sure. these food stamps on t.v. don't comb. the stories that shape the week here on our team but he reports and confirmed as russia's president elect after securing a comfortable win in the polls but many believe tough challenges for the new leader of the high. election draws doubtless to russia's streets railing for and against the oh for the opposition movement facing a test for support of accusations of failed expectations. the era believe sees ayatollahs russian how serious crisis should be out of mere growing calls for foreigners mentioned and fears it could lead to further bloodshed. and the reason for seize a cold shower from the ratings agencies operate finally seals

a debt deal with private investors with movies declaring the country in the fall. eleven am and the russian capital here are with r.t.i. marina joshie russia's prime minister whatever it will soon return it to the kremlin for his third presidential term may officially this week after he has secured a first round election went but despite finishing away have of the other candidates there is a growing feeling that serious challenges lie ahead for the country's future earlier our slicer shuster reports. it was not an emotional night for. ya i did promise you we would win it. and we have won. but your prime minister may have justified his tears by the strong wind but no one

would be surprised if it was caused by the joy of victory i it was hardly a shock and student had been the elections clear front runner but eventually result of almost sixty four percent stunned even those at the helm never think of such a high result so it's even higher than we predicted for ourselves hey shows once again actually proves that organizers go figure number one of these countries and his potential is here is yet to be zero i'm told it but it's no time to party now many experts believe putin's real challenge in fact starts now that. this will be sort of a battle between the two alternative concepts of the state are relevant coherent their arguments credit for myself i've been to fry the first concept as portugal and they want russian political system to be transparent whereas as russia's economy where they will get no nepotism and no corruption but on the other hand

this other alternative group or for us elite as well as russian probably. associated with a deal they just need status quo or they need just some ten dollars from the state they don't want any change which is the road to nowhere to change manifested itself in the sudden rise of. in under four months the russian billionaire managed to persuade more than five million people to vote for him many say this new face in the country split takes has serious potential and girls who have already declared an intention to form an opposition party with putin promising he would cooperate with it to symbolize. the new russia and some vicious. other candidates. from the old stylish. saw it early and. they're not you know any more leaders of the younger generation and figures for themselves

second place community leaders who've grown of good seventy percent in his fifth presidency less than he already had earned the parliamentary vote and experts say even this came mostly as protest voting in the eyes of many this is a clear signal it's time for fringe politicians to make way in the western countries if a party loses the election its leader is over and changed if it happens again then he's definitely changed these guys had lost three times to try and convince them a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch you and the russians traders in our work these guys had their chance in the one nine hundred ninety s. they screwed things up you know we still need stronger leadership and they're able to offer we need a more concrete program to put in will continue his work as prime minister for two more months period which could become crucial and decisive for the country's long term future david korten will officially return to the kremlin on may the seventh that is when his inauguration takes place i till then the president elect will have

to work out a strategy of holding a dialogue between those in power and those in the streets and given that some are still calling for him to step down even after such a convincing victory this may prove to be quite a task let's see russia's ski r.t. reporting from moscow opposition rallies have taken place in the weeks leading up to the vote and even after the presidential election outcomes thousands took to the streets but the number of those passing is dwindling out the nature of the demonstrations is changing two parties are english sammis what's caused the shift in the protest movement. one protester's i'm happy with the results of the presidential elections took to the streets the day after the votes took place some kept the police busy. and some decided to outstay they wanted two hours though few were there yet it was ignored no i'm not going to leave the square i'm staying here until putin leaves where the tents and there were no tents but there

was a fountain which will buy some chose as a makeshift stage to make his statements from and from which police removed him and several dozens of his supporters. the situation repeated itself on saturday when police pulled over and so from an atrocity transformer again after the opposition rally was officially over by the end six of the opposition leaders seem to do little to get people coming to protest rallies for your support but of those it was over with the spirit if that hysteria that irritation and aggression have continues it would have alienated the public no one here wants a revolution no one wants to fight with police the people who come to these protests really want change they don't want bloodshed or violence which is what could scare them away the results of the elections to the studio hotly contested by many brought tens of thousands out in the streets of moscow but the day after presidential elections there only half of that number showed up to pushkin square

