not capable to grow faster than four percent a year for four four and a half percent a year and it's impossible and the situation we can see the situation even in two thousand to eleven thousand and thirteen so if we want to grow seven percent a year in real terms we need changes and that's exactly what's not clear. so that's how the markets pretty much look at this hour we will be back in around fifty five minutes time to bring you an update to join us.

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