square and even fewer still for the demonstration on saturday yes i'm looking right here yesterday don't always hear a single protest action was that place of a lot of the other seat wise of a government that really got it not so no never called president or your guide as you know here is was there some blame the lack of a coherent idea and absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support. i had i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why they're here if i was star i want to see different in japan. candidates that i could choose from but i tell you think we can really reach any goals by protests like these even some of the most vocal supporters of the movement for their actions so solid foundations are necessary to carry on with the movement. from sort of regulation and structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which could be easily understood by people but also necessary. to protest movement which began as

a call for free and fair elections in russia following the vote for the stadium or seems to have turned into haphazard series of gatherings they have achieved success and bringing people. to the streets. trikes you were tracts more attention to their slogans but we are now witnessing that their slogan is needs to be changed at least for gender in fact the rallies seem to have only one slogan out with putin but what to do if he leaves no one seems to know in moscow you know those are. the last has been largely critical of both russia's election iraq and its outcome after implying fraud even before the polls opened but in the u.k. former foreign minister david miliband went even further calling put now worthless dictator who wouldn't last his next term in power i guess out of bad looks into how

this harsh rhetoric reflects the west selective coverage of russian affairs. a ruthless dictator whose days are numbered not exactly the language of international diplomacy but that's what britain's former foreign secretary thinks of russia's president elect casting his aspersions even before russians cast their vote while david miliband is using the sort of expressions dictatorship conform to reality in a dictatorship people are not allowed to protest people are not allowed to walk around publicly with placards bearing the face of the leader of the country with derogatory terms written across the cards we've seen this in russia david miliband comments appeared in a british tabloid the morning of russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. accusing putin of reversing russia's reforms because of vested interests the sort of claim some experts say typifies the perception here of putin and russia the

coverage has been very stereotyped so that when bad things happen in russia then they get huge coverage and then when the things of progress like genuine economic progress that tends not to get reported david miliband may not be in government now but he's widely expected to feature again should labor return to power should that happen you'll face a tough job repairing relations with russia after such a venomous attack talk about getting off on the wrong foot as miliband asserts but to a vital partners when it comes to foreign policy security and economic issues david cameron's reaction to putin's elections been far more measured until now the prime minister's haven't exactly been close put in didn't even make it on to cameron's extensive christmas card list last year but while cameron may not have congratulated person on winning he has endorsed the result it's clear the election has delivered a decisive result even the ngo polling data put putin above the fifty percent

needed to win in the first. the same can be said of britain according to the electoral reform society two thirds of m.p.'s elected in two thousand and ten lacked a clear majority thanks to the ballot method of first past the post is russia's electoral system perfect no it's not but the no electoral system in the world is perfect so let's not forget in britain no british prime minister ever achieves anywhere near fifty percent of the votes the protest movement against putin's return to the presidency is certainly loud but according to official election results to war by those in favor putin received almost sixty four percent of the vote miliband predicts that support won't last for long but while it does britain will have to like it or lump it if it wants to do business i've been it's r t. in contrast your sentiments by the west russian authorities say their recent

election was the most transparent in the country's history to support this claim there were a record number of international action observers against some two hundred two hundred thousand web cameras installed at polling station. well later this hour we'll look at what role the costly technology played in ensuring a fairness of the ballot and also retaining people around the world with the recorded vote becoming instant internet hits. russia and the arab league have agreed a plan to help syria and its yearlong crisis in which thousands of people died the agreement came after months of declaring bickering over how to tackle the turmoil speaking after the meeting with our counterparts in cairo russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he agreed plan sends an important message to all sides in the syrian conflict. we've agreed a joint position of five main points first to stop violence wherever it comes from second to create an impartial and independent monitoring system third no external

interference fourth and unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to all syrians and finally the firm support of kofi annan mission to start a political dialogue between the government and all opposition groups you see in europe is that. the un arab our koffi annan is currently on a peace mission and damascus on his efforts were dismissed before the officially began a series external opposition fall we reject that the government talks to groups running calls for military pressure on the regime was followed by qatar suggestion to deploy foreign troops to syria but as are an option our records outside of fear in the country conflict converse conflict rather is raising fears of an even bigger crisis. as the syrian conflict stretches out in time it has also spread geographically i case of the uprising i felt far from the country's borders but what's happening in syria is heartbreaking. and what you've seen is the

international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst says one thing is clear though that mobilization has many more than officially stated. during the operation in baba amr the syrian army arrested fighters from gulf countries and afghanistan iraq libya and some european states their work was coordinated by could tori and saudi intelligence officers as well as cia and mossad it's also seized israeli weapons especially if they take missiles and israeli drones while the u.s. and many other countries have admitted al qaeda linked extremists groups fighting alongside beyond our position in syria dr salim says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests. to get local players involved. in order to hide and this is why we're mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iran these countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask for establishing

in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail. and how the question of are blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for a new polls and serious crisis since last year she says this is a story with three main chapters weapons smuggled across the border overseas contractors and foreign cash when you see a lot of money in syria i believe that this is comparable to what happened in the super war. there were plenty of money then you will find not they're going to talk about hundreds of dollars or something you would consult. now when you would see now this is a big. city with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition getting louder people put those at the grassroots for

the uprising the initial euphoria is turning bitter. i can say we regret what we did but we don't want things to go back. to much militarized globalized and boil and we never want to and don't want intervention now but fears are. the could be too late to stop this hold it orange flames of conflict while the conflict between president bashar assad and his opponents here in syria about to enter its second year another conflict is also in full swing between those calling on dialogue and political settlement as the way out and those who insist on military solution and the let's turn it into a fight almost as important as the one claiming blood on the streets. written or shots. the muskets syria the u.s. and iran said this week it was ordered to review its potential options on syria which include the enforcement of a no fly zone and humanitarian airlifts transport cassar jarrett's lending says

washington's not interested in diplomacy in a middle eastern country when you hear war hawks like senators lindsey graham and john mccain calling for bombs away and again go back and play over you see the same scenario their heads come in and they say we have to because we need to and we have to use the problem is see in the meanwhile they're building up the military conflict and you heard president obama say at the height of the iranian incident with netanyahu that he said you know that at this time when there is not a lot of sympathy for ron and it's only now war i zero three is on the ropes we have to quiet it down a little bit. and still to come some world leaders just for a fuse to take their food off the gas money comes to. israel insists

a military attack on iran is still on the cards even despite between the islamic state and foreign powers to rein in talks on iran's nuclear program. plus nuclear fears continue to spread in japan as experts accuse the government of failing to disclose information one year after an earthquake and tsunami sparked an atomic crisis. alice regrease finally concluded a deal with pride investors considered to be the biggest of debt write down in history the agreement which reduces the greek burden by over one hundred billion euros was hailed by the european leaders as a solution to ease economic woes however there was no applause from ratings agencies with moody's declaring athens and default on its debt and another firm fitch has downgrade agrees to restricted default status chris we've heard chief strategist at best one firm try good olive says there's a bigger threat hanging over our galling response all western bags.

frankly this is no longer about greece what's at stake here is the bigger picture in europe is that if there is a technical default if that's what it's called then they would put at risk the whole basis of the c.d.s. market the c.d.s. market is essentially the bond insurance scheme that banks use when they take out the invested in one country the be effectively paid insurance premium reflecting the risk of default in that country so the c.d.s. read this and we're sure it's pretty moving up and down it's what gives is a measure of how risky one country's debt is relative to another so if there's a technical default in greece it means that the c.d.s. spread didn't work and therefore there's no question over whether or not you want to see the spread of the sure. rose has also and that's a most two trillion dollar business globally if that starts to give confidence in

that system is undermined then you're looking at potentially catastrophic consequences for western banks and therefore the western economy so that's really what's at stake it really is that serious. don't forget to check out plenty more news stories and comments on our web site there for you right now shall you shock israel fires missiles or gaza killing at least fifteen palestinians including two militant leaders find the aftermath footage in full at r.t. dot com. plus the social networks tearing families apart and their wives who discover of her husband was already married. to ron and world powers have finally reached an agreement on resuming high level

talks giving new hope for a peaceful resolution to the nuclear standoff islamic state however warning oshea sions would fail if the west keeps piling on the pressure of the spy the push for diplomacy from the u.s. administration the israeli prime minister signaled during a meeting with barack obama that military action is still an option later reports emerge that israel had asked washington for weapons that could be crucial in striking iran's underground facilities in the u.s. the fans chief in turn said an american attack on iran would be far more effective thus putting military confrontation back on the table but many experts say political interest before u.s. presidential election will prevail over ramped up war rhetoric. the obama administration does not want to ever were before the election at this point they seem to be trying to soft pedal it anytime you. have a war with a country as substantial as iran's and is influential in so many countries are in

the borders it borders afghanistan it borders iraq it's across the straits from saudi arabia and other smaller countries in the gulf you can't that country like iran and expect to have enormous unforseen consequences if you were israel or the united states so i think anyone who thinks that an attack on iran would be just you know some bombing runs and then it would be over is deluding themselves it would be a totally unpredictable where that would go on a sour talk to iran's deputy foreign minister on the likelihood of military confrontation over his country's nuclear program. japan is marking the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which left almost twenty thousand people dead disaster also damaged the sheema daiichi power plant triggering a nuclear crisis and its silence has been observed at the exact moment the quake hit one year ago and

a moral services will be held across the country during the day our own gunderson energy adviser at fairwinds associates said mattie details about the nuclear crisis remain undisclosed with the contamination spreading well beyond the pushing area. i think the government has been slow to disclose facts ever since the accident occurred there's clearly the cleanup is going to cost around four trillion dollars u.s. that's just for the site and for the prefecture of fukushima as well but the contamination goes well beyond the prefecture pick it up and choke you know and that's two hundred fifty kilometers away the entire north of the country as a public health hazard here because everyone is exposed to radioactive cesium radioactive strides you know and other isotopes. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world several explosions have unified station in the kenyan capital nairobi leaving at least four people dead and dozens

wounded witnesses say three people in a moving car of a passenger terminal nobody claimed responsibility for the blasts yet but authorities believe somalia so kyra linked militants were responsible. and a truck have to live in chile claiming at least six lives over fifty others have been injured in the crash yes and was caused by a truck driver losing control of the vehicle knocking over the separation line and ramming head on into the passenger coach about fifteen people trapped in the wreckage were later rescued by firefighters. now back to the week's main story russians a leg to their leader for the next six years following claims of multiple violations during december its parliamentary vote russian authorities pledged to do everything to ensure their presidential polls i just have on would say it looks at how hundreds of thousands of web cameras controlling the vote provided not just

transparency but also moments of clarity. allegations of widespread voter fraud in last december's parliamentary elections set off a wave of mess of protests against mr putin sensitive to the incited opposition he ordered installation of web cameras and all of russia's polling stations it has been a very ambitious and costly project for the russian government not everybody was convinced by the use of the web cameras to ensure transparency the cameras however did prove to be quite handy in some provinces such as daggers done when one station the results were cancelled after cameras showed by lesions of election procedures. the web cameras reproduced a fascinating slice of russian provincial life which went viral and got hundreds of clicks on social networking sites such as you tube some even joke that mr putin

gave us the best reality show. cameras captured various activities from cultural dancing in chechnya. two russian women abstaining and lots of dancing. one of media that was a hit with over three hundred thousand hits on you tube shoot this man and bring in michael jackson's moonwalk back to life because his ballot. we caught up with him and asked if he expected his to be the year to beat this popular song i would say we did it for fun not for frame actually i was surprised that we were the only ones who voted this way i thought there should have been more people like us there were a lot of opportunities to create whatever you want i hope next time people will vote more creatively with the election over and out the world and the country awaits the swearing in the president elect mr blodgett. as for the rest of us

there's no doubt will never forget the game says that people gave us all their lives from all across the country and those who thought that their moment on camera wasn't being watched by greedy we were looking. to mahmoud see see moscow. well wrap up of our main story is a is coming your way and a couple of minutes to stay with us for that of yeah. thank.

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